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Home > Reference Book List Spring 2008

Providence Public Library Statewide Reference Resource Center Selected New Reference Sources Spring 2008

The African American National Biography (6 vol.)
Oxford University Press, 2008

Axelrod, Alan
Encyclopedia of the American Armed Forces (2 vol.)
Facts on File, 2005

Burt, Daniel
The Drama 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Plays of All Time
Facts on File, 2008

Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Information about Plastic Surgery and Non-Surgical Appearance-Enhancing Procedures, Including Facts about Botulinum Toxin, Collagen Replacement, Dermabrasion, Chemical Peels, Eyelid Surgery…
Omnigraphics, 2007

Drone, Jeanette
Musical AKAs: Assumed Names and Sobriquets of Composers, Songwriters, Librettists, Lyricists, Hymnists, and Writers on Music
Scarecrow Press, 2007

Encyclopedia of American Indian Literature
Facts on File, 2007

Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology (2 vol.)
Sage Publications, 2008

Ferguson Career Resource Guide to Apprenticeship Programs, 3rd Edition (2 vol.)
Ferguson, 2006

The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture (2 vol.)
Oxford University Press, 2007

Hesse, Rayner
Jewelrymaking Through History: An Encyclopedia
Greenwood Press, 2007

Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the Present (5 vol.)
Cambridge University Press, 2006

Icons of the American Marketplace: Consumer Brand Excellence
American Benchmark Press, 2007

Mansour, David
From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century
Andrews McMeel Pub., 2005

Oh, Seiwoong
Encyclopedia of Asian-American Literature
Facts on File, 2007

Plunkett’s Retail Industry Almanac
Plunkett Research, Ltd., 2008

Slavery in the United States: A Social, Political, and Historical Encyclopedia (2 vol.)
ABC-CLIO, 2007

Sports Marketing
Richard K. Miller Associates, 2008

Steiger, Brad
Conspiracies and Secret Societies: The Complete Dossier
Visible Ink, 2006

Tilstone, William
Forensic Science: An Encyclopedia of History, Methods, and Techniques
ABC-CLIO, 2006

The 2008 Travel & Tourism Market Research Yearbook
Richard K. Miller, Associates, 2008

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