Guide to Reference Books

by Vee Friesner Carrington

The most authoritative and powerful reference tool, Guide to Reference Books, Eleventh Edition is essential for high-quality, up-to-date general and specialized reference collections. Familiar to most as the master source from which reference tools are identified and learned, GTRB maintains a standard of quality against which other reference guides are measured. With nearly 16,000 entries, 2,000 more than the tenth edition, this landmark edition organizes and describes the most important reference works for today's research and scholarship, including carefully selected items from every part of the world.

2020 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1996

Reviews

[Jessica]

Title:
Guide to Reference Books

Item Call Number:
R 011.02 G941

Location:
http://www.worldcat.org/title/guide-t... books/oclc/33668314&referer=brief_results

Description:
This book presents an annotated bibliography of general and subject reference books covering the humanities, social and behavioral sciences, history, science, technology, and medicine. This book is an excellent reference source because it offers thousands of pages worth of authoritative sources on reference materials. Edited and revised for many years, this book is a staple in most library media centers.

Relevance and Relationship:
The book contains a large source of reference titles and information. Any student doing research could benefit from this type of book in the collection.

Purpose:
Any media center would benefit from adding this type of resource to their current collection. South Green currently does not have a book that provides this type of information.

Validity:
This book has been edited and revised for many years, and is a staple in most library media centers.

Format:
The format of this text is print.

Arrangement and Presentation:
The book contains a large index, which students can easily navigate through. The majority of information in the text is easy to understand.

Diversity:
All levels of students doing research could use and benefit from this book.

[Jill Messer]

Name: Jill Messer
Title: Balay, R., Carrington, V., & Martin, M. (1996). Guide to reference books. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.
Type of Reference: Biographical Reference
Call Number: R 011.02 G941
Brief Description: This book is considered the “Bible” of reference sources, offering up thousands of pages worth of authoritative sources on reference materials. Edited and revised for many years, this book is a staple in most library media centers.
Citation of a Review: Booklist review. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://booklistonline.com/Guide-to-Re....
Cost: $275.00
Relevance and Relationship: The relevance of the book Guide to Reference Books is that is a massive source of reference titles and information. It would be an excellent source of authoritative sources for anyone doing research.
Purpose: The purpose of having this book in the collection is because East currently has nothing like it. They do not have a go-to book that offers this many titles from all different genres of writing and reading.
Validity: The book has gone through many different editions and has been reviewed by Booklist.
Format: The format of this text is print.
Arrangement and Presentation: The book contains a vast index, which students can navigate through with relative ease. Although lengthy, the majority of information in the text is easy to understand.
Diversity: All levels of students, with some guidance, could use this book. Anyone needing quality references for research should check this book out.