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Bibliographies
 Websites presented in alphabetical order AgeLine Research Database 
 A searchable database of "abstracts of current social gerontology and aging-related research, policy, provider, and consumer books, articles, and reports." From AARP. http://www.aarp.org/research/ageline/ Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, Senior Health, Seniors Last updated May 12, 2006 American Literary Studies: John Steinbeck Collections
"Stanford has significant holdings of Steinbeck materials, including manuscripts, notes, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera" in the Department of Special Collections, Green Library. This Stanford University site describes the collections and provides links to databases of bibliographic information about their contents, as well as a brief biography and bibliography. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/hasrg/ablit/amerlit/steinbeck.html Topics: Archives, Correspondence, Nonfiction by Genre, The Grapes of Web Last updated Apr 13, 2005 Annotated Bibliography of Government Documents Related to the Threat of Terrorism and the Attacks of September 11, 2001
This bibliography covers the aftermath of the attacks, congressional and presidential actions, global terrorism, international politics, national security, U.S. foreign relations, weapons of mass destruction, and the U.S. military. Compiled by Kevin D. Motes, reference librarian in the U.S. Government Information Division of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/usinfo/terrorism/911.htm Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government, Nonfiction by Genre, September 11 & Beyond, Terrorism Last updated May 19, 2005 Appalachian Studies Bibliography, 1994-2003
A very thorough bibliography with hundreds of entries browsable by over two dozen topics, including dissertations. Last updated in 2003, but most citations are to bibliographic resources in fairly stable formats (that is, books). From the West Virginia University Libraries. http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/bibliography/ Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place Last updated Mar 16, 2006 The Baseball Index (TBI)
An index of citations to over 200,000 baseball "books, magazine articles, programs, pamphlets, films, recordings, songs, poems, cartoons, advertising, or anything else that may be of interest to the baseball fan or researcher." Offers tips for locating the actual materials. Searchable, and browsable by name or topic. From the Society for American Baseball Research. http://www.baseballindex.org/ Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, Poetry, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Apr 27, 2006 Basic Current Books: A Selected List of Current Wine Making and Grape Growing Books
A brief but well-chosen list of core readings in the areas of wine making, grape growing, and wine history in the United States and Europe. From the Shields Library, University of California, Davis, "home to one of the finest collections of grape growing and wine making literature in the world." http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/bioag/collections/vitic/basic-current-books.php Topics: Agriculture, California Agriculture: Crops, California and Washington Wine, California: Libraries & Archives by Type, Crops, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jul 23, 2005 Bestseller Lists [1900-1998]
This site includes annual fiction and nonfiction bestseller lists through 1998, provided by "Publisher's Weekly." http://www.caderbooks.com/bestintro.html Topics: Literature & Books, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated May 17, 2004 Beyond Nancy Drew
An annotated bibliography of books for girls written in the last two hundred years which reflect the roles for girls considered proper at the time. Roughly chronological, the list is arranged within subject headings: Christian upbringing, etiquette, nurses, girl detectives, outdoors and adventure, tomboys and working girls, and heroines. These titles are drawn from the collection at the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture at Duke University. http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/beyond/ Topics: Children's Literature, Librarianship, Literature & Books, Nonfiction by Genre, Society & Social Science, Women Last updated Dec 21, 2006 Bibliographies of Northern and Central California Indians
Forty-three independent tribal bibliographies, and a general bibliography of California Indians. Includes maps (tribal groups and corresponding California counties, linguistic groups), alternate names and spellings for tribal groups, and information on libraries containing California Indian collections. Last updated in 1994. From the Museum Informatics Project (MIP), University of California, Berkeley. http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/cilc/bibs/toc.html Topics: California: History, Native Americans, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Dec 16, 2002 Bibliography About the Women of Ciudad Juárez, México
A lengthy collection of citations to books, videos, and articles, plus Web links, about murders in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. "For the past ten years approximately 400 women (primarily young women) have been killed, sexually abused, and their bodies dumped in abandoned lots. Authorities have dismissed it and have been reluctant make an effort to find the killer(s)," but public outcry is growing. From librarian Dana Lubow at Los Angeles Valley College Library. http://www.lavc.cc.ca.us/Library/bib-women_of_c._juarez.htm Topics: Crime, Nonfiction by Genre, Women Last updated Mar 20, 2004 Bibliography of Published Baseball Music and Songs in the Collections of the Music Division at the Library of Congress
