Miscellany

The purpose of this guide is to provide students with a basic introduction to citation style for social sciences term papers. It is based on the 6th edition of Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996).

The Columbia Guide to Online Style by Janice R. Walker and Todd Taylor (Columbia UP, 1998) [online]

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html

a guide to locating, translating, and using the elements of citation for both a humanities style (i.e., MLA and Chicago) and a scientific style (APA and CBE) for electronically-accessed sources.

Dictionaries & Thesauri

Dictionary and Thesaurus by Merriam-Webster Online

Rogets II: The New Thesaurus

Your dictionary.com -- a multiude of dictionaries in many languages

RefDesk.com a resource for basic facts & figures.

Perseus Latin/Greek/English Dictionary use to look up Latin and Greek terms.

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GENERAL FACTS

General Reference materials not easily categorized by secular topic or theological disciplines

The New York Public Library desk reference. New York : Macmillan USA, c1998.

REF AG6 .N49 1998

Includes bibliographical references (p. 974) and index. The physical world -- The world of ideas -- The way we communicate -- Daily life -- Recreation -- The political world.

The Cambridge factfinder / edited by David Crystal.

REF AG5 .C264 1994

The Columbia encyclopedia : in one volume

REF AG5 .C725 1950

The Harper dictionary of modern thought / edited by Alan Bullock and Oliver Stallybrass.

REF AG5 .H19 1977

Famous first facts : a record of first happenings, discoveries and inventions in the United States / by Joseph Nathan Kane.

REF AG5 .K315 1964

Find it fast : how to uncover expert information on any subject / Robert I. Berkman.

REF AG105 .B553 1994

The state of the world's children. UNICEF. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press for UNICEF, 1980-, 2004.

REF HQ792.2 .S73

Vital statistics of the United States : births, life expectancy, deaths and selected health data / editors, Helmut F. Wendel, Christopher S. Wendel ; associate editors, Katherine A. DeBrandt, Mary Meghan Ryan, Mark Siegal. Lanham, Md. : Bernan Press, 2004.

REF HB3505 .V58 2004

Statistical abstract of the United States. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1878]

REF HA202 .S72 2002

Description based on: 101st ed. (1980). Publications designated 1st-67th, 1878-1946; 68th ed.- 1947- Has numerous supplements. Vols. for 1878-1902 issued by the Bureau of Statistics (Treasury Dept.); 1903-11 by the Bureau of Statistics (Dept. of Commerce and Labor); 1912-37 by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; 1938- by the Bureau of the Census. Related URL : http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html

The citizen action encyclopedia : groups and movements that have changed America / Richard S. Halsey. Westport, Conn. : Oryx Press, 2002.

REF JS303.5 .H35 2002

National directory of children, youth & families services : the professionals' reference. Longmont, Colo. : M.L. Peterson, 1997-

REF HV741 .N32 200-2003

Encyclopedia of associations. International organizations Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, c1989-

REF AS8 .E53 2PT

"A guide to over ... international nonprofit membership organizations including multinational and binational groups, and national organizations based outside the United States, concerned with all subjects or areas of activity."

Environmental encyclopedia / Marci Bortman... [et al.], editors. Detroit : Gale, c2003.

REF GE10 .E58 2003 2VOL

State of the world : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society.

REF HC59 .S733 2003 Economic history Economic history Economic policy Population policy Environmental policy

State of the world : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society.

REF HC59 .S733 2002

State of the world : a Worldwatch Institute report on redefining global security.

REF HC59 .S733 2005

The Columbia gazetteer of the world. New York : Columbia University Press, c1998.

REF G103.5 .C645 1998 3VOL

Vital signs : the trends that are shaping our future / Lester R. Brown, et. al. New York : W.W. Norton, c1992-

REF HC10 .V53 2002

Economic forecasting Social prediction Environmental indicators Social indicators Economic indicators

Annual register of grant support. Chicago [etc.] Marquis Academic Media, Marquis Who's Who [etc.] [1969]

REF AS911 .A2 A67 2005

The Routledge critical dictionary of the new cosmology / edited by Peter Coles. New York : Routledge, 1999.

