Reference Services Review: Volume 12 Issue 1
Reference and instructional services for libraries in the digital age
Table of contents
On a Crowded Desert Island
Samuel RothsteinEver since William Wordsworth extolled the “bliss of solitude” some 175 years ago, it has become increasingly difficult to find a “desert island” in the original sense of the…
Telling the Story of the Library of Congress
Sarah PritchardDescribing the organization and collections of the Library of Congress seems a formidable undertaking, but over the past ten years, Charles Goodrum has been doing just that for…
Confronting 1984: A Librarian's Survival Guide to the Orwell Term Paper Explosion
Thomas A. KarelFor the past twenty‐five years or so, the writings of George Orwell — especially his final novel 1984 — have been a popular topic for student research. From junior high through…
Third International Conference on Databases in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Danielle MihramThe third International Conference on Data Bases in the Humanities and Social Sciences was held on June 10–12, 1983, at Rutgers University, sponsored by the Rutgers University…
Special Issues Bulletin
Jeanine Brown[“The librarian as entrepreneur indexer” is a theme begun in the Spring, 1983 issue of RSR (pp. 83–87). A growing number of librarians are beginning to publish their own indexing…
C.J.S. v. Am. Jur. 2d: Amici Librarii
Pamela S. BradiganWith today's increase in litigation and consumerism, more and more people are going to public and academic libraries to research their legal questions and problems. Recent issues…
Finding Homes for Children: The Process and the Literature
Renee FeinbergAdoption literature now speaks with many voices. Federal and state agencies and local advocacy groups are enthusiastic supporters of adoptions, the basic belief being kids need…
Nursing and Related Health Areas: Sources in U.S. Government Publications
Claudia Perry‐HolmesHealth‐related publications represent United States government publishing at its finest. But for a few major exceptions such as Index Medicus, many of these sources tend to be…
Why Bi or Li: A Forum
The participants in this forum were asked to respond in 500 words or less to a hypothetical question: why have a bibliographic or library instruction program? posed by an equally…
Teaching Basic Library Skills: Past Tense, Future Perfect
Larry L. RichardsonOver the past decade, academic librarians have identified increasingly sophisticated learning objectives for programs of bibliographic instruction. The new objectives include the…
Law and the Undergraduate
Judith M. NixonMore and more students are majoring in business in colleges and universities today and need access to legal materials. Undergraduate libraries are feeling pressure from these…
A Reader's Guide To George Orwell's 1984
Raymond G. McInnis, Michael TurnerMany people fear the approach of 1984. Why? Because in their minds too many of George Orwell's dark prophecies in his 1948 novel, 1984, appear to be coming true.
Copyright Clearance Center's Photocopy Authorization Service
Virginia RiordanThe Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) has instituted a new photocopy authorizations program which, according to Alexander C. Hoffman, Chairman of the Board of CCC (and Group Vice…
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