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Reference Training Materials

This material was used in the graduate Library Media Education program at Western Kentucky University. It is placed here to allow library workers to train themselves in the use of reference materials. Copyright 2001 - 2005 Bryan M. Carson.
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Encyclopedias

Bibliography

Purchasing an encyclopedia : 12 points to consider / reviews by the Editorial Board of Reference Books Bulletin (REF AE 1 .A48 1996x)
Kister's best encyclopedias : a comparative guide to general and specialized encyclopedias (REF AE 1 .K57 1994)
ARBA guide to subject encyclopedias and dictionaries (Ref Desk Z 5848 .A72 1997)

English Encyclopedias

Academic American (REF AE 5 .A23 1998)
Canadian Encyclopedia (REF AG 5 .C27 and CD-ROM)
Children's Britannica*
Collier's Encyclopedia (AE 5 .C683 1997x)
Columbia Encyclopedia (REF AG 5 .C725 1993)
Compton's Encyclopaedia*
Encarta also known as Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (WKU INTERNET RESOURCES)
Encyclopaedia Britannica (AE 5 .E363 1995x)
Encyclopedia Americana (AE 5 .E333 2000 and Grolier Online)
Encyclopedia.com www.encyclopedia.com/
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (Grolier Online) (WKU Internet Resources)
EncycloZine (www.encyclozine.com/)
Merit Students Encyclopedia*
Microsoft Bookshelf*
The New Book of Knowledge*
Random House Encyclopedia (REF AG 5 .R25)
Slider.com www.slider.com/enc/index.htm
World Book Encyclopedia (AE 5 .W55 2000)
DK Millennium Family Encyclopedia (Ed Center Juv A 5 .D643 1997)
The World of Science (Ed Center Juv Q 121 .W66x)
Childcraft: The How and Why Library (Ed Center Juv)

Foreign-Language and International Encyclopedias

French
- Grand Larousse encyclopedique (REF AE 25 .G64)
- Encyclopeaedia Universalis*
German
- Brockhaus Enzyklopadie in zwanzig Banden (REF AE 27 .G672)
Italian
- Enciclopedia italiana de scienze, lettere ed arti (REF AE 35 .E5 1949x)
Russian/Soviet
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (English translation of Bol'shaia sovetskaia entsiklopediia) (REF AE 5 .B58)
Spanish
- El gran libro de consulta El País (Translation of: The Dorling Kindersley illustrated reference encyclopedia) (REF AG 5 .D7218x 1995)
- Enciclopedia hispánica (REF AE 61 .E52x 1994)
- Encyclopedia Universal Ilustrada Europeo-Americana (Espasa)*
- Nueva enciclopedia Cumbre en línea (Grolier Online)