Selected Reference Books, 2002–2003

Eileen McIlvaine is Head of Reference in Butler Library at Columbia University: e-mail: mcilvain@columbia.edu. Although it appears under a byline, this list is a project of the reference departments of the Columbia University Libraries and notes are signed with the initials of the following staff members: Karen L. Green (Ancient & Medieval History Librarian); James L. Coen (Business and Economics Library); Mary Cargill, Robert H. Scott, Junko Stuveras, Sarah Spurgin Witte (Butler Library); Fadi H. Dagher (Lehman Library); Elizabeth Davis (Music Library); Anice Mills (Undergraduate Services Librarian). This article follows the pattern set by the semiannual series initiated by the late Constance M. Winchell more than sixty years ago and continued by Eugene P. Sheehy. Because the purpose of the list is to present a selection of recent scholarly and general reference works, it does not pretend to be either well balanced or comprehensive. A brief roundup of new editions of standard works is provided at the end of the articles. Code numbers (such as BD111) have been used to refer to titles in the Guide to Reference Books, 11th ed. (Chicago: ALA, 1996).