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Main Author: Gustafson, Julia Chance, Ed.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1987
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED297747
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  • Solving the Information Puzzle...An Andrews Library Handbook. Gustafson, Julia Chance, Ed. Audiovisual Communications College Libraries Guidelines Higher Education Information Sources Interlibrary Loans Librarians Library Facilities Library Services Online Searching Policy Reference Services Search Strategies User Needs (Information) This introduction to the library system at the College of Wooster in Ohio advises the user to keep a number of goals in mind in order to become an effective library user: (1) get to know the librarians and special assistants and how each can be of service; (2) learn the layout of the building and locations of the various service departments and departmental offices; (3) learn about the services, materials, functions, and policies of each library department; (4) develop a systematic method or research strategy for locating the needed information; and (5) learn what reference sources are available and how they work in order to find the information needed. Designed to help the user solve the information puzzle, this handbook provides the necessary information relative for each of the delineated goals. Both a table of contents and an index of titles discussed are provided for quick and easy access to specific items of content. Also included are floor plans for the five levels of the library, sections on special research collections that are owned by the library, and a glossary of library terms. (CGD)