PREFACE
Size
Cost
Coverage
Renovations, more public seating and group study spaces have meant that reference collections have shrunk. It is important to keep some classic titles in reference and this resource includes some older titles that should be kept.
Approaching This Guide
Patrons of public libraries, undergraduates, and even graduate students will turn to the Internet and find information quickly and easily, but not necessarily scientific or accurate. Together, these changes mean that Reference Resources for Small and Medium-sized Libraries remains a valuable guide for reference librarians, collection development librarians, and library students.
Acknowledgments
Some of the titles are also suitable for the circulation of collections, for example items from the craft or household chapters. This chapter differs from the other chapters in this book because of its content.
Bibliographies and Guides
Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia, says of this title: "I recommend it to all those who want girls to grow up strong, free, brave and kind." The revised edition includes 294 new books and more than 600 collected books that portray girls in a positive light. OCLC's WorldCat is "the world's largest network of library content and services," offering access to more than a billion items in 10,000 libraries worldwide.
Almanacs and Fact Books
See a random page in this book.” Includes reader reviews as well as the most helpful editorial reviews from School Library Magazine and Booklist. Includes statistical material for current and previous years, important events of the year, societies and associations and their addresses, and many other items.
Databases and Indexes
The guide to the superlatives of the natural and human world: the first, the last, the longest, the shortest, the most, the least, and so on. Each table mentions its source and thus also serves as a guideline for other statistical publications and sources.
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
In addition to the encyclopedias, users can access American Heritage dictionaries, an atlas, and 1,100 age-appropriate magazine articles from EBSCO Content Solutions. The World Book Online Reference Center offers all the content of the print set plus more than 8,500 articles created especially for the online version.
Directories
Lists the 10,000 largest grantmaking non-governmental non-profit organizations in the United States. Dumped organizations are removed from entries and listed in the index as discontinued or unable to locate.
Electronic Reference Resources
About a quarter of the titles are reference works and cover more than twenty-four subject areas. Reference Universe searches the article titles and indexes of more than 28,000 professional encyclopaedias and reference works, both printed and electronic.
Internet Searching
Library Science
In the introduction, the author states: "Managing a branch library will be one of the most exciting challenges of your professional career." This guide is intended to provide encouragement and answer questions about running a branch library. A public library transformation process (1998) and Wired for the future: Developing your library technology plan (1999).
Search Aggregators
Philosophy
The New Dictionary of the History of Ideas is a new scholarly work that expands coverage to North America, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Here, 285 alphabetical entries cover 226 of the world's greatest philosophers and five important ancient works of undetermined authorship.
Religion
It looks at Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and Pentecostal practices in all parts of the world. The author explores the role of mythology in history, exploring all aspects of the world's most important.
Ethics
Today, contemporary psychology is an integral part of our daily lives, and lay and professional readers have a growing interest in psychology. Busy practitioners, researchers, and students require quick access to all important psychological terms, concepts, theories, and practices.
Psychology and Psychiatry
The history of this classic reference is noteworthy - previous editions of this reference for the "community at large" appeared in 1984 and 1994, followed by a one-volume condensation. Directory includes "Ethical Principles of Psychologists and the Code of Conduct and Laws of Psychology in the United States and Canada." The directory also contains APA bylaws, current and past officers, previous annual convention locations, membership statistics, and a list of psychology specialties and major areas.
The Occult
Guiley, author of the previous edition and numerous books on the occult and the New Age, continues to set the standard in the growing output of reference works in the occult sciences, as far as balanced tone and thorough scholarship is concerned. Due to the broad nature of social sciences, it is no surprise that the number of reference works available in this field is quite large.
Social Sciences (General Sources)
This work complements and is not replaced by the International encyclopedia of the social sciences. There is very little overlap with the 4,000 biographies covered in the Encyclopaedia of the social sciences.
Sociology
This encyclopedia provides an unbiased overview of the history of abortion in the United States. This reference provides statistical information on one of the fastest growing populations in the United States.
Anthropology and Archaeology
Companion text to Encyclopedia of archaeology: The great archaeologists, this three-volume set covers the history and discoveries of archaeology. Intended as a companion text to the Encyclopedia of archaeology: history and discoveries, this two-volume set contains fifty-eight biographies of prominent archaeologists.
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General Sources
Part of the American Biographies series, this work provides more than 155 biographical entries on African American business leaders from the colonial era to the present. The A–Z entries begin with birth and death dates, followed by a statement about the person's role, such as the cookie company's founder.
