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crl-12914	Parks, James F.	Reference as the Promotion of Free Inquiry (Book Review)	1976	2	.pdf	application/pdf	1293	50	48	This study surpasses all others on two major points: it was done on a nation-wide scale, and it encompassed aU types of libraries except school libraries. The ma- terial is far from out-of-date for, as the au- thor advocates, the study of reference books should emphasize the books themselves, their time and place, their history as shown in their prefaces, as well as in the often-re- peated criteria for reference book evalua- tion, and the reader should seek historical perspective and understanding in using this collection.	cache/crl-12914.pdf	txt/crl-12914.txt