Designed for courses that prepare LIS students for school librarianship, this title teaches basic reference processes, sources, services, and skills and provides authentic school library reference scenarios and exercises.
This fourth edition of Reference Skills for the School Librarian: Tools and Tips acknowledges the vital importance of reference skills in school libraries. It focuses on new reference skills for school librarians and includes more online materials such as Webliographies and a glossary.
Teaching reference skills and providing reference services to students and staff in schools are extremely important tasks and are required of librarians on a regular basis. Aimed at pre-service and in-service school librarians, this book covers all types of reference materials including almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and other standard information sources, giving extra emphasis to the online sources to which students increasingly turn. This edition addresses more online reference resources than previous editions and offers practical suggestions for use in K–12 student instruction.
By:
Ann Marlow Riedling Ph.D.,
Cynthia Houston
Imprint: Libraries Unlimited Inc
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Edition: 4th edition
Dimensions:
Height: 279mm,
Width: 216mm,
Weight: 425g
ISBN: 9781440867095
ISBN 10: 1440867097
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 21 October 2019
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Part 1: What Is Reference All About? Chapter 1: Reference and the School Library: An Overview Chapter 2: Selection, Evaluation, and Maintenance of the Reference Collection Part 2: Nuts and Bolts Chapter 3: Bibliographies Chapter 4: Ready-Reference Tools: Fact Books, Directories, Almanacs, Yearbooks, and Handbooks Chapter 5: Biographical Sources Chapter 6: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias Chapter 7: Geographical Sources Chapter 8: Electronic Indexes and Abstracts, Periodical and Specialized Databases Chapter 9: The Reference Interview Chapter 10: The Internet in Today's Reference Services Chapter 11: Scenarios and Exercises Glossary Bibliography Index
Ann Marlow Riedling, PhD, served as a professor at numerous universities for over 30 years. She has served four Fulbrights and has written 18 books. Cynthia Houston, MSLIS, PhD, is professor in the Libraries, Informatics, and Technology in Education program at Western Kentucky University.