TY - JOUR AU1 - KAPLAN, LOUIS AB - Modern reference service is marked by four distinctive features 1 the willingness and ability of librarians generally to give reference aid 2 a staff devoted exclusively or largely to reference work 3 reference collections stored on open shelves in rooms planned as reference quarters and 4 ready guides to library resources such as a dictionary catalogue and a precise scheme of classification. TI - The Early History of Reference Service in the United States JF - Library Review DO - 10.1108/eb012104 DA - 1947-03-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/the-early-history-of-reference-service-in-the-united-states-U3hYuRk0vP SP - 286 EP - 290 VL - 11 IS - 3 DP - DeepDyve ER -