Hi Renee -
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I just did this survey here on the listserv about a week ago and posted a =20
hit.
I'll post the hit again here for you and others who might have missed it...
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This was my TARGET question:=20
What new reference sets and/or non-fiction books do you consider=20
indispensable in your collection? Those that get a lot of use, both in
the library and circulating? I am looking for any and all subjects, in
order to get a general overview.
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And here are the responses (thanks to everyone who sent these great ideas):
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Facts on File.
The dictionary's of are wonderful.
They also have a multitude of books on things that most high schools=20
curriculum cover that are full of great information, while being beautiful=20=
to view.
UXL
They have a wonderful format for many of their history sets, part of the se=
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is on the primary sources for that subject, the next is the biography and=20
the last is overall information. =20
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Offhand (and you probably have these already), here are some of what
we could not do without.
Gale series such as Novels for students, Short stories . . Poetry . . .
Nonfiction classics . .
American decades
Beacham's Young adult literature series
Ancient civilizations
American scenes: events and Amer. scenes: people
Lincoln library of sports champions (just recd. our 2004 ed.)
Grolier ChemLab and Elements
Grolier Popular Science
Enslow sports biographies
Importance of. . . biographies=20
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I spend less on general reference, these days, with encyclopedias,=20
dictionaries, atlases, etc. all on-line or on family computers.
I can't live without the Guiness Book of Records, UXL Biography series,=20
Grolier's World of Animals Encyclopedia (especially Mammals), Grolier's Pro=
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Series, Marshall Cavendish's, Cyclopedia of World Authors and Cyclopedia of=
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American Authors.
These are my most used and circulated sets.=20
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guinness books, of course
New View Almanac ($35-40, avail anywhere)
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Gale 5-vol Beatniks, Bell-Bottoms and ---? excellent thru-the-decades look=20
at American pop culture
Ferguson's 4-volume encyclopedia of careers (good for HS)
Ferguson's 8-volume career encyclopedia (good for MS)
Salem Press: American Justice, 3 vol set (good for HS social studies)
Crime Books, Inc, Encyclopedia of World Crime (4 vol) with 2 vol supplement=
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(c1988?) this is excellent for hard-to-find info on criminals
facts on file--ency of serial killers, ency of american crime, etc, as need=
ed
CultureGrams--an absolute must! previously avail. thru Axiom Press, my new=
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set just arrived thru ProQuest, about $139.00, best money you'll spend for=20
country research or travellers' info.
Gale: World of Chemistry, World of Biology, etc, as needed for your=20
curriculum
Wildlife and Plants of the World (17? vol) great for hi-lo readers, quick=20
info, good photos, Marshall Cavendish
Grzimek's ... through Gale, expensive but thorough for HS
Great Athletes, 8 vol set, Salem Press, I think
Masterplots--might want to update old sets
Music of the Twentieth Century, 3 vol,=20
Rolling Stone Guide/Ency of Rock and Roll--1 vol, $30-40, I don't have the=20
title exactly right.
Gale Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol and Addictive Behavior (Ithink that's=20
the title)--blue, 4 vol.=20
nofiction: (some bio)
Phineas Gage
any titles by Russell Freedman, Jim Murphy
red scarf girl; return with honor (these are MUSTS!)
Stick Figure (anorexia)
sports: Basketball's Best Shots, Hockey's Best Shots, etc
Benchmark Books: Animal Ways series--all color, beautiful!
She Said Yes; Rachel's Tears
terror of the spanish main
corpses, coffins and crypts
kennedy assassinated!
piracy and plunder
bury the dead
close to shore (shark attacks of 1916)
remember d-day; remember pearl harbor--64 p, $18, Nat Geographic
shipwreck at the bottom of the world
calabro. perilous journey of the donner party
so what's the difference? (comparison of religions)
we are witnesses (five diaries of teenagers who died in holocaust)
Watts History of Sports set--has 10-12 titles by now
Lucent's Mystery Series
Facts on File -- guides to winning at sports...covers basketball, lacrosse,=
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wrestling, etc. but I can't rem. the exact series name.
i'm forgetting A LOT... hope this helps=E2=80=94=20
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We get a lot of use from the Gale set _Novels for Students_ for lit. crit.=20
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Good luck !
Steve
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Steve Patnode
Grades 7-12 SLMS
Chazy Central Rural School
Chazy, NY 12921
sun85@aol.com
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