Recommended Reference Books for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries and Media Centers, Vol. 30

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