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| Title: | Reference sources collection in university libraries of Karnataka: a study |
| Authors: | H, Adithya Kumari
Talawar, V.G. |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | Studies
the reference sources collection, i.e., handbooks & manuals,
bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias,
biographies,
directories, yearbooks & almanacs, geographical sources, indexing &
abstracting sources in seven university
libraries
of Karnataka. Among seven universities included for the study, the Mangalore
University Library has rich
collection
of reference sources. Among the reference collection, dictionaries and
encyclopedias are more in number as
against
geographical sources of information and directories in university libraries.
The study also gives a comparative
analysis
of reference collection in university libraries with its number of users. Finds
that there is a need to strengthen the
collection
of almanacs, maps and atlases, gazetteers, indexing, abstracting and
statistical sources in all the university
libraries
under study particularly, the handbooks and yearbooks collection in Bangalore
University Library and statistical
sources
in Karnatak University Library. Almnacs and abstracting sources collection in
Kannada University Library has to be
initiated. |
| Page(s): | 93-99 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-2404 (Online); 0972-5423 (Print) |
| Source: | ALIS Vol.58(2) [June 2011]
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