Library Research Skills

Exercise

EXPLORING INFORMATION SOURCES IN THE LIBRARY

I. Reference Books

Reference books include handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, directories, almanacs, data books, and yearbooks. The reference books are normally held in a particular section of the library.

• Go to the reference books area where your DDC numbers are located.
• Browse this area and try to find two reference books of interest.
• Write down the titles of the reference books you find and their call numbers below. Briefly describe what kind of information they contain.
  

Reference book title #1:

Call number:

Type of information in book:

Reference book title #2:

Call number:

Type of information in book:






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