REF QB980.5 .R68 1999

The national economic atlas of China / supported by the State Planning Committee, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the State Statistical Bureau, and the National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping ; compiled and edited by Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences and State Planning Committee, State Economic Information Center, and the Institute of Statistics, State Statistical Bureau. Hong Kong ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

REF G2306.G1 K813 [OVERSIZE]

Resources -- Population -- General economy -- Agriculture -- Industry -- Transportation, post, and telecommunications -- Building, urban construction, and environmental protection -- Commerce, foreign trade, tourism, and finance -- Education, science, sports, culture, and public health -- Regional comprehensive economy.

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MEDICAL

Medical and health information directory : a guide to organizations, agencies, institutions, programs, publications, services, and other resources concerned with clinical medicine, basic biomedical sciences, and the technological and socioeconomic aspects of health care / Jaime E. Noce, editor. Detroit : Gale Group, c2002.

REF RA7 .M46 2002 3VOL

Includes index. v. 1. Organizations, agencies, and institutions -- v. 2. Publications, libraries, and other information resources -- v. 3. Health services including clinics, treatment centers, care programs, and counseling/diagnostic services.

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EDUCATION

Encyclopedia of education. New York : Macmillan Reference, c2003.

REF LB15 .E47 2003 8VOL

Directory of departments and programs of religious studies in North America / Council of Societies for the Study of Religion ; David G. Truemper, editor. Valparaiso, Ind. : Council on the Study of Religion, Inc., Valparaiso University, c1992-<2001>

REF BL41 .D57 2001

The educator's desk reference (EDR) : a sourcebook of educational information and research / Melvyn N. Freed, Robert K. Hess, and Joseph M. Ryan. Westport, CT : Praeger, 2002-.

REF LB1028.27.U6 F74

updated annually

Graduate programs in the humanities, arts & social sciences Princeton, N.J. : Peterson's, c1997- "Book 2." "Peterson's guides to graduate study." Published: Lawrenceville, NJ, <2001->

REF L901 .P443

LIB. HAS CURRENT ED. ONLY.

Handbook of adult and continuing education / Arthur L. Wilson, Elisabeth R. Hayes, editors. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2000.

REF LC5215 .H245 2000

Selective history of the adult education handbooks ; On thought and action in adult and continuing education / A.L. Wilson and E.R. Hayes -- Concept of critically reflective practice / Stephen D. Brookfield -- Linking the individual learner to the context of adult learning / Rosemary Caffarella and Sharan B. Merriam -- Learning from experience in adult education / Nod Miller -- Adult learning for self-development and change / Mark Tennant -- Moving beyond a unitary self : a reflective dialogue / M. Carolyn Clark and John M. Dirkx -- Discourses and cultures of teaching / Daniel D. Pratt and Tom Nesbit -- Different perspectives on teaching for critical consciousness / Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Mary Stone Hanley, and Edward W. Taylor -- Invisible politics of race in adult education / Juanita Johnson-Bailey and Ronald M. Cervero -- Cultures of transformation / Ann K. Brooks -- Planning educational programs / Thomas J. Sork -- From functionalism to postmodernism in adult education leadership / Joe F. Donaldson and Paul Jay Edelson. Adult education and democracy : reclaiming our voice through social policy / B. Allan Quigley -- Adult learning and technology / Carol E. Kasworm and Carroll A. Londoner -- Adult literacy / Eunice N. Askov -- Adult basic education and the crisis of accountability / Barbara Sparks and Elizabeth A. Peterson -- Moving beyond performance paradigms in human resource development / Laura L. Bierema -- Putting meaning into workplace learning / Tara J. Fenwick -- Adult education, communication, and the global context / Linda Ziegahn -- Adult education for community action / D. Merrill Ewert and Kristen A. Grace -- Adult education in rural community development / Lilian H. Hill and Allen B. Moore -- Exploring "community" in community college practice / Iris M. Weisman and Margie S. Longacre -- Continuing professional education / Donna S. Queeney -- Control and democracy in adult correctional education / Howard S. Davidson -- Cooperative extension / Glenn J. Applebee -- Distance education for lifelong learning / Chere Campbell Gibson -- English as a second language in adult education / Richard A. Orem -- Adult learners in higher education / Carol E. Kasworm, Lorilee R. Sandmann, and Peggy A. Sissel -- Contributions of the military to adult and continuing education / Steve F. Kime and Clinton L. Anderson. Older adult learning / James C. Fisher and Mary Alice Wolf -- Formal mentoring programs / Catherine A. Hansman -- Prior learning assessment : the quiet revolution / Alan M. Thomas -- Postmodern approach to adult religious education / Leona M. English and Marie A. Gillen -- Urban contexts for adult education practice / Barbara J. Daley, James C. Fisher, and Larry G. Martin -- Adult education and society / Thomas W. Heaney -- Sociology of adult education / Phyllis M. Cunningham.

