Recommended Reference Books for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries and Media Centers, Vol. 30 » (2010 Edition)

SHANNON GRAFF HYSELL

Essential for collection development specialists in small and medium-sized libraries, RRB will help users quickly identify the best, most affordable, and most appropriate new reference materials in any field.

Introduction     xi
Contributors     xiii
Journals Cited     xxi
General References Works
General Reference Works     3
Almanacs     3
Bibliography     4
Bibliographic Guides     4
National and Trade Bibliography     4
Biography     5
International     5
United States     7
Canada     7
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     8
Directories     11
Handbooks and Yearbooks     12
Indexes     13
Periodicals and Serials     14
Quotation Books     14
Social Sciences
Social Sciences in General     19
General Works     19
Bibliography     19
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     19
Handbooks and Yearbooks     20
Area Studies     21
General Works     21
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     21
Handbooks and Yearbooks     21
United States     22
General Works     22
New York     23
North Carolina     24
Africa     25
General Works     25
South Africa     25
Asia     26
General Works     26
India     26
Pakistan     27
Australia and the Pacific Area     27
Developing Countries     28
Europe     28
Latin America and the Caribbean     29
Middle East     29
General Works     29
Atlases     29
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     30
Iran     31
Polar Regions     31
Economics and Business     33
General Works     33
Biography     33
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     34
Directories     36
Handbooks and Yearbooks     36
Accounting     38
Consumer Guides     38
Finance and Banking     40
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     40
Industry and Manufacturing     41
Directories     41
Handbooks and Yearbooks     43
Insurance     43
International Business     44
General Works     44
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias      44
Handbooks and Yearbooks     44
Latin America and the Caribbean     45
Labor     46
General Works     46
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     46
Directories     47
Handbooks and Yearbooks     47
Career Guides     49
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     49
Directories     49
Handbooks and Yearbooks     51
Management     53
Marketing and Trade     54
Dictionaries and Encyclopedia     54
Handbooks and Yearbooks     54
Real Estate     55
Education     57
General Works     57
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     57
Handbooks and Yearbooks     57
Elementary and Secondary Education     58
Bibliography     58
Directories     58
Higher Education     59
General Works     59
Directories     59
Handbooks and Yearbooks     62
Financial Aid     63
International Exchange Programs and Opportunities     63
Learning Disabilities and Disabled     64
Ethnic Studies      67
Anthropology     67
Ethnic Studies     67
General Works     67
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     67
Handbooks and Yearbooks     68
African Americans     69
Biography     69
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     69
Handbooks and Yearbooks     71
Indians of North America     72
Chronology     72
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     72
Handbooks and Yearbooks     73
Jews     74
Latin Americans and Caribbeans     74
Genealogy and Heraldry     77
Genealogy     11
Directories     11
Handbooks and Yearbooks     77
Heraldry     79
Personal Names     79
Geography and Travel Guides     81
Geography     81
General Works     81
Atlases     81
Bibliography     83
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     84
Handbooks and Yearbooks     85
Place-Names     85
History     87
Archaeology     87
American History     87
General Works      87
Atlases     89
Chronology     89
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     91
Handbooks and Yearbooks     93
Asian History     94
Handbooks and Yearbooks     94
European History     95
General Works     95
Atlases     95
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     96
Handbooks and Yearbooks     97
German     97
Greek     98
Irish     99
Latin American and Caribbean History     99
World History     100
Atlases     100
Biography     101
Catalogs and Collections     102
Chronology     102
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     104
Handbooks and Yearbooks     105
Law     107
General Works     107
Biography     107
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     107
Handbooks and Yearbooks     109
Criminology and Criminal Justice     112
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     112
Handbooks and Yearbooks     114
Employment Law     116
Human Rights      117
International     118
Library and Information Science and Publishing and Bookselling     119
Library and Information Science     119
Reference Works     119
Bibliography     119
Handbooks and Yearbooks     122
Publishing and Bookselling     124
Directories     124
Military Studies     125
General Works     125
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     125
Handbooks and Yearbooks     128
Navy     128
Weapons and Equipment     130
Political Science     131
General Works     131
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     131
Handbooks and Yearbooks     132
Politics and Government     133
United States     133
Atlases     133
Biography     134
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     135
Directories     135
Handbooks and Yearbooks     137
African     139
Middle East     140
Ideologies     141
International Organizations     142
International Relations     142
Public Policy and Administration     143
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     143
Directories     144
Handbooks and Yearbooks     144
Psychology, Occultism, and Parapsychology     147
Psychology     147
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     147
Directories     149
Handbooks and Yearbooks     150
Occultism     150
Parapsychology     151
Recreation and Sports     153
General Works     153
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     153
Baseball     154
Bibliography     154
Chronology     154
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     155
Handbooks and Yearbooks     156
Gambling     157
Hockey     158
Sociology     159
General Works     159
Aging     160
Death     161
Disabled     161
Gay and Lesbian Studies     162
Philanthropy     163
Sex Studies     163
Social Welfare and Social Work     165
Substance Abuse     165
Youth and Child Development      167
