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Provides the histories of 31 landmark English-language reference works.
The full text of this book in PDF format is available under a Creative Commons license at http://hdl.handle.net/10349/691

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Oryx Press, ABC-CLIO, LLC
Language
English
Pages
356

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Subjects
Bibliography, Publishing, Reference books, Best books, Reference books, bibliography, History
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Table of Contents

Foreword. Publishing the Dictionary of scientific biography / Charles Scribner, Jr. Page ix
Introduction. Introduction / James Rettig Page xii
Documenting the travel experience : Baedeker guidebooks / Harold M. Otness Page 1 "The most famous book of its kind" : Bartlett's familiar quotations / Kerry L. Cochrane Page 9 Black's law dictionary : ninety-nine years, 1891-1990 / Pamela S. Bradigan Page 18 An "alms- basket" of "bric-a-brac" : Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable / Charles Bunge Page 24 "The indispensable guide" : The Chicago manual of style / Richard D. DeBacher Page 31 The "instinctive grammatical moralizer" : H.W. Fowler and his Dictionary of modern English usage / William A. McHugh Page 41 "The most amusing book in the language" : the Dictionary of national biography / Johannah Sherrer Page 54 Controlling the beasties : Dissertation abstracts international / Mary W. George Page 66 The circle of learning : Encyclopaedia Britannica / Sandy Whiteley Page 77 The book that built Gale Research : the Encyclopedia of associations / Carol M. Tobin Page 89 Code of courtesy from the roaring twenties : Emily Post's Etiquette / Richard W. Grefrath Page 98 "Of permanent use and usefulness" : Granger's index to poetry / Milton H. Crouch Page 113 A cornerstone of musical scholarship : Grove's dictionary of music and musicians / William S. Brockman Page 117 "Monument" : guide to reference books / Stuart W. Miller Page 129 "Unbeatable" : the Guinness book of records / Christine C. Whittington Page 138 A household word for four generations : Moody's / Elizabeth J. Wood Page 147 "The bibliographical wonder of the world" : The National Union Catalog / John R.M. Lawrence Page 161 The record of record : the New York Times index / Jo A. Cates Page 174 "The jewel in the crown" : the Oxford English dictionary / James Rettig Page 180 "Mom in the library" : the Readers' Guide to periodical literature / Mary Biggs Page 198 Demystifying parliamentary procedure : Robert's rules of order / Sarah B. Watstein Page 211 "Wings of flight" : Roget's Thesaurus of English words and phrases / Marta Lange Page 220 Eugene Garfield's contribution to bibliography : Science citation index / David A. Tyckoson Page 234 "The baby figure of the giant mass" : Pollard & Redgrave's and Wing's short-title catalogues / Robert W. Melton Page 242 Continuity in a changing world : Statemans's year-book / David M. Pilachowski Page 259 Permanently definitive : Strong's exhaustive concordance of the Bible / Edward D. Starkey Page 269 The world in one's hands : Times atlas of the world / Mary L. Larsgaard Page 278 The legacy of Noah Webster : the Merriam-Webster family of dictionaries / Marie C. Ellis Page 286 Afternoon tea, Parliament, and ... Who's who / Linda K. Simons Page 306 All things for all people : the World almanac / Margaret Morrison Page 313 "The best of its type" : World Book encyclopedia / Holly D. Rogerson and E. Paige Weston Page 323 Contributors. Contributor profiles Page 335 Index. Index Page 339

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
011/.02
Library of Congress
Z1035.1 .D57 1992

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xv, 356 p. :
Number of pages
356

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OL1553588M
Internet Archive
distinguishedcla00rett
ISBN 10
0897746406
LCCN
91033629
OCLC/WorldCat
24373222

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