Accounting
A companion book to the national trade and professional associations of the United States, listed by state/region and covering 7,300 associations and trade associations. This makes searching for updated statistics easy, as many of the results are two to three years old.
Advertising, Marketing, and Consumer Research
The index is quite comprehensive and a good entry point for researchers looking for specific data. The index is quite comprehensive and a good entry point for researchers looking for specific data.
Banking, Finance, and Investment
Libraries serving users interested in investing or studying stocks will find this resource useful. Libraries serving users interested in investing in or studying the stock market will find this resource useful; but the price will probably be too high for many.
Company and Industry
This annual publication provides company profiles of the largest and most influential companies in the United States. A combined index of the set is included in the back of Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Companies.
Economics
Company listings include contact information, key personnel, sales, stock, employees, business description or products, and NAICS industry codes. Rankings by sales within SIC industry codes are included nationally in volume 5 and by state in volumes 6 and 7.
Entrepreneurship and Small Business
The focus of the work is on England, the United States and the English-speaking colonies. This work is a continuation of Palgrave's Dictionary of Political Economy (A. M. Kelley, 1963), with only fifty original entries reprinted.
Insurance
Management
Real Estate
Careers and Vocational Guidance
Known as the "law-not-com" site, it has the most links to law resources on the web. Nevertheless, this work contains useful and hard-to-find information about the history of these reference works.
Handbooks, Yearbooks, and Almanacs
With more than 500 questions and answers, this reference resource provides a wide range of information on the lives of presidents and their families and the history and powers of the most powerful position in the world. Compiled by historians and government specialists, this work is an outstanding ready-reference resource for questions about US history.
Biographical Sources
Directory of more than 1,760 financing options in the United States and Canada, offering a total of more than $7 billion. After introductory material on choosing and applying to business schools, this guide provides information on more than 600 institutions in the United States and Canada.
Statistical Sources
National Center for Education Statistics, part of the Institute of Education Science and the United States. This second edition of the compendium, first published in 1992, was named an outstanding reference title by Choice.
English Language
For those interested in using the English language correctly and effectively, this is an excellent resource. 668 Langenscheidt's New Muret-Sanders Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English and German Languages: Based on.
Astronomy
Your library may want to catalog this site to direct customers to authoritative patent information. It originated in the quick reference file of the Department of Science and Technology at the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh.
Chemistry
The scope of this work is "to provide broad coverage of all types of data commonly encountered by physical scientists and engineers, with as much depth as can be included in a single volume format." An index is particularly useful when retrieving data. Chemical properties such as solubility, conductivity, enthalpies and entropies are presented in the first two sections.
Computer Science
The one- or two-page entries with bibliographies provide an overview of computer science topics. Cross-references are in bold, and entries include selected writings for individuals and further reading.
History of Science
A bibliography is not included at the end of the entries, but the list of sources available at the back of Volume 2 may provide the reader with additional information.
Internet
Earth Sciences
Full of colorful water photos, it covers all aspects of the oceans, including exploration, ocean life, human impact and a fact line. Academic libraries and larger public libraries should consider the Encyclopedia of World Climatology, while high schools and smaller public libraries should purchase the Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate.
Engineering
This handbook, the bible for hams, contains a wealth of information on equipment, operations and regulations. This old friend has reverted to the web as ThomasNet, as the site says "powered by Thomas Register and Thomas Regional." Includes names and addresses of manufacturers, producers, importers, and other sources of supply in all lines and regions of the United States.
Life Sciences
Entries include outline, glossary, body of the article, maps and graphs, cross-references and bibliography. The cover describes this text as "The ultimate visual reference to plants and flowers of the world." About 2,000 different plants are described, with photographs.
Mathematics
Sponsored by Agnes Scott College, a women's college in Atlanta, this site presents biographies of notable women mathematicians.
Physics
Weapons and Warfare
These standard medical textbooks provide detailed information on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting all systems of the human body. There are more than 3,000 high-quality line drawings that share equal space with the text in the 30,000 entries.
AIDS and STDs
Institutional full access subscription has a price per year plus an additional fee for IP access. Summaries are available online, but there is a fee for full reports if one is not a subscriber.
Anatomy and Physiology
It also provides information on organizations and support groups for patients and families dealing with rare diseases. It also has access to online text and supplementary information via Student Consult (a medical website) and is downloadable to PDAs.
Cancer
The new edition is organized by body region and has many more color illustrations. It is organized by organ system and includes a section on the human life cycle and genetics.
