465 The career guide: Dun’s employment opportunities directory. Dun’s
Marketing Ser vices. Dun and Bradstreet, 1985–. Annual. ISSN 0740-7289. $$
331.12 HF5382.5
This directory provides company information on leading U.S. companies that have at least 1,000 employees. Listings are provided alphabetically, geographically, and by industry classification. Ad- ditional geographic sections cover employer branch offices and disciplines hired. Entries include busi- ness name plus parent/headquarters, contact in- formation, officers, sales, number of employees, percentage range of blue- and white-collar em- ployees, ticker symbol and exchange, SIC industry classification codes, occupations hired with per- centage, and other locations. This source will be useful for all libraries.
466 Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance. 13th ed. L. Likoff. 5v.
Ferguson, 2005. ISBN 081606055X. $$
331.7 HF5381
This encyclopedia provides overviews of 93 career fields and 738 career articles. The career-field over- views provide background; structure of the indus- try; outlook, including statistics; and sources of additional information. The career articles cover occupations and provide overview, history, job
duties, education and training requirements, how to explore and gain experience with the career, typical places of employment, how to get a first job, advancement, earnings, work environment, outlook, and sources of additional information.
Also included is an introductory section on how to choose a career, how to find and apply for jobs, and helpful information for after you are hired, includ- ing salary/wages and employment laws. Appendixes cover career resources and associations for individ- uals with disabilities and internships, apprentice- ships, and training programs. Indexes are provided for orga nizations and websites and job titles.
There are also indexes based on common govern- ment classification systems, including Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Guide for Occupational Exploration, National Occupational Classification System (Canada), and Occupational Information Network Standard Occupational Classification Index. This easy-to-read and well-orga nized source will be useful for all libraries.
467 Occupational outlook handbook, 2006–07. U.S. Department of Labor staff. U.S. Dept. of Labor, 2006. ISBN 0160729416. $ www.bls.gov/oco/.
331.7 HD8051
This premier source is updated biennially and presents overviews of professional careers and careers in the fields of management, ser vice, sales, administration, farming, construction, installa- tion, production, transportation, and armed forces.
Entries include nature of the work, working con- ditions, education and training requirements, employment statistics and industries, job outlook, earnings, related occupations, and sources of addi- tional information. Supplemental material includes a general outlook of job opportunities, sources of career information, and how to find and evaluate a job offer. One downside to this publication is the classification of job titles. Fortunately, the index provides cross-references. The website provides free access to the entire work.
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Political Science and Law
For library users wanting the most up-to- date information on international, national, and local politics or the names of current government officials and political leaders, the Internet has emerged as the essential source. Nevertheless, print literature still serves a vital function in offering a vast range of information on political science and law.
Although some books listed below may be out of print (OP), these titles should still be considered when creating a comprehensive reference collection. This chapter includes entries on important print reference vol- umes and also on the burgeoning web sources now available on these subjects.
Bibliographies and Guides
468 American foreign relations since 1600:
A guide to the literature. Robert L.
Beisner, ed. 2v. ABC-CLIO, 2003. ISBN 1576070808. $$
016.32773 Z6465; E183
Produced under the auspices of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, this mas- sive two-volume work contains 16,000 annotated entries covering books, journal articles, micro- forms, and some websites. Each entry includes basic bibliographic information and an evaluative
annotation; works listed more than once are cross- referenced to the primary citation. An invaluable literature guide.
469 C-SPAN. National Cable Satellite Corporation. http://c-span.org.
Established by the cable industry in 1979 to pro- vide public-ser vice programming, this cable net- work has become a vital resource on American politics and government. The site offers free access to its archives and also live streams a wide range of political and public affairs programming.
470 Legal information institute. Cornell Univ. Law School. www.law.cornell.edu/
lii.html.
The Cornell Law Library created this site—which it still maintains—in 1992, attracting widespread use by the general public and legal professionals.
Known as the “law-not-com” site, it has the most links to law resources on the Web. An essential first stop for library users looking for any type of legal information.
471 Legal research in a nutshell. 8th ed.
Morris L. Cohen and Kent C. Olson.
478p. Thomson/West, 2003. ISBN 0314147071. $
340 KF240
First published in 1969, this classic research guide has increasingly incorporated electronic sources, but it still devotes considerable coverage to print materials. The first few chapters introduce the
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major primary and secondary sources; later sec- tions discuss more specialized topics, including administrative law, international law, and legisla- tive history, among many other topics. Compact in size, this work is a superb source for general read- ers and both law and nonlaw students.
472 Members of Congress: A bibliography.
Robert U. Goehlert, Fenton S. Martin, and John R. Sayre. 507p. Congressional Quarterly, 1996. ISBN 0871878658. $$
016.32873 Z7165; JK1030
This unique source provides biographical refer- ences to most individuals who served in Congress from 1774 to 1995. The bibliography contains cita- tions to books, journal and magazine articles, and essays within anthologies, covering both the pub- lic and private lives of these legislators. This out- standing reference work should particularly help library users wanting to track down hard-to-find biographical information.
