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Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part One: Library Tools

Collection Management—Review Journals
Collection Management—Serials
Collection Management—Review Indexes
Collection Management—Retrospective Bibliographies
Guidelines
Management
Reading Guidance
Teaching

Part Two: General Reference

General Reference Services
Almanacs and Fact Books
Chronologies
Electronic Information Systems
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias—Single Volume

Part Three: Social Sciences
Anthropology
Biography
Business and Economics
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume
Careers
College Directories and Guides
Current Social Issues
Geography
Databases
Atlases
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume
History
History—General
African History
Ancient History
European History
United States History
World History
Hobbies and Games
Collecting
Games
Holidays
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume
Law
The Constitution
Criminal Justice
Law and Legal Topics
Encyclopedias—Multivolume
Military Science
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume
Political Science96
American Government
Psychology
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume
Sports
Dictionaries and Handbooks
U.S. Immigration and Ethnic Minorities
General
African Americans
Arab Americans
Asian Americans
Hispanic Americans
Native Americans

Part Four: Humanities
General Databases
Architecture1
Dance
Decorative Arts
Biography
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume
Film Study
Fine Arts
Biography
Databases
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume
Folklore
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume
Language
General Works
English-Language Dictionaries, Unabridged.
English-Language Dictionaries—Desk Dictionaries .
English-Language Dictionaries—English as a Second Language .
English-Language Dictionaries—Etymology.
English-Language Dictionaries—Idioms and Slang .
English-Language Dictionaries—Rhyming
English-Language Dictionaries—Student
English-Language Dictionaries—Synonyms.
English Language—Usage and Grammar
Foreign Phrases .
Visual Dictionaries
World Language Dictionaries—Arabic.
World Language Dictionaries—Chinese.
World Language Dictionaries—French
World Language Dictionaries—German.
World Language Dictionaries—Hebrew
World Language Dictionaries—Italian.
World Language Dictionaries—Japanese
World Language Dictionaries—Latin
World Language Dictionaries—Russian.
World Language Dictionaries—Spanish.
Writing and Publishing
Literature
Biography
Databases
Criticism.
Encyclopedias
Handbooks .
Plot Outlines.
Mass Communication
Music
Biography
Databases
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume .
Mythology and Religion
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume .
Philosophy.
Quotations.
Theater

Part Five: Science and Technology .
Science and Technology in General
Biography
Databases
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume .
Experiments
Agriculture.
Astronomy and Space
Atlases .
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume .
Biology .
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume .
Biotechnology.
Botany .
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume .
Chemistry
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume .
Climate and Weather
Computers and Electronics .
Earth Sciences
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume .
Environmental Science/Natural Resources .
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume .
Food and Nutrition
Fossils and Prehistoric Life.
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume .
Health and Medicine
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume .
Inventions
Mathematics .
Biography
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume .
Quotations .
Mineralogy.
Pets .
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Physics .
Zoology
Dictionaries and Handbooks
Encyclopedias—Multivolume .

Author Index
Title Index
Subject Index.

About the Author

Barbara Ripp Safford, PhD, recently retired from the University of Northern Iowa where she was coordinator of the School Library Studies Program.

Reviews

This volume is an excellent starting point for new school librarians, as well as for those who are building a library from scratch.
*School Library Journal*