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New Reference Materials 5/29/2009

Energy use worldwide : a reference handbook / Jaina L. Moan and Zachary A. Smith
MAIN Reference 333.7913 M687e

Inventing Medill : a history of the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, 1921-1996 / Alice W. Snyder
MAIN Reference 378.7 N87 Esn

Historical dictionary of aesthetics / Dabney Townsend
MAIN Reference 111.8503 T747h

Historical dictionary of journalism / Ross Eaman
MAIN Reference 070.9 E12h

Theaterlexikon der Schweiz = Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse = Dizionario teatrale svizzero = Lexicon da teater svizzer / Andreas Kotte, Projektleitung und Herausgeber ; Simone Gojan, Chefredaktion ; Joel Aguet, redaction romande ; Pierre Lepori, redazione italiana
MAIN Reference 792.022 T3737

Dictionary of South Carolina biography / Richard N. Côté, editor-in-chief ; Patricia H. Williams, assistant editor
MAIN Reference 920.0757 C843d

Encyclopedia of women’s folklore and folklife v. 1-2/ edited by Liz Locke, Theresa A. Vaughan, Pauline Greenhill
MAIN Reference 398.352 E56

The dictionary of seventeenth-century French philosophers v. 1-2/ general editor, Luc Foisneau
MAIN Reference 194 D554

The encyclopedia of ancient natural scientists : the Greek tradition and its many heirs / edited by Paul T. Keyser and Georgia L. Irby-Massie
MAIN Reference 508.0922 E56

The Encyclopedia of weapons : from World War II to the present day / general editor, Chris Bishop
MAIN Reference 355.8203 E56

Lessico etimologico italiano : LEI / Max Pfister
MAIN Reference L452.03 P529l (v.11 fasc 95-96, and D2)

Encyclopedia of African American history, 1896 to the present : from the age of segregation to the twenty-first century v. 1-5/ editor in chief, Paul Finkelman
MAIN Reference 973.0496 E5592

Schirmer encyclopedia of film v. 1-4 / Barry Keith Grant
MAIN Reference 791.4303 G761s

Bibliographie zum Sport im Altertum : für die Jahre 1989 bis 2002 / Wolfgang Decker, Barbara Rieger ; nach Vorarbeiten von Frank Förster ... [et al.]
MAIN Reference 016.79609 D295b

Encyclopedia of consciousness / edited by William P. Banks
MAIN Reference 153.03 E563

Historic cities of the Islamic world / edited by C. Edmund Bosworth
MAIN Reference 307.76091 H673

New Reference Materials 5/18/2009

The new encyclopedia of Southern culture: Gender/ Charles Reagan Wilson, general editor
MAIN Reference 975.00321 E56 2006 v. 13

Historical dictionary of ethics / Harry J. Gensler, Earl W. Spurgin
MAIN Reference 170.9 G336h

Mittelalterliche Bibliothekskataloge Deutschlands und der Schweiz. Hrsg. von d. Bayer. Akad. d. Wiss. in München
MAIN Reference L018.1 A313m

Public domain : how to find & use copyright-free writings, music, art & more. 4th Ed. / By Stephen Fishman
MAIN Reference 346.73048 F537p

Philosophy of science A-Z / Stathis Psillos
MAIN Reference 501.03 P974p

Chicago Creative Directory
MAIN Lower Level Storage 384.55025 C532
2009 Temporarily shelved at MAIN Reference (Desk) (Non-circulating)

The official African-American museums and cultural galleries directory: redefining African-American museums and collecting material for the future / Willie E. Box Jr. and associates
MAIN Reference L069.97304 O32

Dictionary of nineteenth-century journalism in Great Britain and Ireland / general editors Laurel Brake & Marysa Demoor
MAIN Reference 072.9 D554

Dictionnaire thématique du roman de moeurs en France, 1814-1914. v. 1-2 / Philippe Hamon, Alexandrine Viboud
MAIN Reference 843.00935 H228d

Variety international film guide
MAIN Reference 808.21 I611

Human Rights Watch world report
MAIN Reference 323.4905 H918

The state of Black America/ National Urban League
MAIN Reference L305.89607 S7972

