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Erdogan, Phyllis; Karasozen, Bulent – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2009
The Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS) was created in 2001 with only a few members subscribed to nine e-journal collections and bibliographic databases. This Turkish library consortium had developed from one state and three private universities joining together for the purchase of two databases in 1999. Over time, the numbers of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Library Materials, Library Services
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McIlvaine, Eileen – College and Research Libraries, 1992
Reviews 20 selected reference works published in 1991 and 1992 with purchasing recommendations for academic libraries. Titles are grouped under the following headings: National Bibliographies, Abbreviations, Librarianship, Religion, Mythology, Literature, Music, Art and Architecture, Popular Culture, Women's Studies, Area Studies, and Health…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annotated Bibliographies, Book Reviews, Higher Education
Baudino, Frank, Ed.; Johnson, Carolyn, Ed. – Online Submission, 2012
Twenty scholarly papers and fifteen abstracts comprise the content of the twelfth annual Brick and Click Libraries Symposium, held at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The peer-reviewed proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future face of librarianship.…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Academic Libraries, Information Literacy, Management Systems
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McIlvaine, Eileen – College and Research Libraries, 1993
Reviews recent reference works and compares them, as appropriate, to other works. Topics represented are the Internet, periodicals, religion, literature, women's studies, ethnic studies, United States history, English history, and French history. Brief descriptions of new editions of standard works is provided at the end of the article. (KRN)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Ethnic Studies, Higher Education
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Dickinson, Donald C. – RQ, 1993
Describes results of a survey of members of the Association of Research Libraries that was conducted to determine what procedures are followed to obtain current reference books in foreign languages and to assess the libraries' satisfaction with those procedures. Standing order plans are discussed, and proposals to improve reviewing sources are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Book Reviews, Higher Education, Library Material Selection
Evatt, Jay – 1994
This annotated bibliography is a guide to selected resources available for television research at the University of Georgia Libraries. It centers on publications found in the Reference Department of the Main Library but also cites a number of important sources located elsewhere in the building or on the university campus. A description is provided…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annotated Bibliographies, Higher Education, Information Sources
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Biggs, Mary; Biggs, Victor – RQ, 1987
A survey of heads of academic library reference services gathered information on reference collection development. Findings included: (1) selection and weeding frequently are not guided by written policies; (2) empirical studies of use are almost nonexistent; and (3) online availability of sources is an important factor in selection. (20…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Collection Development, Library Material Selection, Library Surveys
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Sanudo, Manuel – Catholic Library World, 1989
Describes a search strategy method for bibliographic instruction in academic libraries that includes the major types of bibliographic tools and the prescribed sequence in which to use them. The strategy begins with dictionaries and encyclopedias, progresses through bibliographies and subject guides, and ends with periodicals and books. (five…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Higher Education, Library Instruction
Hattendorf, Lynn C. – 1990
This paper argues that the first order of the day in reference collection development is to cope with the problems that developing user-responsive, client-centered reference collections always incur. It is suggested that the responsiveness of reference collections can be measured largely by the currency of the materials in the collection and by…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Guidelines, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Shapiro, Beth J. – 1984
This paper equates the variety of methods a social science bibliographer must use to build a useful and valuable research collection with the multiple approaches employed by detectives to solve crimes. Before presenting a sampling of strategies used by social science bibliographers, the paper defines the core disciplines of the social sciences…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Bonanni, Mimmo; Etter, Patricia A. – 1999
This annotated subject guide lists reference material that deals with Native Americans and is available in the Arizona State University Libraries. Entries were published 1933-98, but mostly in the 1980s-90s. The guide is not comprehensive, but rather a selective list of resources useful for researching a topic in a variety of fields. The guide…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Higher Education
Hitchings, Donna, Ed.; And Others – 1988
Designed to be used in an English course at the University of Houston, this library skills workbook includes lessons and multiple-choice exercises on the following topics: (1) a floor plan of the main university library; (2) catalog records; (3) catalog access points; (4) using the catalogs; (5) locating books; (6) encyclopedias; (7) dictionaries;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Library Materials
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Lawal, Ibironke O. – Acquisitions Librarian, 2007
The number of electronic resources has climbed up steadily in recent times. Some of these e-resources are reference sources, mostly in Science, Technology and Medicine (STM), which publishers convert to electronic for obvious reasons. The library budgets for materials usually have two main lines, budget for one time purchase (monographs) and…
Descriptors: Libraries, Reference Materials, Reference Services, Electronic Libraries
Walshak, Lynn G. – 1982
This paper provides guidelines for tracing the history and implementation of United States federal legislation in government and other publications located in the library of Georgia Southern College. Sources of background information on legislation are indicated as the "Congressional Quarterly" and "Major Legislation of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation, Government Publications
Dunbar, H. Minnie – 1986
The presentation outlined in this paper provides: (1) a brief account of the conception, initiation, and implementation of a bibliographic instruction program to serve all freshman students, and to serve such special populations as international and minority freshmen; (2) an outline of the general characteristics of each category of students, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College English, College Freshmen, Higher Education
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