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1.       Bowker Annual: Library and Book Trade Almanac

Citation

Bogart, D. (Ed.). (2009). Library and book trade almanac, formerly the Bowker annual (54th ed.). New Jersey: Information Today.

2.       Britannica Book of the Year

Citation

Daume, D. (1992). 1992 Britannica Book of the Year. Chicago: Encyclopędia Britannica.

3.       Chase’s Calendar of Events

Citation

Chase’s Calendar of Events (2006) New York: McGraw- Hill.

4.       The Chicago Manual of Style

Citation

University of  Chicago. (2003). The Chicago manual of style (15th ed.). Chicago, London: University of Chicago Press.

5.       The Columbia Guide to Online Style

Citation

Walker, J. R., & Taylor, T. (1998). The Columbia guide to online style. New York: Columbia University Press.

6.       Europa World Year Book

Citation

Europa World Year Book. (2003). London: Europa publication Ltd. 2 vols

7.       Facts on File World News Digest with Index

Citation

Facts on File World News Digest with Index.(2009) New York: Facts on File, 1940- Retrieved from: http://www.facts.com/index.htm

8.       The Guinness Book of Records

Citation

The Guinness Book of Records. (2004). New York: Bantam Books.

9.       Information Please Almanac

Citation

Information Please Almanac (2009) New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1947- . Retrieved from http://www.infoplease.com.

10.    Internet Movie Database

Citation

The Internet Movie Database. (1990-2009). Retrieved from http://www.imdb.com/

11.    Famous First Facts

Citation

Kane, Joseph Nathan; Anzovin, Steven; Podell, Janet. (1997). Famous first facts: A record of first happenings, discoveries, and inventions in American history (5th ed.). New York: H.W. Wilson.

12.    McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology

Citation

McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology. (2004). New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962-

The online version available at http://www.accessscience.com/ (free trial)

13.    Merck Manual of Medical Information

Citation

Berkow, Robert; Beers, Mark; Fletcher, Andres (eds.). (1997). Merck manual of medical information-home edition. (1997). Whitehouse Station, New Jersey: Merck Research Laboratories.

14.    MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers

Citation

Gibaldi, J. (2003) MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America.

15.    The New York Public Library Desk Reference

Citation

The New York Public Library. (2002). The New York Public Library Desk Reference (4th ed.). New York: Hyperion.   

16.    New York Times Almanac

Citation

Wright, J. W. (Ed.). (2008). The New York Times 2009 Almanac. New York: Penguin Group.

17.    PDR.Net

Citation

PDR.net. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.pdr.net/login/Login.aspx

18.    Physician’s Desk Reference

Citation

PDR. (2009). Physician’s desk reference (63rd ed.). Montvale, New Jersey: Physician’s Desk Reference, Inc.

19.    Emily Post Etiquette

Citation

Post, Peggy. (1997). Emily Post’s Etiquette (16th ed.). New York: Harper Collins.

20.    Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

Citation

American Psychological Association. (2002). Publication manual of the American psychological association (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association

21.    Science and Technology Desk Reference

Citation

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. (1992). Science and technology desk reference: Over 1,500 answers to frequently-asked or difficult-to-answer questions (1st ed). Detroit, Mich: Gale Research.

22.    The Statesmans Year-Book

Citation

The Statesman’s Year Book: the politics, cultures and economies of the world (2007). Edited by Barry Turner.- London: Macmillan, 1864-

23.    A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations

Citation

Turabian Kate L.; Booth, Wayne C.; Colomb, Gregory G.; Williams, Joseph M. (2007). A manual for writers of term papers, theses and dissertations: Chicago style for students and researchers (7th ed.). Chicago, London: University of Chicago Press.

24.    Wall Street Journal Almanac

Citation

Alsop, R. J. (Ed.). (1998). The Wall Street Journal Almanac. New York: Ballantine.

25.    Witaker’s Almanack 2000

Citation

Ward, I. (Ed.). (2008). Whitaker’s Almanack 2009 (141st edition). London: A & C Black.

26.    The World Almanack and Book of Facts

Citation

The world almanac and book of facts. (2009). Pleasantville, N. Y.: World Almanac.

27.    World Fact Book

Citation

Central Intelligence Agency. (2009). World Fact Book. Retrieved online October 20, 2009, from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/.

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