Reviews of Reference books, highlights of essential titles and newer resources from Library Journal.
Short Takes By Savannah Schroll Guz, formerly with Smithsonian Libs., Washington, DC - 11/15/2009
Animal Lives . 7 vols. World Book: Scott Fetzer . 2009. 336p. ISBN 978-0-7166-0401-3 . $139. REF This seven-volume set consists of the following titles: Amphibians, Birds, Fish, Insects and Spiders, Mammals, Molusks and Similar Sea Creatures, and Reptiles. In each volume, the text is broken into segments with headings aiding comprehension.
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Literature Diggory, Terence . Encyclopedia of the New York School Poets . Facts On File . (Literary Movements). 2009. 560p. maps. index. ISBN 978-0-8160-5743-6 . $75; Online: Infobase Ebooks REF Centered in New York City and distinguished from the Beats and the "New York Intellectuals" of the same era, the New York School Poets are united by commonalities of style rather than by time or a spe...
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General Reference Ash, Russell . Top 10 of Everything 2010: Discover More Than Just the No.1! Sterling . 2009. 256p. illus. index. ISBN 978-0-600-62048-8 . $24.95. REF This popular annual—Ash's 20th Top 10 of Everything book—is an entertaining, full-color collection of top ten lists covering an array of topics and disciplines, including, among many others, the universe, music and...
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Free Reference By Barry X. Miller, Austin P.L., TX - 11/01/2009
Serendipity is to procrastination as Doug Flutie's final-second game-winning touchdown pass securing Boston College's 1984 victory over the University of Miami is to imminent defeat—a Hail Mary that saves the proverbial day in the darkest minute of the 11th hour. Not unlike an electronically grid-locked reviewer of free reference web sites whose late Sunday night heave ends up not in the ...
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Short Takes: CQ Press By Savannah Schroll Guz, formerly with Smithsonian Lib., Washington, DC - 10/15/2009
Acquired by SAGE in 2008, CQ Press originally made its reputation as a formidable political reference publisher in 2000, when its health-care series won the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award of Excellence. Two years later, it claimed the Silver Gavel Award for its liberty and justice series. Still, it is perhaps best known for its 15 annually printed political directories and the CQ Electronic ...
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History & Social Sciences Dobson, John . Belligerents, Brinkmanship, and the Big Stick: A Historical Encyclopedia of American Diplomatic Concepts . ABC-CLIO . 2009. 350p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-59884-131-2 . $95; Online: ABC-CLIO Ebook Collection & via partnership with Blackwell & YBP Library Services REF Following the same format as Dobson's previous Bulls, Bears, Boom, and Bus...
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Games, Gamers, & Gaming Liz Danforth, MLS, game developer March 16, 2009 Why Games?
So here’s the core question: do games belong in libraries? Or perhaps you&rsquo... More
Design Institute 2007 December 11, 2007 at Chicago's Harold Washington Library Center:Design Institute 2007
Learning Gardens New York's GreenBranches program links the library to the street.
Green Picks: LBD May 2007 Want to reduce your library's carbon footprint? Join the Cradle-to-Cradle revolution. Helen Milling shares the green products her firm is using.
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