Reference Works

These reference works are encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other formal guides that cover a subject exhaustively, with discrete, randomly accessible entries.

LANGUAGE

• Dictionary of American Regional English: 4 Volumes--Cassidy/Hall
  
• Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases--Whiting
  
• Modern Proverbs and Proverbial Sayings--Whiting
  
• Proverbs, Sentences, and Proverbial Phrases from English Writings Mainly before 1500--Whiting
  

CLASSICS AND RELIGION

• Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge--Brunschwig
  
• Late Antiquity--Bowersock
  
• The Literary Guide to the Bible--Alter
  
• Traditions of the Bible--Kugel
  

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE

• The Ants--Hölldobler
  
• Color Atlas of the Surface Forms of the Earth--Blume
  
• A Dictionary of Ethology--Immelmann
  
• Dinosaurs of Australia and New Zealand and Other Animals of the Mesozoic Era--Long
  
• The New Harvard Guide to Women's Health--Carlson
  
• The Harvard Guide to Psychiatry--Nicholi
  
• Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World--Bolton
  
• Keywords and Concepts in Evolutionary Developmental Biology--Hall
  
• Keywords in Evolutionary Biology--Keller
  
• A New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World--Bolton
  
• Radiation Protection--Shapiro
  
• Squire's Fundamentals of Radiology--Novelline
  
• The Women's Concise Guide to Emotional Well-Being--Carlson
  
• The Women's Concise Guide to a Healthier Heart--Carlson
  

MUSIC, ART, AND LITERATURE

• Harlem Renaissance and Beyond: Literary Biographies of One Hundred Black Women Writers, 1900-1945--Roses
  
• The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music--Randel
  
• The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians--Randel
  
• The Harvard Dictionary of Music--Randel
  
• A New History of French Literature--Hollier
  

HISTORY AND CURRENT AFFAIRS

• African-American Newspapers and Periodicals: A National Bibliography--Danky
  
• A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution--Furet
  
• The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas--Pan
  
• The Harvard Guide to African-American History--Higginbotham
  
• Harvard Guide to American History: 2 Volumes--Freidel
  
• Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups--Thernstrom
  
• A History of American Magazines: 5 Volumes--Mott
  
• Japan Encyclopedia--Frèdèric
  
• Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary--James
  
• Notable American Women, The Modern Period: A Biographical Dictionary--Sicherman