NACO: Selected Bibliography of Reference Sources
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Selected bibliography of print reference sources, with suggested abbreviations

Some frequently used reference sources are listed below, with their recommended citation forms. All items are in DR unless otherwise indicated.

  • RR = Ready Reference section.
English-language
encyclopedias
Enc. Brit., 15th ed.
Encyclopaedia Britannica (15th ed.)
AE5.E363 1991

Enc. Am., [date]
Encyclopedia Americana
AE5.E333 1988

Acad. Am. enc.
Academic American encyclopedia
AE5.A23 1995


Foreign-language
encyclopedias

Gr. Robert, [date]
Le grand Robert des noms propres
AG25.R6 1985q

Gr. diz. enc. UTET
Grande dizionario enciclopedico (UTET)
AE35.G37 1984q

Brockhaus, 1968
Brockhaus Enzyklopadie (17th ed.)
AE27.G672

Enc. univ. ilus.
Enciclopedia universal ilustrada ...
AE61.E6


Biography Amer. natl. biog.
American national biography
E176.A437 1999

DNB
Dictionary of national biography
DA 28.D47

DAB
Dictionary of American biography
E176.D56

Dict. de biog. fr.
Dictionnaire de biographie francaise
CT143.D5

Diz. biog. degli it.
Dizionario biografico degli italiani
CT1123.D5

Nat. cyc. Am. bio.
National cyclopaedia of American biography
E176.N27

WW in Amer., [date]
Who's who in America
CT213.xW45q


Anonymous and pseudonyms Halkett & Laing
Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous publications in the English language
Z1065.xH17 1980q

Sharp. Hdbk. of pseuds.
Sharp, H. Handbook of pseudonyms and personal nicknames
Z1041.S43

Barbier, A. Dict. ouvr. anon.
Barbier, A. Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes
Z1067.B23D3


Specialized fields

New Cath. enc.
New Catholic encyclopedia
BX841.N44

Enc. Jud., c1972
Encyclopaedia Judaica
DS102.8.E496

Ox. classic. dict., [edition]
Oxford classical dictionary
(RR) DE5.09 1970

Cont. auth.
Contemporary authors
Z1224.C59

Dic. lett. fr.
Dictionnaire des lettres françaises
PQ41.D53

The dict. of art
The dictionary of art
N31.D5 1996

Dt. Lit.-Lex., [date]
Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon
Z2231.xK66 1968

Enc. of popular music
Encyclopedia of popular music
ML102.P66G84 1998

New Grove
New Grove dictionary of music and musicians
ML100.N48

Bénézit
Bénézit, E. Dictionnaire ... des peintres, sculpteurs...
N40.B47 1976

Int. dir. of arts, [dates]
International directory of arts
N50.I61

Amer. M. & W. of Sci., [ed.]
American men and women of science
Q141.A47

W. learning, [year]
World of learning
(RR) AS2.W6

Com. univ. yrbk. [date]
Commonwealth universities yearbook
(RR) LB2310.Y5

Nat. fac. dir., [year]
National faculty directory
L901.N34

Kurschners dt. Gel.-Kal.
Kurschners deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender
Z2230.K93

Day, A. Pol. part. of the wrld.
Day, A. Political parties of the world
(stacks) JF2051.D39 1984


Recently published gazetteers Col. Lipp. gaz.
Columbia Lippincott gazetteer of the world

Times atlas, [edition]
Times atlas of the world

Web. geog.
Webster’s new geographical dictionary

Intl. geog. enc. & atlas
International geographic encyclopedia and atlas

Pol. handbk. world
Political handbook of the world

Statesman's yrbk.
Statesman’s yearbook

Times world index gaz.
Times world index gazetteer