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Libraries should pick the level that they are able to develop and work toward keeping their collection current. Library staff are encouraged to contact the District Library reference staff for access to materials they may not collect or to assist with any reference questions. <BR><B> <br> Core Reference Collection:</B></FONT></P><P><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="2"><B> 1.</B> National Five Digit Zip Code and Post Office Directory<BR><B>2.</B> World Book Encyclopedia<BR><B>3.</B> World Almanac and Book of Facts<BR><B> 4.</B> Telephone book for your community<BR><B>5.</B> Telephone books for your county<BR><B>6.</B> Map of the local community<BR><B>7.</B> Maps of the local community<BR><B> 8.</B> The Congressional Directory<BR><B>9.</B> The Pennsylvania Manual<BR><B> 10.</B> Rand McNally Road Atlas<BR><B>11.</B> NADA Official Used Car Guide</FONT></P><P><IMG SRC="images/break.gif" WIDTH="539" HEIGHT="22"></P><P><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="2"><B> Basic Reference Collection:</B></FONT></P><P><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="2"><B> All Core Reference materials plus:</B><BR><BR><B>1.</B> Almanac of Famous People<BR><B>2.</B> Roberts Rules of Order<BR><B>3.</B> Gebbie Press All-in-One Media Guide<BR><B> 4.</B> Best Loved Poems of the American People<BR><B>5.</B> Consumer Reports (with Annual Buying Guide)<BR><B>6.</B> Mayo Clinic Family Health Guide<BR><B> 7.</B> Guinness Book of World Records<BR><B>8.</B> Bartlett&#39;s Familiar Quotations (or) The New York Public Library&#39;s Book of Twentieth Century American Quotations (or) The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations<BR><B>9.</B> Current Biography (or) Biography Today<BR><B>10.</B> Roget&#39;s Twenty-First Century Thesaurus<BR><B>11.</B> A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (or) Chicago Manual of Style (or) Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (or) MLA Style Manual<BR><B>12.</B> Occupational Outlook Handbook<BR><B>13.</B> Four-year colleges (Peterson&#39;s) (or) Fiske Guide to Colleges<BR><B>14.</B> Kovel&#39;s Antiques and Collectibles Price List (or) Antiques Price Guide (Miller) (or) Schroeder&#39;s Antiques Price Guide<BR><B>15.</B> The Essential Guide to Prescription Drugs (or) PDR Family Guide to Prescription Drugs<BR><B>16.</B> United States Government Manual<BR><B> 17.</B> Black&#39;s Law Dictionary (or) Ballantine&#39;s Law Dictionary<BR><B> 18.</B> Lasser&#39;s Your Income Tax<BR><B>19.</B> Chase&#39;s Calendar of Events<BR><BR><BR><IMG SRC="images/break.gif" WIDTH="539" HEIGHT="22"></FONT></P><P><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="2"><B> BASIC PLUS Reference Collection</B></FONT></P><P><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="2"><B> All of the above plus at least 16 of the following:</B><BR><BR><B>1.</B> Famous First Facts<BR><B>2.</B> Who&#39;s Who in America<BR><B>3.</B> Peterson&#39;s Guide to Two-Year Colleges<BR><B>4.</B> Merriam Webster&#39;s Medical Desk Dictionary<BR><B>5.</B> Fashion in the Western World, 1500 -- 1990<BR><B>6.</B> A second current encyclopedia (print or CD-ROM)<BR><B> 7.</B> A second family medical health guide<BR><B>8.</B> Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series (or) Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests in Genre Fiction (or) Now Read On: A Guide in Contemporary Popular Fiction<BR><B>9.</B> Value Line Investment Survey<BR><B> 10.</B> Harris-Pennsylvania Industrial Directory<BR><B>11.</B> Hoover&#39;s Handbook of American Business<BR><B>12.</B> Pennsylvania Abstracts<BR><B>13.</B> Statistical Abstracts of the United States<BR><B>14.</B> National Geographic Atlas of the World (or) Hammond&#39;s Atlas of the World<BR><B>15.</B> New Book of Popular Science (or) McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology<BR><B>16.</B> Lands &amp; Peoples<BR><B>17.</B> German-English Dictionary (or) French-English Dictionary (or) Spanish-English Dictionary (or) Latin Dictionary <BR><B>18.</B> Telephone Directories for Major Cities in the Commonwealth<BR><B>19.</B> Reader&#39;s Digest Illustrated Dictionary &amp; Concordance of the Bible<BR><B> 20.</B> Pennsylvania Education Directory<BR><B>21.</B> Leonard Matlin&#39;s Movie &amp; Video Guide<BR><B>22.</B> All Music Guide<BR><B>23.</B> Complete Directory of Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present<BR><B>24.</B> Rules of the Game: The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of all the Sports in the World<BR><B> 25.</B> The Scholarship Book (Cassidy)</FONT><BR><BR><IMG SRC="images/break.gif" WIDTH="539" HEIGHT="22"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT><!-- #EndLibraryItem --></P></TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table></td></tr> </table></div> </body></html>