Higher Education Publications higher education directory. Washington, D.C. : Higher Education Publications, 1983-

REF L901 .H46

LIB. HAS CURRENT ED. ONLY.

Choosing the right college : the whole truth about America's top schools / introduction by William J. Bennett ; researched and written by the staff of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI).

REF L901 .C576 2001

College and university almanac: / Princeton, N.J. : Peterson's, c1998-

REF L901 .P478

LIB. HAS CURRENT ED. ONLY. "Complete information on 1,700 regionally accredited colleges and universities."

Directory of American scholars. Detroit : Gale Group, 2002.

REF LA2311 .D57 2002 6VOL

Gale directory of learning worldwide : a guide to faculty and institutionsof higher education, research and culture / Kim Hunt, ed.

REF AS8 .G35 2001 V.1-3

Directory of grants in the humanities, 1991/92.

REF AZ188.U5 D57 1991

The Internet compendium : subject guides to humanities resources / [edited by] Louis Rosenfeld, Joseph Janes, and Martha Vander Kolk.

REF AZ221 .I58 1995

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The who, what, and where of America : understanding the census results / editors, Martha Farnsworth Riche, Deirdre A. Gaquin. Lanham, MD : Bernan Press, c2003.

REF HA203 .W48 2003

Roberta's rules of order : sail through meetings for stellar results without the gavel : a guide for nonprofits and other teams / Alice Collier Cochran. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2004.

REF HF5734.5 .C63 2004

Globalizing Georgia : Atlanta ethnicity atlas and multicultural directory of Georgia 2003-2004. / [compiled by] D.A. Duchon, Elaine Hallisey Hendrix, Jeremy S. Kart, Susan M. Walcott. Atlanta, Ga. : Dept. of Anthropology and Geography, Georgia State University, 2003.

REF F294.A89 G4 2003

Almanac of the 50 states. Edith R. Hornor, editor, <1991- > Burlington, VT : Information Publications, c1985-

REF HA203 .A5 2003

LIB. HAS LATEST ED. ONLY. "Basic data profiles with comparative tables."

The Grey House homeland security directory. Grey House Publishing, Inc. Millerton, NY : Grey House Pub., Inc., c2004-

REF HV6432 .G748

Social science reference sources : a practical guide / Tze-chung Li.Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.

REF H61 .L5 2000

Landmark Supreme Court cases : a reference guide / Donald E. Lively. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.

REF KF4549 .L58 1999

Affirmative action : a documentary history / edited by Jo Ann Ooiman Robinson. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.

REF JC599.U5 A346853 2001

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LITERARY

SEE ALSO: Languages

Acronyms, initialisms & abbreviations dictionary : a guide to acronyms, abbreviations, contractions, alphabetic symbols, and similar condensed appellations / Mary Rose Bonk, editor. Detroit : Gale Group, c2002.

