Discusses the factors book dealers consider when assigning value to out-of-print and antiquarian books, including desirability, scarcity, and condition. Guidelines for pricing are followed by descriptions of the major tools general libraries may use in acquiring old books. (16 references) (EA)

Multimedia resources available from 109 government and non-government agencies are indexed and described. Agencies providing materials are listed by name, address, telephone number, statements of purpose or function, and a sampling of materials offered. Most items are summarized and described. It is noted that not all media resources available in…

Southeast Missouri State University's Kent Library is the only federal depository library in Missouri's 10th Congressional District and has a collection of over 150,000 U.S. Government documents. This resource guide identifies and describes the reference tools needed to access information in that collection. It includes short sections on basic…

Over 400 bibliographic tools and selection sources of both print and nonprint media which are currently available are cited in this comprehensive guide. The four major sections of the guide are: (1) information on print media; (2) information on nonprint media; (3) information on print and nonprint; and (4) review sources and reviewing…

This handbook examines sources of information useful to educators and educational consultants who wish to learn about innovative practices and/or solutions to educational problems in other schools. A discussion of information storage describes the access to information in reports, periodicals, unpublished reports, and other materials through such…

This annotated bibliography represents a core collection of reference sources on American folklore. In addition to general references, genre specific reference sources are listed in the following areas: folk narrative; folk music; customary folklore; material culture; ethnic and regional bibliographies; and applied folklore. (39 references) (CLB)

Suggests reference tools and resources which can be used by reference librarians to help patrons locate information pertaining to the mass media, including films (cinema), television, radio; and archives of tape, film stock, production documentation; and script materials. (LLS)

Over 50 reference materials and periodicals relevant to anthropology are cited in this annotated listing. Anthropological topics include archaeology, educational anthropology, ethnography, linguistics, and human biology. Many of the materials began publication in the early 20th century and have continued to the present; several publications…

This annotated bibliography lists 52 citations for U.S. and foreign newspaper indexes, summaries, guides and directories, and union lists held by San Diego State University Libraries. Entries are arranged alphabetically in the above categories by main entry, followed by imprint, frequency and/or date of publication, volumes held by the library,…

This guide to sources of information on Canadian librarianship lists bibliographies and guides, indexes, directories, journals, overviews, annual reviews and monographs, as well as selected publications of and about the National Library of Canada and its Library Documentation Centre. (Author/CLB)

This guide presents an annotated list of selected reference sources in public administration. All of the sources listed are found at the Graduate Library for Public Affairs and Policy (GLPP) located at the State University of New York, Albany. Detailed, exhaustive guides in literature, research, indexes, abstracts, statistical sources, government…

Four guides and 10 national and institutional listings of bibliographic sources for locating theses and dissertations are described for the user of the McGill Libraries. Annotated listings cover national and institutional bibliographic sources in Canada, as well as national sources in the United States, Australia, France, Germany, Great Britain,…

This listing of government documents in the Bailey/Howe Library of the University of Vermont covers (1) general information sources including guides, current catalogs and indexes, retrospective catalogs and indexes, and biographical and statistical materials; (2) Presidential and Executive Branch activity information sources, such as addresses,…

Designed to introduce the student to some of the major bibliographic tools of political science found in the Raymond H. Fogler Library of the University of Maine at Orono, this guide provides a systematic approach to information sources in the manner of a pathfinder. Beginning with a list of articles that are useful for defining scope, the guide…

This bibliography lists and provides abstracts for the principal documents and publications of the General Information Programme and UNISIST, including guidelines, studies, manuals, directories, and materials from international conferences that are concerned with various aspects of information science, librarianship, and archive science. The list…