GENERAL/GUIDES/LITERATURE/MASS COMMUNICATIONS/SPEECH

Note:  * items indicated sources that might be used more frequently.

General Reference Sources:

*Ready Ref. CT 214.B57  Biography and Genealogy Master Index.

*Ready Ref. Z 472.P972  Books in Print.

Ref. E 176.D725   Dictionary of American Biography.

Ref. DA 28.D48    Dictionary of National Biography.

*Ref. Z 1035.1.S43   Guide to Reference Books.

*Ref. Z695.L695   Library of Congress Subject  Headings.

Ref. E 663.W56    Who's Who in America

Guides to Specialized Reference Tools:

Ref. HF 5356.L36 1992  Business Information.

Ref. AZ 221.B53 1994  The Humanities:  A Selective Guide to Information Sources.

**Ready Ref. AZ 221.I58 1995 The Internet Compendium:  Subject Guides to Humanities Resources.

Ref. PN 4731.C38 1997  Journalism:  A Guide to the Reference Literature.

Ref. PR 83.H34 1993   Literary Research Guide.

Ref. PR 56.M37 1990   A Reference Guide for English Studies.

Ref. PR 56.B34 1995   A Research Guide for Undergraduate Students:  English and American Literature.

Ref. P 91.3.K45 1992  The Search:  Information Gathering  for the Mass Media.

P 91.3.W37 1997   Search Strategies in Mass Communications. (Main Collection)
 

Language and Literature:

Ref. PS 374.I49B44 1979  The American Indian in Short Fiction.

Ref. PE 1460.C648   American Usage and Style.

Ref. PS 147.A4    American Women Writers.

Ref. PS 153.N5B556 1992  Black Literature Criticism.

Ref. PR 19.B5 1992   Bloomsbury Guide to English Literature.

Ref. PN 43.B65    Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and  Fable.

*Ref. PN 1022.H39    Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry.

Ref. PE 1106.C65 1985  A Comprehensive Grammar of the  English Language.

*Ref. PN 451.C58   Contemporary Authors.

Ref. PS 153.I52J32   Contemporary Native American  Literature.

Ref. PE 2843.D52 1985  Dictionary of American Regional English.

Ref. PN 41.H36 1992   Dictionary of Concepts in Literary  Criticism and Theory.

Ref. P 29.C65     A Dictionary of Linguistics and  Phonetics.

*Ref. PN 451.D32   Dictionary of Literary Biography.

Ref. P 29.E48 1994   The Encyclopedia of Language and   Linguistics.

Ref. PN 771.E5 1981   Encyclopedia of World Literature in  the 20th Century.

Ref. PR 2894.C53 1993  The Essential Shakespeare:  An Annotated Bibliography of Major Modern Studies.

*Ref. PN 6081.B27    Familiar Quotations.

Ref. PN 3451.F5    Fiction Catalog.

Ref. PS 332.O84 1995  Guide to American Drama Explication.

*Ref. PS 201.R66 1989  Guide to American Poetry  Explication:  Colonial and Nineteenth-Century.

*Ref. PS 221.L46 1989  Guide to American Poetry Explication: Modern and Contemporary.

*Ref. PR 311.M34 1991  Guide to British Poetry Explication: Old English- Medieval.

*Ref. PR 311.M34 1991 v.2 Guide to British Poetry Explication

*Ref. PR 311.M34 1991 v.3 Guide to British Poetry  Explication: Restoration-Romantic.

*Ref. PR 311.M34 1991 v.4 Guide to British Poetry Explication:  Victorian and Contemporary

*Ref. PN 41.H6    A Handbook to Literature.

Ref. PR 2892.S62   Harvard Concordance to Shakespeare.

Ref. P 29.I58 1992   International Encyclopedia of  Linguistics.

*Ref. PN 523.W44 1994  Literary Criticism Index.

Ref. PN 161.L5    Literary Market Place (LMP).

*Ref. PN 523.M25   Magill's Bibliography of Literary Criticism.

*Ref. PN 44.M33 1996  Masterplots.

Ref. PN 1110.5.M37 1992  Masterplots II:  Poetry Series.

Ref. PN 3326.M27 1986  Masterplots II:  Short Story Series.

M.L.A. Directory of Periodicals

*Ready Ref. LB 2369.G53   M.L.A. Handbook for Writers of  Research Papers.

Ready Ref. PN 147.G444  M.L.A. Style Manual.

Ref. PE 1580.M6 1988  Morris Dictionary of Word and  Phrase Origins.

