Subject Guide to U.S. Government Reference Sources

Subject Guide to U.S. Government Reference Sources PDF

Author: Gayle J. Hardy (Davis)

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1996-09-15

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 0313078661

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Revised and updated, this compendium helps readers identify and understand the scope of key government reference sources-traditional books (including publications catalogs and telephone directories); information clearinghouses; and materials in new formats, such as CD-ROMs, datafiles, and Internet sites. The authors focus on free information and depository materials-both readily available through toll-free phone numbers, mail or e-mail requests to agencies, or federal depository library collections. Materials are fully described in annotations that differentiate between similar materials, identify typical citation formats, and note common abbreviations

The Invention of Rare Books

The Invention of Rare Books PDF

Author: David McKitterick

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-07-12

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 1108428320

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Explores how the idea of rare books was shaped by collectors, traders and libraries from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Using examples from across Europe, David McKitterick looks at how rare books developed from being desirable objects of largely private interest to become public and even national concerns.