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Peer reviewedBurke, Frank G. – Reference Librarian, 1997
Describes the "National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States" (NIDS-US), a microfiche resource of finding aids for manuscript collections and archives. Discusses its companion, NIDS-UK (United Kingdom), the NIDS CD-ROM index, and the development of ArchivesUSA, a CD-ROM which will combine NIDS, the National Union Catalog…
Descriptors: Archives, Foreign Countries, Indexes, Information Sources
Peer reviewedRoberts, Kay – Reference Librarian, 1994
Describes the process of question referral in California's second-level reference centers where questions are referred by public librarians, and provides examples of questions and sources typical of humanities research. Topics include the varied clientele and the use of databases, reference files, library collections, organizations, special…
Descriptors: Databases, Humanities, Information Centers, Information Sources
