Twenty-ninth edition of this essential reference book. Contents include all Australian books in print, Australian representatives of overseas publishers, Australian publishers and distributors (with terms of trade), Australian trade and literary associations and all series of books.

"...excellent coverage...essential to worldwide bibliographic coverage."--AMERICAN REFERENCE BOOKS ANNUAL. This comprehensive reference provides current finding & ordering information on more than 75,000 in-print books published in or about Australia, or written by Australian authors, organized by title, author, & keyword. You'll also find brief profiles of more than 7,000 publishers & distributors whose titles are represented, as well as information on trade associations, local agents of overseas publishers, literary awards, & more. From D.W. Thorpe.

This ninth edition covers those periodicals in print and published in Australia, or dealing with Australia, up to and including July 1991. All periodicals, magazines, journals, newsletters, directories, yearbooks, newspapers, proceedings, and trade publications available to the public are listed by title, subject and publisher. Includes a section listing overseas periodicals and their Australian suppliers, and a list of Australian distributors.

Fifth edition of a subject guide to in-print Australian-published children's books. First published 1991 and most recently in 1999. Bibliographic records are presented under 5500 subject headings and 3300 cross-references are included. This revised and updated edition contains 7229 titles in 9641 volumes for children, covering school years P to 10 (ages 0 to 15), including general and educational books. There are also 1328 teacher reference titles in 1703 volumes, including critical works about children's literature. The physical descriptions of the books are based on the entries in the Thorpe-Bowker's 'Australian Books in Print' database as of June 2002. The compiler's other publications include 'The Whole Story' and 'Australian Books for Australian Schools'.

This is a single-volume guide to acquisition and collection development in the field of Australian studies. This book contains 18 contributions by Australianists and librarians. It looks at the nature and growth of Australian studies; surveys Australian publishing from historical and practitioner standpoints; and examines the acquisition of Australiana through a series of theme papers which focus on some of the world's greatest collections.