473 Political science resources on the Web. University of Michigan Documents Center. Documents Center, Univ. of Michigan, 1996–. www.lib.umich.edu/
govdocs/polisci.html.
320 JA66
Created by librarians at the University of Michigan library in 1995, this documents center metasite pro- vides quick access to a number of links, including the U.S. and foreign government sites and country and international statistics, among numerous others.
474 Tapping the government grapevine:
The user-friendly guide to U.S.
government information sources. 3rd ed. Judith Schiek Robinson. 286p. Oryx, 1998. ISBN 1573560243. $
025.04 ZA5055
Engagingly written and nicely illustrated, this guide contains excellent information on the plethora of sources for finding information about the federal government. A caveat: much material has become outdated because of the Web. Nevertheless, this work contains useful and hard-to-find information on the history of these reference works.
475 USA.gov. Office of Citizen Ser vices and Communication, U.S. General Ser vices and Communications, 2000–. www.usa.gov.
ZA5075
“Whatever you want or need from the U.S. govern- ment, it’s here” is the seemingly boastful yet prob- ably accurate description of this metasite.
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
476 American conservatism: An encyclopedia. Bruce Frohnen, Jeremy Beer, and Jeffrey O. Nelson. 979p. ISI Books, 2006. ISBN 9781932236439. $
320.520973 JC573
Containing more than 600 entries, this comprehen- sive encyclopedia surveys the history, personalities, and philosophies of an ideological movement that has transformed U.S. politics for the last several decades.
477 The American political dictionary.
10th ed. Jack C. Plano and Milton Greenberg. 702p. Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1997. ISBN 0030173175 (pbk.). $
320.473 JK9
Arranged alphabetically by broad subject heading (finance and taxation, business and labor, etc.), this work serves as both a dictionary and a study guide.
Each entry contains a brief description of the topic and also includes a unique feature—its historical and contemporary “significance.” Frequent cross- references and a useful index provide easy access.
478 Black’s law dictionary. 8th ed.
Bryan A. Garner, editor in chief.
1810p. Thomson/West, 2004. ISBN 0314151990. $
340 KF156
Published since 1891, this work is the preeminent reference dictionary on law. Containing more than 25,000 terms, the dictionary also includes thou- sands of quotations from scholarly works and also pronunciation information. An abridged version and pocket edition are also available.
479 Brewer’s politics: A phrase and fable dictionary. Nicholas Comfort. 693p.
Cassell, 1993. ISBN 0304340855. $
320 JA61
According to the editor, this work “perpetuates the mildly whimsical approach to the selection of entries” in the venerable reference work Brewer’s dic- tionary of phrase and fable. Unsurprisingly, this British
work devotes much coverage to Great Britain—with the customary delightful wit—but it also contains much political material on the English-speaking Commonwealth countries, the United States, and some other countries. Author Comfort acknowledges that some material and quotations are offensive—
reflecting the crude attitudes of some politicians or unsavory political behavior—but he nevertheless disclaims responsibility. Although these selections and the occasional lack of references may compro- mise the suitability of this work, it is still a browsable, fun work, with some useful reference material.
480 Concise Oxford dictionary of politics.
2nd ed. Iain McLean and Alistair McMillan. 606p. Oxford Univ. Pr., 2003.
ISBN 0192802763. $
320 JA61
Compiled by British political-science scholars, this compact dictionary covers political concepts, note- worthy individuals, and institutions. The short, informative, and lucidly written entries make it a superb ready-reference source.
481 Encyclopedia of human rights. 2nd ed. Edward H. Lawson and Mary Lou Bertucci. 1715p. Taylor and Francis, 1996. ISBN 1560323620. $$$
323.4 JC571
This hefty volume covers UN-related human-rights activities and programs, although it is not an official UN publication. Most topical entries include bib- liographic references; orga nization listings include address and contact information. The appendixes list every international convention or treaty since 1921, including the names of the country signato- ries for major agreements. A useful ready-reference source, especially for such harder-to-find material as international human-rights documents on sexual orientation and “health as a human right.”
482 Encyclopedia of presidential campaigns, slogans, issues, and platforms. Robert North Roberts and Scott J. Hammond, eds. 395p.
Greenwood, 2004. ISBN 0313319731. $
324.973 E176
Primarily aimed at high school and college students, this work is divided into two sections. The first part surveys every presidential campaign from 1789 to 2000; the second section contains famous slogans (“Tippecanoe and Tyler Too”), major personali- ties, important issues, and political jargon (“swing
voters”). Many entries include useful bibliographi- cal references. A lively and informative work.
483 Encyclopedia of the American Left.
2nd ed. Mari Jo Buhle, Paul Buhle, and Dan Georgakas. Oxford Univ. Pr., 1998.
ISBN 0195120884. $$
335 HX86
First published in 1990, this revised and updated one-volume work is the most comprehensive ref- erence encyclopedia on the history and politics of American radicalism since the American Revolution.
The book features a wide variety of entries on left- wing activists, orga nizations, and ideological views.
A helpful glossary and an outline of topics provide easy access to the text.