This site lists "over 400 musical works and songs related to baseball." Materials listed in the collection include music about baseball in general and songs dedicated to individual players and teams. A chronology shows the first baseball song — "The Baseball Polka" — dates from 1858. Browsable by title or date. From the Library of Congress, Performing Arts Reading Room, Music Division. http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/baseballbib.html Topics: Baseball, Music, Nonfiction by Genre, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Oct 13, 2004 Black American Feminism: A Multidisciplinary Bibliography
"An extensive bibliography of Black American Feminist thought from across the disciplines." Arranged by discipline (arts and humanities; social sciences; education; health, medicine, and science) and format (autobiographies, biographies, memoirs, personal narratives; interviews; speeches; anthologies; periodicals; Web sites). Contains mainly references to print resources, with some Web links. Updated quarterly. Compiled by Sherri Barnes, Associate Librarian, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara. http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/blackfeminism/ Topics: Black Resources, California: Libraries, Librarianship, Nonfiction by Genre, Women Last updated May 10, 2004 Blogbib: An Annotated Bibliography on Weblogs and Blogging, With a Focus on Library/Librarian Blogs
"This annotated bibliography includes definitions, articles about blogging and about library blogs, books, studies, links to samples of the myriad library blogs, tools for creating and using blogs, and links to presentations on blogging. ... While most entries are from the United States of America, BlogBib includes blogs and commentary from Canada, Europe, and Australia as well. Coverage includes academic, public, school, and special libraries." By librarian Susan Herzog. http://blog-bib.blogspot.com Topics: Blogs & Podcasts by Subject, Librarianship, Nonfiction by Genre, Social Science Last updated Feb 22, 2005 Books for Understanding: The United States at War
A series of subject bibliographies on topics related to United States involvement in wars. Topics include Iraq, U.S. foreign policy, military strategy and tactics, diplomacy, war history, weapons, terrorism, and more. All books in the bibliographies have been published by university presses, but represent a range of viewpoints. From the Association of American University Presses. http://www.aaupnet.org/news/bfu/war.html Topics: International Governments, Nonfiction by Genre, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Dec 10, 2003 California in the 1930s: A Bibliography
Dozens of titles related to California during the Depression years. From Professor Jules Tygiel of San Francisco State University. http://bss.sfsu.edu/tygiel/hist642/oldfiles/642cadep/Bibliography.htm Topics: Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Aug 1, 2006 Cataloguer's Toolbox: Glossary of Bibliographic Information by Language
Foreign language basics for catalogers. Learn how to say "out of print" and "copyright" in 12 European languages (including Latin). From the Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. http://staff.library.mun.ca/staff/toolbox/lang/biblang.htm Topics: Language, Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jun 10, 2004 Comics Bibliographies
Steven Bergson, a Canadian Judaica librarian and comics fan, compiled this bibliography of comics with Jewish characters or Jewish themes. He includes graphic novels, anti-Semitic propaganda works, reviews, and articles about Jews in comics. There are links to publisher and bookseller Web sites in many of the entries. Move over Superman and Wonder Woman, here come Sabraman, Ragman, and Matzogirl! http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5756/bibs.htm Topics: Arts and Humanities, Communications, Judaism, Literature: Fiction, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jul 11, 2002 The Comics Scholarship Annotated Bibliographies (CSAB)
The keyword searchable, international CSAB bibliographies "cover book-length works about comic books and comic strips, from 'fannish' histories to academic monographs. This site was designed to provide more information and guidance on such books than you'd normally find in a library catalog entry." Most entries include the book's Table of Contents, ISBN numbers, reprints of comics contained within, and reviews - either directly available on the site (or linked), or listed from print sources. http://www.comicsresearch.org/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Literature: Fiction, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated May 25, 2002 CRInfo: The Conflict Resolution Information Source
This site indexes thousands of "peace- and conflict resolution-related Web pages, books, articles, audiovisual materials, organizational profiles, events, and current news articles." Also features conflict resolution FAQs, essays, summaries of books and articles, and more. "Funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation." http://www.crinfo.org/ Topics: Judicial Process, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jan 2, 2006 A Critical Bibliography on North American Indians, for K-12
