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Riechel, Rosemarie 1937- (Author).

Summary: This work is aimed at educators and librarians working with adults whose English is poor. Advice on ways to use children's nonfiction for adults; reference interview strategies; book selection, placement, and utilization; collection development; and readers' advisory enables this work to not only suggest sources but also offer new ways of serving this growing and diverse population.

Record details

ISBN: 9781555706500 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 1555706509 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
ix, 285 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-261) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	Reference service to adults: utilizing the children's nonfiction collection -- The reference interview: connecting adults to children's nonfiction literature -- Housing and promoting the collection: focusing on children's nonfiction -- Recommended titles: an annotated bibliography.