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Peer reviewedNixon, Judith M. – RQ, 1984
Discusses primary-source legal materials (laws, regulations, court decisions) useful for public libraries. Highlights include a discussion of federal and state branches of government and corresponding publications; tools needed for legal research (digests, annotated codes, "pocket parts"); four levels of legal service; and primary…
Descriptors: Government (Administrative Body), Government Publications, Laws, Legislation
Peer reviewedMiller, Richard E. – RQ, 1986
Discusses gradual emergence of reference service in today's liberal arts college libraries through a century of changes in the liberal arts curriculum, in teaching methods, faculty attitudes toward librarians, library facilities, and research tools. The relatively recent acceptance of reference service has obscured difficulties early proponents…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), College Libraries, Educational Change, Futures (of Society)
