Recommendations+for+Reference+Collection

** [|Amazon Wish List] **
 * __ Recommendations for Reference Collection __**

** Geographical Resources: **
__National Geographic United States Atlas for Young Explorers, Third Edition__. National Geographic Children's Books. c2008.
 * Update library's 2003 edition of Scholastic Atlas of the United States; EDMD 7120 atlases and gazetteers sources list
 * Quantity Desired: 25

[|**Alabama Atlas & Gazetteer**] **. ** Delorme. c2000.
 * Compliment/Update library's 1973 Atlas of Alabama
 * Quantity Desired: 1

** Encyclopedias: ** [|**The World Book Encyclopedia 2012**]. World Book. c2012.
 * Recommended in EDMD 7120
 * Quantity desired: 1 set

[|**Space: A Visual Encyclopedia**]. DK Publishing. c2010.
 * “Core Reference Collections” handout
 * Quantity Desired: 1

__ [|**Children's Human Body (Children’s Encyclopedia)**] __. Steve Parker. c2010.
 * “Core Reference Collections” handout
 * Quantity desired: 1

** Almanacs: **
[|**The Old Farmer's Almanac for Kids, Volume 4**]. Old Farmer's Almanac. c2011.
 * Update library's 2005 edition. Recommended in EDMD 7120 Almanacs
 * Quantity desired: 1

[|**Scholastic Year In Sports 2011 (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)**]. Scholastic Editors. c2011.
 * Children's Core Collection
 * Quantity desired: 1

[|**The World Almanac for Kids 2012**]. Sarah Janssen. c2012.
 * Update library's 2004 edition; Children's Core Collection
 * Quantity desired: 25

** Dictionaries: **
__ [|**The American Heritage Children's Dictionary**] __. Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. c2012.
 * American Heritage is a reputable source and is listed on the EDMD 7120 list. This is for grades 3-6.
 * Quantity desired: 1

[|**The American Heritage First Dictionary**]. Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. c2012.
 * American Heritage is a reputable source and is listed on the EDMD 7120 list. This is for grades K-2.
 * Quantity desired: 1

__ [|**Collins Rhyming Dictionary**] __. Rosalind Fergusson and Andrew Motion. c2007.
 * Recommended by School Library Journal
 * Quantity desired: 1

** Thesauruses: **
__ [|**The American Heritage Children's Thesaurus**] __. Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. c2012.
 * “Core Reference Collections” handout
 * Quantity desired: 5

** Biographical: **
__Biography Today, Volume 19: Profiles of People of Interest to Young Readers: Annual Cumulation (Biography Today General: Annual Cumulation)__. Cherie D. Abbey. c2011.
 * EDMD 7120 biography sources list
 * Quantity desired: 1

__Almanac of Famous People: A Comprehensive Reference Guide to More Than 36,000 Famous and Infamous Newsmakers from Biblical Times to the Present__. Jennifer Mossman. c2003.
 * EDMD 7120 biography sources list (Note: 2011 10th edition not available through amazon.com)
 * Quantity desired: 1

[|**Biography for Beginners: Presidents of the United States**]. Laurie Lanzen Harris. c2009.
 * “Core Reference Collections” handout
 * Quantity desired: 1

** Current Events: **
__ [|**Guinness World Records 2012**] __. Guinness World Records. c2011.
 * “Core Reference Collections” handout
 * Quantity desired: 1

** Handbooks/ Manual/ Guide: ** __A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books (Children's and Young Adult Literature Reference)__. Carolyn W. Lima. c2010.
 * EDMD 7120 bibliography source list
 * Quantity desired: 1

__ [|**Painless Junior: Grammar (Barron's Painless Junior)**] __. Marciann McClarnon M.S. and Tracy Hohn. c2007.
 * “Core Reference Collections” handout
 * Quantity desired: 1

**Resources Available Through The Alabama Virtual Library**
The Alabama Virtual Library offers additional reference resources to our students and faculty. Many of these have multiple types of information sources available within one resource.

**Encyclopedias and Current Events:**
//[|Britannica Online]//

//[|SIRS Discovery]//

**Dictionaries:**
//[|Merriam Webster Online]// through //[|Britannica Online]// includes a Thesaurus with an audio tool.

**Biographical:**
//[|Wilson Web Biography Reference Bank]//

//[|Kids Search]//

**Special Collection Encyclopedias:**
//[|Britannica Online]// covers curriclum-related topics such as American presidents, Black history, Hispanic heritage, and animals.