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 Baldrige’s New Manners for New Times: a Complete Guide to Etiquette. Scribner, 2003. (074321062X ) $35.00
• Black’s Law Dictionary, 7th. West, 1999. (0314228640) $59.95

Religion

• Eerdman's Dictionary of the Bible. Eerdman’s, 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-Webster’s 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 Men’s 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
• Stedman’s Medical Dictionary. Lippincott, 2000. (068340007X) $49.95
• Consumer Drug Reference, 2004 edition. Consumer Reports, 2004 (0890439818) $44.95

The Arts

• VideoHound’s 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
• Norton’s 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. Barron’s, 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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