Ref. PE 2846.C46 1986  New Dictionary of American Slang.

Ref. PR 19.D73 1985   Oxford Companion to English  Literature.

*Ref. PE 1625.O87 1991  Oxford English Dictionary. 

Ref. PN 1021.D78 1995  The Poetry Dictionary.

Ready Ref. PE 1625.R3 1987 The Random House Dictionary of the  English Language.

Ref. PS 21.B46 1991   Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature.

Ref. PR 2892.C3   Reader's Encyclopedia of   Shakespeare.

*Ready Ref. PE 1591.R715 1995 Roget's II: The New Thesaurus.

*Ref. PN 3373.C62   Short Story Index.

Ref. PN 771.K86   Twentieth Century Authors.

*Ref. PN 3373.W33   Twentieth Century Short Story Explication.

Ref. PS 1.W73    The Writer's Directory.

Ref. PN 161.W83    Writer's Market.
 
 

Mass Communications:

Ref. HD 6983.A67   American Cost of Living Survey.

*Ready Ref. PN 4783.A83   Associated Press Stylebook and  Libel Manual.

Ref. PN 4784.B75M24   A Broadcast News Manual of Style.

Ref. HF 5843.O82   The Buyer's Guide to Outdoor Advertising.

Ref. HA 214.V36   CQ's State Fact Finder.

Disclosure.

Ref. HF 5905.E38   Editor and Publisher Market Guide.

*Ready Ref. HS 17.G334   Encyclopedia of Associations.

Ref. PN 4871.T34 1986  Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Journalists.

Ref. D 410.F3    Facts on File:  Weekly World News Digest

*Ref. PN 4841.A1A972   Gale Directory of Publications  and Broadcast Media.

*Ref. HC 106.6.S74    Industry Surveys.

Ref. P 87.5.I5 1989   International Encyclopedia of  Communications. (Also useful for Speech.)

Ref. PN 4731.J63    Journalist's Bookshelf.

Ref. HM 263.L472   Lesly's Handbook of Public Relations and Communications.

*Ref.HF 5415.33.U6L54   Lifestyle Market Analyst.

*Ref.HF 5410.M37    Market Share Reporter.

Ref. P 90.B55 1990   Mass Media Bibliography.

Ref. PE 1137.E52 1991  NBC Handbook of Pronunciation.

Ref. P 87.5.E45 1991  NTC's Mass Media Dictionary.

Ready Ref. HF 1042.N6 1998 North American Industry Classification System

Ref. TR 12.P515   Photographer's Market.

Ref. HF 5805.S72   Standard Directory of Advertising  Agencies.

      Standard Rate and Data Service.
*Ref. HF 5861.S72      Direct Mail List.
*Ref. HF 5905.S725    Consumer Magazine.
*Ref. HF 5905.S73      Newspapers.
*Ref. HF 5905.S74      Spot Radio.
*Ref. HF 6146.R3S7a  Spot Radio Small Markets.
*Ref. HF 5905.S745    Spot Television.

*Ref.HA 202.    Statistical Abstract of the United  States.

*Ref.HF 5415.1.S8    Survey of Buying Power.

Ref. TK 6540.T453    Television and Cable Factbook.

Ref. PN 4783.U65   UPI Stylebook.

Ref. PE 1112.K435 1992  When Words Collide:  A Media Writer's  Guide to Grammar and Style.
 

Speech:

Ref. PS 345.M45   American Drama to 1900: A Guide to  Information Sources.

Ref. PN 2061.M67 1993  Coming to Terms with Acting: An  Instructive Glossary.

Ref. PN 1625.H64 1988  The Drama Dictionary.

*Ref. PN 1861.B8   Dramatic Criticism Index.

Ref. PN 1721.P2 1977  European Drama Criticism, 1900- 1975.

Ref. PN 2266.S34   A Guide to Critical Reviews.

Ref. PN 1625.M3 1984  McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World  Drama.

Ref. PN 2035.M63 1992  NTC’s Dictionary of Theatre and Drama  Terms.

Ref. PN 1655.O8 1988  Ottemiller's Index to Plays in  Collections.

*Ref. PN 2000.P53   Play Index.

Ready Ref. BF 76.7.P83   Publication Manual of the American  Psychological Association.

Ref. AI 3.S85 1966   Speech Index.

Ref. PN 1583.W47   Who's Who in Entertainment.

Created by Sarah Brick Archer, August 30, 2000. Revised September 4, 2003
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