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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1996
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED403889 |
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- Wow! This Librarian and these Librarians Are Magic! The World Wide Web and Its Use in a Medium Sized Public Library. Charton, Michael Information Services Information Sources Internet Librarian Attitudes Library Services Online Searching Public Libraries Reference Services World Wide Web The purpose of this paper is to show the growing use of the World Wide Web to answer questions in the public library from the perspective of a librarian at the Parsippany Public Library in Morris County, New Jersey. Discussion includes the following: information on Parsippany and Morris County; a brief history of the World Wide Web; uses of a search engine and how to conduct a search with one; why the Web should be used for reference; questions for which the Web is not suitable; search possibilities; browsers; the role of the Web and traditional libraries and reference; benefits of Web searches; sample searches; how patrons feel about the Internet and the Web; and future reference possibilities. (AEF)