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_c135.00 UK
100 1 _aCHALCRAFT Anthony
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245 0 _aWalford's guide to reference material:
_bgeneralia, language and literature, the arts:
_nVolume 3 /
_cedited by Anthony Chalcraft, Ray Prytherch and Stephen Willis
250 _a7th Edition
260 _aLondon:
_bLibrary Association Publishing,
_c1998
300 _axii, 1186 pages:
_c25 cm
520 3 _aA comprehensive guide to reference materials in the subject areas of knowledge - more specifically, bibliographies; librarianship and information studies; reference books; periodicals; organisations and associations; journalism and newspapers; government publications. Also covers the Arts and Language and Literature. A "one-stop source of information on all types of reference material, regardless of form". Thus, includes entries on bibliographies, indexes, dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories etc. and also on periodical articles, microforms, online and CD-ROM sources and on online and database services.ARRANGEMENT: Entries are arranged alphabetically under subject headings within broad subject groupings based on the UDC classification. Individual entries provide a detailed evaluation of each item and include full bibliographical detail, ISBN, price if available, critical annotations, publishing history, outline of contents, comparison with other works and a brief general assessment of overall value, often illustrated by quotations from or references to reviews. Contains separate alphabetical indexes to subjects, and to titles and authors which refer to the relevant unique running number(s) assigned to each entry.
650 _aARTS
650 _aBIBLIOGRAPHIES
650 _aDIRECTORIES
650 _aENCYCLOPEDIAS
650 _aGOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
650 _aINFORMATION SOURCES
650 _aLANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES
650 _aLIBRARIANSHIP
650 _aLITERATURE
650 _aMICROFORMS
650 _aONLINE DATABASES
650 _aORGANISATIONS
650 _aPERIODICALS
650 _aREFERENCE WORKS
700 _aPRYTHERCH Ray
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700 _aWILLIS Stephen
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