Friday, May 7, 2010

Reference Service


Reference Collections
Location : Adjacent left hand side hall of current periodical section. All reference sources are housed in this section . It includes encyclopedia, dictionaries, directories, bibliographies, handbooks etc. They are identified by 'R' mark on the book and are not allowed for borrowing or take it elsewhere except for photocopying in the library only.
Guidelines: Background information, overviews of a topic and quick facts are found in reference source. Encyclopaedia - General information, subject information (basic) Dictionaries - Difference in meaning, quotation Directories - Addresses of institutions and current information Almanacs - Statistics, facts figure Biographies - Biographical information, important personalities Bibliographies - Reference to previous published information on the topic Atlas & Maps - For geographical information, location

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