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Synopsis This book Information Sources and Services: Theory and Practice will serve as a firm and accurate base for the course objectives and information needs of the Paper VI (Theory) and VII (Practice) of UGC Model Curriculum for an integrated M. LISc. Programme. To assist the teachers and students, a topical outline of the chapter content is given at the beginning and a set of questions at the end. Topics covered include information sources (documentary, non-documentary and electronic) as well as Internet; Reference Service (Needs, tools, kinds-Ready and Longrange) etc.; information service (Alerting, Bibliographic, Referral, Document delivery, Translation and Reprograhic) etc.; Information systems and services (National as well as International). The practical part covers the study and evaluation of reference sources; compilation of bibliographies; compilation of Current Awareness Lists; and Press Clipping Services. A set of face-finding questions and answers are included. Thus, this book provides the basic concepts of the subject on the lines of the syllabus delineated in the Model Curriculum and shall come bandy to teachers and students of library and information science.