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Authorities provide important information on reference publishing, including valuable guidelines on evaluating publications and sources.
No matter which specific needs you have in a dictionary, every question associated with dictionaries and dictionary purchasing is addressed in Kister's Best Dictionaries for Adults and Young People. The book features the author's authoritative reviews and expert commentary as he evaluates 300 separate publications.
Harvey S. Wiener shows how parents can encourage their children to write with a home program that can be used from preschool through high school. Beginning with the building of attitudes, Wiener moves through simple, varied and practical experience with the written word. By setting up an atmosphere in the home that encourages creative written expression, coupled with a parent's guidance in writing, children gain an outlook on writing that builds confidence in their abilities to use language. This new edition addresses many heated issues about children's education and touches on today's critical debates: parents' roles in school preparations, the increased stress on writing assessment and per...
Organized thematically, this book tells the story of the European encyclopedia from 1650 to the present.
Here is a refreshing new book that takes a unique look at the many aspects of reference librarianship. Written by reference librarians for reference librarians, this new volume explores the changing roles of reference services and offers advice and practical ideas to guide librarians through the increasingly tangled maze of duties being thrust upon the reference staff. Although the everyday work of the reference librarian is often taken for granted, these insightful chapters illuminate the essential service performed by the reference librarians as they facilitate access to information for a wide variety of users. Furthermore, this book helps reference librarians face the future by examining ...
John Morr emigrated from the Palatinate of Germany to Schoharie, New York about 1721, moving in 1723 to Muhlbach, Heidelberg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota and elsewhere. Some descendants immigrated to Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and elsewhere in Canada. Includes history of most of the Morr and Myers Family Reunions through 1969 (held annually), as well as membership lists, genealogical records, chapters about the organization officers and their genealogical achievements, etc.
This book, first published in 1991, explores the changing roles of reference services and offers advice and practical ideas to guide librarians through the increasingly tangled maze of duties being thrust upon the reference staff. Although the everyday work of the reference librarian is often taken for granted, these insightful chapters illuminate the essential service performed by the reference librarians as they facilitate access to information for a wide variety of users. Furthermore, this book helps reference librarians face the future by examining the technological and service developments that will challenge their profession. It addresses unique reference problems such as making use of...
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