American Reference Books Annual

Coverage of current reference materials is at your fingertips with "American Reference Books Annual". With nearly 1800 descriptive and evaluative entries, "ARBA" continues its tradition as the review source for reference works published or distributed in the United States. "ARBA 98" encompasses the entire subject spectrum, covering such broad areas as general reference, history, education, literature, urban studies, economics and business, and science and technology. Some CD-ROMs and Canadian reference publications are covered. More than 350 reviewers (scholars, practitioners and library educators in all subject specialties) provide well-informed, signed reviews that cover strengths and weaknesses of the reference works. This basic reference tool is useful for all collections.