General Reference Books and Sources

Last updated: November 15, 2017

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1. Wikipedia
   http://www.wikipedia.org/
2. Bob Kieft, ed., Guide to reference (American Library Association)
   This, for a time, was an online resource which, in effect, was the 12th edition of the American Library Association's Guide to reference books. (See the 11th ed. below). It was, however, discontinued:
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guide_to_Reference.
3. Encyclopedia Britannica
   15th ed. (Chicago : Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2002)
   AE 5 E363 2002 (Scott-Ref)
   The online edition is Britannica Academic: http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=128
4. Encyclopedia Britannica
   11th ed. (Cambridge : University Press, 1911)
   AE 5 E36 (Scott-Ref)
   Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition
5. Thomas Mann, The Oxford guide to library research
   3rd ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005)
   Z 710 M23 2005
6. James H. Sweetland, Fundamental reference sources
   3rd ed. (Chicago: American Library Association, 2001)
   Z 1035.1 S84 2001 (Reference)
7. David Beasley, Beasley's guide to library research
   rev. ed. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000)
   Z 675 R45 B42 2000 (Core)
8. Mary E. Bond, Canadian reference sources: an annotated bibliography
   (Vancouver: UBC Press, 1996)
   Z 1365 B65 1996 (Core)
9. Robert Balay, Guide to reference books
   11th ed. (Chicago: American Library Association, 1996)
   Z 1035.1 G89 1996 (Core)
10. Walford's guide to reference material
    7th ed. (London : Library Association Pub., 1996-)
    Z 1035 W172 (Scott)
11. Canada year book
    (Ottawa : Statistics Canada, 1867-2012)
    HA 744 S81 (Scott Special Collections)
    Available online at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-402-x/index-eng.htm.
    Tavia Grant, "The Canada Year Book is history" The Globe and Mail, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 (link)
12. Statistics Canada
    http://www.statcan.gc.ca/
13. Associations Canada
    (Toronto, Ont.: Canadian Almanac & Directory Pub. Co., 1991-)
    HS 17 A88 2005 (Reference Desk) Note: print subscription ended in 2005.
    A more current online edition:
    http://www.library.yorku.ca/eresolver/?id=69536
14. Canadian almanac & directory
    (Toronto, Copp Clark Pub. Co., 1948-)
    AY 414 C234 (Current edition at Reference Desk)
15. The blue book: directory of community services in Toronto
    (Toronto: Community Information Centre of Metropolitan Toronto, 1993-)
    HV 110 T6 C65 (Scott)
    This appears to have been superseded by: http://www.211ontario.ca/
16. Whitaker's almanack
    (London: J. Whitaker, 1992-)
    AY 754 W5 (Scott); Law Library only has 2001 and 2002
17. The Canadian who's who
    (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1980-)
    F 1005 C23 (Core)
18. Who's who in Canada
    (Toronto: International Press, 1922-)
    FC 25 W5 (Scott Reference)
19. Dictionary of Canadian biography
    (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966-)
    F 1005 D49 (Core)
    http://www.biographi.ca/index-e.html
20. Provincial justice: Upper Canadian legal portraits from the Dictionary of Canadian biography, ed. by Robert L. Fraser
    (Toronto: The Osgoode Society, 1992)
    KF 345 Z9 A1 P76 1992
21. The Statesman's year-book
    (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1864-)
    JA 51 S7 (Scott Reference)
    Law Library has 2018: JA 8 S73 2018

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