Use reference books to get some general ideas about a topic and to define key terms. They are also useful for finding brief biographical information about a person. In-depth biographies/autobiographies are kept in the non-fiction collection.
The library has a good collection of reference books and many are also available online.
LOGIN WITH YOUR STATE LIBRARY BARCODE NUMBER.
LOGIN WITH YOUR STATE LIBRARY BARCODE NUMBE
E-Books are available through the Gale Virtual Reference Library
Encyclopaedia Judaica , 2nd ed., 22v, 2007
Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion , 3v, 2005
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture , 3v, 2003
Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450 , 3v, 2007
History of World Trade Since 1450 , 2v, 2006
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas , 6v, 2005
The People's Chronology , 3rd ed., 2005
Sports and Games of the 18th and 19th Centuries , 2003
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture , 5v, 2000
Daily Life through World History in Primary Documents, 3v, 2009
The Ancient World, 5v, 2007
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, 2004
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Homes through World History, 3v, 2009
Handbook of Cultural Intelligence, 2008
The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest, 8v, 2009
Modern Architectural Theory, 2005
