Best Reference Sources

Best Reference 2006

The African American Experience. Greenwood. www.greenwood.com
Archer, J. Clark & others. Historical Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1788–2004.CQ Pr. 164p. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-56802-955-1 [ISBN 978-1-56802-955-9].
The Cambridge Dictionary of Classical Civilization. Cambridge Univ. 966p. ed. by Graham Shipley & others. illus. maps. ISBN 978-0-521-48313-1.
Celtic Culture. 5 vols. ABC-CLIO. 2128p. ed. by John C. Koch. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-85109-440-7 [ISBN 978-1-85109-440-0].
Country Insight. Euromonitor International. www.euromonitor.com
Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus. Wilson. www.wilson.com
Dictionary of Medical Biography. 5 vols. Greenwood. 1415p. ed. by W.F. & Helen Bynum. illus. index. ISBN 0-313-32877-3 [ISBN 978-0-313-32877-0].
Encyclopaedia Judaica. 2d ed. 22 vols. Thomson Gale. 18,000p. ed. by Fred Skolnik & Michael Berenbaum. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-02-865948-1 [ISBN 978-0-02-865948-0].
Encyclopedia of Appalachia. Univ. of Tennessee. 1832p. ed. by Rudy Abramson & Jean Haskell. illus. index. ISBN 1-57233-456-8 [ISBN 978-1-57233-456-4].
Encyclopedia of Governance. 2 vols. Sage. 1097p. ed. by Mark Bevir. index. ISBN 1-4129-0579-6 [ISBN 978-1-4129-0579-4].
Encyclopedia of Holidays and Celebrations. 3 vols. Facts On File. 1852p. ed. by Matthew Dennis. illus. index. ISBN 0-8160-6235-8 [ISBN 978-0-8160-6235-5].
Encyclopedia of India. 4 vols. Scribner Reference: Gale Group. 1530p. ed. by Stanley Wolpert. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-684-31350-2 [ISBN 978-0-684-31350-4].
Encyclopedia of North Carolina.Univ. of North Carolina. 1314p. ed. by William S. Powell. illus. maps. index. ISBN 0-8078-3071-2 [ISBN 978-0-8078-3071-0].
Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2d ed. 10 vols. Macmillan Reference: Gale. 7799p. ed. by Donald M. Borchert. index. ISBN 0-02-865780-2 [ISBN 978-0-02-865780-6].
The Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War. 5 vols. ABC-CLIO. 1776p. ed. by Gregory Fremont-Barnes & Richard A. Ryerson. index. ISBN 1-85109-408-3 [ISBN 978-1-85109-408-0].
The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. 3 vols. Thomson Gale. 1284p. ed. by Gregory Fremont-Barnes. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-85109-646-9 [ISBN 978-1-85109-646-6].
Encyclopedia of the New American Nation. 3 vols. Scribner Reference: Gale Group. 1578p. ed. by Paul Finkelman. illus. maps. index. ISBN 0-684-31346-4 [ISBN 978-0-684-31346-7].
Encyclopedia of World Poverty. 3 vols. Sage. 1507p. ed. by Mehmet Odekon. illus. index. ISBN 1-4129-1807-3 [ISBN 978-1-4129-1807-7].