An annotated list of books that teachers and parents can use to correct long-held stereotypes about Native American culture. The bibliography is broken down by geographic area, and each entry includes publication information and suggested grade level. Evaluation criteria and resources for adults are included in the introduction. From the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution. Note: still useful for classics, but apparently not updated since 2001. http://anthropology.si.edu/outreach/Indbibl/index.html Topics: K-12 Education, Native Americans, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Dec 11, 2007 Cruel Seas: World War 2 Merchant Marine-Related Nautical Fiction 1939 to Present
"This annotated bibliography looks at merchant shipping during the Second World War as depicted in English-language popular fiction. Included ... are short stories, novels and novellas, all ... published during the War (1939-1945) or in the nearly sixty years since its conclusion. The earliest citations come from 1939; the latest, 2004." Includes a timeline. From Daniel C. Krummes of the Transportation Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.its.berkeley.edu/library/cruel/ Topics: Literature: Fiction, Nonfiction by Genre, World War II Last updated May 26, 2007 Death Among the Books: Bibliomysteries for Booklovers
"Librarians, authors, publishers, and bookdealers are featured in these charming mysteries." A short, partially annotated, bibliography from the Manchester (Connecticut) Public Library. http://library.ci.manchester.ct.us/ra/readlists/bibliomysteries.html Topics: Crime, Literature & Books, Mysteries and More, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Sep 30, 2003 Diversity Bibliography
An annotated bibliography of online and print resources about diversity. Compiled for journalists by the Poynter Institute. http://poynteronline.org/content/content_view.asp?id=1187 Topics: News, Nonfiction by Genre, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science, Writing Last updated Aug 22, 2004 Energy Citations Database, 1948-Present
This database provides citations of scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies. In addition to energy, the citations include such other topics as "chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, computer science and related disciplines." Entries include abstracts and there are links to the full text of those articles that are available on the Internet. http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/ Topics: Energy, Nonfiction by Genre, Technology Last updated Apr 24, 2005 Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook Project
A growing "collection of some of the most important and influential American cookbooks from the late 18th to early 20th centur[ies]." Searchable by author, title, recipe name, and ingredients; browsable by category. Includes a brief history of American cookbooks, brief biographies of many of the authors, an online display of cooking utensils, a glossary of obsolete cooking terms, and a video tour of the collection. From the Michigan State University Library and the MSU Museum. http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/ Topics: Food & Cooking, Nonfiction by Genre, Recipes & Food Preparation, Recipes by Region: United States Last updated Mar 9, 2006 Fiction Finder
What would a user-friendly library catalog look like? Fiction Finder explores that question with an intriguing experimental display based on a proposed conceptual model for information organization, FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records). To see FRBR in action, play around with authors, titles, keywords, and Library of Congress subjects. This site does not provide help screens or information about Fiction Finder. From the research division of OCLC. http://fictionfinder.oclc.org/ Topics: Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Nov 24, 2004 A Garment Worker's Legacy: The Joe Fishstein Collection of Yiddish Poetry
This digital version of a 1998 exhibition allows the world to see the catalog of a remarkable collection of Yiddish books that belonged to Joe Fishstein, an active member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. The 2300 works are mostly poetry; there are also photographs, union memorabilia, early twentieth-century postcards, and theater programs. Fishstein's hand-made dust jackets kept everything in mint condition. Searchable. From McGill University Libraries. http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/fishstein/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Judaism, Literature & Books, Nonfiction by Genre, Poetry Last updated Jun 18, 2002 Gay and Lesbian Studies: A Guide to the Collections of The New York Public Library
A bibliography of materials relating to gay and lesbian studies. Items are listed by type and include basic reference volumes; directories and indexes; bibliography, autobiography, and memoirs; history; literature; legal, social, and behavioral sciences; AIDS; religion and philosophy; film studies; and periodicals. From The New York Public Library. http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/resguides/gay.html Topics: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered People, Nonfiction by Genre, Social Science Last updated Mar 30, 2005 Golden Gate Mysteries: A Bibliography of Crime Fiction Set in the San Francisco Bay Area
"This bibliography contains nearly 1,500 titles of mystery, detective, and crime fiction with the action, or significant parts of the action, set in San Francisco and the Bay Area." Summaries of books are provided for selected entries. Also includes an essay about mysteries set during the 1906 earthquake and a geographic index. Browsable by author. Compiled and maintained by Randal Brandt of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/sfmystery/ Topics: Crime, Literature & Books, Literature: Fiction, Mysteries and More, Nonfiction by Genre, San Francisco Bay Area: Oakland, San Jose, more ... Last updated Nov 15, 2007 Good Nutrition Reading List
