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ERIC Number: EJ483801
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-7072
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Madonna, Brahms, and President Clinton: Reference Use of the OCLC Authority File.
Olszewski, Lawrence J.
RQ, v33 n3 p395-403 Spr 1994
Discusses the use of the OCLC Authority File for answering reference questions. Contents of the authority file are described, including personal, corporate, conference, and geographic names, uniform titles, and subject headings; accessing the authority file is explained; searching strategies are discussed; and examples of authority records are given. (Contains 18 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Library Services, Online Searching, Reference Materials, Reference Services, Search Strategies, Subject Index Terms
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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