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African Americans at War: An Encyclopedia
Sutherland, Jonathan D. | ABC-CLIO, © 2003 | 355.0092 S
A groundbreaking two-volume set covering concepts, themes and individuals surrounding African American military efforts and contributions to America’s Armed Forces from colonial to present time.
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CareerOneStop

www.careeronestop.org
Career One Stop is a “Job Information Center” in a box. This all-in-one portal provides some of the best job search and career information sites on the web.

Migration Information Source

www.migrationinformation.org
Essential facts and analysis on how people are moving around the world. Articles, global data, refugee status and country profiles are available.

Pollution A to Z
Stapleton, Richard M., editor | Macmillan Library Reference USA, © 2003 | 363.73 P
An alphabetically arranged two volume work on global pollution. Unique entries on the history of pollution and long articles on disasters.

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The American History Cookbook for Students
Zanger, Mark H. | Oryx Press, © 2003 | 641.5973 Z
Recipes from the Pilgrims to the 1970’s written in the original version and also adapted for modern kitchens. Each chapter addresses a group of people or historic event and its effect on food history.
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American Memory

memory.loc.gov
An exciting collection of digital information that ranges from Civil War era maps to folk songs to Coca Cola commercials.

The Columbia Gazetteer of North America

www.bartleby.com/69/
A comprehensive encyclopedia of geographical places and features for North America and the Caribbean.

Grolier Online

www.nypl.org/branch/iresources.html
Online encyclopedias and reference sources from Grolier.The NYPL subscription includes Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia,The New Book of Knowledge, Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre en Línea, New Book of Popular Science, and Lands and Peoples.

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American Rhetoric

www.americanrhetoric.com
Landmark American speeches by political,religious and cultural figures captured in print, audio and audiovisual formats.

Encyclopedia of the Great Depression
McElvaine, Robert S., editor | Macmillan Library Reference USA, © 2003 | 973.91 E
This two-volume encyclopedia supplements its broad articles with handsome photographs from the era.
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Free Public Record Sites

www.brbpub.com/pubrecsites.asp
A free gateway to selected searchable local, county, state and federal records Web sites. Included are some important free non-governmental sites.

Today in History: A Day-by-Day Review of World Events
History Channel, The | Dorling Kindersley, © 2003 | 909 T
Based on the History Channel’s This Week in History, this detailed and colorful text offers day-by-day depictions of momentous events in world history, entertainment, technology and other fields of achievement.
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Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
Vrede van Huyssteen, J. Wentzel, editor | Macmillan Library Reference USA , © 2003 | 291.175 E
This two-volume set covers such contentious subjects as abortion, economics, creationism, stem-cell research, and the soul, bringing together two practices often at odds: science and religion.
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Eyewitness to History

www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
From Pliny at Pompeii to Roosevelt in Africa, this simply indexed Web site brings you descriptions of events from the people who experienced them.

Latino and Latina Writers
West-Duran, Alan, editor | Charles Scribner’s, © 2003 | 810.9 L
A fine resource for Hispanic American writers and their increasingly celebrated literature. Included are summaries and discussion of the works of fifty-seven American writers of Hispanic origin.
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The September 11 Digital Archive

www.911digitalarchive.org
Saving the histories of September 11, 2001. Tell your story, read others, submit/view photos and videos, listen to the voices and experiences of 9/11.

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Amazons to Fighter Pilots: A Biographical Dictionary of Military Women
Pennington, Reina and Robin Higham, editors | Greenwood Press, © 2003 | 355.0082 A
Presents profiles of more than 300 brave women in the military; serving as soldiers, sailors and pilots as well as participating in battles from the Hussite Wars to Desert Storm.
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Encyclopedia of Insects
Resh, Vincent and Ring Carde, editors | Academic Press, © 2003 | 595 E
Describes the diverse lives of our largest living group of creatures and how they affect life on this planet.
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Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds
Perrins, Christopher, editor | Firefly Books, © 2003 | 598 F
Written by international bird experts, covering over nine thousand species. Colorfully illustrated with paintings and photos, and detailed essays of interesting bird facts.
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Men and Masculinities: a Social,Cultural and Historical Encyclopedia
Kimmel, Michael S. and Amy Aronson, editors | ABC-CLIO, © 2003 | 305.31 M
Famous men, pivotal historical events, psychological and social aspects of manhood, and men in literature and art make up the main threads of this highly informative work.
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Dictionary of American Family Names
Hanks, Patrick, editor | Oxford University Press, © 2003 | 929.4 D
Culled from a survey of 88.7 million American surnames, this substantial three-volume set includes not only histories, definitions and naming customs, but also frequencies and common first names for each.
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Earth
Luhr, James F., editor | Dorling Kindersley, © 2003 | 550 E
A beautiful, precise volume that combines lush illustrations and informative diagrams with descriptions of local landscapes, their origins and interconnectedness.
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Encyclopedia of Cuba: People, History, Culture
Martinez-Fernandez, Luis , Luis A. Perez and D.H. Figueredo, editors | Oryx Press, © 2003 | 972.91 E
Contributions, achievements, struggles and events in the colorful history of the Cuban people. The performing arts, popular culture, sports and religion are just some of the topics covered.
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The Wilson Chronology of Human Rights: A Record of the Human Striving for Freedom from Ancient Times to the Present
Levinson, David and Karen Christensen, editors | H.W. Wilson, © 2003 | 323.02 W
A chronology of milestones in the evolution of human rights, with a great index for access by country and subject.

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Best of Reference is an annual list of books, websites, and electronic resources selected by a committee of librarians for their usefulness in local branch collections. Selection criteria include value and appropriateness for branch collections, organization of material, style of presentation, and authority of author/editor.

These sources were selected by the following committee from the staff of The New York Public Library: Carol Anshien, David Hoffman, Tara Kay Johnson, Chair, Lawrence Kapture, Suzette Spencer, Michael Watkins.