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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Every library has rich stores of primary, secondary and tertiary sources of information including Internet resources, online databases, manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and many more. New technologies are also changing the services like virtual reference, user instruction, document delivery, consortia e-resources, direct borrowing and self-checkout etc. which a library provides. As society becomes increasingly connected to the virtual world and lacks patience in searching the required information, library use skills are essential to access information efficiently and effectively and thereby use information accurately and creatively. This book would be of useful and valuable for library science professionals, policy makers and IT professionals to explore the various information sources including internet technology, e-resources and databases in meeting the timely information needs of the society. It is hoped that this book would be a value addition for the library and information professionals and would help them equip the library users with skills to identify, collect, formulate search and use various information sources including Internet, OPAC, and online databases.