ARBA Guide to Subject Encyclopedias and Dictionaries » (2ND)

SUSAN C. AWE is Associate Professor and Director of Parish Memorial Library, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Selected from the last ten years of ARBA (1986-1996), with a number of new articles added, these reviews identify, describe, and evaluate subject dictionaries and encyclopedias that are useful in all types of libraries. Focus is on works still available, with only the most serviceable sources chosen for inclusion. Reviews discuss the usefulness or importance of a given work; its organization and contents; and its intended audience, special features, and strengths and weaknesses. Providing complete bibliographic information as well as reviews, this guide is an excellent tool for reference collection development. The reviews have been carefully re-edited and updated as necessary. Entries include title, author or editor, imprint, pagination, price, and ISBN. The organization of the text reflects the arrangement of ARBA, with 36 subject chapters divided into three main sections-Social Sciences, Humanities, and Science and Technology. Within chapters, works are arranged from the general to the specific,

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More than 1,000 reviews identify, describe, and evaluate subject dictionaries and encyclopedias useful in all types of libraries. Complete bibliographic data accompanies detailed, often comparative reviews discussing each work's importance and usefulness; its organization and contents; and its intended audience, special features, and strengths and weaknesses. Arrangement is in three sections covering social sciences, humanities, and science and technology. Within chapters, works are arranged from the general to the specific, reflecting the organization of individual disciplines. The majority of the material for this second edition was selected from the "American Reference Books Annual"'s reviews of the last 10 years, to update from the first 1986 edition. Works of lasting value, pre-1986, have also been included. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.