Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Essential General Reference -- Introduction: Essential General Reference Sources -- 1. Bibliography -- 2. Biography -- 3. Core Geography -- 4. Dissertations -- 5. Encyclopedias -- 6. Genealogy -- 7. Government Publications -- 8. Language Dictionaries -- 9. Newspapers -- 10. Online General Reference Libraries -- 11. Other General Reference Works -- 12. Periodicals -- 13. The Web as Reference Tool -- Library and Information Sciences -- Introduction: Library and Information Science Sources -- 14. General Works -- Bibliography -- Biography -- Blogs and News -- Dictionaries and Thesauruses -- Directories of Institutions and People -- Encyclopedias -- Factbooks and Compendiums -- Guides to the Literature -- Indexes -- Abstract Journals -- Databases -- Library History -- Periodicals -- Professional Associations -- Quotations -- Research Methods -- Standards -- Statistics -- User Guides to Library Research -- Yearbooks and Current Surveys -- 15. Professional Practice -- Administration, Management, and Planning-General Works -- Archives and Special Collections -- Assessment and Evaluation -- Budgeting and Fundraising -- Cataloging and Classification -- Collection Development and Acquisitions -- Digitization, Digital Libraries, and Information Technologies -- Education and Continuing Professional Development -- Human Resources -- Indexing and Abstracting -- Information Literacy Instruction -- Knowledge Management -- Library Facilities -- Marketing, Advocacy, and Public Relations -- Policies, Procedures, and Legal Issues -- Preservation and Conservation -- Readers' Advisory -- Reference and Information Retrieval -- Resource Sharing -- Services to Special and Diverse Populations -- Type of Library -- Youth Services -- Index.