References, References, References! – What I Thought I Knew and What I Think I Know Now (Blog Post 1)
To be very honest, I was having difficulties with finding a definition for “reference sources” as well as the proper terminology. Before taking courses for my teacher-librarianship diploma at UBC, I knew reference sources as a section of a library that contained giant, heavy books which included dictionaries, encyclopaedias, and atlases. According to Riedling, “reference sources” are, “materials from book to computer to periodical to photograph, that can be found anywhere in the library or online” (Riedling, Shake & Houston, 2013). This can include a large range of materials as…read more