The Facts On File Companion to the American Novel. 3 vols. Facts On File. 1519p. ed. by Abby H.P. Werlock. illus. index. ISBN 0-8160-4528-3 [ISBN 978-0-8160-4528-0].
Forshaw, Joseph M. & Frank Knight (illus.). Parrots of the World: An Identification Guide.Princeton Univ. 172p. illus. index. ISBN 0-691-09251-6 [ISBN 978-0-691-09251-5].
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife. 4 vols. Greenwood. 1896p. ed. by William M. Clements. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-313-32847-1 [ISBN 978-0-313-32847-3].
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts. 2 vols. Oxford Univ. 1201p. ed. by Gordon Campbell. illus. index. ISBN 0-19-518948-5 [ISBN 978-0-19-518948-3].
Historical Statistics of the United States. 5 vols. Cambridge Univ. 4641p. ed. by Susan B. Carter & others. maps. index. ISBN 0-521-81791-9 [ISBN 978-0-521-81791-2].
Hospitality and Tourism Index with Full Text. EBSCO. www.epnet.com
Hughes, Geoffrey. An Encyclopedia of Swearing.M.E. Sharpe. 573p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7656-1231-3 [ISBN 978-0-7656-1231-1].
Jaques, Tony. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. 3 vols. Greenwood. 1354p. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-313-33537-0 [ISBN 978-0-313-33537-2]. $
Literary Reference Center. EBSCO. www.epnet.com
Lyle, Susanna. Fruits & Nuts.Timber. 480p. illus. index. ISBN 978-0-88192-759-7.
Marquis Who's Who on the Web. Marquis Who's Who. www.marquiswhoswho.com
Marshall, Stephen A. Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity. Firefly. 718p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-55297-900-8 [ISBN 978-1-55297-900-6].
MideastWire.com. www.mideastwire.com
Oxford African American Studies Center. Oxford Univ. www.oxford.com
The Oxford Book of American Poetry.Oxford Univ. 1132p. ed. by David Lehman. ISBN 0-19-516251-X [ISBN 978-0-19-516251-6].
Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. 4 vols. Oxford Univ. 1875p. ed. by Jack Zipes. illus. index. ISBN 0-19-514656-5 [ISBN 978-0-19-514656-1].
Pendergast, Tom & Sara Pendergast. UXL Graphic Novelists. 3 vols. Thomson Gale. 634p. illus. index. ISBN 1-4144-0440-9 [ISBN 978-1-4144-0440-0].
Postwar America. 4 vols. M.E. Sharpe. 1686p. ed. by James Ciment. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7656-8067-X [ISBN 978-0-7656-8067-9].
Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film. 4 vols. Schirmer Reference: Gale. 2126p. ed. by Barry Keith Grant. illus. index. ISBN 0-02-865792-6 [ISBN 978-0-02-865792-2].
State of the Union.CQ Pr. 1185p. ed. by Deborah Kalb & others. ISBN 0-87289-433-9 [ISBN 978-0-87289-433-4].
World Book Online Reference Center. World Book. www.worldbook.com
World Folklore and Folklife. Greenwood. www.greenwood.com
Yale Book of Quotations.Yale Univ. 1067p. ed. by Fred R. Shapiro. index. ISBN 0-300-10798-6 [ISBN 978-0-300-10798-2].

