rusq: Vol. 51 Issue 4: p. 330
Outstanding Reference Sources: The 2012 Selection of Titles
RUSA CODES Outstanding Reference Sources Committee

Outstanding Reference Sources Committee members: Patrick Wall, chairperson, University City Public Library, University City, MO; Patricia Gregory, incoming chair, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri; Elinor Appel, North Seattle Community College, Seattle, Washington; Cynthia Dudenhoffer, Central Methodist University, Fayette, Missouri; Chaunacey Dunklee, Fullerton Public Library, Fullerton, California; Curtis Ferree, Fairfield University Library, Fairfield, Conneticut; Emily Keller, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and Stephen Marvin, West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania.

The most noteworthy reference titles published in 2011 have been named to the 2012 Outstanding Reference Sources list, an annual award offered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA).

Sponsored by RUSA’s Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES), the Outstanding Reference Sources award, established in 1958, recommends and celebrates the most outstanding reference publications for small and medium-sized public and academic libraries.


THE 2012 WINNERS

The Encyclopedia of Political Science. Ed. George T. Kurian. CQ Press. (ISBN: 978-1-933116-44-0).

The Civil War Naval Encyclopedia. Ed. Spencer Tucker. ABC-Clio. (ISBN: 978-1-59884-338-5).

Competing Voices from the Russian Revolution: Fighting Words. Ed. Michael Hickey. Greenwood. (ISBN: 978-0-313-38523-0).

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible. Ed. Michael D. Coogan. Oxford University Press. (ISBN: 978-0-19-537737-8).

Kraybill, Donald B. Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites. The Johns Hopkins University Press. (ISBN: 978-0-8018-9657-6).

The Polish American Encyclopedia. Ed. James S. Pula. McFarland & Company, Inc. (ISBN: 978-0-7864-3308-7).

Green, Jonathan. Green’s Dictionary of Slang. Oxford University Press. (ISBN: 978-0-550-10440-3).

Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine. Ed. Lyle J. Micheli. Sage Publications. (ISBN: 978-1-4129-6115-8).

The Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory. Ed. Michael Ryan. Wiley-Blackwell. (ISBN: 978-1-4051-8312-3).

The Homer Encyclopedia. Ed. Margalit Finkelberg. Wiley-Blackwell. (ISBN: 978-1-4051-7768-9).

The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art. Ed. Joan D. Marter. Oxford University Press. (ISBN: 978-0-19-533579-8).



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