Statistics, Demography, and Urban Studies     169
Demography     169
General Works     169
International     169
United States     170
Statistics     172
General Works     172
International     173
United States     173
Urban Studies     174
Directories     174
Handbooks and Yearbooks     175
Women's Studies     177
Biography     177
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     177
Humanities
Humanities in General     183
General Works     183
Communication and Mass Media     185
General Works     185
Authorship     185
General Works     185
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     185
Directories     186
Handbooks and Yearbooks     187
Style Manuals     188
Radio, Television, Audio, and Video     190
Catalogs and Collections     190
Directories     190
Handbooks and Yearbooks     191
Decorative Arts     193
General Works     193
Collecting      193
General Works     193
Antiques     194
Books     194
Coins (and Paper Money)     195
Dolls     195
Firearms     196
Knives     197
Fashion and Costume     197
Interior Design     198
Fine Arts     199
General Works     199
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     199
Handbooks and Yearbooks     199
Architecture     200
Photography     201
Language and Linguistics     203
General Works     203
English-Language Dictionaries     203
General Usage     203
Etymology     205
Grammar     206
Idioms, Colloquialisms, Special Usage     206
Juvenile     208
Sign Language     209
Terms and Phrases     209
Thesauri     210
Visual     210
Non-English-Language Dictionaries     211
French     211
German     212
Spanish     212
Literature     215
General Works     215
Bio-bibliography      215
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     216
Children's and Young Adult Literature     217
Bibliography     217
Bio-bibliography     222
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     223
Handbooks and Yearbooks     224
Fiction     224
General Works     224
Bibliography     224
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     226
Handbooks and Yearbooks     226
Crime and Mystery     227
Horror     228
Westerns     229
National Literature     229
American Literature     229
General Works     229
Biography     229
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     230
Handbooks and Yearbooks     232
British Literature     232
Asian Literature     233
Irish Literature     233
Latin American Literature     234
Middle Eastern Literature     234
Nonfiction     235
Poetry     236
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     236
Handbooks and Yearbooks     236
Music     239
General Works      239
Biography     239
Handbooks and Yearbooks     239
Individual Composers and Musicians     241
Biography     241
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     241
Instruments     242
Organ     242
Musical Forms     242
Classical     242
Operatic     243
Popular     244
General Works     244
Blues     244
Hip-Hop and Rap     245
Jazz     245
Sacred     246
Mythology, Folklore, and Popular Culture     247
Folklore     247
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     247
Handbooks and Yearbooks     247
Mythology     248
Popular Culture     249
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     249
Performing Arts     251
General Works     251
Dance     251
Film, Television, and Video     252
Biography     252
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     252
Filmography     253
Handbooks and Yearbooks     253
Theater     254
Biography      254
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     254
Philosophy and Religion     257
Philosophy     257
Bibliography     257
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     257
Handbooks and Yearbooks     259
Religion     260
General Works     260
Atlases     260
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     260
Handbooks and Yearbooks     262
Baha'i Faith     264
Bible Studies     264
Atlases     264
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     264
Handbooks and Yearbooks     265
Buddhism     265
Christianity     266
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     266
Islam     268
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     268
Handbooks and Yearbooks     268
Judaism     269
Science and Technology
Science and Technology in General     273
Biography     273
Chronology     273
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     274
Handbooks and Yearbooks     276
Agricultural Sciences     279
Food Sciences and Technology      279
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     279
Handbooks and Yearbooks     280
Horticulture     281
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     281
Handbooks and Yearbooks     281
Veterinary Science     282
Biological Sciences     285
Biology     285
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     285
Handbooks and Yearbooks     285
Anatomy     286
Botany     287
General Works     287
Flowering Plants     288
Fruit     288
Fungi     289
Zoology     289
General Works     289
Atlases     289
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     290
Birds     291
Domestic Animals     291
Fishes     292
Insects     293
Mammals     293
Reptiles and Amphibians     294
Engineering     297
Chemical Engineering     297
Civil Engineering     297
Electrical Engineering     298
Mechanical Engineering     298
Health Sciences     301
General Works      301
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     301
Handbooks and Yearbooks     302
Medicine     302
General Works     302
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     302
Handbooks and Yearbooks     304
Alternative Medicine     305
Specific Diseases and Conditions     307
Autism     307
Hepatitis     307
Sexually Transmitted Diseases     308
Nursing     308
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences     309
Directories     309
Indexes     310
High Technology     311
General Works     311
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     311
Handbooks and Yearbooks     312
Computing     312
Physical Sciences and Mathematics     315
Physical Sciences     315
Chemistry     315
Earth and Planetary Sciences     315
General Works     315
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     315
Handbooks and Yearbooks     316
Astronomy and Space Sciences     317
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias     317
Handbooks and Yearbooks      317
Climatology and Meteorology     318
Oceanography     319
Paleontology     319
Physics     320
Mathematics     321
Resource Sciences     323
Energy     323
Environmental Science     323
Directories     323
Handbooks and Yearbooks     324
Transportation     327
Air     327
Ground     327
Author/Title Index     329
Subject Index     341