Children’s Health
A unique text about children's health, written by a doctor, a registered nurse and a naturopath. This book assumes that conventional medicine and alternative treatments can complement each other. A glossary, bibliography, reference list of hotlines and organizations, and list of suppliers of alternative health products complete the book.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
The book consists of three parts: an explanation of the different therapies, an alphabetical list of diseases and conditions with suggested treatments, and illustrated instructions for applying the treatments.
Drugs
It includes information on taking medication correctly and safely, drug interactions with food and other drugs, and side effects. This book provides the latest information on the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness and the drugs that can be prescribed.
Nutrition and Diet
The author includes information on the use of these drugs to treat women, minorities, seniors and children and the increased risk of side effects in these groups. In addition to covering substance abuse information, the title also covers issues surrounding the emerging field of addiction research, including topics such as gambling and eating disorders.
Physical Impairments
The author, a professor of nutrition at the University of California, Berkeley, takes readers from the market to the kitchen and finally to the table, showing them how to select, store and prepare fresh food in a healthy , appetizing manner.
Women’s and Men’s Health
A doctor looks at data from the Harvard Men's Health Study and makes recommendations to help men improve their health. Our Bodies itself offers in-depth coverage of women's health, addressing political and psychosocial issues as well as medical issues.
Beverages
896 The Running Press pocket guide to beer: the connoisseur's companion to over 2,000 of the world's beers. Small and pocket-sized perfectly describe this guide to over 2,000 beers of the world.
Calendars
A directory of winemakers with wine types, producer history and contact information is included for each wine-growing region. Introductory material includes the history of wine, grape varieties and wine styles, an overview of the terroir (land) and overviews of production processes in the vineyard and winery.
Consumer Affairs
Distinctive appendix material includes an overview of the calendar, the era, days of the week, the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the North Atlantic Treaty. Twenty chapters of the book provide information on shopping for specific products, from antiques to crazy fun.
Construction
The index and table of contents provide the best access to the content, which is loosely arranged with tips and quick tidbits. Workers, hobbyists and home builders will discover more than 13,000 short, non-technical definitions in this valuable guide to the specialized and evolving vocabulary of the construction industry.
Cooking
This resource is an A–Z dictionary of over 4,000 culinary terms ranging from abalone to simurgy. A prolific author of books and articles on food, Schneider has more than 500 recipes and 275 photos for soups, sauces and hundreds of vegetables, from amaranth to zucchini.
Etiquette
Organized by general food categories, each entry includes a description of ingredient history, varieties available, nutritional benefits, seasonality, preparation, and uses. A reference classic, Miss Manners' guide offers a humorous question-and-answer discussion of the appropriate behavior for any occasion.
Festivals and Holidays
948 Holidays, Festivals, and Observances of the World Dictionary: Detailing nearly 2,500 observances from all 50 states and over 100 countries; Listings include party name, time period, brief description, contact information, and sources consulted.
Foods
A unique book, this contains tables of the nutritional content of foods, from infant formula to fast food, to common food categories consumed by humans. Each entry contains a color illustration (sometimes a color photo) of the item, origin and cultivation, description, culinary and food value, folklore and testimonials.
Home Improvement
The impact of globalization on food availability and the impact of television cooking shows are also discussed. Alphabetical encyclopedia includes articles on food, regional and cultural cuisine, and holidays.
Housekeeping
There are no pictures or illustrations, but there are lots of charts and tables and instructions broken down into numbered steps.
Interior Decoration
Maintenance and Repair
This book deals primarily with redesign, planning, application of basic techniques, adaptation of ideas, and selection of tools and materials. Each how-to article lists the tools and materials needed, the time required, and includes sidebars.
Parenting
Includes table of contents, charts, and listed or highlighted important information detailed with sidebars. Over 600 pages and extensive coverage present topics from adolescent change; teenagers at home, at school and in the world; and good health for teenagers.
Pets
It is similar in layout to The family in America and is also one of the six titles that make up the American Family series. Each entry includes a black-and-white illustration and an overview of the dog breeds' history and origins.
Tools
Simultaneous search is available for this file and the AMICO (Art Museum Image Consortium) Library, which provides access to over 100,000 artworks cleared for educational use. For information about the online and CD-ROM versions, see www.csa.com/contactus/index.php.
Websites
Here are more than 450,000 images from the holdings of the New York Public Library. There are links to other areas of the Metropolitan website as well as external sites.
Architecture
There are more than 125,000 transparencies belonging to the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation that Berger collected for the lectures he gave. There are time period charts, regional maps, an overview and a list of key events.
