1970- issued in 2 vols.: v. 1, General reference, social sciences, history, economics, business; v. 2, Fine arts, humanities, science and engineering.

Carol Alabaster focuses on developing a collection with high-quality materials while saving time and money.

This is a theoretical and practical guide on how to undertake and navigate advanced research in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Specifies the top resources in major subject areas and genres and shows students how to approach the reference transaction by matching specific types of questions to the best available resources regardless of format.

Contains approximately 20,000 mostly English language sources for academic libraries of all sizes.