Cuneiform to Computer

A History of Reference Sources

AvWilliam A. Katz

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

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Cuneiform to Computer provides a brief history of how reference works developed, but concentrates on how they reflect attitudes of their particular period of publication. Each chapter focuses on a basic reference form and highlights the major titles in its evolution. Stress is on the inter-relationship of reference sources with social change and development.

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Utgivningsdatum:1998-03-05
Mått:145 x 223 x 30 mm
Vikt:612 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:History of the Book
Antal sidor:440
Förlag:Scarecrow Press
ISBN:9780810832909

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William A. Katz is Professor at the School of Information Science and Policy at the State University of New York at Albany. He is editor of The Reference Librarian and The Acquisitions Librarian. He is also editor of Magazines for Libraries and has compiled a second edition of The Columbia Granger's Guide to Poetry Anthologies, as well as the seventh edition of his Introduction to Reference Work.

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Katz delves deeply into reference history...every page is filled with facts that you can drop casually at the next cocktail party or budget hearing...

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Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Reference Books from Cuneiform to ComputersChapter 3 EncyclopediasChapter 4 Commonplace Books to Books of QuotationsChapter 5 The Reference of Time: Almanacs, Calendars, Chronologies, ChroniclesChapter 6 Ready Reference Books: Handbooks and ManualsChapter 7 Dictionaries Grammar and RhetoricChapter 8 Maps and Travel GuidesChapter 9 BiographyChapter 10 Bibliography, Serials, and IndexesChapter 11 Government DocumentsChapter 12 EpilogueChapter 13 Chronology