Kategoria BISAC: Reference >> Bibliographies & Indexes

This is the second in a projected three-volume series which will be the standard for the English-speaking world when completed. This series will constitute a major, comprehensive bibliography of English-language works (over 4,100 will be cited in all) on women in Africa for the period 1976-1985; a follow-up volume (targeted for publication in 1993) will cover the years 1986-1990. . . . In Volumes 2 and 3, arrangement is by subject within both regional and national categories. Items are cross-referenced for maximum coverage. . . . Required for college and university libraries supporting...

The materials included in this bibliography focus on the craftsmen responsible for the creation of fine furniture. Works that give biographical information about furniture craftsmen and discuss the stylistic and aesthetic development of their art; works that examine the sociological, political, economic and environmental conditions within which furniture craftsmen worked, as well as furniture factories and furniture retail businesses themselves; and general works useful in the study of American furniture are cited. The bibliography consists of four main sections, the first of which deals...

Authoritative, trusted, and timely, "Information Resources in the Humanities and the Arts: Sixth Edition" introduces new librarians to the breadth of humanities collections, experienced librarians to the nature of humanities scholarship, and the scholars themselves to a wealth of information they might otherwise have missed.

This new version of a classic resource--the first update in over a decade--has been refreshed to account for the myriad of digital resources that have rewritten the rules of the reference and research world, and been expanded to include significantly increased...

"Handbook for Asian Studies Specialists: A Guide to Research Materials and Collection Building Tools" is the first work to cover reference works for the main Asian area languages of China, Japan, and Korea. Several leading Asian Studies librarians have contributed their many decades of experience to create a resource that gathers major reference titles--both print and online--that would be useful to today's Asian Studies librarian. Organized by language group, it offers useful information on the many subscription-based and open-source electronic tools relevant to Asian Studies.

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The work of the Latin writers of Scotland has suffered a neglect which its variety, copiousness, and intrinsic interest do not deserve. Their importance, and the importance of Latin as a literary language, is beginning to be recognized by scholars. Researchers from the universities of Glasgow and St. Andrews have now prepared the first-ever bibliography of Scottish Latin in print - unique both in its focus on the many works written in Latin and in the way in which Scottish writers are specifically targeted. Covering the years c. 1480-1700, this new reference tool carefully catalogues the...

Das Bayerische Jahrbuch verzeichnet Behorden, Ministerien, Korperschaften und mit ihnen verbundene Einrichtungen des offentlichen Lebens im Freistaat Bayern:

• Behorden und Dienststellen der staatlichen und kommunalen Verwaltung
• die Gerichtsbarkeit
• Interessenverbande und andere Organisationen aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Kunst usw.
• Notare, Kirchenbehorden, Schulen, Hochschulen, Museen, Bibliotheken, Krankenhauser, Kreditinstitute
• uber 12.000 Burgermeister, Landrate, Vorsitzende, Geschaftsfuhrer, Prasidenten, Direktoren...

This volume, the first of six, provides a crucial reference book for Civil War scholars and historians, professional or...