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 I.     Reference Sources

   Guides and Bibliographies:

American Reference Books Annual. Martin Dillon, ed.Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2004.
[Ref. Z1035.1 .A51 v.35]

Blazek, Ron. The Humanities: A Selective Guide to Information Sources. Greenwood Village, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000. [Ref. AZ221 .B53 2000].

Booth, Wayne C. The Craft of Research. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
[Ref. Q180.55.M4 B66 2003].

Citation Styles

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003. [Ref. LB2369 .M53 2003]

Library of Congress Classification Outline

Lipson, Charles. Doing Honest Work in College : How to Prepare Citations, Avoid Plagiarism, and Achieve Real Academic Success. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. [Ref. PN171 .F56 L56 2004].

Research & Documentation Online

Schlein, Alan M. Find It Online : The Complete Guide to Online Research. Tempe, AZ: Facts on Demand Press, 2003. [Ref. TK5105.875 .I57 S3 2003].

Singleton, Royce. Approaches to Social Research, 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
[Ref. H62 .A628 2005]

The Social Sciences: A Cross-Disciplinary Guide to Selected Sources. Nancy L. Herron, ed. Greenwood Village, CO: Libraries Unliited, 2002.
[Ref. H61 .S638 2002].


    Subject Specific Guides:

Anthropology

Weeks, John M. Introduction to Library Research in Anthropology. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1998.
[Ref. GN42 .W44 1998].

Classics

Wellington, Jean Susorney. Dictionary of Bibliographic Abbreviations Found in the Scholarship of Classical Studies and Related Disciplines. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003. [Ref. PA99 .W44 2003]. 

Economics and Business

Moss, Rita W. Strauss's Handbook of Business Information : A Guide for Librarians, Students, and Researchers. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2004. [Ref. HF5351 .S7796 2004].

History

Brundage, Anthony. Going to the Sources : A Guide to Historical Research and Writing. Wheeling, IL: Harlan Davidson, 2002. [Ref. D16 .B893 2002].

Fritze, Ronald H. Reference Sources in History : An Introductory Guide. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2004. [Ref. D20 .F72 2004].

Prucha, Francis Paul. Research Papers in History. Milwaukee, WI: Dept. of History, Marquette University, 1996. [Ref. D13 .P84 1996].

Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004.
[Ref. D13 .R295 2004].

Latin American Studies

Cobos, Ana Maria. Latin American Studies : An Annotated Bibliography of Core Works. Jefferson,
NC: McFarland, 2002. [Ref. F1408 .C6 2002].

A Reference Guide to Latin American History. James D. Henderson, ed. Armonk, NY : M.E. Sharpe, 2000.
[Ref. F1410 +R395 2000].

Law

Cohen, Morris L. Legal Research in a Nutshell. St. Paul, MN: West Group, 2000. [Ref. KF240 .C54 2000].

Reading Legal Citations (Boston College)

Legal Research Guide (Zimmerman/LexisNexis)

Literature

Baker, Nancy L. A Research Guide for Undergraduate Students : English and American Literature. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2000.
[Ref. PR56 .B34 2000].

Harner, James L. Literary Research Guide : An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary Studies. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2002. [Ref. PR83 .H37 2002].

A Resource Guide to Asian American Literature. Wong, Sau-ling Cynthia, ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2001.
[Ref. PS153 .A84 R47 2001]

Psychology

Library Research in Psychology (American Psychological Association)

Religious Studies

New Religions : A Guide : New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities. Chrisopher Partridge, ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. [Ref. BP603 .N492 2004].

Sociology

Researching a Term Paper in Gerontology (AARP)

Singleton, Royce A. Approaches to Social Research. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
[Ref. H62 .A628 2005].

Theatre and Visual Arts

Hayward, Susan. Cinema Studies : The Key Concepts. London ; New York: Routledge, 2000.
[Ref. PN1993.45 .H36 2000].

Women's Studies

Hardy, Lyda Mary. Women in U.S. History : A Resource Guide. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000.
[Ref. HQ1410 .H364 2000].


 II.    Internet Resources:

Legal Research Guide (Zimmerman/LexisNexis)

Library of Congress Classification Outline

Library Research in Psychology (American Psychological Association)

Researching a Term Paper in Gerontology (AARP)


    

   
   
 
 
 
 
   
   
   
 
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