This guide will help librarians strengthen their reference collections in all curricular areas with exciting books and powerful web-based materials.
Book publishing remains strong with digital printing processes, making reference books more visually attractive to students. Many printed materials are also published as eBooks and many of these are combined with index databases linked with web resources. But with so many available resources, how do school libraries know they are choosing the best new materials?
As the growth of eBooks and database formats accelerates, selecting reference materials for school library collections has become a complicated process. Like previous editions, Guide to Reference Materials for School Library Media Centers, Sixth Edition is designed to suggest the best material in all formats, on all subjects, and at all levels—to help school librarians find the best resources.
To compile this guide, the author reviewed materials in school, public, and community college collections, and confirmed quality by examining published reviews in standard library reviewing guides. The resulting book lists reference tools for school librarians and has major sections recommending general science, humanities, and social science reference books, eBooks, and subscription databases for K-12 library collections. Materials listed come both from publishers who specialize in K-12 materials and publishers whose market is not typically school libraries.
Features
• Items available via web delivery are marked with "web"
• Items specifically recommended for elementary schools are indicated with an "E"
• Annotations suggest which materials can be used for cross-curricular projects
• Subject and author/title indexes complement the broad category organization
Highlights
• Covers all curricular areas and many student interest areas
• Helps school librarians strengthen and update collections
• Allows librarians to compare similar sources and electronic providers
• Points out why expensive materials can be cost effective
Barbara Ripp Safford, PhD, recently retired from the University of Northern Iowa where she was coordinator of the School Library Studies Program. Dr. Safford received her DLS from Columbia University and has been an elementary, middle school, and high school librarian as well as a public library director. She edited the 5th edition of Guide to Reference Materials for School Library Media Centers and was the reference columnist for School Library Monthly for more than 10 years.
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.