India, a reference annual
MAIN Reference L315.4 I393

Statistical yearbook of Bangladesh
MAIN Reference 315.492 S797

Die deutsche Rechtschreibung / Herausgegeben von der Wahrig-Redaktion/verfasst wurde die Originalausgabe von Ursula Hermann
MAIN Reference 431.52 H552d

Lessico etimologico italiano : LEI / Max Pfister
MAIN Reference L452.03 P529I v. 10

Encyclopedia of religion, communication, and media / Daniel A. Stout, editor
MAIN Reference L210.14 E56

Terms of trade : glossary of international economics / Alan V. Deardorff
MAIN Reference 382.03 D285t

A dictionary of English manuscript terminology, 1450 to 2000 / Peter Beal
MAIN Reference 091.0942 B366d

Statistisk årbog/ Denmark. Statistiske department
MAIN Reference L314.89 D397

Orfograficheskiĭ slovarʹ russkogo i︠a︡zyka : svyshe 100 000 slov, grammaticheskai︠a︡ informat︠s︡ii︠a︡, trudnye sluchai / B.Z. Bukchina, I.K. Sazonova, L.K. Chelʹt︠s︡ova
MAIN Reference 491.7152 B9326o

Japan Statistical Yearbook/ Tokyo, Bureau of Statistics, Office of the Prime Minister
MAIN Reference L315.2 J36j

Rossiĭskoe zarubezhʹe vo Frant︠s︡ii : 1919-2000 : biograficheskiĭ slovarʹ / pod obshcheĭ redakt︠s︡ieĭ L. Mnukhina, M. Avrilʹ, V. Losskoĭ
MAIN Reference 305.89171 R8346

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New Reference Materials 5/7/2009

Alessandro Manzoni : a critical bibliography : 1950-2000 / Augustus Pallotta
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating) 016.853 M296pa

Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors / Bill Bryson
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating) 423.1 B916b

The far right in Europe : an encyclopedia / edited by Peter Davies with Paul Jackson
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating) 320.94 F219

Health care policy and politics A to Z / Julie Rovner
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating) 362.10973 R875h 2009

Healthcare knowledge management : issues, advances, and successes / Rajeev K. Bali, Ashish N. Dwivedi, editors
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating) 610.285 H4343

Scotland : an encyclopedia of places & landscapes / David Munro, Bruce Gittings
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating) 914.11003 M968s

Encyclopedia of gender and society / edited by Jodi O’Brien
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating) 305.30904 E56

The Greenwood encyclopedia of folktales and fairy tales / edited by Donald Haase.
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating) 398.203 G816

The Oxford encyclopedia of the Islamic world / John L. Esposito, editor in chief
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating) 909.09767 O98 2009

Hispanics in Hollywood : a celebration of 100 years in film and television / Luis Reyes and Peter Rubie
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating) 791.43089 R457h 2000

Bibliografii︠a︡ literatury o L. N. Tolstom, 1917/67. Sostaviteli: H. G. Sheli︠a︡pina [i dr. Redaktsionnai︠a︡ kollegii︠a︡: B. S. Bodnarskiĭ, N. N. Gusev, K. N. Lomunov]
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating) 016.8917 T654m

Screen world 2008
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating) 808.21 D184

Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum; Sachwörterbuch zur Auseinandersetzung des Christentums mit der antiken Welt. In Verbindung mit Franz Joseph Dölger und Hans Lietzmann und unter besonderer Mitwirkung von Jan Hendrik Wasznik und Leopold Wenger, hrsg. von Theodor Klauser
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating) L 270.03 R288

People’s Republic of China year-book 2008
MAIN Large Books L 951.057 C5396
2008 Temporarily shelved at MAIN Reference (Non-circulating)

Bibliographisches Handbuch der Calderón-Forschung = Manual bibliográfico calderoniano / Kurt und Roswitha Reichenberger ; in Zusammenarbeit mit Theo Berchem, Henry W. Sullivan ; Spanischer Text, Angel San Miguel.
MAIN Reference (Non-circulating) L 016.862 C146r