This book offers students a tool to gain a basic grounding in the Manchu language. The reading selections provided in this volume represent various types of documents, ranging from examples of the very earliest Manchu writing (17th century) to samples of contemporary Sibe (Xibo), a language that may be considered a modern version of Manchu. Since…

A selection of recent scholarly and foreign works of interest to reference workers in university libraries. (NH)

This bibiography of reference sources for French-Canadian children's books includes bibliographies, indexes, a publishers' trade annual, recommended lists, and features in professional journals. The citations are presented alphabetically by title--in English, in French and English, or in French, depending on their source--and an address where it…

Designed for use by graduate students, this guide describes selected French language and literature materials including basic national, trade, period, and current bibliographies; encyclopedias and biographical dictionaries; historical and literary works; current newspapers and periodicals; materials on each of the literary genres; and stylistics.…

Expanded version of a list published in the German Quarterly, September 1965. (DS)

Approximately 125 reference materials on women's studies located in the McClennan Library, McGill University (Montreal), are cited in this annotated bibliography. The bibliography serves as an introduction to social science and humanities materials on women. Library of Congress call numbers are included; dates of publication range from the late…

Provides background philosophy and suggests professional resources and selected bibliographies to aid librarians in building or expanding multicultural collection for children. Selection criteria and books in both English and other languages are highlighted. A list of 10 institutional sources and 11 bibliographies is included. (EJS)

The materials listed in this booklet provide background information on theories of the interrelationships of food, nutrition, and culture; the social history of food and culture; and ethnic cuisine. Also included are citations for basic nutrition information and sources of translated teaching aids for use in group settings. The first section…

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO ASSIST UNDERGRADUATE LIBRARIES IN STRENGTHENING THEIR RESOURCES ON AREAS OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION USUALLY GIVEN LITTLE ATTENTION BY AMERICAN COLLEGES, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON EAST AND SOUTH ASIA AND AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA. UNDER THE PROJECT'S FIRST PHASE, A PANEL OF LIBRARY ADVISERS WAS…

The purpose of this work is to provide librarians and students with a guide to Canadian reference material divided into the following fields: general reference works, the humanities, science, and the social sciences. It is a selective guide only, and does not aim at completeness. The material covers Canada in general, the ten provinces, the…

Eight French dictionaries and encyclopedic reference books are reviewed, focusing on their formats, characteristics, and intended uses. They include references for language, geopolitics and economics, economic history, signs and symbols, and an almanac. (MSE)

This document combines two semiannual publications and presents lists of Chicano-related materials recently acquired by the Coleccion Tloque Nahuaque within the Library of the University of California at Santa Barbara. The two checklists, for January through December 1983, list a total of 326 English and Spanish monographs, theses, conference…

This guide to selected reference sources in the McGill University (Quebec) Library for Sinology (the study of the language, history, literature, and civilization of China) contains annotated listings for English and Chinese language materials in the following categories: (1) guides to the literature (6 references); (2) encyclopedias (3…

This serial publication covers the period from January to December 1986, citing 308 entries in the field of Chicano Area Studies by the Coleccion Tloque Nahuaque, within the Library of the University of California at Santa Barbara. The materials, published between 1926 and 1986, are listed by categories and presented alphabetically by author. The…

This collection lists over 65 entries in English and Russian including bibliographical guides, encyclopedias, reference grammars, dictionaries, textbooks, periodicals, histories of literature, and history books. Textbooks cover (1) beginning and intermediate levels, (2) conversation and composition, and (3) readers. The addresses of three…