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Exploring the Creative Process Professor Molinary Fall 2004 Reference Works Tools for Locating Books Tools for Locating Articles Psychology Historical, Social, & Political Contexts Art Film Literature Music Electronic Journal Collections Questions? Please contact Susanna Boylston (704.894.2494). Reference Works Biographical Works | Psychology | Historical, Social, & Political Contexts Art | Film | Literature | Music Biographical Works American National Biography. Ed. John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999-2002. Reference R 920.073 A512 Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Ed. Nicolas Slonimsky. 6 vols. New York: Schirmer, 2001. Reference R 927.8 B16b8 2001 Music Library Reference 927.8 B16b8 2001 Biographical Dictionary of Artists. Ed. Lawrence Gowing. Rev. ed. New York: Facts on File, 1995. Reference R 927 B615 Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson, 2003- . Contemporary Authors. Gale, 2001- . The E.H. Little Library also has copies of the print volumes from 1967-2003; they are shelved in Reference at call number R 928 C76. Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1984- . Reference R 927.9 C761 Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1978- . Reference R 928.1 D554 To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Ed. Stanley Sadie. 2nd ed. 29 vols. New York: Grove, 2001. Music Library Reference 780.3 N532 2001 Psychology The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Ed. Antony S.R. Manstead and Miles Hewstone. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1995. Reference R 302 B632 A Dictionary of Psychology. Andrew M. Colman. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2001. Reference R 150.3 C716d Encyclopedia of Psychology. Ed. Alan E. Kazdin. 8 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2000. Reference R 150.3 E561 Handbook of Psychology. Ed. Irving B. Weiner. 12 vols. New York: Wiley, 2003. Reference R 150.3 H236 Volume 5 covers personality and social psychology. International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Ed. Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Bates. 26 vols. New York: Elsevier, 2001. Reference R 300.3 I611 Historical, Social, & Cultural Contexts The ABC-CLIO Companion to the 1960s Counterculture in America. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1997. Reference R 973.923 H219a Calendar of Creative Man. John Paxton and Sheila Fairfield. New York: Facts on File, 1980. Reference R 700.9 P342c The Columbia Guide to America in the 1960s. David Farber and Beth Bailey. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2001. Reference R 973.923 C726 Day by Day: The Forties. Thomas M. Leonard. New York: Facts on File, 1977. Reference R 909.82 F142d 1940 Day by Day: The Fifties. Jeffrey D. Merritt. New York: Facts on File, 1979. Reference R 909.82 F142d 1950 Day by Day: The Sixties. Thomas Parker, Jr. 2 vols. New York: Facts on File, 1983. Reference R 909.82 F142d 1960 Day by Day: The Seventies. Thomas Leonard et al. 2 vols. New York: Facts on File, 1988. Reference R 909.82 F142d 1970 Day by Day: The Eighties. Ellen Meltzer and Marc Aronson. 2 vols. New York: Facts on File, 1995. Reference R 909.82 F142d 1980 Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 10 vols. New York: Scribner's, 2003. Reference R 973 D554 2003 Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. Ed. Jack Salzman et al. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan Reference, 1995. Reference R 973.04 E561 Supplement (2001): Reference R 973.04 E561 Supp. Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History. Ed. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton and Peter Williams. 3 vols. New York: Scribner's, 2001. Reference R 973.04 E564 Encyclopedia of American Social History. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton et al. 3 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1993. Reference R 301.097 E56 Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 4 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1996. Reference R 973.03 E562 Encyclopedia of Women and Gender. Ed. Judith Worell. 2 vols. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2001. Reference R 305.4 E56 Encyclopedia of Women's History in America. Kathryn Cullen-DuPont. 2nd ed. New York: Facts on File, 2000. Reference R 305.4 C967e Handbook of American Women's History. Ed. Angela Howard Zophy. New York: Garland, 1990. Reference R 305.4 H236 Historical Dictionary of the 1960s. Ed. James S. Olson. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999. Reference R 973.923 H673 The Sixties in America. Ed. Carl Singleton. 3 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem, 1999. Reference R 973.92 S6252 Art Dictionary of Art. Ed Jane. Turner 34 vols. New York: Grove’s Dictionaries, 1996. Reference R 703 D554 Dictionary of Modern Sculpture. Ed Robert Maillard. New York: Tudor, 1962. Reference R 730.3 D55d Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. Ian Chilvers. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1998. Reference R 927 C538d Encyclopedia of World Art. 17 vols. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959–1983. Reference R 703 E56 The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography. Ed. Leslie Stroebel and Richard Zakia. 