484 Encyclopedia of the United States cabinet. Mark Grossman, ed. 3v. ABC- CLIO, 2000. ISBN 0874369770. $$
352.24 E176
Five Nobel Peace Prize winners and ten individuals who later became presidents have served in U.S.
cabinets. This three-volume set contains biogra- phies of the hundred individuals who served as cabinet secretaries from the presidencies of George Washington to Bill Clinton. Compiled over eight years by a remarkably diligent editor, this work fills a noticeable literature gap on this vital compo- nent of the executive branch. The book is arranged alphabetically by cabinet departments, and the biographies follow in chronological order.
485 International encyclopedia of human rights: Freedoms, abuses, and remedies. Robert L. Maddex, ed. 404p.
CQ Press, 2000. ISBN 1568024908. $$
323 JC571
A multipurpose work, this encyclopedia contains essays on the key concepts of human rights, sum- maries of major documents, listings of human- rights intergovernmental and national agencies, and advocacy groups. In addition, the volume also profiles almost fifty prominent activists. The set is superbly designed, with numerous black-and-white illustrations and easy-to-read type, and most entries include a bibliography and cross-references.
486 Macmillan dictionary of political quotations. Lewis D. Eigen and
Jonathan P. Siegel, eds. 785p. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN 0026106507. $
082 PN6084
Orga nized in approximately 100 broad subject headings, this dictionary contains a wide variety of quotations. The topics include campaigns and conventions, freedom and liberty, and foreign pol- icy. Selections were based on “terseness [and] clear statement of an important principle, controversy, humor, surprise,” and many other factors. Because a large number of world leaders and political phi- losophers have been white Christian men, the editors honestly acknowledge an “inevitable” bias in their selections. They also readily declare that there was “no serious attempt to provide balance on issues. If, on a particular issue, one side was more witty, pithy, urbane, and widely published, that is the way it appears in this book.” Each entry includes the source reference; an author and con- cept index provides easy access to the text.
487 Oxford dictionary of political quotations. 3rd ed. Antony Jay, ed.
541p. Oxford Univ. Pr., 2006. ISBN 0192806165. $
320 PN6084
The editor succeeds at his admirable goal: to produce a classic reference work containing the
“political quotations [that] are part of the currency of political speeches and writings throughout the English-speaking world.” Alphabetically arranged by author, the entries are set in two well-spaced columns—the entry and the source. Because many quotation dictionaries are often printed in small type, with little space between entries, the appeal- ing graphic design enhances the readability of this well-researched reference source.
488 Penguin dictionary of international relations. Graham Evans and Jeffrey Newnham. 623p. Penguin, 1998.
ISBN 0140513973 (pbk.). $
327 JZ1161
Published soon after the end of the cold war, this paperback contains more than 700 entries covering ideas, orga nizations, events, and specialized terms.
Frequent cross-references help broaden the under- standing of each term.
489 Safire’s new political dictionary: The definitive guide to the new language of politics. William Safire. 930p. Random House, 1993. ISBN 0679420681. $
320 JK9
New York Times columnist and former speechwriter Safire has produced this outstanding compilation,
a culmination of more than a quarter century of writing about the language of politics. According to the author, this political dictionary does not define common terms about government or governmental offices, for example, vice president or president; rather, this work offers the etymology of terms and phrases such as veep, heartbeat away from the presidency, and the loneliest job in the world. Safire, a very diligent researcher and witty literary stylist, has compiled an essential reference work for most libraries.
Directories
490 Federal regulatory directory. 12th ed.
Congressional Quarterly. Congressional Quarterly, 2005. ISBN 1568029756. $$
351.02573 HC110
Known as FRED, this perennial reference work pro- vides detail on more than 100 federal regulatory agen- cies, brief histories and contact information, legislation purview, and biographies of notable administrators.
491 Public interest group profiles. 12th ed.
CQ Press and the Foundation for Public Affairs, 2006. ISBN 0872893448. $$
332.43 JK1118
This hefty reference source features much useful information on selected public advocacy groups, including purpose, funding sources, membership statistics, publications, and media comments about their effectiveness.
492 State and local government on the Net: A Piper Resources guide to government sponsored Internet sites.
Piper Resources. Piper Resources, 1998–.
www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm.
973.025 Z1123
This metasite provides easy access to the large number of state and local information sources.
493 United States government Internet manual. Peggy Garvin, ed.
Bernan Press, 2004–. Annual. ISSN 1547-2892. $
351 ZA5075
This printed guide to U.S. government Internet sites lists title, sponsoring agency, address, and a description. Useful when working with patrons seeking government information.
494 U.S. courts. Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. www.uscourts.gov.
A metasite providing links to U.S. district and appellate courts.
495 Washington information directory.
Congressional Quarterly. Congressional Quarterly, 2005. ISSN 0887-8064. $$
975.3 F192
Published for more than 30 years, this directory provides contact information on the vast number of government agencies and congressional commit- tees in the nation’s capital. Especially helpful are entries on nongovernmental orga nizations, which are listed alongside government agencies. Flow charts and easy-to-read entries enhance its use- fulness. A superb telephone and in-person ready- reference source.