Weiss Ratings Guide to Credit Unions, Fall 2019


Book Description

More and more Americans are searching for a different option to traditional banking. Weiss Ratings Guide to Credit Unions answers this need. With this new reference tool at the ready, users will be able to find the credit unions in their area, determine which are the most financially stable and rest assured that their money is safe. This informative guide will be an important acquisition in any public library reference collection.




Weiss Ratings Guide to Credit Unions, Spring 2019


Book Description

More and more Americans are searching for a different option to traditional banking. Weiss Ratings Guide to Credit Unions answers this need. With this new reference tool at the ready, users will be able to find the credit unions in their area, determine which are the most financially stable and rest assured that their money is safe. This informative guide will be an important acquisition in any public library reference collection.




Weiss Ratings Guide to Credit Unions, Summer 2019


Book Description

More and more Americans are searching for a different option to traditional banking. Weiss Ratings Guide to Credit Unions answers this need. With this new reference tool at the ready, users will be able to find the credit unions in their area, determine which are the most financially stable and rest assured that their money is safe. This informative guide will be an important acquisition in any public library reference collection.




Weiss Ratings Guide to Credit Unions, Winter 15/16


Book Description

As the banking industry continues to struggle, more and more Americans are searching for a different option to traditional banking. Weiss Ratings Guide to Credit Unions answers this need. With this new reference tool at the ready, users will be able to fi




American Reference Books Annual


Book Description

Read professional, fair reviews by practicing academic, public, and school librarians and subject-area specialists that will enable you to make the best choices from among the latest reference resources. This newest edition of American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) provides librarians with insightful, critical reviews of print and electronic reference resources released or updated in 2017-2018, as well as some from 2019 that were received in time for review in the publication. By using this invaluable guide to consider both the positive and negative aspects of each resource, librarians can make informed decisions about which new reference resources are most appropriate for their collections and their patrons' needs. Collection development librarians who are working with limited budgets—as is the case in practically every library today—will be able to maximize the benefit from their monetary resources by selecting what they need most for their collection, while bypassing materials that bring limited value to their specific environment.







Weiss Ratings Guide to Credit Unions, Spring 2016


Book Description

This quarterly guide is the ideal resource for accurate, unbiased ratings and data to help citizens across the United States choose a credit union for themselves, their families, their companies, or their clients. Credit unions provide a viable and sometimes preferable alternative to banks across the nation, with lower interest rates on loans and higher returns on savings accounts. Additionally, credit unions enjoy nonprofit status and are governed by depositors, giving members more of a say in their institution's operation. Many U.S. consumers remain unaware of the benefits of credit unions over banks; luckily, Weiss Ratings' Guide to Credit Unions is here to help users select the right credit union for them. Grey House's Financial Ratings Series combines the strength of Weiss Ratings and TheStreet Ratings to offer the public a single, comprehensive source for financial strength ratings and financial planning tools. From health insurers to banks and credit unions to stocks and mutual funds, the Financial Ratings Series provides accurate, independent information that consumers need to make informed financial decisions. All of Weiss Ratings' Guides are published quarterly, utilize a clear-cut A-to-F rating system (similar to school grading systems), and contain more complete, up-to-date ratings than any of their competitors. This Spring 2016 edition of Weiss Ratings' Guide to Credit Unions features ratings and analyses of over 7,800 credit unions in the United States. Many of these companies are not rated anywhere else.




Weiss Ratings Guide to Credit Unions, Winter 18/19


Book Description

More and more Americans are searching for a different option to traditional banking. Weiss Ratings Guide to Credit Unions answers this need. With this new reference tool at the ready, users will be able to find the credit unions in their area, determine which are the most financially stable and rest assured that their money is safe. This informative guide will be an important acquisition in any public library reference collection.







Reference and Information Services


Book Description

Designed to complement every introductory library reference course, this is the perfect text for students and librarians looking to expand their personal reference knowledge, teaching failsafe methods for identifying important materials by matching specific types of questions to the best available sources, regardless of format. Guided by a national advisory board of educators and practitioners, this thoroughly updated text expertly keeps up with new technologies and practices while remaining grounded in the basics of reference work. Chapters on fundamental concepts, major reference sources, and special topics provide a solid foundation; the text also offers fresh insight on core issues, including ethics, readers' advisory, information literacy, and other key aspects of reference librarianship;selecting and evaluating reference materials, with strategies for keeping up to date;assessing and improving reference services;guidance on conducting reference interviews with a range of different library users, including children and young adults;a new discussion of reference as programming;important special reference topics such as Google search, 24/7 reference, and virtual reference; anddelivering reference services across multiple platforms As librarians experience a changing climate for all information services professionals, in this book Cassell and Hiremath provide the tools needed to manage the ebb and flow of changing reference services in today's libraries.