rusq: Vol. 52 Issue 4: p. 342
Outstanding Reference Sources: The 2013 Selection of Titles
RUSA CODES Outstanding Reference Sources Committee

RUSA CODES Outstanding Reference Sources Committee Outstanding Reference Sources Committee members: Patricia Gregory, Chairperson, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri; Curtis Ferree, incoming chair, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut; Elinor Appel, North Seattle Community College, Seattle, Washington; Cynthia Dudenhoffer, Central Methodist University, Fayette, Missouri; Julie Elliott, Indiana University-South Bend, Indiana; Annie Fuller, University City Public Library, University City, Missouri; Adam Jackman, Pierce County Library, Gig Harbor, Washington; Emily Keller, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Stephen Marvin, West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania; and Alec Sonsteby, Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, Minnesota.

The most noteworthy reference titles published in 2012 have been named to the 2013 Outstanding References Sources list. Sponsored by RUSA’s Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES), the Outstanding Reference Sources Committee was established in 1958 to recommend the most outstanding reference publications for small and medium-sized public and academic libraries.


THE 2013 WINNERS

Biotechnology: In Context. Ed. Brenda Wilmoth Lerner & K. Lee Lerner. Gale Cengage. (ISBN: 978-1-414-49082-3).

Dictionary of African Biography. Ed. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong and Henry Louis Gates Jr. Oxford University Press. (ISBN: 978-0-195-38207-5).

Encyclopedia of Housing, Second Edition. Ed. Andrew T. Carswell. Sage Publications. (ISBN: 978-1-412-98957-2).

Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology. Ed. Daniel J. Christie. Wiley-Blackwell. (ISBN: 978-1-405-19644-4).

Encyclopedia of Trauma: An Interdisciplinary Guide. Ed. Charles R. Figley. Sage Publications. (ISBN: 978-1-412-97879-8).

Enslaved Women In America: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Daina Ramey Berry and Deleso A. Alford. Greenwood. (ISBN: 978-0-313-34908-9).

Japanese Philosophy: A Source Book. Ed. James W. Heisig et al. University of Hawaii Press. (ISBN: 978-0-824-83618-4).

Literature of War. Ed. Thomas Riggs. St. James Press/Gale Cengage. (ISBN: 978-1-558-62842-7).

Presidents and Black America: A Documentary History. Ed. Stephen A. Jones and Eric Freedman. Sage/CQ Press. (ISBN: 978-1-608-71008-9).

Typography Referenced: A Comprehensive Visual Guide to the Language, History, and Practice of Typography. Ed. Allan Haley et al. Rockport Publishers. (ISBN: 978-1-592-53702-0).

Women in American Politics: History and Milestones. By Doris Weatherford. Sage/CQ Press. (ISBN: 978-1-60871-007-2).



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