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Reference Sources and Services Seema Sharma, Lovely Professional University

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Unit 2: Human and Institutional Sources of Information

CONTENTS

Objectives
Introduction

2.1 Sources of Information

2.1.1 The Internet
2.1.2 Newspapers

2.1.3 Journals/Magazines
2.1.4 Books

2.1.5 Encyclopedias
2.1.6 Government Publications

2.1.7 Libraries

2.2 The Modern Library
2.3 Evolution of Library

2.4 Notable Libraries

2.5 Summary
2.6 Keywords

2.7 Review Questions
2.8 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
• Define human and institutional sources of information
• Discuss the modern library and its evaluation
• Explain the complete idea about notable libraries.

Introduction

Library is a collection of books or other written or printed materials, as well as the facility in which
they are housed and the institution that is responsible for their maintenance. Modern libraries may

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