Recommended

 Jennifer Moss

// Recommended Reference Books for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries and Media Centers, 2008 ed. // BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: · 2008 edition contains 533 unabridged reviews selected from the current edition of //American Reference Books Annual (//ARBA)  AUTHOR/PUBLISHER: · Published by Libraries Unlimited, Westport, CT. · Reviews are authored by 200 subject specialists from the U.S. and Canada  · Hysell, Shannon Graff is the associate editor SCOPE OF CONTENT: · Audience- reference librarians and other library staff of small or medium-sized libraries and media centers  · Time Frame- published annually as an abridged version of ARBA  ARRANGEMENT/FORMAT OF CONTENT: · Divided into 37 chapters with 4 major subdivisions (i.e. parts), all of which are organized in alphabetical order, with general references section as an exception. The 4 major subdivisions are: “General Reference Works,” “Social Sciences,” “Humanities,” and “Science & Technology”  · Subject index organization based upon //Library of Congress Subject Heading//  · Each reference work is tagged as being recommended for either smaller college libraries (C), public libraries (P), or school media centers (S).  EXTRA FEATURES Author/Title index and subject index  PHYSICAL FORMAT <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Hard-cover <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· user-friendly weight & size <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· medium page weight <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· generous white space and easy on the eyes <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">