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Focal Press, 1993. Reference R 770.3 F652 1993 International Dictionary of Art and Artists. Ed. James Vinson. 2 vols. Chicago: St. James Press, 1990. Vol. 1 (Artists): Reference R 927 I61 Vol. 2 (Art): Reference R 709.2 I61 Oxford Companion to Art. Ed. Harold Osborne. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984. Reference R 703 O98 The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Art. Ed. Harold Osborne. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1981. Reference R 709.04 O98 The Oxford Companion to Western Art. Ed. Hugh Brigstocke. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2001. Reference R 703 O982 The Oxford Dictionary of Art. Ed. Ian Chilvers and Harold Obsorne. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1988. Reference R 703 O981 The Photography Encyclopedia. Gloria S. McDarrah et al. New York: Schirmer, 1999. Reference R 770.3 M134p Film The Complete Film Dictionary. Ira Konigsberg. 2nd ed. New York: Penguin, 1998. Reference R 791.43 K82c2 Film Review Index. Ed. Patricia King Hanson and Stephen L. Hanson. 2 vols. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx, 1986-1987. Reference R 016.791 F487 The Film Studies Dictionary. Steve Blandford et al. London: Oxford Univ. Press, 2001. Reference R 791.43 B642f Guide to American Cinema, 1965-1995. Daniel Curran. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1998. Reference R 791.43 C976g International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers. Ed. Tom Pendergast and Sara Pendergast. 4th ed. 4 vols. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. Reference R 791.43 I611 2000 International Film Guide. New York: A.S. Barnes, 1966-1989. Library has 1966 to 1989 Reference R 791.43 I61 The Language of Cinema. Kevin Jackson. New York: Routledge, 1998. Reference R 791.43 J13L The Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1985-1999. Library has: 1988-1999. Reference R 791.43 N251m New York Times Encyclopedia of Film. Ed. Gene Brown. 13 vols. New York: Times Books, 1984. Reference R 791.43 N532 New York Times Film Reviews. New York: New York Times, 1913/68- . Library has 1913 to present Reference R 791.43 N53 The Oxford Companion to Film. Ed. Liz-Anne Bawden. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1976. Reference R 791.43 O98 Variety International Film Guide. London: Andre Deutsch, 1990-1996. Reference R 791.43 V299 Literature American Nature Writers. Ed. John Elder. 2 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1996. Reference R 810.9 A5121 American Writers. Ed. Leonard Unger. New York: Scribner, 1974- . Reference R 810.9 A512 Contemporary Literary Criticism. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1973- . Reference R 809.04 C761 To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index. Contemporary Novelists. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. 7th ed. Detroit, MI: St. James, 2001. Reference R 823.09 C7611 2001 Contemporary Poets. Ed. Thomas Riggs. 7th ed. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 2001. Reference R 821.003 C761 2001 Music Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Ed. Nicolas Slonimsky. 6 vols. New York: Schirmer, 2001. Reference R 927.8 B16b8 2001 Music Library Reference 927.8 B16b8 2001 The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock, and Soul. Irwin Stambler. Rev. ed. New York: St. Martin's, 1990. Reference R 927.82 S783e Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Ed. Colin Larkin. 3rd ed. 8 vols. New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 1998. Music Library Reference R 781.64 G964 1998 Encyclopedia of Rock. Phil Hardy and Dave Laing. New York: Schirmer, 1988. Reference R 784 H271e The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Ed. Bruno Nettle and Ruth M. Stone. 10 vols. New York: Garland, 1998-2000. Music Library Reference 780.9 G233 The Literature of Rock. Frank Hoffman. 3 vols. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1981-1995. Reference R 016.78 H669L Note: the Library has volumes 1 and 3 only. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Ed. Stanley Sadie. 2nd ed. 29 vols. New York: Grove, 2001. Music Library Reference 780.3 N532 2001 The Oxford Companion to Popular Music. Peter Gammond. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1991. Reference R 781.6 G193o Rock Movers & Shakers. Ed. Dafydd Rees and Luke Crampton. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1991. Reference R 781.6 R682 The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. Ed. Holly George-Warren and Patricia Romanowski. 3rd ed. New York: Fireside, 2001. Music Library Reference 781.66 R754 2001 The Rolling Stone Index: Twenty-Five Years of Popular Culture, 1967-1991. Comp. Jeffrey N. Gatten. Ann Arbor, MI: Populuar Culture, 1993. Reference R 781.66 R754 Women and Music in America since 1900: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Kristine H. Burns. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. Music Library Reference 780.82 B967w That Old Time Rock & Roll: A Chronicle of an Era, 1954-1963. Richard Aquila. New York: Schirmer, 1989. Reference R 784.5 A656t Tools for Locating Books Tools for Locating Books Library Catalogue Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library. 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