The Reference Librarian's Bible : Print and Digital Reference Resources Every Library Should Own

Divided into dedicated categories about the subjects most meaningful to librarians, this valuable resource reviews 500 texts across all major fields.Drawing on their collective experience in reference services and sifting through nearly 30,000 reviews in ARBAonline, editors Steven Sowards, associate director for collection at Michigan State University Libraries, and Juneal Chenoweth, editor of "American Reference Books Annual", curated this collection of titles, most of which have been published since 2000, to serve collections and reference librarians in academic and public libraries. From the "Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences" and "Encyclopedia of the Civil War" to the "Encyclopedia of Physics", "Encyclopedia of Insects", and "Taylor's Encyclopedia of Garden Plants" to the formidable "Oxford English Dictionary", "The Reference Librarian's Bible" encompasses every subject imaginable and will be your first stop for choosing and evaluating your library's collections as

well as for answering patrons' questions. [Publisher's Text]

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