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Title: Nearly Useless
Review: This book was required material in my reference course. As other reviewers have said, the book needs a good editor or proofreader. I had to read some passages several times because of confusion caused by strange grammar mistakes and typos. Also, I feel that the book is over-priced for what you get. It reads more like a poorly written thesis than an actual textbook. Much of the information on electronic resources is outdated. Two things saved this book from a one-star review. First, it did include a somewhat helpful section on conducting a reference interview. Second, the information on evaluating resources was fairly helpful. I was able to skim through a lot of the book because little of the information provided was new to me.
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