Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books: Supplement 1909-1910

Alice Bertha Kroeger, Isadore Gilbert Mudge

ISBN 10: 1334510490 / ISBN 13: 9781334510496

Published by Forgotten Books, 2024

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Print on Demand. Exploring various dimensions of the concept of 'reference books', this comprehensive literary tome investigates the nature and historical evolution of reference works. Establishing a distinct scientific basis for reference books, the author categorizes these books and elucidates their importance to a variety of disciplines, including bibliography, library science, and the study of dictionaries. The author classifies reference books into various types - dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, and bibliographies - further examining their organization, functions, and relationship to the literary canon. Moreover, the author underscores the significance of these works in education, scholarship, and as instruments of scientific inquiry. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books: Supplement 1909-1910
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1334510490
• ISBN 13: 9781334510496
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: print-on-demand item
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Synopsis

Excerpt from Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books: Supplement 1909-1910

Readers' guide to periodical literature (cum ulsted). An index to 99 periodicals and also in the same alphabet to 430books, reports, etc., constituting a supplement to the second edition of the A. L. A. Index to general literature. 1905-1909, ed. By Anna Lorraine Guthrie. Minn. Wilson, 1910. V. 2. $24.

Combines in one alphabet all the references in the five volumes of the annual Readers' guide. 1905-09. And also some 380 pages of new matter. Principally the indexing of essays. Etc.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.