Ready Reference: Wham, Bam, Thank You Librarian Ben Conrad, Melissa Kalland, Renee Kozeal ETT 508 Spring 2009

Ready Reference Ready reference materials are resources in print or online that a researcher can use to find basic information, quickly. DictionaryThesaurus AtlasHandbook EncyclopediaWeb site AlmanacOther*

Questions for Ready Reference – Did anyone die in the Hindenburg crash? – What is the population of China? – How much did a loaf of bread cost during the Great Depression?

Ready Reference: Elementary School Almanacs State Handbook & Guide 2009 Free ac/ A guide to state information The Old Farmers Almanac for Kids 2007 $ All kinds of fun facts for kids

Ready Reference: Elementary School Almanacs World Almanac for Kids $ Great information for kids Pearson Education’s Fact Monster 2009 Free Great searchable source for kids

Ready Reference: Elementary School Atlas World Book offers Atlases in print and online. The online version offers numerous resources. Subscription a?id=mp DK First Atlas 2004 $ ay/0,, ,00.html

Ready Reference: Elementary School Atlas National Geographic World Atlas for Young Explorers, 3rd Edition 2007 $

Ready Reference: Elementary School Dictionaries Scholastic Children's Dictionary $ 7 for the old 2002 $14.95 for new 2008? Both can still be purchased The DK Children’s Illustrated Dictionary 1994 $19.95 Wilson’s Senior High Core Collection

Ready Reference: Elementary School Dictionaries Merriam-Webster Children’s Dictionary 2008 $21.99 Webster’s New World Children’s Dictionary 2006 $17.95

Ready Reference: Elementary School Dictionaries Scholastic Children’s Thesaurus 1998 $15.95 Simon & Schuster Thesaurus for Children: The Ultimate Student Thesaurus 2001 $17.99

Ready Reference: Elementary School Thesaurus Scholastic Children’s Thesaurus 1998 $15.95 The American Heritage Children’s Thesaurus 2006 $17.95

Ready Reference: Elementary School Encyclopedias World Book Encyclopedia, 2009 ed. 22 vols. $ Readable and authoritative Suitable for 3 rd and up Available online and on CD- ROM Available online Free

Ready Reference: Elementary School Encyclopedias The Scholastic Children's Encyclopedia: An Exciting Reference Tool 2004 $19.95 Encyclopedia dot com 2009 Free

Ready Reference: Middle School Almanacs The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2009 Published by World Almanac Paperback $10.18 (Amazon.com) Election 2008 coverage and Beijing Olympics recap Downloadable trivia quiz kit Time: Almanac 2009 Published by Time Hardcover $23.07 (Amazon.com) Includes a Year in Review

Ready Reference: Middle School Atlases National Geographic Visual Atlas of the World Published by National Geographic in 2008 Hardcover $63.00 (Amazon.com) Emphasizes UNESCO World Heritage Sites Great section on space Oxford Atlas of the World Published by Oxford University Press Hardcover $50.40 (Amazon.com) Comes with a free wall map 15 th edition, published in 2008

Ready Reference: Middle School Dictionaries The American Heritage Student Dictionary Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Hardcover $12.97 (Amazon.com) For grades 6-9 More than 2000 full-color photographs and illustrations Merriam-Webster’s Intermediate Dictionary Published by Merriam-Webster, revised 2004 Hardcover $14.07 (Amazon.com) Abundant word history paragraphs Designed especially for middle level students

Ready Reference: Middle School Thesauruses Merriam-Webster’s Intermediate Thesaurus Published by Merriam-Webster, 1 st edition, 2004 Hardcover $12.50 (Amazon.com) Created for middle level students Contains synonyms, antonyms, related and contrasted words, and idiomatic phrases The American Heritage Student Thesaurus Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, updated 2006 Hardcover $11.67 (Amazon.com) Parts of Speech table For middle and high school students

Ready Reference: Middle School Encyclopedias One Million Things: A Visual Encyclopedia Published by DK Children, 2008 Hardcover $16.49 (Amazon.com) Divided into eight sections Stunning photographs Britannica Encyclopedia Published by Encyclopaedia Britannica, revised 2008 Hardcover $ (Amazon.com) 65,000 articles Unique 4-part organization, 32 volumes

Ready Reference: Middle School Electronic Resources The

Ready Reference: High School Almanacs The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2009 ed. Pocket Books. $12.99 pa. Most comprehensive and well-known almanac Wilson’s Senior High Core Collection *selection

Ready Reference: High School Dictionaries American Heritage College Dictionary, 4 th ed. Houghton Mifflin, $26.95 Includes CD-Rom (complete text of dictionary and thesaurus) Wilson’s Senior High Core Collection *selection. Random House Webster’s College Thesaurus, 2 nd ed. Random House, $22.95 Wilson’s Senior High Core Collection *selection

Ready Reference: High School Encyclopedias World Book Encyclopedia, 2009 ed. 22 vols. $ Readable and authoritative Suitable for 9 th -12 th grades Available online and on CD- ROM

Ready Reference: High School Handbooks MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6 th ed. Modern Language Association, $22.00 pa. Guidelines and examples for handling research, outlining, formatting and documentation in MLA style. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association,5 th ed. APA, $27.95 pa. Guidelines and examples for handling research, formatting, and documentation in APA style.

Ready Reference: High School Handbooks Writers Inc, 2006 ed. By Dave Kemper, Patrick Sebranek, & Verne Meyer. Great Source Education Group, $23.50 pa. A writer’s handbook Includes: various forms of writing, usage help, punctuation, citation guides Has online components: s/handbooks/writers_inc/ s/handbooks/writers_inc/

Ready Reference: High School Other Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 17 th ed. Little Brown & Co., 2002, $50.00 Classic ready reference Famous quotes listed chronologically by author. Excellent author and keyword indexes Wilson’s Senior High Core Collection *selection.

Ready Reference: High School Other The Value of a Dollar: , 4 th ed. Grey House Publ., $ Excellent for historical research Includes: income, prices, tables of price trends Some prices included are: golf clubs, washing machine, baked beans, a suit Some job incomes included are: actor, bookkeeper, manager, teacher, truck driver

Ready Reference: High School Web Sources The Internet Public Library -- Easy to access by general subject Incredible collection of ready reference sites-Free

Ready Reference: High School Web Sources Occupational Outlook Handbook, Edition Online version of standard OOH publication Quick access to occupation information—education/training, salary, skills, nature of work

Ready Reference: High School Web Sources American Fact Finder, U.S. Census Bureau Census statistics Population Household/family size Education Demographics—race, gender

Strengths and Weaknesses Print Resources + Quick and easy to access + Electronics not required - Become out dated quickly – Biography, Statistics, Geography - Intimidating

Strengths and Weakness Electronic Resources + Provides remote access + Frequently updated/ current + Appealing to students ? Searchable through search engines - Issues with technology requirements - Limited access due to electronics

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