我国省市、图书馆多年来在科研服务工作中有不少好的方法,如代查、代译、展览、书目等等。所谓‘代查’,就是读者提出课题。图书馆的参考咨询人员根据要求提供所需要的文献资料。代查这一工作方法,似乎一向被视为图书馆为科研服务工作的一个重要环节。事实上,图书馆运用代查的方法,的确是做出了不少成绩。不过这个方法,存在着一定的局限性。 Many provinces and municipalities and libraries in our country have many good ways in scientific research and service work over the years, such as investigation, translation, exhibition, bibliography and so on. The so-called ’generational investigation’, is the reader raised the subject. Library reference consultants to provide the required documentation on request. It seems that the search for this working method has always been regarded as an important link in the library’s work on scientific research. In fact, the library has made a lot of achievements by using the method of investigation. However, this method, there are some limitations.