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Main Authors: Schmidt, Janine Betty, Anderson, Barbara Poston
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1983
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED253234
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author Schmidt, Janine Betty
Anderson, Barbara Poston
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Anderson, Barbara Poston
Schmidt, Janine Betty
Anderson, Barbara Poston
collection Education Resources Information Center
contents Sources of Brief Factual Information. Reprinted with Corrections. Schmidt, Janine Betty Anderson, Barbara Poston Dictionaries Directories Encyclopedias Evaluation Methods Foreign Countries Higher Education Information Retrieval Information Sources Library Education Library Material Selection Workbooks Yearbooks Intended for students studying information resources units at Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education, this coursebook examines the nature of information, its generation, and the categories and characteristics of various formats of information resources available. Designed as an introduction to sources of brief factual information, the document contains sections on dictionaries; encyclopedias; handbooks, manuals, and yearbooks; and directories. For each type of resource examined, the characteristics are given and titles are listed as examples, concentrating on Australian resources but also including works of British and American origin. Appropriate evaluation criteria are discussed and effective means of use are described. Student activities involving independent study and work in class, both on individual and group bases, are included. (THC)
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spellingShingle Sources of Brief Factual Information. Reprinted with Corrections.
Schmidt, Janine Betty
Anderson, Barbara Poston
Dictionaries
Directories
Encyclopedias
Evaluation Methods
Foreign Countries
Higher Education
Information Retrieval
Information Sources
Library Education
Library Material Selection
Workbooks
Yearbooks
Sources of Brief Factual Information. Reprinted with Corrections. Schmidt, Janine Betty Anderson, Barbara Poston Dictionaries Directories Encyclopedias Evaluation Methods Foreign Countries Higher Education Information Retrieval Information Sources Library Education Library Material Selection Workbooks Yearbooks Intended for students studying information resources units at Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education, this coursebook examines the nature of information, its generation, and the categories and characteristics of various formats of information resources available. Designed as an introduction to sources of brief factual information, the document contains sections on dictionaries; encyclopedias; handbooks, manuals, and yearbooks; and directories. For each type of resource examined, the characteristics are given and titles are listed as examples, concentrating on Australian resources but also including works of British and American origin. Appropriate evaluation criteria are discussed and effective means of use are described. Student activities involving independent study and work in class, both on individual and group bases, are included. (THC)
title Sources of Brief Factual Information. Reprinted with Corrections.
topic Dictionaries
Directories
Encyclopedias
Evaluation Methods
Foreign Countries
Higher Education
Information Retrieval
Information Sources
Library Education
Library Material Selection
Workbooks
Yearbooks
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED253234