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What is a reference tool? 

• A reference tool is a resource that is used to uncover a specific fact or piece of information.  Reference tools are generally not intended to be read sequentially or cover-to-cover.
• Reference tools contain specific facts, definitions, overviews, background information and citations to other relevant resources.
• Reference tools are helpful in narrowing a topic.
• Reference tools provide definitions of concepts.
• Reference tools include encylopedias, dictionaries, biographies, bibliographies, handbooks, atlases, maps, and thesauri.
• Reference tools are a great place to start research!
• Reference books in Blackwell Library are located on the main floor and have call numbers that start with the letters REF.
   

Conflict Resolution/ Area Specific Reference Books

• An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996
  REF D842 .J47 1998
• Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations : Ethnic and National Groups around the World  REF D860 .M56 2002
• The ABC-CLIO Companion to the American Peace Movement in the Twentieth Century  REF JX1961.U6 L83 1994
• Atlas of World Political Flashpoints
  REF G1046.F1 A5 1993
• Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem
  REF DS119.7 .N2928
• Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
  REF DS4 .E53 2002 (6 volumes)
• Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
  REF DS35.53 .O95 2001 (4 volumes)
• Jewish Encyclopedia
  REF DS102.8 .J65 (12 volumes)
• Encyclopedia of African Nations
  REF DT14 .E43 2002
• The Columbia Gazetteer of the World
  REF G103.5 .C645 1998 (3 volumes)
• Encyclopedia Britannica World Atlas
  REF G1021 .C64 2006
• Countries and Their Cultures
  REF GN307 .C68 2001 (4 volumes)
   

Social Issues Reference Sources

• Encyclopedia of Sociology
  REF HM425. E5 2000 (5 volumes)
• Demographics of the U.S.
  REF HB 849.49 R875 2003
• Labor Conflict in the United States : an Encyclopedia
  REF HD5324 .L32 1990
• Encyclopedia of Religion
  REF BL31 .E46 1987 (16 volumes)
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  REF HA202 .U52 2007
• Encyclopedia of Environment & Society
  REF HM856 .E53 2007 (3 volumes)
• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
  REF KF154 .W47 1998 (12 volumes)
• Encyclopedia of Education
  REF LB15 .E47 2003 (8 volumes)
   

War and Military Reference Sources

• Warfare and Armed Conflicts
  REF D214 .C55 1992
• Chronicle of the First World War
  REF D523 .G634
• World War II
  REF D743.5 .P57 1996
• Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War
  REF DS557.7 .E54 1998 (3 volumes)
• Korean War: An Encyclopedia
  REF DS918 .K5656 1995
• Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations
  REF E183.7 .E53 1997 (4 volumes)
• Reference Guide to U.S. Military History
  REF E181 .R34 (5 volumes)
• Encyclopedia of the American Military
  REF UA23 .E56 1994 (3 volumes)
   

Online Reference Sources

• Citation help from the Purdue Online Writing Lab
• Country Studies  - from the Library of Congress
• FedStats - gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies
• FirstGov - U.S. government information; menu and keyword searching
• Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
• International Law Resources - Cornell Law Library
• LII.org : Ready Reference & Quick Facts collection
• National Atlas of the United States - online interactive map database
• OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web
• Stateline - information on state-level issues

The librarian liaison to CADR is Krista Knapp,
kmknapp@salisbury.edu | 410-677-0118