UNIT ONE Information Sources 3
Lesson One The Structure of a Book 3
Language Focus A Hints for Reading Practice 10
Lesson Two The Function of Reference Apparatus of a Book 15
Language Focus B Skimming 25
Lesson Three Information Sources 30
Language Focus C Scanning 37
UNIT TWO About Libraries 47
Lesson Four Trends in Library Service 47
Language Focus D Contextual Reference 57
Lesson Five Importance of Catalogues and Bibliographies 60
Language Focus E Explanations and Definitions 66
Lesson Six The Card Catalog 75
Language Focus F Classifying 82
UNIT THREE Reference Books 91
Lesson Seven Encyclopedia 91
Language Focus G Giving Examples 99
Lesson Eight Biographical Dictionaries 102
Language Focus H Making Comparisons 110
Lesson Nine Atlases and Gazetteers 117
Language Focus I Comparison/Contrast 123
Lesson Ten Dictionaries, Yearbooks and Handbooks 133
Language Focus J Listing 140
UNIT FOUR Abstracts and Indexes Journals 147
Lesson Eleven Purpose of Abstracts 147
Language Focus K Time Sequence 155
Lesson Twelve Subject Indexing and Analysis of its Problems 163
Language Focus L Organizing Information 168
Lesson Thirteen Brief Introduction to Journal Indexes and Abstracts 179
Section One Computer Control Abstracts (CCA) 180
Section Two Engineering Index Annual (Ei) 187
Section Three Dissertation Abstracts International (DAL) 194
Section Four World Meetings: United States Canada (WM) 200
Section Five Government Reports Announcements Index (GRA I) 211
Section Six Science Citation Index (SCI) 221
UNIT FIVE The Internet 239
Lesson Fourteen Introduction to the Internet 239
Lesson Fifteen E-mail 250
Lesson Sixteen Clients/Servers and the Intemet Tools 262
Section One Gopher 265
Section Two Word Wide Web (WWW) 270
Section Three Archie 274
Section Four Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS) 278
References 283
For Further Reading 286
Answer Sheet 305