1979-1990

1979-1990
Author: Henryk Sawoniak
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 1284
Release: 2012-02-14
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 3110975068

Index to American Reference Books Annual, 1990-1994

Index to American Reference Books Annual, 1990-1994
Author: D Aviva Rothschild
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Total Pages: 318
Release: 1994-07-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781563082726

**** The annuals, to which this is the index, are cited in Sheehy and BCL3. This five-year index gives access to 8771 reviews of references reviewed in ARBA, volumes 16 through 20. **** American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) is an essential tool, not only for libraries, but for reference book publishers as well (we at Book News would not be without it), and is cited in BCL3, Sheehy, and Walford. This five-year cumulative index provides access by subject, title, and author to reviews of the 9,284 reference works covered in the last five volumes of ARBA. In addition to being used to locate reviews, the index also serves as an anlytical tool for collection evaluation and development and acquisitions. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Seventeenth Summer

Seventeenth Summer
Author: Maureen Daly
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2010-04-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416994637

Seventeen-year-old Angie, who lives with her family in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, finds herself in love for the first time the summer after high school graduation.

Guides to Library Collection Development

Guides to Library Collection Development
Author: John Thomas Gillespie
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1994-08-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Intended to enhance collection development in school, public, and college libraries, this volume lists and annotates approximately 1,500 significant bibliographies published from 1985 through 1993, with some earlier but still useful publications. Annotations indicate scope of the work, size (often the number of entries), kinds of material included, purpose, arrangement, nature of entries, indexes, special features, and a recommendation. Author, title, and subject indexes provide easy access to the entries. With its deep and comprehensive coverage, this work will help not only in the process of selecting and acquiring materials for the library but also in the process of identification of items for reference, readers' advisory, interlibrary loan, and collection evaluation.

American Reference Books Annual

American Reference Books Annual
Author: Bohdan S. Wynar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 740
Release: 2007
Genre: Reference books
ISBN:

1970- issued in 2 vols.: v. 1, General reference, social sciences, history, economics, business; v. 2, Fine arts, humanities, science and engineering.

Keywords for Children’s Literature

Keywords for Children’s Literature
Author: Philip Nel
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2011-06-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0814758541

49 original essays on the essential terms and concepts in children's literature

Juvenile Delinquency in a Diverse Society

Juvenile Delinquency in a Diverse Society
Author: Kristin A. Bates
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2023-07-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1071862286

Juvenile Delinquency in a Diverse Society, Fourth Edition presents a fresh, critical examination of juvenile delinquency in the context of real communities and social policies - addressing many social factors that shape juvenile delinquency and its control, including race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality. Authors Kristin A. Bates and Richelle S. Swan use true stories and contemporary examples to link theories of delinquency to current public policies and to existing community programs, encouraging readers to consider how theories of delinquency can be used to create new policies and programs in their own communities.

Running Out of Time

Running Out of Time
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 202
Release: 1995-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0689800843

When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1996 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children.