encyclopedias

Contains more than 1,300 alphabetically-arranged entries on the people, places, and events that have influenced country music from the 1920s through the late 1990s.

"An advisory board of physicians and librarians worked with health-care professionals and medical writers to compile this encyclopedia. The 1,500 alphabetical entries cover 905 disorders and conditions, 235 tests and procedures, and 325 treatments and therapies (including drugs and alternative treatments). The signed entries are one to three pages long and include shaded boxes with definitions of key terms, brief bibliographies, and lists of organizations for referral. Black-and-white photographs, line drawings, and charts augment the text. This encyclopedia bridges the gap between basic consumer sources and specialized medical texts."--"Outstanding reference sources 2000", American Libraries, May 2000. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.

Provides an overview of topics related to animal life, such as classification, communication, habitats, and migration; and contains profiles of more than two thousand species of animal, including scientific name, distribution, size, and brief descriptions for each.

A comprehensive illustrated guide to world geography, arranged alphabetically, dealing with physical and cultural environment as well as countries and nations.

"[A collection of] facts and statistics and other information about science, for kids"--Provided by publisher.

Contains more than one thousand alphabetically-arranged entries that describes the central mythical figures and myths of ancient worlds, including Greece, Rome, Egypt, Norse, Celtic, Persia, India, China, and the Far East.