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YEARBOOK, HANDBOOK, ALMANAC, DIRECTORIES IMD353/IMD307
Chapter 7
YEARBOOK Publication which is issued annually for the purpose of giving current information in narrative, statistical, or directory form. Published annually as a report or summary of statistics or facts. • Stress events and statistics for a single year, usually the year preceding the publication date • Used to find data and background materials on places, peoples and things that changed or made the news in the previous year. • Serve to give detailed information, and supplement older articles
Types of Yearbook General type / encyclopedia annuals • Used to check names, dates, statistics, events, etc. that happens in the past year. • Published as a means to keep the encyclopedia up to date. • Provide comprehensive coverage and give summary of the important events.
Subject yearbook • Yearbooks that treats several subjects including social, political, educational, cultural, etc.
HANDBOOK • • •
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A small book which can be held in the hand. Is a small manual, reference work, or other collection of inst ructions, intended to provide ready reference. A single-volume reference book of compact size that provides concise factual information on a specific subject, organized systematically for quick and easy access. Serves as a handy guide to a particular subject. Treats broad subject in brief fashion. Often large amount of information about a subject is compressed into a single volume.
Types of Handbook Manuals
• Give instruction or serve as guides
Miscellanies
• Which include bits of unusual and hard-to-find information on many subjects.
Companions
• Which explain and interpret various aspects of a subject.
Digests
• Which present in condensed form information that is classified and arranged under proper headings or titles.
ALMANAC •
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Originally a projection of the coming year, calendars of months and days with special dates, forecasts of the weather, and astronomical calculations. Now it means a collection of miscellaneous facts and statistical information. An annual publication containing tabular information in a particular fields often arranged according to the calendar. A reference work giving facts, data, tables, charts, lists, etc. on a wide range of topics.
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Provide useful data and statistics relating to countries, personalities, events, subjects, etc. Comes from the Arabic word ‘al-manaakh’ which means ‘the climate’.
Types of Almanac General Almanac
The World Almanac and Book of Facts (first pub. as a booklet in 1868, discontinued 1876, revived 1886)
Subject / academic Almanac
almanacs devoted to particular topics, such as sports, health care, Native Americans, and specific countries, or designed for specific audiences, such as children. Eg: SINCE 1792, The Old Farmer's Almanac has published useful information for people in all walks of life: tide tables for those who live near the ocean; sunrise tables and planting charts for those who live on the farm; recipes for those who live in the kitchen; and forecasts for those who don't like the question of weather left up in the air
Evaluating Yearbook, Handbook and Almanac Arrangement Accuracy/ Authority Index Documentation
• Easy to consult for quick facts
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To find out if it provide factual information. Reading reviews written by knowledgeable reviewers Comparing data in different sources Relying on personal expertise Longtime reputation of a work
• Should be helpful, accurate and consistent in style and terminology. • Should complement the overall arrangement of the work
• Statistics should be recent and from identified sources. • Identification should be complete enough to lead to the original source. • If does not provide documentation, its reliability are questionable.
Evaluating Yearbook, Handbook and Almanac Illustrations
•Sometime material with good and quality illustration help us to retrieve information faster compare to reading through text
Comprehensiveness
•Comprehensive within their stated scope either the information provided on a single or many subjects. If it is not comprehensive it is of little value.
Format
Currency
•Organized in a logical manner.
•Should be updated continually, as these type of reference sources contains data that is already outof-date by the time it is published.
DIRECTORIES •
A list of persons or organizations, systematically arranged, usually in alphabetical or classed order, giving addresses, affiliations, and so forth, for individuals, and addresses, officers, functions, and similar data for organizations. ALA Glossary of Library Terms
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Lists the names and addresses of persons, organizations or institutions. Might also provide information such as the purpose and the officers of the organizations. Use to find out;
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An individual’s or a firm’s addressed or telephone number.
Full name of an individual, a firm or an organization Description of a particular manufacturer’s product or services
Types of Directory Local directories
• telephone books and city directories. Could include directories of local schools, clubs, social groups, etc.
Government directories
• Includes guides to post offices, army and navy posts, and others services provided by federal, state, and city governments.
Institutional directories
• lists of schools, foundations, libraries, hospitals, museums, etc.
Trade and business directories
• mainly lists of manufacturers’ information about companies, industries and services.
Investments services
• closely related to trade and business directories. Gives detailed report on public and private corporations and companies.
Professional directories
• largely lists of professional organizations such as relating to law, medicine, etc.
Evaluating Directories Scope
Comprehensiveness
•Look at what organizations, geographical areas, or type of individuals is included. •Look closely at the preface.
•Provide all information or only those meeting certain criteria.
Currency
•Look at the frequency of publication.
Accuracy
•Verify information provided by telephone, gather data through forms sent in the mail, examine public records, and also look at the preface.
•How often is it actually updated?
•Look weather entries clearly arranged and consistent throughout the source.
Format
•Does it provide header at the tops of pages. •Does it provide directory’s indexes. •Types of indexes included. eg. A personal name indexes, geographic index, name index, or subject index.