A guide that "identifies and describes books, newsletters and Web sites that provide timely and scientifically-based nutrition information you can trust." The list covers basic diet and nutrition for children, adults, and pregnant women; diets for those with specific diseases, diabetes, or food sensitivities; special nutrition concerns for athletes and vegetarians; and resources for the visually impaired. From the American Dietetic Association. http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/SID-5303FFEA-E7B9264F/ada/hs.xsl/nutrition_4927_ENU_HTML.htm Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Nonfiction by Genre, Nutrition & Food Safety, Reproductive and Sexual Health Last updated Oct 19, 2005 Government Information Clearinghouse & Handout Exchange
This wiki features a collection of subject guides (lists of Internet resources). Topics include African-Americans, aviation, budget, business, declassified government documents, gambling, gun control, immigration, patents, sexual harassment, smoking, and much more. From the Education Committee of the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) of the American Library Association. Material in the lists is not limited to government publications. Some of the bibliographies are for materials found in specific libraries. http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Exchange Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools, Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Dec 15, 2008 HEARTH: Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, and History
This "collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines" offers carefully selected full-text works published between 1850 and 1950 on the domestic sciences, including "Institutional Management" and "Retail and Consumer Studies," as well as expected child care and housekeeping topics. Searchable and browsable through subject bibliographies with accompanying essays. From the Albert R. Mann Library at Cornell University. http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/h/hearth/ Topics: Home & Housing, Home & Housing, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jul 29, 2003 Household Words: Women Write From and For the Kitchen
Devoted to "cookery manuscripts and published books of recipes, etiquette and household advice." Contains images of texts and explores the history of cookbooks and the social significance of culinary writings (including "receipt" books) on the lives of women. Features information on cooking schools, the advent of "home economics," and the impact of the food industry and mass production. From the Esther B. Aresty Collection of Rare Books in the Culinary Arts, University of Pennsylvania Library. http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/aresty/aresty1.html Topics: Education, Food & Cooking, Libraries & Archives by Type, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People: Women, Recipes & Food Preparation, Society & Social Science Last updated Mar 8, 2004 Information Bridge: Open Source to DOE's Scientific and Technical Information
Over 60,000 searchable "full-text and bibliographic records of Department of Energy (DOE) research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics." Publication dates go back as far as the 1940s. From the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). http://www.osti.gov/bridge/ Topics: Energy, Nonfiction by Genre, Technology Last updated Aug 19, 2003 Literature of the Nonprofit Sector
This offers access to more than 20,000 bibliographic citations, most with abstracts, representing the holdings of the Foundation Center's libraries and other sources. Searchable by author, title, subject/descriptor, journal title, and other access points. Some citations link to a full-text document. From The Foundation Center. http://lnps.fdncenter.org/ Topics: Business, Business, Charity & Nonprofit Resources, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Aug 3, 2005 Little Magazines Project
"Little magazines are those which publish creative work in literature and the other arts, with little or no regard for commercial gain." The site features a database that, when finished, will provide bibliographic records for over 2,500 post-1945 English-language "little magazines" as well as indexing for prominent British publications. The database is also a U.K. union catalog, giving location and holdings information for these important and often overlooked publications. http://www2.ntu.ac.uk/littlemagazines/ Topics: Literature & Books, Magazines, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jan 15, 2006 The Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies
This site contains background information on author John Steinbeck, his works, and the locales he lived in and wrote about. Includes a chronology of his life, the text of his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, descriptions of his homes, lists of his works, and a list of film and theater adaptations. From the San Jose State University Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies. http://www.steinbeck.sjsu.edu/ Topics: Archives, Nonfiction by Genre, The Grapes of Web Last updated Oct 15, 2005 MilitaryInk
This site lists new and reissued books on military subjects published in the current month. Each entry has title, author, and standard publishing information. Some listings also have short descriptions of the book's content and brief author notes. Previous months' listings are archived. http://www.militaryink.com/ Topics: History, Military, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Aug 5, 2002 Moore Collection: Underground Comix
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