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Reference Services: Role of the LMTA Types of Reference Questions Limits of Reference Service Reference Techniques Question Analysis Organization of Reference Collections Reference Sources : The Library Catalogue The Catalogue Card Catalogue Arrangement of Entries in a Catalogue The Catalogue Card and Cataloguing Rules Subject Entries - References Filing Other Catalogue Formats Reference Tools: Library Classification Purposes of Classification Dewey Decimal Classification Outline of the Decimal Classification Book Numbers Library of Congress Classification Outline of the Library of Congress Classification Book Numbers Reference Work : Footnotes and Bibliography Entries Footnotes Footnotes for Books Footnotes for Periodical Articles - Miscellaneous Footnotes Shortened Forms of Footnotes Bibliography Entries Bibliography Entries for Books Bibliography Entries for Periodicals Abbreviations used in Bibliographic Citations - Reference Materials: The Reference Collection Types of Reference Materials Selection of Reference Materials Reference Materials: Almanacs and Yearbooks Almanacs and Yearbooks Reference Materials: Dictionaries Unabridged Dictionaries Abridged Dictionaries Historical Dictionaries Current Usage Slang Synonyms and Antonyms Abbreviations Reference Materials: General Encyclopaedias General Encyclopaedias Desk Encyclopaedias Juvenile Encyclopaedias Reference Materials : Biographical Information Biographical Information International Biographical Information-United States Biographical Information-Great Britain Reference Materials: Bibliographies and Bibliographic Guides General Bibliographies (Books) National Bibliographies- United States International Bibliographies Library Catalogues- International in Scope - Reference Materials for Gazetteers, Humanities and Social Sciences: Reference Materials: Atlases and Gazetteers Atlases-International Atlases-United States Atlases-Historical Gazetteers and Geographical Dictionaries Guidebooks and Travel Guides Reference Materials: Directories and Handbooks Handbooks-General Handbooks-Dates Handbooks-Etiquette Handbooks-First Facts/Records Handbooks-Government Handbooks-Publishers Handbooks-occupations Handbooks-Parliamentary Procedures - Handbooks-Quotations... -
