{"product_id":"basic-library-skills-5th-ed","title":"Basic Library Skills, 5th ed.","description":"\u003cp\u003e   This brand new edition of Wolf's acclaimed work provides a self-contained, short course in essential library skills for patrons of college, high school and public libraries. The intent is to provide a quick and easy way to learn to do library research. The exercises contained herein give students hands-on experience by applying rules stated in the text to situations that approach real \"research problems.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Subjects addressed include a brief tour of the library; card catalogs and cataloging systems; filing rules; online public access catalogs; subject searching; bibliographies; book reviews and parts of a book; dictionaries; encyclopedias; handbooks; atlases; gazetteers; periodicals; newspapers; online database searching and reference sources; literature and criticism; e-books; government information and government documents; biographies; business, career and consumer information; non-print materials and special services; online computer use in libraries and schools; and hints for writing term papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Instructors considering this book for use in a course may  request an examination copy here.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54260016218456,"sku":"9780786426355","price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780786426355_12fe615a-e869-432a-8187-6507a267c634.jpg?v=1765587648","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/basic-library-skills-5th-ed","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}