Basic Library Skills, 5th Ed.

This brand new edition of Wolf's acclaimed work provides a self-contained, short course in essential library skills for patrons of college, high school and public libraries. The intent is to provide a quick and easy way to learn to do library research. The exercises contained herein give students hands-on experience by applying rules stated in the text to situations that approach real "research problems." Subjects addressed include a brief tour of the library
card catalogs and cataloging systems
filing rules
online public access catalogs
subject searching
bibliographies
book reviews and parts of a book
dictionaries
encyclopedias
handbooks
atlases
gazetteers
periodicals
newspapers
online database searching and reference sources
literature and criticism
e-books
government information and government documents
biographies
business, career and consumer information
non-print materials and special services
online computer use in libraries and schools
and hints for writing term papers. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.