Compiled by Sarah Brick Archer
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.
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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