Virginia A. Walter holds a BA in world literature, an MLIS from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in public administration from the University of Southern California. Before joining the faculty in what is now the Information Studies Department at UCLA in 1990, she had worked for more than twenty years in public libraries, most recently as children's services coordinator at Los Angeles Public Library. She retired in June 2008 with the rank of professor emerita. She is the author of two books for young people, nine monographs, and more than thirty-five articles in scholarly and professional journals.

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Introduction v Using the Book xi 1. Finding Basic Treatments and Background Reading 1 2. Finding How-To Guides 4 3. Finding Images 9 4. Words, Words, . . . and Numbers 14 5. Finding Out about People: Individuals and Groups 22 6. Finding Out about Places 36 7. Finding Creative Treatments: Stories, Poems, Songs, etc. 40 8. Finding True Stories: Memoirs, Observations, and Confessions 43 9. Finding Primary Sources 45 10. It's about Time: Time Periods and Chronological Subdivisions 48 11. T ools for Scholars and Other Professionals 52 12. Subdivisions That Give Perspective, Put You in Control, and Amaze Others! 55 13. Useful for the Humanities 59 14. Useful for the Social Sciences 73 15. Useful for Historical Research 82 16. Useful for Business Topics 89 17. Useful for Education Topics 95 18. Useful for Natural and Physical Sciences 98 contents 19. Useful for Medicine and Health Topics 109 20. Useful for Technology Topics 115 21. T he Baby and the Bathwater: Recommendations 118 Acknowledgments 123 Works Cited 125 Index 127 iv