Virtual reference services have increasingly become an integral component of academic libraries, offering researchers and students immediate, remote access to expert assistance. These services utilise ...

FARMINGTON HILLS -- Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, Monday announced a totally redesigned user interface for ...

“Our newly designed Gale Virtual Reference Library enables reference content to literally jump off the shelves – it's easy-to-use, and even easier for researchers to find exactly what they are looking ...

Gale will add approximately 750 new books focused on STEM, healthcare and K-12 topics to its e-book platform, Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL), as a result of signing four new publishers. The ...

Reference & User Services Quarterly, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Fall 2016), pp. 36-46 (11 pages) Since their inception, virtual reference services have evolved considerably and are now a significant component of ...

Reference & User Services Quarterly (RUSQ) is the official journal of the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association. The purpose of RUSQ is to disseminate information ...

When students and teachers have a question that needs an answer, they soon will be able to access the Clear Creek ISD reference library 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In a move that is expected to ...

The Haddonfield Public Library has added 20 new electronic titles to its virtual offerings.The reference materials – which range in subject matter from American history to fashion – are available to ...

If you are thinking about or are in the early stages of building a virtual reference service for your library, implementing a Virtual Reference Companion (VRC) Resource is a great place to start. I ...

eBook lending for libraries is still an issue for many reading consumers, and frustration on both sides of this issue still plagues both libraries and publishers. While libraries are concerned with ...

eBook lending for libraries is still an issue for many reading consumers, and frustration on both sides of this issue still plagues both libraries and publishers. While libraries are concerned with ...

For years, we’ve been hearing that traditional library reference service is dead. In reality, reference just disappeared, like Jimmy Hoffa. But unlike in the case of Hoffa, no one in the library field ...