REF PE1693 .A3 2002 VOL1 4PTS +VOL2 SUPPLEMENT

"Covering: aerospace, associations, banking, biochemistry, business, data processing, domestic and international affairs, economics, education, electronics, genetics, government, information technology, internet, investment, labor, language, law, medicine, military affairs, pharmacy, physiology, politics, religion, science, societies, sports, technical drawings and specifications, telecommunications, trade, transportation, and other fields"--T.p. Pt. 1. A-C -- pt. 2. D-I -- pt. 3. J-P -- pt. 4. Q-Z.

The craft of research / Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams. Chicago : University of Chicago press, 2003.

REF Q180.55 .M4 B66 2003

The research project : how to write it / Ralph Berry. London ; New York : Routledge c2000.

REF LB2369 .B38 2000

Handbook for academic authors / Beth Luey. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

REF PN146 .L84 2002

The Continuum encyclopedia of modern criticism and theory / general editor, Julian Wolfreys ; editorial associates, Ruth Robbins, Kenneth Womack ; editorial assistants, Kara Kalenius. New York : Continuum, 2002.

REF PN94 .C695 2002

The Christian writer's manual of style / Robert Hudson, general editor. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, 2004.

REF BR44 .C48 2004

The Westminster collection of Christian quotations / compiled by Martin H. Manser. Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2001.

REF PN6084.R3 W47 2001

Contemporary Christian authors : lives and works / Janice DeLong, Rachel Schwedt. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2000.

REF PS374.C48 D45 2000

Multicultural writers from antiquity to 1945 : a bio-bibliographical sourcebook / edited by Alba Amoia and Bettina L. Knapp. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.

REF PN452 .M85 2002

Twentieth-century rhetorics and rhetoricians : critical studies and sources / edited by Michael G. Moran and Michelle Ballif. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.

REF P301 .T89 2000

Frank Aydelotte / Michael G. Moran -- Mikhail Bakhtin / James P. Zappen -- Roland Gérard Barthes / Hans Kellner -- James A. Berlin / Victor J. Vitanza -- Ann E. Berthoff / Rex L. Veeder -- Wayne C. Booth / Gregory Clark -- James Britton / Christopher C. Burnham -- Gertrude Buck / Gerald P. Mulderig -- Kenneth Duva Burke / Tilly Warnock -- Francis Christensen / Russell Greer and Michael G. Moran -- Hélène Cixous / D. Diane Davis -- Robert J. Connors / Patricia J. McAlexander -- Edward P. J. Corbett / Shannon Zimmerman -- Frank J. D'Angelo / Theresa Enos -- Paul de Man / Jo Suzuki -- Jacques Derrida / Cynthia Haynes -- Peter Elbow / Nedra Reynolds and Claire Roche -- Janet Emig / Deborah A. Noel -- Linda Flower / Ronda Leathers Dively and Gerald Nelms -- Michel Foucault / Luanne Frank -- Ernesto Grassi / Karen A. Foss -- Jürgen Habermas / Susan C. Jarratt -- Winifred Horner / Krista Ratcliffe -- James L. Kinneavy / Phillip Sipiora -- Albert Kitzhaber / David Brauer -- Richard A. Lanham / Christy Desmet -- Andrea A. Lunsford / Roxanne Mountford -- Jean-François Lyotard / D. Diane Davis -- James Moffett / John Warnock -- Donald M. Murray / Sherrie L. Gradin -- Richard Ohmann / Nancy C. DeJoy -- Walter J. Ong / C. Jan Swearingen and Martin M. Jacobsen -- Chaïm Perelman / Ray D. Dearin -- I. A. Richards / Stephen H. Browne -- Fred Newton Scott / Christine Ross -- Mina Shaughnessy / Mary Hurley Moran -- Stephen E. Toulmin / Lisa L. Hill -- Victor J. Vitanza / Michelle Ballif -- Richard M. Weaver / Martin J. Jacobi and Bernard K. Duffy -- W. Ross Winterowd / Kathy M. Houff.

