1970- issued in 2 vols.: v. 1, General reference, social sciences, history, economics, business; v. 2, Fine arts, humanities, science and engineering.

An extensive index that makes it easy to search for information on the reference literature of 1990 through 1994. It features numerous cross-references, multiple entries, and subject headings that are completely revised to reflect usage at the Library of Congress.

American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) is well established as a comprehensive source of reviews for all types of reference books, CD-ROMs, and Websites published or distributed in the United States and Canada. This cumulative index merges five years of information on reference materials that have appeared in ARBA from 2004-2009. Each entry in ARBA presents full bibliographic information, an evaluative review, and citations to professional journals containing other published reviews. The index is more than a location devise; it is a critical tool for the scholar, librarian, and reader seeking to tap ARBA's wealth of information. This cumulative index merges five years of information on reference materials that have appeared in ARBA from 2004-2009. Each entry in ARBA presents full bibliographic information, an evaluative review, and citations to professional journals containing other published reviews. The index is more than a location devise; it is a critical tool for the scholar, librarian, and reader seeking to tap ARBA's wealth of information.

This index is more than a location device on reference materials; it is a critical collection development tool for the scholar, librarian, and reader seeking to tap ARBA's wealth of information. By using this essential tool, collection development librarians can get an overview of the reference resources made available in the last five years. You'll find this unique title in the American Reference Books Annual series immensely helpful in subject selection and in identifying worthwhile titles more easily and more effectively. Index to American Reference Books Annual 2010-2014: A Cumulative Index to Subjects, Authors, and Titles presents five years of information on reference materials that have appeared in ARBA from 2010 to 2014 all in a single volume. It contains the latest reviews of general and subject-specific almanacs, bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, indexes, electronic resources, and more. Each entry in ARBA presents full bibliographic information, an evaluative review, and citations to professional journals containing other published reviews. - Provides easy access to the more than 7,500 reviews written for the past five years of American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) - Offers ARBA users a convenient resource for identifying new reference books and electronic resources in specific subjects of interest to their library patrons

Read professional, fair reviews by practicing academic, public, and school librarians and subject-area specialists that will enable you to make the best choices from among the latest reference resources. This newest edition of American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) provides librarians with insightful, critical reviews of print and electronic reference resources released or updated in 2017-2018, as well as some from 2019 that were received in time for review in the publication. By using this invaluable guide to consider both the positive and negative aspects of each resource, librarians can make informed decisions about which new reference resources are most appropriate for their collections and their patrons' needs. Collection development librarians who are working with limited budgets—as is the case in practically every library today—will be able to maximize the benefit from their monetary resources by selecting what they need most for their collection, while bypassing materials that bring limited value to their specific environment.

The annual edition of American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) is an indispensable tool filled with practicing librarians' reviews of the latest reference materials. It enables libraries to build the strong reference collections their patrons need, no matter the size of the budget. American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) provides collection development and reference librarians with critical reviews of all print and online reference materials published in 2011, as well as some resources from 2010 and 2012. Reviews are written by practicing academic, public, and school librarians who are intimately familiar with the needs of libraries and ideally suited to discerning both positive and negative aspects of each resource, including eBooks, electronic databases, and free reference websites. The 2012 edition is organized into four main parts: General Works, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Science and Technology. Topical chapters are arranged alphabetically within each section. Unlike many other reference review sources, ARBA comprehensively covers all materials that will be relevant for academic, public, and school libraries, as well as professional tools that can be used by librarians in these fields. - All reviews are written specifically for this volume - Each entry offers complete bibliographic information, including publisher, copyright date, pricing information, and ISBN - An author/title index is included in addition to a comprehensive subject index