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Guide to Reference

Guide to Reference, published in 2008 as the online successor to Guide to Reference Books, was a selective guide to the best print and online reference sources. An editorial team of reference librarians and subject experts selected and annotated some 16,000 entries, which were organized by subject. It was a subscription database, published by the…

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Guide to Reference

Nodes18
Edges17
Triples101
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.111111
Components1

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related to References · 46
Guide to Reference → American Libraries, American Library Association, Anne, Art, Bertha, Book, Book Review, Cheatham, Chicago, December, Ed, Eugene, Foundations, From Winchell’s, Galvin, Guide, Harris, Inc, Information Science, July
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Guide to Reference → After Kroeger's, Alice Bertha Kroeger, American Library Association, Columbia, Columbia University, Drexel University, During, Filled, Guide, Isadore Gilbert Mudge, It, Kieft, Kroeger, Librarians, Library School, Manual, Much, Mudge, New Guide, Pennsylvania
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Guide to Reference → ALA Publishing, Denise Beaubien Bennett, EBSCOhost, Florida's Marston Science Library, Guide, Guide's, Haverford College, It, JSTOR, Kieft, March, Occidental College, Reference, Reference Editorial Review Board, Robert, The, This, University, Use
related to External links · 4
Guide to Reference → Archived, February, Guide, Reference Home

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EBSCOhostinstance ofCurrent developmentsUse of the Guide became less and less frequent as research had turned more towards electronic databases0.80text
JSTORinstance ofCurrent developmentsUse of the Guide became less and less frequent as research had turned more towards electronic databases0.80text
Guide to Referencerelated to Current developmentsUse0.60section
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Guide to Referencerelated to Current developmentsEBSCOhost0.60section
Guide to Referencerelated to Current developmentsJSTOR0.60section
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Guide to Referencerelated to Current developmentsRobert0.60section
Guide to Referencerelated to Current developmentsKieft0.60section
Guide to Referencerelated to Current developmentsHaverford College0.60section
Guide to Referencerelated to Current developmentsOccidental College0.60section
Guide to Referencerelated to Current developmentsThis0.60section

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