Reference Books

SLJ talks to Rick Riordan about his latest bestseller 'The Red Pyramid,' book one of the Kane Chronicles. More...

This 10-part World War II miniseries premiered on HBO on March 14 with new episodes airing weekly on Sunday evenings. Executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman, the team behind HBO's Band More...

Women make up more than half of the drivers on the road, but most girls still don't know the difference between a lug nut and a dipstick. That's why Zest Books would love to give More...

It was a swagger's paradise on the exhibit hall floor at BookExpo. Advance reading copies of fall 2009 and spring 2010 YA titles were readily available, unless you were dreaming of getting one of the More...

Where do you find an alphabetical listing of words with their meanings, spellings, variant forms, pronunciation, etymology, synonyms, antonyms, usage examples, and more...in five different languages? Well, if you suggested an 'online dictionary,'; then you'd More...

Unlike thousands of other teachers or librarians, I have had the unique privilege to chaperone high school students on school-sponsored trips to other countries and around the United States. During each of these trips, I More...

Every day, librarians around the world turn to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) as the definitive resource. This trusted authority, however, has a shocking secret—the venerable OED began life as a wiki. Well, sort of. More...

Selecting digital resources can be difficult for many reasons. The quality of the content can be questionable. You may be frustrated in knowing whether the content is being used or not. And finding those funds More...

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