Titles of specific resources not covered on the "Essential Resources for Libraries" but necessary for answering questions in the MORE Correspondence Course are listed below. Although very small libraries may not have these resources within their reference collections, the books should be available at their county or multi-county headquarters public library.
- Antiques Price Guide
Kovel's Antiques and Collectibles Price List 2003 by Ralph and Terry Kovel
Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 0609809822; 35th edition (October 2002) $16.95.
Maloney’s Antiques & Collectibles Resource Directory. Maloney, David J.
Krause Publications
ISBN 0873493400 $32.95
- Biographical Dictionary
Merriam-Webster's Biographical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Inc.
ISBN: 0877797439 (May 1995) $27.95.
Who's Who in America 2002 (3 vols.) Marquis Who’s Who
Marquis Who's Who
ISBN: 0837969581; 56th edition (November 2001) $625.
- Bibliographic Verification Source
See online sources
- Etiquette and Business Protocol
Emily Post's Etiquette, 16th indexed edition (May 1997), by Elizabeth L. Post
HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062700782. $38.00.
Merriam-Webster’s Secretarial Handbook, 3rd edition (July 1993)
Merriam-Webster, Inc.
ISBN: 0877792364 $17.95.
- Geographical Dictionary
Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, Inc.
ISBN: 0877795460; 3rd edition (April 1997) $29.95.
Shepherd's Historical Atlas (9th revised edition) by William R. Shepherd
Out of Print, but available from used booksellers and owned by many libraries.
- History Source
Album of American History by James T. Adams
Macmillan, 1981.
Three volumes.
ISBN 0-684-16848-0 Out of Print
Dictionary of American History by Michael Martin and Leonard Gelber
Littlefield Adams
ISBN: 0822601249; Reissue edition $19.95
The Encyclopedia of World History by Peter N. Stearns (Editor), William L. Langer (Compiler)
Houghton Mifflin Co
ISBN: 0395652375; 6th edition (September 24, 2001) $59.95.
Facts About the Presidents, by Joseph N. Kane
H. W. Wilson Company, 2001.
ISBN 0-8242-1007-7, $110
Oxford Companion to American History by Thomas H. Johnson
Oxford
University Press, Inc., 1966.
ISBN 0-19-500597-X $49.95
Reader's Adviser: A Layman's Guide to Literature, Bowker, 12/1993
Six volumes
ISBN 0-8352-3320-0 $500
- Indexes to Literature in Collections
Columbia Granger's Index To Poetry in Anthologies (12th ed.)
Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231124481; $295.
Essay and General Literature Index
Each edition is updated by semiannual issues in July and cumulations.
H. W. Wilson Company
Play Index, 1983-1997
H. W. Wilson Company, 1997
H.W. Wilson
ISBN: 9905543037, $180
Short Story Index 1994-1998
H. W. Wilson Company, 1989
ISBN 9-9900-1604-6 $155
Speech Index (4th edition) by Roberta Sutton
Scarecrow Press, 1966
ISBN 0-8108-0138-8 $59.50
- Laws and Regulations
Minnesota Rules, State of Minnesota Documents Division, 2001
Revised and printed in odd-numbered years. $200
Minnesota Statutes, State of Minnesota Documents Division, 2000
Revised and printed in even number years.
Minnesota Statutes, Session Laws, and Rules, on the web.
- Literary Reference Books
Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia: The Classic and Only Encyclopedia of
World Literature in a Single Volume (4th edition)
HarperCollins, 1996
ISBN 0-06-270110-X $50
Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century edited by Steven R. Serafin
St. James Press, 1999. Four volumes (fourth volume includes index)
ISBN 1-55862-374-4 $100
ISBN 1-55862-375-2 $130
ISBN 1-555862-376-0 $130
ISBN 1-55862-377-9 $130
Oxford Companion to American Literature, 6th ed. by James D. Hart
Oxford
University Press, Inc., 1995
ISBN 0-19-506548-4 $70.00
Oxford Companion to English Literature, 6th ed. by Margaret Drabble
Oxford
University Press, 2000
ISBN 0-19-8662440 $75.95
- Medical Information
Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2003,
S. Schroeder, Appleton and
Lange, 2002
ISBN 0071395938 $59.95 (revised annually)
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary,29th edition
W. B. Saunders Company, 2003
ISBN 0-7216-0281-9 $49.95
PDR: Physician's Desk Reference 2003
Medical Economics
ISBN 0-156363-445-7 $89.95
Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 27th ed.
Williams & Wilkins, 2000.
ISBN 0-683-40007-X $49.95
Atlas of Human Anatomy. Netter, Frank.
Icon Learning Systems, 1997
ISBN 0-9014168819 $64.95
- Political Directories and Handbooks
Official Congressional Directory, 107th Congress: 2001-2002
Claitors Pub. Div.
ISBN 1579807550 $45.00
Statesman's Yearbook 2003, edited by Barry Turner
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 0-333980964 $155.
- Quotations Source
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 17th ed. by John Bartlett
Little, 2002
ISBN 0-316-084603 $50
Home Book of Quotations by Burton Stevenson
OUT-OF-PRINT
- Science Encyclopedia
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
McGraw-Hill, 2002,
Twenty volumes
ISBN 0-07-909206-3 $2,495
- Trivia Source
Chase's Calendar of Events 2003
Contemporary Books, Inc.
ISBN 0-071390987 $52.95
Famous First Facts, 5th ed. by Joseph N. Kane
H. W. Wilson Company, 1997
ISBN: 0824209303 $300
Famous First Facts: International Edition 2002: Anzovin, Steven
ISBN 0824209583 $209.95
Guinness World Records 2003. Folkhard, Claire
Mint Publishers (Guiness Media, Inc.)
ISBN 1892051176 $27.95
The Numbers You Need. Hopkins, Nigel
Gale Group.
ISBN 081038373X $99.95
- Zip Code Book
2003 National 5-Digit Zip Code and Post Office Directory
Bernan Assoc.
ISBN 1579808476 $39.00
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