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  • Authoritative
    Explore more than 17,000 essential print and web reference resources selected and annotated by the best of the profession

  • Selective
    Browse and search capabilities let you quickly and accurately pinpoint the resources you need for high-quality, up-to-date general and specialized reference collections

  • Customizable
    Create customized reading and collection development lists to help devise teaching and class assignments or staff training programs 

  • Versatile
    Establish a personal or institutional user profile to add notes, create lists and pathfinders, and boost your research by accessing other user lists and comments

  • Expansive
    Discover newly added disciplines, including Cognitive Science, Communication and Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Environmental Studies, and Gender Studies; plus a completely new sectionThe Web as Reference Tool

  • Practical
    Find out if the resource you’re looking at is in your library by connecting from Guide to Reference through WorldCat’s Find in a Library service

ALA Editions Guide to Reference
ALA Editions Guide to Reference