This work examines and annotates 619 numbered sources. The sources include books, journals, legal and governmental websites, trade publications and websites and online databases. These are divided into 15 chapters covering guides to insurance, textbooks (some already in new editions), the insurance industry, the history of insurance, insurance law, international insurance, actuarial science, risk management, health care reform and health insurance, annuities and live insurance, property/casualty insurance, employment and related insurances, bank and financial insurance, careers in insurance and miscellaneous insurance and related topics. Each chapter is divided into sections. Cross-references are included in the chapters using both the chapter...
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15 August 2016
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August 15 2016
The ALA Guide to Information Sources in Insurance, Rick Management, and Actuarial Science
RR 2016/180 The ALA Guide to Information Sources in Insurance, Rick Management, and Actuarial Science.
Lucy
Heckman
. ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association
Chicago
2016
viii + 213 pp.ISBN 978 0 8389 1275 1 $74.
Robert L. Turner, Jr
Robert L. Turner, Jr
Associate Professor, McConnell Library,
Radford University
, Radford, Virginia, USA
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7697
Print ISSN: 0950-4125
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2016
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Reference Reviews (2016) 30 (6): 12.
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Turner, Jr RL (2016), "The ALA Guide to Information Sources in Insurance, Rick Management, and Actuarial Science". Reference Reviews, Vol. 30 No. 6 pp. 12, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/RR-03-2016-0080
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