The University of Texas at Austin
School of Information
ALMANACS, YEARBOOKS, AND HANDBOOKS (Fall 2010)
I.
ALMANACS
1. Crystal, David. The Penguin Factfinder. 2nd ed. London, UK: Penguin, 2005. PCL REF AG
105 N49
2. Time Almanac. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 2009. PCL REF AY 64 I55
3. Whitaker’s Almanack. London, UK: A. & C. Black, 2009. PCL REF AY 754 W5
4. The World Almanac and Book of Facts. New York, Newspaper Enterprise Association,
2009. PCL HELP DESK AY 67 N5 W7
5. Savageau, David. Places Rated Almanac: The Classic Guide for Finding Your Best Places
to Live in America. 7th ed. Chicago: Places Rated Books, 2008. (Ebook Library)
II.
YEARBOOKS
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica 2009 Book of the Year. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica,
Inc., 2009. (Ebook)
2. The Statesman’s Year-Book. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1864-. PCL HELP DESK JA 51
S7
III.
HANDBOOKS
1. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders. DSM-IV-TR. 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: APA, 2000. PCL REF RC 455.2 C4 D536
2. Anzovin, Steven and Janet Podell. Famous First Facts: International Edition. Bronx, NY:
Wilson, 2000. PCL REF AG 5 A69
3. Brahms, William B. Notable Last Facts. Haddonfield, NJ: Reference Desk Press, 2005.
PCL REF AG 105 B773
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4. Chase’s Calendar of Events. Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books, 1995-. PCL REF D 11.5 C48
5. The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press,
2003. PCL REF Z 253 U69
6. Christianson, Stephen G., comp. and ed. The American Book of Days. 4th ed. New York;
Dublin: H.W. Wilson, 2000. PCL REF GT 4803 D6 2000
7. CQ Almanac Plus. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, 1935-. PCL REF JK 1 C66
8. Drabble, Margaret, ed. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 6th ed. Oxford, UK:
Oxford University Press, 2000. PCL PF 19 O94
9. Gallup, Alec M. and Frank Newport. The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion 2007. Lanham;
Boulder: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008.
10. Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. 2nd ed. New York:
Modern Language Association, 1998. PCL REF PN 147 G444
11. Goodrick, Edward W. and John R. Kohlenberger III. The NIV Exhaustive Concordance.
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing, 1990. PCL REF BS 425 G62
12. Guinness World Records. England: Guinness World Records, Ltd., 2009. PCL AG 243 G87
13. Herald, Diana Tixier and Wayne A. Wiegand. Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading
Interests. 6th ed. Westport, CT; London, UK: Libraries Unlimited, 2006. PCL REF PS 374
P63 R67
14. Physicians’ Desk Reference (PDR). 60th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2006. PCL REF RS 75 p5
15. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington, D.C.:
APA, 2001. PCL REF BF 76.7 P 83
16. Latham, Alison, ed. The Oxford Companion to Music. Oxford, UK: Oxford University
Press, 2002. PCL REF ML 100 S37
17. Lipton, James. An Exaltation of Larks. New York: Penguin, 1991. PCL RF 1689 L5
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18. The New Interpreter’s Bible. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1994. PCL BS 491.2 N484
19. Newman, Stanley and Hal Fittipaldi. 15,003 Answers. The Ultimate Trivia Encyclopedia.
New York: Random House, 2007. PCL REF AG 243 N496
20. Post, Peggy. Emily Post’s Etiquette. 16th ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1997. PCL REF BJ
1853 P6
21. Robert, Sarah Corgin, et. al. Robert’s Rules of Order. 10th ed. Cambridge, MA: Perseus,
2000. PCL REF JF 515 R692
22. Strunk, William, Jr. The Elements of Style. 4th ed. New York: Longman, 2000. PCL REF
PE 1408 S772
23. Sturgis, Alice. The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure. 4th Ed. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2001. PCL REF JF 515 S88 2001
24. United States Government Manual. Washington, DC: Office of the Federal Register,
1935-.
25. Zeldin, Richard P. Business Forms on File. New York: Facts on File, 2000. PCL REF HF
5371 B85 2000.
26. Magill, Frank N., ed. Masterplots: 1,801 Plot Stories and Critical Evaluations of the
World’s Finest Literature. Rev. ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1976. PCL REF 44
M33
27. Sobczak, A.J. Cyclopedia of Literary Characters. Rev. ed. Pasadena, CA; Englewood
Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1998. PCL REF PN 44 M3 1998
28. White, Hilary, ed. Magill’s Cinema Annual 2009. 28th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2009. PCL REF
1993.3 M34
IV.
SOURCES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
1. Fact Monster from Information Please. http://www.factmonster.com/
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V.
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
1. Buros Institute of Mental Measurements . Test Locator and Test Review Locator.
http://buros.unl.edu/
2. Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 89th ed., 2008-2009. http://www.hbcpnetbase.com
3. Infoplease. http;//www.infoplease.com/
4. Kelley Blue Book. http://www.kbb.com/index.html
5. Mental Measurements Yearbook. http://web.ebscohost.com
6. The Merck Manuals. http://www.merck.com/pubs/
7. N.A.D.A. Guides. http://www.nadaguides.com/
8. Texas Almanac. http://www.texasalmanac.com
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