- Encyclopedia of folklore and literature, editors, Mary Ellen Brown, Bruce A. Rosenberg ; editorial assistants, Peter Harle, Kathy Sitarski
- Historical dictionary of school segregation and desegregation, the American experience, Jeffrey A. Raffel
- Twenty-first-century Canadian writers, edited by Christian Riegel
- Twentieth-century Russian émigré writers, edited by Maria Rubins
- Twentieth-century American historians, edited by Clyde N. Wilson
- The Cambridge history of the native peoples of the Americas
- British romantic prose writers, 1789-1832, edited by John R. Greenfield, First series
- Modern British essayists, edited by Robert Beum, First series
- The Historical encyclopedia of world slavery, Junius P. Rodriguez, general editor
- Bram Stoker's Dracula, a documentary volume, edited by Elizabeth Miller
- American short-story writers since World War II, edited by Patrick Meanor and Joseph McNicholas, Fourth series
- Insects, their natural history and diversity : with a photographic guide to insects of eastern North America, Stephen A. Marshall
- Music in the baroque era, from Monteverdi to Bach, by Manfred F. Bukofzer
- Language and communication, a cross-cultural encyclopedia, Michael Shaw Findlay
- The concise encyclopedia of economics, edited by David R. Henderson
- Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable
- Goddesses in world mythology, Martha Ann, Dorothy Myers Imel
- The new encyclopedia of the American West, edited by Howard R. Lamar
- American women prose writers, 1820-1870, edited by Amy E. Hudock and Katharine Rodier
- The Harvard dictionary of music, edited by Don Michael Randel
- Shorter encyclopaedia of Islam., Edited on behalf of the Royal Netherlands Academy, by H.A.R. Gibb and J.H. Kramers
- The book of codes, understanding the world of hidden messages : an illustrated guide to signs, symbols, ciphers, and secret languages, Paul Lunde, general editor
- Eighteenth-century British literary biographers, edited by Steven Serafin
- Marriage, family, and relationships, a cross-cultural encyclopedia, Gwen J. Broude
- American poets, 1880-1945, edited by Peter Quartermain, Second series
- British short-fiction writers, 1915-1945, edited by John H. Rogers
- The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language, David Crystal
- American poets, 1880-1945, edited by Peter Quartermain, Third series
- British fantasy and science-fiction writers since 1960, edited by Darren Harris-Fain
- The Oxford history of ancient Egypt, edited by Ian Shaw
- Encyclopedia of the United States in the nineteenth century, Paul Finkelman, editor in chief
- Encyclopedia of American Indian wars, 1492-1890, Jerry Keenan
- Right, wrong, and risky, a dictionary of today's American English usage, Mark Davidson
- American humorists, 1800-1950, edited by Stanley Trachtenberg ; foreword by Steve Allen