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Reference and Information Services in the 21st Century
 

Chapter 8  Answering Questions about Current Events and Issues--Indexes

Updates

  • “Spring Database Update, 2006.”  Booklist, 102, no.16: 88-95.

Information on new databases as well as changes in existing databases. Databases reviewed include America: History and Life, History Abstracts, Ebsco’s new Consumer Health Complete and Literary Reference Center, Thomson Gale’s Science Resource Center and Wilson’s Biography Index: Past and Present.

Further Reading

  • Kesselman, Martin and Sarah Barbara Watstein.  2005. “Google Scholar and libraries:  point/counterpoint.”  Reference Services Review 33, no. 4: 380-387.

This article explores the impact of Google Scholar on academic libraries.

Trends

 
 

 

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