A Short List of Interesting Sources Useful
for History and Background Information
A Short List of Interesting Sources Useful
for History and Background Information
Those sources available in the reference section of the Knight Library, the reserve reading room in the Knight Library, or the Eugene Library are indicated. Others may be borrowed from your instructor.
Visual Dictionaries
Bragonier, R., & Fisher, D. (Eds.). (1981). What's what: A visual glossary of the physical world. Maplewood, NJ: Hammond. [Knight: REF AG 250 .B7]
Corbeil, J. C. (1986). The facts on file visual dictionary. New York: Facts on File. [Knight: REF AG 250 .C63 1986]
Eyewitness Visual Dictionaries. (1991). The visual dictionary of everyday things. New York: Dorling Kindersly. [Eugene Public Library]
The ultimate visual dictionary. (1994). New York: Author.
DK illustrated Oxford dictionary. (1998). New York: DK Publishing and Oxford University Press.
Levey, J. S., & Greenhall, A. (Eds.). (1983). The concise Columbia encyclopedia. New York: Avon. [Knight: REF AG5 .C737 1983]
Encyclopedia Britannica On-Line [access through Janus Web Site, Knight Library]
Panati, C. (1984). (1984). Panati's browser's book of beginnings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. [Knight: On Reserve, AG6 .P36 1984]
Panati, C. (1987). Extraordinary origins of everyday things. New York: Harper & Row. [Eugene Public Library]
Panati, C. (1991). Panati's parade of fads, follies, and manias. New York: HarperCollins. [Eugene Public Library]
Petroski, H. (1992). The evolution of useful things. New York: Knopf. [Knight: On Reserve, T212 .P465 1993]
Brennan, R. P. (1990). Levitating trains and kamikaze genes: Technological literacy for the 1990s. New York: Wiley. [Knight: On Reserve, T47 .B733 1990]
Brennan, R. P. (1991). Dictionary of scientific literacy. New York: Wiley.
Golob, R., & Brus, E. (Eds.). (1990). The almanac of science and technology: What's new and what's known. Boston: Harcourt, Brace.
Macaulay, D. (1988). The way things work. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. [Knight: REF T47 .M18 1988]
Reader's Digest. (1990). How in the world? A fascinating journey through the world of human ingenuity. Pleasantville, NY: Author.
Scheffel, R. L. (Ed.). (1987). ABC's of nature: A family answer book. Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest. [This book is aimed at a younger audience, but has good background information.]
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