Incoming Resources
- Baker's biographical dictionary of twentieth-century classical musicians, Nicolas Slonimsky ; edited by Laura Kuhn ; associate editor, Dennis McIntire
- Death and the afterlife, a cultural encyclopedia, Richard P. Taylor
- The Facts on File dictionary of clichés, Christine Ammer
- British children's writers, 1914-1960, edited by Donald R. Hettinga and Gary D. Schmidt
- Dictionary of word and phrase origins, by William and Mary Morris
- Traditional festivals, a multicultural encyclopedia, Christian Roy
- Atlas of Great Lakes Indian history, edited by Helen Hornbeck Tanner [and others] ; cartography by Miklos Pinther
- British mystery writers, 1920-1939, edited by Bernard Benstock and Thomas F. Staley
- MLA handbook for writers of research papers
- American literary critics and scholars, 1850-1880, edited by John W. Rathbun and Monica M. Grecu
- Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War, editor in chief, Stanley I. Kutler
- Artspeak, a guide to contemporary ideas, movements, and buzzwords, Robert Atkins
- British travel writers, 1910-1939, edited by Barbara Brothers and Julia M. Gergits
- Encyclopedia of the Renaissance, Paul F. Grendler, editor in chief
- Mystery and suspense writers, the literature of crime, detection, and espionage, Robin W. Winks, editor in chief ; Maureen Corrigan, associate editor
- Twentieth-century American dramatists, edited by Christopher J. Wheatley
- The encyclopedia of democracy, Seymour Martin Lipset, editor in chief
- Pioneers of early childhood education, a bio-bibliographical guide, Barbara Ruth Peltzman
- American literary biographers, edited by Steven Serafin, First series
- Handbook of snakes of the United States and Canada,, by Albert Hazen Wright and Anna Allen Wright
- German Baroque writers, 1661-1730, edited by James Hardin
- Dictionary of the arts, [General editor, Chris Murray]
- American literary critics and scholars, 1880-1900, edited by John W. Rathbun and Monica M. Grecu
- Twentieth-century American dramatists, edited by John MacNicholas ; foreword by John Houseman
- Musicians since 1900, performers in concert and opera, compiled and edited by David Ewen
- American realists and naturalists, edited by Donald Pizer and Earl N. Harbert
- American short-story writers, 1880-1910, edited by Bobby Ellen Kimbel, with the assistance of William E. Grant
- Nineteenth century French fiction writers, romanticism and realism, 1800-1860, edited by Catharine Savage Brosman
- Sixteenth-century British nondramatic writers, edited by David A. Richardson, Second series
- War slang, American fighting words and phrases since the Civil War, Paul Dickson
- Encyclopedia of sociology, Edgar F. Borgatta, editor-in-chief, Rhonda Montgomery, managing editor
- Handbook of death & dying, Clifton D. Bryant, editor in chief
- British prose writers of the early seventeenth century, edited by Clayton D. Lein
- British travel writers, 1940-1997, edited by Barbara Brothers and Julia M. Gergits
- Great events from history, Edited by Frank N. Magill. Associate editor, E.G. Weltin
- British Romantic prose writers, 1789-1832, edited by John R. Greenfield, Second series
- The Thames and Hudson encyclopaedia of Impressionism, Bernard Denvir
- Marcel Proust, a documentary volume, edited by William C. Carter
- Encyclopedia of North American Indians, Frederick E. Hoxie, editor
- Afro-American fiction writers after 1955, edited by Thadious M. Davis and Trudier Harris
- Folklore, an encyclopedia of beliefs, customs, tales, music, and art, edited by Thomas A. Green
- Angels, A to Z, James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver ; Kelle S. Sisung, editor ; foreword by Andy Lakey
- Chicano writers, edited by Francisco A. LomelĂ and Carl R. Shirley, Third series
- American colonial writers, 1735-1781, edited by Emory Elliott
- Historical statistics of the United States, earliest times to the present, Susan B. Carter [and others]
- Random House historical dictionary of American slang, J.E. Lighter, editor
- American Indian quotations, compiled and edited by Howard J. Langer
- American novelists since World War II, edited by James R. Giles and Wanda H. Giles, Fifth series
- A Sourcebook of American literary journalism, representative writers in an emerging genre, edited by Thomas B. Connery
- Native American writers of the United States, edited by Kenneth M. Roemer