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.

PrefaceChapter 1 General Reference WorksDictionariesEnglish-Language DictionariesUnabridged DictionariesDesk DictionariesEtymological DictionariesSpecialty DictionariesThesauriVisual DictionariesBilingual DictionariesArabicChineseFrenchGermanHebrewKoreanLatinRussianSpanishVietnameseEncyclopediasAlmanacs and CalendarsAtlases and GeographyAtlasesAtlases of the WorldAtlases of the United StatesGazetteersBiographyUnited StatesGreat BritainCultural and Social NormsQuotationsUsage and StyleEnglish-Language Style GuidesCitation ManualsChapter 2 Social SciencesDictionaries and EncyclopediasIssues and TrendsGender IssuesImmigrationCrimeExtremismPolitical Science and LawU.S. Government and PoliticsThe Supreme Court and the U.S. ConstitutionLawInternational InformationHandbooksThe United NationsPsychologySociology and AnthropologyDictionaries and EncyclopediasRace and EthnicityModern Social IssuesPopular CultureEncyclopediasThe Internet and Popular CultureCustoms and CulturesFoodLanguages and LinguisticsMedia and CommunicationsBusiness and EconomicsBusinessDictionaries and EncyclopediasCompany InformationThe EconomyEncyclopediasEconomic DataEducationStatistics, Data, and DemographyU.S. StatisticsU.S. CensusWorld StatisticsHistorical StatisticsChapter 3 History and Area StudiesHistorical AtlasesAntiquityThe United StatesGeneral WorksAfrican American HistoryNative AmericaLatin AmericaWorld HistoryEuropeAfricaThe Middle EastAsia and AustraliaMilitary HistoryGenealogyChapter 4 HumanitiesArtFine ArtsApplied ArtsLiteratureAmerican LiteratureWorld LiteratureChildren's LiteraturePerforming ArtsFilmTheater and DanceMusicPhilosophyReligion and BeliefsAntiquityJudaism and ChristianityGeneral WorksThe BibleIslamBuddhismWorld Religions and Belief SystemsChapter 5 SciencesGeneral SourcesDictionaries and EncyclopediasBiographyBiologyGeneral TopicsAnimals in GeneralDogs and CatsBirdsFish and ReptilesInsectsBotany, Plants, and TreesAgricultureAstronomyEarth SciencesGeologyClimate and WeatherWater and the OceansMathematicsPhysics and ChemistryTechnologyChapter 6 Health SciencesDictionariesTopical ResourcesHandbooksConsumer InformationOnline ResourcesWomen's HealthProfessional InformationDrug InformationAnatomyAlternative MedicineNutritionVeterinary MedicineHealth StatisticsSubject IndexTitle Index