Reference Services Review: Volume 19 Issue 3

Reference and instructional services for libraries in the digital age

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Manuel Noriega and the “Panama Crisis”: An annotated bibliography

Allan Metz

Historically, Panama has always been “a place of transit.” While technically the isthmus formed part of Colombia in the nineteenth century, it was linked geopolitically to the…

Library services in a supercomputer center

Mary Layman

“During the past few years—roughly the first half of the 1980s—a growing number of scientists, engineers, and businessmen discovered that conventional computers are too limited…

Orientation for the reference desk

Anne May Berwind

The Need for Reference Desk Orientation. The literature on training in libraries is concerned for the most part with educating paraprofessionals to perform professional tasks…

Case studies in censorship: Censoring the Merchant of Venice

Richard A. Gray

A history of twentieth‐century censorship. Shakespeare's company staged the first production of The Merchant of Venice sometime between 30 July 1596 and 22 July 1598. From the day…

Sources of United Nations information

Bruce Harley

As a new century approaches, the evolving global village becomes difficult to ignore. More than ever before, the United Nations will act as both universal meeting hall and…

The impact of plastics on the environment

JoAnn DeVries

In 1987, Campbell Soup Company introduced the Souper Combo, a line of frozen soup and sandwiches. Melvin Druin, vice‐president for packaging, called it “the perfect combination of…

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ISSN:

0090-7324

Online date, start – end:

1973

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Ms Sarah Barbara Watstein