Reference Services Review: Volume 18 Issue 3

The anthropology of environmental decline: Part 2 “Development” and Ecological degradation in the contemporary third world

Timothy C. Weiskel, Richard A. Gray

The ecological decline of ancient Near Eastern civilizations and the violent and explosive characteristics of post‐Columbian colonial ecologies might well remain comfortably…

Standard generalized markup language: Why reference librarians should care

Betsy N. Kiser

All of us in the library community are familiar with the impact of the MARC (machine‐readable cataloging) record on library operations. Whether we specialize in administrative…

Exploring careers: Sources for helping students

Byron Anderson

Career planning quickly becomes a search for information. This information is likely to be found in different locations throughout a community, school system, or college campus…

Librarian and faculty member differences in using information technologies: A Prerequisite for Developing Effective Bibliographic Instruction Programs

Nancy Dennis, Nancy Dodd Harrington

Over the past twenty years, bibliographic instruction has evolved from teaching students the mechanics of locating research materials to a process‐oriented approach that…

Library services for remote users with Linkway

Julie Bobay, Ed Stockey, Mary Pagliero Popp

Universal access to libraries is a credo of librarianship. Students in library school learn the credo and most hold it fervently throughout their careers. However, as new…

Directories of special collections on social movements evolving from the Vietnam era

Ellen Embardo

In 1982, Scarecrow Press published Alternative Materials in Libraries. As one chapter, the book included a directory of collections of contemporary alternative materials in…