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Third Edition (2001) and Fourth Edition (forthcoming) of
Reference and Information Services
by Richard E. Bopp and Linda C. Smith




Table of Contents, from the 4th Edition, forthcoming

Richard E. Bopp and Linda C. Smith, Editors

Table of Contents
1. History and Varieties of Reference Services
David Tyckoson
2. Ethical Aspects of Reference Service
Richard E. Rubin
3. The Reference Interview
M. Kathleen Kern and Beth S. Woodard
4. Organization of Information and Search Strategies
Linda C. Smith
5. Electronic Resources for Reference
Kathleen M. Kluegel
6. Understanding Electronic Information Systems for Reference
Kathleen M. Kluegel
7. Access-Related Reference Services
Lynn Wiley
8. Instruction
Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
9. Reference Service Improvement: Staff Orientation, Training, and Continuing Education
Beth S. Woodard
10. Evaluation of Reference Services
Jo Bell Whitlatch
11. Organizing and Delivering Reference and Information Services
Josephine Z. Kibbee
12. Reference Services for Specific Populations
Frances Jacobson Harris
13. Selection and Evaluation of Reference Sources
Linda C. Smith
14. Directories
Joseph E. Straw
15. Almanacs, Yearbooks, and Handbooks
Lori S. Mestre
16. Biographical Sources
Jeanne Holba Puacz
17. Dictionaries
Stephanie R. Davis-Kahl
18. Encyclopedias
Melissa A. Wong
19. Geographical Sources
David A. Cobb
20. Bibliographic Sources
Carol Bates Penka
21. Indexes and Abstracts
Linda C. Smith
22. Government Documents and Statistics Sources
Eric Forte and Mary Mallory

Editors:

Richard E. Bopp, retired, was Associate Professor of Library Administration, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Linda C. Smith is Professor and Associate Dean, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She received the Isadore Gilbert Mudge-R.R. Bowker Award for distinguished contribution to reference librarianship in 2000 and the Beta Phi Mu Award for distinguished service to education for librarianship in 2004.