[Genealib] Advice for Library School Students

[Sarah Kirby]

The ALA\RUSA has guidelines:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/resources/guidelines/index.cfm

And RUSA has a short online training course:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/development/genealogy101/index.cf
m

Diane Kovacs does a resources survey every year or two:
http://www.kovacs.com/oldresults/gencore06.html - 2008 is still in
progress - 

The best single book on doing independent research using more than just
the "usual" sources is not limited to genealogy, but is nevertheless,
one that I refer to often:
Mann, Thomas. 2005. The Oxford guide to library research. New York:
Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780195189971 
 
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