A medical library assists in finding information related to health and patient care. It is often found in medical or academic institutions.

Medical Libraries

A library used by law professionals and students in order to research law and legislative history.

Law Libraries

Libraries that serve the staff within government agencies.

Government Agency Libraries

A library that serves the staff in a private corporation.

Corporate Libraries

- Medical libraries
- Law libraries
- Corporate libraries
- Government agency libraries

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Special libraries evoke different senses of place depending on the library's particular focus. Generally, these libraries bring together individuals with similar research needs, often those in a certain profession or with certain intellectual interests. For example, a law library can be considered not only a place of technical knowledge, but one of communion for law students.

Special Library as Place

Shumaker, David. (2018). Special Libraries. In McDonald, J. D., & Levine-Clark, M (Eds.), Encyclopedia of library and information sciences (Fourth ed, pp.4361-4369). CRC Press. https://doi-org.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/10.1081/E-ELIS4


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