Information Sciences Subject Guide

Every profession has its own unique information needs, problems, and tools. The following titles are some of the sources for library and information science that should be familiar to you. Check the catalog for specific holdings.

Reference Bibliographies

• Guide to Reference Books. American Library Association. [Z1035.1 .G89 1996]
• American Reference Book Annual (ARBA). [Z1035.1 .A55]
  

Reviews of the Literature and Yearbooks

• Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) [Z699.A1A65]
• Advances in Librarianship [Z674.A4]
• Advances in library administration and organization [Z678.A39]
• Advances in library automation and networking. [Z678.9.A1A34]
• Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries [Z117.A24 1970-1989]
• ALA Yearbook of Library and Information Services [Ref. Z721.A525 & Stacks]
• Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac [Ref. Z731.A47]

Dictionaries

• Harrod’s librarians’ glossary and reference book [Ref.Z1006.H32]
• ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science [Ref.Z1006.A48]
• Concise dictionary of library and information science [Ref. Z1006.K39]
• Dictionary of Information Science and Technology [Ref.T58.5.D499 2007]
• Dictionary for Library and Information Science [Ref. Z1006.R45]
• ODLIS - Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science
• Bookbinding and the conservation of books : a dictionary of descriptive terminology. [Z266.7 .R62]
• Tech Terms Computer Dictionary . Dictionary of computer and technology terms.

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of Communication and Information [P87.5 .E53 2002]
• Encyclopedia of geographic information science [G70.212 .E53 2008]
• Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction [QA76.9.H85 B46 2004]
• Encyclopedia of Knowledge Management [HD30.2 .E53 2006]
• Encyclopaedia of librarianship. [Z1006 .L3 1966a]
• Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science [Z1006 .E57 2003]
• World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services [Z1006 .W671993]

Directories

• American Library Directory [Z731.A53]
• ALA Membership Directory [Ref.Z673.A5D5 latest 2000-2001]
• World guide to libraries. Internationales Bibliotheks-Handbuch. [Ref.Z721.I63]