A Desert Island Reference Collection

Abstract

“If you were stranded on a desert island and had to create a reference/information service with only ten sources, which ten would you choose?” The question posed by an editor of this journal provokes a cartoon vision of a tiny islet, one palm tree, and a sinking ship in the distance. A much more pleasant image to build upon would be a large, well‐equiped island, with a home ready for occupancy by our family—my wife and me plus our two sons, who still live with us. The house would have all the appropriate amenities, shelving for a couple thousand volumes, and of course, room for the ten reference sources that we would be bringing ashore.

Citation

Bonta, B.D. (1985), "A Desert Island Reference Collection", Reference Services Review, Vol. 13 No. 1, pp. 7-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb048887