Conducting the reference interview : a how-to-do-it manual for librarians / Catherine Sheldrick Ross, Kirsti Nilsen, Marie L. Radford
Imprint
New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc., c2009
Edition
2nd ed
Descript
xiv, 290 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
CONTENT
Why bother with a reference interview? -- Setting the stage for the reference interview : the first thirty seconds -- Finding out what they really want to know -- Beyond negative closure -- Special contexts for the reference interview -- The reference encounter in virtual environments -- The readers' advisory interview -- Establishing policy and training for the reference interview