Open Access“The Rolls Royce of the Library Reference Collection”
Author(s) -
John W. East
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
reference and user services quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5242
pISSN - 1094-9054
DOI - 10.5860/rusq.50n2.162
Subject(s) - encyclopedia , subject (documents) , academic library , collection development , library science , focus (optics) , resource (disambiguation) , world wide web , computer science , computer network , physics , optics
This paper reviews the development of the subject encyclopedia as an information resource and evaluates its present role, with particular focus on the academic library. The paper looks especially at online subject encyclopedias and the extent to which academic libraries are facilitating and promoting access to these resources.
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