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| Each key concept begins with a concise definition followed by illustrations of how the concept has been applied within the field. Cross-references to related concepts are included along with suggestions for further reading. Read the full annotation |
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| From the Preface: "A to Zoo can be used to obtain information about children's picture books in two ways: to learn the titles, authors, and illustrators of books on a particular subject, such as 'dragons' or 'weddings'; or to ascertain the subject (or subjects) when only the title, author and title, or illustrator and title are known." Now in its seventh edition, this is a standard reference source for picture books. Read the full annotation |
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| McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (the web site is called Access Science) is the most trusted and authoritative general science encyclopedia. It contains thousands of articles, 2,000 biographies, current bibliographies, and 110,000 definitions. Read the full annotation |
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| The stated purpose of the 2 volume handbook is "to provide in a single reference source answers to all reasonable questions on accounting and financial reporting..." Read the full annotation |
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| Contains historical and current data, detailed analysis, and useful
graphs that answer questions about education in the United States.
Helps the reader understand and compare the quality of education at the
national, regional, state, and county levels. Read the full annotation |
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| Somewhat dated (1995), but still useful, this work provides a bibliography of almost 27,000 annotated citations, selected from the best scholarship in all fields of history. The two volumes are invaluable to scholars beginning research on unfamiliar topics or researchers needing comparative evidence from other areas or periods. Read the full annotation |
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| An authoritative work that includes keys to the generic level, and descriptions of orders, families, and some subfamilies, as well as a number of representative species. Read the full annotation |
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Covers history and criticism of American folk music in 5 volumes. Vol. 1: Native American music -- Vol. 2: African American music -- Vol. 3: British Isles music -- Vol. 4: European American music -- Vol. 5: Latino and Asian American music.
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| A five-volume work covering six topic areas of folk music: Native American, African American, British Isles, European American, Latino American, and Asian American. Read the full annotation |
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| Each entry in this twenty-six-volume resource consists of a short biography of the featured author, a critical survey of his or her principal works, and a selected bibliography. Read the full annotation |
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| The purpose and scope of this bibliography is to survey the literature concerning church music, primarily in publications from 1980 to the present. Read the full annotation |
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| Useful handbook that provides information about aquatic and wetland plants in the area east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio River valley. Read the full annotation |
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| A series of individual volumes for many Asian countries, all with different call numbers in the 2nd Floor reference collection. Each includes a chronology, history, bibliographies, and brief dictionary entries useful for quick reference and identification. To find, enter "Asian Historical Dictionaries" in a basic WebCat search, search as a "Series," and browse the resulting list.Note that some of the volumes are available online through netLibrary. Read the full annotation |
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| Arranged by country, moving from west to east. Each chapter has an overview of a particular site, with map, site plan, photos, and bibliography. Read the full annotation |
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| "[P]rovides the first overall view of the pronunciation and vowel systems of the dialects of the U.S. and Canada. The Atlas re-defines the regional dialects of American English on the basis of sound changes active in the 1990s and draws new boundaries reflecting those changes." Sound samples and other supplementary multimedia material are available on an accompanying CD-ROM and website. Read the full annotation |
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| Background Notes on the Countries of the World is a series of short, factual pamphlets written by officers in the Department of State's geographical bureaus. Read the full annotation |
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| This handy reference book brings together an incredible variety of information useful to designers, technicians, and students who work behind the scenes in theatre, film, and television. Read the full annotation |
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| One of the highlights of this set (6 volumes) are the three ndexes: genre index, nationality index, and women composers and musicians index. Read the full annotation |
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| A comprehensive atlas of the Greek and Roman world from 1000 B.C. to A.D. 640. Contains maps of what are now more than 70 modern countries from the British Isles to North Africa and the Indian subcontinent. The table of contents, locator diagrams, and gazetteer aid map selection. The volume has an accompanying CD-ROM with a map-by-map directory and descriptions. Read the full annotation |
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| v. 1. Mammals, birds, reptiles -- v. 2. Amphibians, fishes, snails, mussels, and clams -- v. 3. Arachnids and crustaceans, insects, lichens, fern allies, true ferns, conifers, dicots -- v. 4-5. Dicots -- v. 6. Dicots, monocots, glossary, organizations, indexes Read the full annotation |
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| Presents everything and anything you want to know about sports and the
sporting life. Here at last is a single reference resource that
captures the essence of the world of sport, and its incredible variety.
Knowledge from sports management, sports science, human movement
studies, sport history, and sport sociology synthesized in 450
comprehensive, illustrated articles. Here is full coverage of all the
social and human issues in sports that keep talk radio buzzing, the
background and low-down for fans and students alike. Coverage begins
with sport among prehistoric hunters and gatherers and extends to the
global sports industry of the twenty-first century. Key social issues
such as doping, racism, sexism, civic life, youth participation, and
public policy are amply covered, with all perspectives represented. Read the full annotation |
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| (This is not a book, but a search aid for locating material in the Reference collections.) All author bibliographies are filed alphabetically by author in the Z8000 - Z8999 call number range in the reference collections (Check the theological reference on 4th floor, too!). For example, a bibliography of the writings by and about William James will be found after "Henry James" and before "James Joyce." Generally, only very famous and prolific writers will be found in this area. Read the full annotation |
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