Reference Services Review: Volume 37 Issue 3

Taiga and Darien: Relevance for reference and instructional services for libraries in the digital age

Eleanor Mitchell, Sarah Barbara Watstein

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the Taiga Provocative Statements and Darien Statements on the Library and Librarians documents.

Wikipedia: friend or foe?

Kathy West, Janet Williamson

The purpose of this paper is to report on a research study that entailed the rigorous evaluation of the quality of a large multidisciplinary sample of Wikipedia articles. The…

On the remediation of Wikipedia to the iPod

Jim Hahn

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a usability study of information search on mobile devices, seeking to understand mobile computing best practice in the…

Libraries and the mobile revolution: remediation=relevance

Michelle Leigh Jacobs

The purpose of this paper is to look at the big picture of where academic libraries fit into the mobile revolution.

Student perceptions of federated searching vs single database searching

Annie R. Armstrong

The purpose of this paper is to compare the efficacy of two approaches to finding articles on a topic by measuring student perceptions of the ease‐of‐use of the search process and…

Course instructor perceptions of computer‐generated bibliographic citations

Justine L. Martin

The purpose of this paper is to investigate course instructor perceptions into personal and classroom use of computer‐generated bibliographic citations. The paper aims to provide…

Building a sustainability collection: a selected bibliography

Mary Beth Applin

The purpose of this paper is to present a bibliography for collection development purposes. It is a list of fundamental reference books, serials, monographs, DVDs, and web sites…

Hunter S. Thompson and Gonzo Journalism: a guide to the research

Steven Hoover

The purpose of this paper is to identify and annotate resources related to Hunter S. Thompson and Gonzo Journalism.

Assessing information literacy skills in the Technological Education Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece

Stella Korobili, Aphrodite Malliari, George N. Christodoulou

The purpose of this paper is to investigate student information literacy skills in the Technological Education Institute (TEI) of Thessaloniki, Greece, and examine whether courses…

A survey of Iranian academic reference services in terms of librarians' discipline: Suggesting an organizational structure

Iraj Moradi, Nadjla Hariri

Considering the significant difference between the discipline reference librarians graduate in and how reference services are offered, this paper aims to test such a hypothesis by…