REFERENCE COLLECTION

Books in the reference collection provide summaries, introductions, definitions, background information, and citations to further resources on all subjects. This collection is an excellent place to begin a research project. Reference resources include dictionaries, thesauri, general and specialized encyclopedias, handbooks, bibliographies, directories, atlases, statistical resources, indexing and abstracting resources, and biographical dictionaries. Books in the reference collection are given Library of Congress call numbers, just as books in the circulating collection. To locate a book, note the location listing (CL Reference or CL Stacks) of any book found in SALLY. Reference books do not circulate.