Reference Collection

• Reference sources are not usually read from cover to cover.
• They are meant to be consulted quickly.
• Most reference sources provide useful indexes and/or tables of contents to look up specific information.

Specialized Encyclopedias and Dictionaries provide:

• brief summaries of topics or concepts
• provide an outline of a field of study
• useful starting points when researching a new topic
• references for further reading

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Reference Collection- 2nd Floor
General Collection- 3rd Floor A-N, 4th Floor P-Z

Encyclopedia of American Social History Ref HN 57.E58
Historical Dictionary of the New Deal Ref E 806. H58
The Timetables of History Ref D 11.G78 1991