Reference guide to English literature. (St. James reference guide to English literature) Chicago ; London : St. James, 1991.

REF PR106 .S7 1991 3VOL

1. Introductions ; Writers A-G -- 2. Writers H-Z -- 3. Works; title index.

The University of Chicago Spanish dictionary : Spanish-English, English-Spanish / originally compiled by Carlos Castillo and Otto F. Bond. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.

REF PC4640 .U5 2002

Perseus Digital Library: Language Tools and Information--English to Latin, English to Greek, etc., online resource--

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Latin Resources (online dictionary, grammars, etc.)

CLICK HERE

Internet cool guide 2001 : a savvy guide to the hottest web sites / [editor-in-chief, Rula Razek]. New York : te Neues, 2000.

REF ZA4230 .I58 200

The American heritage dictionary of idioms for students of English. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2001.

REF PE2839 .A46 2001

Encyclopedia of world literature in the 20th century / Steven R. Serafin, general editor. Farmington, MI : St. James Press, c1999.

REF PN771 .E5 1999 4VOL

v. 1. A-D -- v. 2. E-K -- v. 3. L-R -- v. 4. S-Z, Indexes.

American folktales : from the collections of the Library of Congress / edited by Carl Lindahl ; foreword by Peggy A. Bugler. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe in association with Library of Congress, c2004.

REF GR105.5 .A44 2004 2VOL.

What do I read next? : multicultural literature / Rafaela G. Castro ... [et al.]. Detroit, MI : Gale, c1997.

REF Z1229.E87 W49 1997

What inspirational literature do I read next? / Pamela Willwerth Aue, [editor] ; Henry L. Carrigan, Jr., contributing editor. Detroit, MI : Gale Group, c2000.

REF Z7751 .W43 2000

Contemporary dramatists / editor, Thomas Riggs ; preface to the third edition, Ruby Cohn ; preface to the fifth edition, Michael Billington ; preface to the sixth edition, Colin Chambers. Detroit, MI : St. James Press, c1999.

REF PR737 .C57 1999

The Writers directory 2002 / editor, Miranda H. Ferrara. Detroit, MI : St. James Press, c2002.

REF PS1 .W73 2002

Contemporary novelists / preface to the seventh edition, David Madden ; editors, Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Detroit, MI : St. James, c2001.

REF PR881 .C69 2001

Contemporary poets / editor, Thomas Riggs ; with a preface by Diane Wakoski. Detroit : St. James Press, c2001.

REF PR603 .C6 2001

Reference guide to American literature / editor, Thomas Riggs. Detroit, MI : St. James Press, c2000.

REF PS129 .R44 2000

The companion to southern literature : themes, genres, places, people, movements, and motifs / edited by Joseph M. Flora and Lucinda H. MacKethan ; associate editor, Todd Taylor. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2002.

REF PS261 .C55 2002

Contemporary Southern writers / guest foreword by Thomas M. Carlson ; editor, Roger Matuz. Detroit : St. James Press, c1999.

REF PS261 .C569 1999

The quotable Lewis / Wayne Martindale and Jerry Root, editors. Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, c1989.

REF PR6023.E926 A6 1989

"An encyclopedic selection of quotes from the complete published works of C.S. Lewis"--Jkt.

George Herbert : an annotated bibliography of modern criticism, 1905-1984 / John R. Roberts. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 1988.

REF PR3508 .R6 1988

Modern religious poems : a contemporary anthology / edited by Jacob Trapp. New York : Harper & Row, c1964.

REF PS595.R4 T7

Flannery O'Connor, her life, library, and book reviews / by Lorine M. Getz. New York : E. Mellen Press, c1980.

REF PS3565.C57 Z677