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Outstanding Reference Sources: The 2007 Selection of Recent Titles

RUSA Reference Sources Committee

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The 2007 list of Outstanding Reference Sources for small and medium-sized libraries has been announced by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The titles, selected by RUSA’s Reference Sources Committee, represent high-quality reference works that are suitable for small to medium-sized libraries.

The Selections for Year 2007

Colonial America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History. James Ciment, ed. 5 vols. M. E. Sharpe, 2005. $499 (ISBN 0-7656-8065-3).

Crusades: An Encyclopedia. Alan V. Murray, ed. 4 vols. ABC-Clio, 2006. $385 (ISBN 1-57607-862-0).

Encyclopedia of Swearing: The Social History of Oaths, Profanity, Foul Language, and Ethnic Slurs in the English-Speaking World. Geoffrey Hughes. 573p. M. E. Sharpe, 2006. $110 (ISBN 0-7656-1231-3).

Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War: A Political, Social, and Military History. Gregory Fremont-Barnes and Richard Ryerson, eds. 5 vols. ABC-Clio, 2006. $485 (ISBN 1-85109-408-3).

Encyclopedia of the Developing World. Thomas M. Leonard, ed. 3 vols. Routledge, 2005. $565 (ISBN 1-579-58388-1).

Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working Class History. Eric Arnesen, ed. 3 vols. Routledge, 2006. $565 (ISBN 0-415-96826-7).

Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism Since 1450.Thomas Benjamin, ed. 3 vols. Macmillan, 2007. $395 (ISBN 0-02-865843-4).

Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Rosemary Skinner Keller, ed. 3 vols. Indiana Univ. Pr., 2006. $325 (ISBN 0-253-34685-1).

Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the Present. Susan B. Carter et al. 5 vols. Cambridge Univ. Pr., 2006. $825 (ISBN 0-521-81791-9).

Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity. Stephen A. Marshall. 718p. Firefly, 2006. $95 (ISBN 1-552-97900-8).

Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature. David Scott Kastan, ed. 5 vols. Oxford, 2006. $595 (ISBN 0-19-516921-2).

Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Jack Zipes, ed. 4 vols. Oxford, 2006. $495 (ISBN 0-19-514656-5).

Qu’ran: An Encyclopedia. Oliver Leaman, ed. 771p. Routledge, 2005. $225 (ISBN 0-415-32639-7).

Right, Wrong, and Risky: A Dictionary of Today’s American English Usage. 570p. Norton, 2005. $29.95 (ISBN 0-393-06119-1).

Reference Sources Committee members: Jeff Schwartz (Chair), Santa Monica Public Library; Kathleen Collins, University of Washington, Seattle; Asia Gross, University City Public Library; Jacalyn A. Kremer, Fairfield University; Betsy Miguez, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Theresa Murdock, University of Washington, Seattle; Robyn Rosenberg, University of Texas at Austin; Pauline Swartz, Mount San Antonio College; and Georgia Titonis, Boston Public Library.

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