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Recommended
Reference Titles
for Correctional Facility Libraries 2004 |
General Reference Works
- Guinness Book of World Records
2004. Time, Inc. (1892051206) $27.95
- World Almanac and Book of Facts.
World Almanac, 2004. (0886879116 ) $31.95
- The Houghton-Mifflin Dictionary
of Biography. Houghton-Mifflin, 2003. (061825210X) $48.00
- Letitia Baldriges New Manners
for New Times: a Complete Guide to Etiquette. Scribner, 2003. (074321062X
) $35.00
- Blacks Law Dictionary, 7th.
West, 1999. (0314228640) $59.95
Religion
- Eerdman's Dictionary of the Bible.
Eerdmans, 2000. (0802824005) $45.00
- Contemporary American Religion.
2 vols. Macmillan Library Reference, 2000. (0028649281) $225.00
- The New Encyclopedia of Judaism.
NYU, 2002. (0814793886) $89.95
- Lives of the Saints: New Concise
Edition. Liturgical, 2003. (0814629032) $39.95
- Buddhism: a Concise Introduction.
HarperCollins, 2003. (0060506962) $18.95
- The Oxford Dictionary of Classical
Myth and Religion. Oxford Univ., 2003. (0192802887) $40.00
Ethnic Studies
- Hispanic American Almanac: a Reference
Work on Hispanics in the United States, 3rd. Gale, 2003. (0787625183) $150.00
- Atlas of Asian-American History.
Facts On File, 2002. (0816036993) $85.00
- African American Lives. Oxford
Univ., 2004. (019516024X) $55.00
- A History of the Islamic World.
By Fred Hill. Hippocrene, 2004. (0781810159) $22.50
Language / Literature
- The New Oxford American Dictionary.
(Book and CD-ROM package.) Oxford Univ., 2001. (0195150600) $50.00
- The Oxford Style Manual. Oxford
Univ., 2003. (0198605641) $45.00
- Merriam-Websters Collegiate
Dictionary, 11th ed. Merriam-Webster, 2003. (0877798095) $25.95
- The Norton Anthology of Modern
and Contemporary Poetry, 3rd ed. Norton, 2003. (2 volumes paper) (039332429X)
$75.00
- The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase,
Saying and Quotation, 2d ed. Oxford, 2003. (0198662696) $45.00
- The Firefly Visual Dictionary.
Firefly, 2002. (1552975851) $49.95
Science / Technology
- The American Heritage Student
Science Dictionary. Houghton, 2002. (061818919X) $18.00
- Encyclopedia of Computer Science
and Technology. Facts on File, 2003. (0816043736) $82.50
- Milestones in Computer Science
and Information Technology. Greenwood Press, 2003. (1573565210) $70.00
- Earth. Smithsonian Institute.
DK, 2003. (0789496437) $50.00
Animals
- The Sibley Guide to Birds. (0679451226)
$35.00
- Animal: The Definitive Visual
Guide to the World's Wildlife. DK, 2001. (0789477645) $50.00
- Dogs: the Ultimate Dictionary
of Over 1,000 Dog Breeds. By Desmond Morris. Trafalgar Square, 2002. (1570762198)
$24.95
Health
- American Medical Association Complete
Medical Encyclopedia. Random, 2003. (0812991001) $45.00
- The Merck Manual of Medical Information,
2d ed. Merck, 2003. (0911910352) $37.50
- The Harvard Medical School Guide
to Mens Health. S & S, 2002. (0684871815) $27.00
- Dictionary of Psychology. By Andrew
Colman. Oxford Univ., 2001. (0198662114) $45.00
- Encyclopedia of HIV and AIDS,
2d. Facts on File, 2003. (0816048088) $71.50
- The Encyclopedia of Sexually Transmitted
Diseases. Facts on File, 2004. (0816048819) $65.00
- Stedmans Medical Dictionary.
Lippincott, 2000. (068340007X) $49.95
- Consumer Drug Reference, 2004
edition. Consumer Reports, 2004 (0890439818) $44.95
The Arts
- VideoHounds Golden Movie
Retriever 2004: The Complete Guide to Movies on Videocassettes and DVD. Gale,
2003. (0787673129) Paper, $24.95
- The Harvard Dictionary of Music,
4th. Harvard Univ., 2003. (0674011635) $39.95
- The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia
of Music. Billboard, 2003. (0823078698) $45.00
History
- The History of Europe. Facts on
File, 2003. (0816051526) $75.00
- A Short History of Nearly Everything.
By Bill Bryson. Broadway, 2003. (0767908171) $26.00
- Encyclopedia of American History
: Seventh Edition. By Richard B. Morris. HarperResource, 1996. (0062700553)
$60.00
Atlases
- World Atlas of the Oceans: More
than 300 Maps and Charts of the Ocean Floor. Firefly, 2001. (1552095851) $50.00
- Oxford Atlas of the World, 11th.
Oxford Univ., 2003. ( 0195219864) $80.00
- Firefly Atlas of the Universe.
Firefly, 2003. (1552978192) $45.00
- Nortons Star Atlas and Reference
Handbook, 20th. Pi, 2003. (0131451642) $30.00
- DK Concise Atlas of the World,
revised. DK, 2003. (0789493624) $30.00
Miscellany
- The American Horticultural Society
Encyclopedia of Gardening. DK, 2003. (0789496534) $60.00
- Finance and Investment Handbook,
6th ed. Barrons, 2003. (0764155547) $40.00
- The Encyclopedia of World Geography.
UXL/Gale, 2003. (1571458719) $30.00
Prepared by Sue Hermans, Central
Reference Library Service Coordinator for the Poughkeepsie Public Library District
June 2004
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