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You Could Look it Up: The Reference Shelf from Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia
By Lynch, Jack
- ISBN
- 9780802777522 9780802777942
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury USA
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 15, 2016 | Reference
Lynch (English, Rutgers Univ.; The Lexicographer's Dilemma) relates the stories of 50 major reference works from 1754 BCE to the present, defining "reference" sources as titles that are designed to be used piecemeal to answer a query, rather than read cover to cover. The author pairs works on similar topics and places them into their proper historical and social context, while relating the stories behind their composition. Categories of re...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
