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SYLLABUS
Information Sources and Services

Objectives: To study about the information sources and services, different types of resources, different types of services which
are included in the field of library and information science. Knowledge regarding all this will help the student to manage the
library and information sources and services.

S. No. Topics
Documentary sources of Information; print and non -print : categories: primary, secondary
1.
and tertiary.
Reference Services: Need, Types (orientation Ready & Long range reference services)
2.
Qualities of Reference Librarian.
3. Information Services and Products : Alerting Services, Bibliographic Services.
Document Delivery, Online Services, translation Services ,Reprographic Services.
4.
5. Reference sources and their Evaluation : Encyclopedia, Dictionaries.
6. Reference sources and their Evaluation : Directories, Geographical Sources.
Bibliographical Sources: Types and Importance, Comparative study of INB and BNB.
7.
8. Indexing and Abstracting Services, Need and importance.