A dictionary of the English language containing 165,000 entries with definitions, pronunciations, word origins, example phrases, synonyms, biographical and geographical names, abbreviations, foreign words and phrases, signs and symbols, and a handbook of style. Includes a searchable CD.

A largely digital resource designed to promote greater geographic awareness through the development and delivery of products that provide easy to use, map-like views of our natural and socio-cultural landscapes.

An introduction to the methods and principles of genealogical research.

This volume is a simplified historical atlas that includes maps and charts depicting the evolving geopolitical landscape of the United States from the early 1440s until the latter part of the 2000s, re-telling the story of the U.S. from a geographical perspective. The editors have included historical large format photographs, graphics, and explanatory text or essays to accompany the maps.

In this third edition, the authors again offer solid, practical ideas for developing a customer service plan that meets the library's customer-focused mission, vision, and goals. They challenge librarians to consider both internal and external customers, and to think about customer service in new ways.

"A companion resource to the 1940 Census just released by the US National Archives, This is Who We Were, provides the reader with a deeper understanding of what life was like in America in 1940 and how it compares statistically to life today. Using both original material from the 1940 CEnsus (reprinted here in a different color), readers will find richly-illustrated Personal Profiles, Economic Data, and Current Events to give meaning and depth to...