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==Further reading== |
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*{{cite book |editor-last=Higgens |editor-first=Gavin |title=Printed Reference Material |series=Handbooks on Library Practice |publisher=Library Association |location=London |year=1984 |edition=2nd revised |isbn=978-0853659952}} |
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*{{cite book |last=Katz |first=William A. |title=Introduction to Reference Work, Volume 1: Basic Information Services |publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=New York |year=2001 |edition=8th |isbn=978-0072441079}} |
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*{{cite book |last=Katz |first=William A. |title=Introduction to Reference Work, Volume 2: Reference Services and Reference Processes |publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=New York |year=2001 |edition=8th |isbn=978-0072441437 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontore00will_0 }} |
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*{{cite book |last=Lynch |first=Jack |title=You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf From Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia |publisher=Bloomsbury Press|location=New York |year=2016 |isbn=978-0802777522}} |
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;Guides to reference works Published annually beginning in 1970. Originally compiled by for first two editions beginning in 1902. Subsequently, edited by (3rd through 6th editions) and (7th and 8th editions). |
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;Guides to reference works |
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⚫ | *{{cite book |last1=Totok |first1=Wilhelm |last2=Weitzel |first2=Rolf |title=Handbuch der bibliographischen Nachschlagewerke |publisher=Klostermann |location=Frankfurt am Main |year=1984–1985 |edition=6th |language=German}} First published in 1954. |
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*{{cite book |editor-last=Chenoweth |editor-first=Juneal M. |title=American Reference Books Annual |date=24 June 2019 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |location=Santa Barbara, California |isbn=978-1-4408-6913-6}} Published annually beginning in 1970. |
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*{{cite book |editor=Walford, A. J. |title=Walford's Concise Guide to Reference Material |location=London |publisher=Library Association |date=1981}} (an abridgement of Walford's Guide |
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*{{cite book |editor-last=Lester |editor-first=Ray |title=New Walford Guide to Reference Resources, Volume 1: Science, Technology, and Medicine |publisher=Neal-Schuman Publishers |location=New York |year=2005 |isbn=978-1856044950 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/newwalfordguidet0001unse }} |
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*{{cite book |editor-last1=Lester |editor-first1=Ray |editor-last2=Clinch |editor-first2=Peter |editor-last3=Dawson |editor-first3=Heather |editor-last4=Edwards |editor-first4=Helen |editor-last5=Tarrant |editor-first5=Susan |title=New Walford Guide to Reference Resources, Volume 2: Social Sciences |publisher=Facet Publishing |location=London |year=2007 |isbn=978-1856044981 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/newwalfordguidet0001unse }} |
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*{{cite book |editor-last=Lester |editor-first=Ray |title=New Walford Guide to Reference Resources, Volume 3: Arts, Humanities, and General Reference |publisher=Facet Publishing |location=London |year = 2015 |isbn= 978-1856044998}} |
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*{{cite book |last=Malclès |first=Louise Noëlle |author-link=Louise Noëlle Malclès |title=Les sources du travail bibliographique |language=French |publisher=Librairie Droz |location=Geneva |year=1950}} |
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*{{cite book |last=Sheehy |first=Eugene P. |author-link=Eugene P. Sheehy |title=[[Guide to Reference|Guide to Reference Books]] |publisher=American Library Association |location=Chicago |isbn=978-0838902059 |year=1976 |edition=9th}} Originally compiled by [[Alice B. Kroeger]] for first two editions beginning in 1902. Subsequently, edited by [[Isadore Gilbert Mudge]] (3rd through 6th editions) and [[Constance Mabel Winchell]] (7th and 8th editions). |
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*{{cite book |last1=Totok |first1=Wilhelm |last2=Weitzel | |
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*{{cite book |editor-last=Walford |editor-first=A. J. |title=Walford's Guide to Reference Material, Volume 1: Science and Technology |publisher=Library Association |location=London |year=1980 |isbn=9780853656111 |edition=4th |url=https://archive.org/details/walfordsguidetor01libr |url-access=registration}} |
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*{{cite book |editor-last1=Walford |editor-first1=A. J. |editor-last2=Taylor |editor-first2=L. J. |title=Walford's Guide to Reference Material, Volume 2: Generalia, Language and Literature, The Arts |publisher=Library Association |location=London |year=1987 |edition=4th |url=https://archive.org/details/walfordsguidetor00ajwa |url-access=registration}} |
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*{{cite book|editor=Walford, A. J.|title= Walford's Concise Guide to Reference Material|location= London |publisher= Library Association |date= 1981}} (an abridgement of Walford's Guide) |
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{{Lexicography}} |
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[[Category:Reference works| ]] |
[[Category:Reference works| ]] |
Areference work is a work, such as a bookorperiodical (ortheir electronic equivalents), to which one can refer for information.[1] The information is intended to be found quickly when needed. Such works are usually referred to for particular pieces of information, rather than read beginning to end. The writing style used in these works is informative; the authors avoid use of the first person, and emphasize facts.
Indices are a common navigation feature in many types of reference works. Many reference works are compiled by a team of contributors whose work is coordinated by one or more editors, rather than by an individual author. Updated editions are usually published as needed, in some cases annually (Whitaker's Almanack, Who's Who).
Reference works include encyclopedias, almanacs, atlases, bibliographies, biographical sources, catalogs such as library catalogs and art catalogs, concordances, dictionaries, directories such as business directories and telephone directories, discographies, filmographies, gazetteers, glossaries, handbooks, indices such as bibliographic indices and citation indices, manuals, research guides, thesauruses, and yearbooks.[2] Many reference works are available in electronic form and can be obtained as reference software, CD-ROMs, DVDs, or online through the Internet. Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, is both the largest and the most-read reference work in history.[3]
In contrast to books that are loaned, a reference book or reference-only book in a library is one that may only be used in the library and may not be borrowed from the library. Many such books are reference works (in the first sense), which are, usually, used briefly or photocopied from, and therefore, do not need to be borrowed.[citation needed] Keeping reference books in the library assures that they will always be available for use on demand. Some reference-only books are too valuable to permit borrowers to take them out. Reference-only items may be shelved in a reference collection located separately from circulating items. Some libraries consist entirely, or to a large extent, of books which may not be borrowed.
These are the main types and categories of reference work:
An electronic resource is a computer programordata that is stored electronically, which is usually found on a computer, including information that is available on the Internet.[4] Libraries offer numerous types of electronic resources including electronic texts such as electronic books and electronic journals, bibliographic databases, institutional repositories, websites, and software applications.[4]