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Best Reference Sources 2004

Ancient Europe, 8000 B.C. to A.D. 1000: An Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World.
ATWOOD, CHRISTOPHER P. Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongolian Empire.
Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History.
CAMPBELL, JONATHAN A. WILLIAM W. LAMAR. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere.
CORBEIL, JEAN-CLAUDE ARIANNE ARCHAMBAULT. The Firefly Five Language Visual Dictionary.
Encyclopedia of American Social Movements.
Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior.
The Encyclopedia of Chicago.
Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America.
Encyclopedia of Homelessness.
Encyclopedia of Leadership.
Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America.
Encyclopedia of New Jersey.
Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America.
Encyclopedia of the Great Plains.
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa.
FRUCHT, RICHARD. Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Land, and Culture.
GHAREEB, EDMUND. Historical Dictionary of Iraq.
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures.
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life.
The Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus.
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature.
Praeger Handbook of Black American Health: Policies and Issues Behind the Disparities in Health.
Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor.
SWANSON, MARK. Atlas of the Civil War, Month by Month: Major Battles and Troop Movements.
The Uniting States: The Story of Statehood for the Fifty United States.
WALDMAN, CARL OTHERS. Encyclopedia of Exploration.

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Best Reference 2005

Antisemitism. 2 vols. ABC-CLIO. 828p. ed. by Richard S. Levy. illus. index. ISBN 1-85109-439-3.
Atlas of North America. Oxford Univ. 320p. ed. by H.J. de Blij. illus. index. ISBN 0-19-516993-X.
Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport. 4 vols. Berkshire. 1816p. ed. by David Levinson & Karen Christensen. illus. index. ISBN 0-9743091-1-7.
Birds of North America Online. Cornell Lab of Ornithology and American Ornithologists’ Union; www.bna.birds.cornell.edu/BNA
Book Index with Reviews. EBSCO; www.epnet.com
Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1905–1982. Wilson; www.hwwilson.com
Contemporary Youth Culture. 3 vols. Greenwood. 674p. ed. by Shirley Steinberg & others. illus. index. ISBN 0-313-32716-5.
Davidson, Mark. Right, Wrong and Risky. Norton. 570p. bibliog. ISBN 0-393-06119-1.
Encyclopedia Latina. 4 vols. Grolier. 1826p. ed. by Ilan Stavans & Harold Augenbraum. illus. index. ISBN 0-7172-5815-7.
ProductNameEncyclopedia of Animal Science. Taylor & Francis. 926p. ed. by Wilson G. Pond & Alan W. Bell. illus. index. ISBN 0-8247-5496-4.
Encyclopedia of Anthropology. 5 vols. Sage. 2373p. ed. by H. James Birx. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7619-3029-9.
Encyclopedia of Disability. 5 vols. Sage. 2459p. ed. by Gary L. Albrecht. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7619-2565-1.
Encyclopedia of Geology. 5 vols. Elsevier. 3297p. ed. by Richard C. Selley & others. illus. index. ISBN 0-12-636381-1.
The Encyclopedia of New England. Yale Univ. 1564p. ed. by Burt Feintuch & David H. Watters. illus. maps. index. ISBN 0-300-10027-2.
The Encyclopedia of New York State. Syracuse Univ. 1921p. ed. by Peter Eisenstadt & Laura-Eve Moss. illus. maps. index. ISBN 0-8156-0808-X.
Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities. 2 vols. Sage. 1334p. ed. by Mary Bosworth. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7619-2731-X.
Encyclopedia of Religion. 2d ed. 15 vols. Thomson Gale. 10,738p. ed. by Lindsay Jones. illus. index. ISBN 0-02-865733-0.
Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Univ. of Regina, Canadian Plains Research Ctr. 1071p. illus. maps. index. ISBN 0-88977-175-8.
Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics. 4 vols. Thomson Gale. 2378p. ed by Carl Mitcham. illus. index. ISBN 0-02-865831-0.
Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film. 3 vols. Routledge. 1110p. ed. by Ian Aitken. illus. index. ISBN 1-57958-445-4.
Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 3 vols. Sharpe Reference: M.E. Sharpe. 1256p. ed. by John D. & Joseph Buenker. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7656-8051-3.
Encyclopedia of World Trade. 4 vols. Sharpe Reference: M.E. Sharpe. 1278p. ed. by Cynthia Clark Northrup. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7656-8058-0.
The Encyclopedia of World War II. 5 vols. ABC-CLIO. 2251p. ed. by Spencer C. Tucker. illus. maps. index. ISBN 1-57607-999-6.
Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees. Firefly. 288p. ed. by Steve Cafferty. illus. index. ISBN 1-55407-051-1.
Garden Literature Index. EBSCO; www.epnet.com
GLBT Life with Full Text. EBSCO; www.epnet.com
The Greenwood Companion to Shakespeare. 4 vols. Greenwood. 1372p. ed. by Joseph Rosenblum. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-313-32779-3.
The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting. 8 vols. Greenwood. 3892p. ed. by David A. Copeland. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-313-32885-4.
Guide to Political Campaigns in America. CQ Pr. 457p. ed. by Paul S. Herrnson. illus. index. ISBN 1-56802-876-8.
In the First Person, an Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories and Personal Narratives. Alexander Street; www.alexanderstreet.com
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. 6 vols. Scribner. 780p. ed. by Maryanne Cline Horowitz. illus. index. ISBN 0-684-31378-2.
Olsen, Kirstin. All Things Austen. 2 vols. Greenwood. 804p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-313-33032-8.
Oxford Digital Reference Shelf. Oxford Univ.; www.oup.com/online/digitalreference
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. 4 vols. Oxford Univ. 2280p. ed. by Suzanne Obler & Deena J. González. illus. index. ISBN 0-19-515600-5.
ResearchNow. Berkeley Electronic Pr.; researchnow.bepress.com
Rivers of North America. Elsevier. 1144p. ed. by Arthur C. Benke & Colbert E. Cushing. illus. maps. index. ISBN 0-12-088253-1.
Rosen, Fred. The Historical Atlas of American Crime. Facts On File. 296p. illus. index. ISBN 0-8160-4841-X.
Taruskin, Richard. The Oxford History of Western Music. 6 vols. Oxford Univ. 4154p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-19-522271-7.
World Cultures Today: Daily Life Online. Greenwood; www.dailylife.greenwood.com
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