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RESEARCHING THE PHYSICAL BOOK
Begin with the Library Catalog, being sure to search the UMASS database as well as the FOUR COLLEGES. Try searching under SUBJECTS such as:- book industries and trade
- bookbinding
- bookplates
- books owners marks
- devices heraldry
- early printed books
- french (english, dutch, etc.) imprints
- printers
- printers marks
- printing
- private presses
- type and type founding
- watermarks
- name of printer, press, owner, donor, etc.
- A Dictionary of Book History
- ref Z 1006 .F38 1986
- Bibliographic History of the Book: an Annotated Guide to the Literature
- ref Z 4 .R69 1995
- New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature
- ref Z 2011 .N45 (vol. 4 now available in new 1999 edition)
FINDING BIOGRAPHIES & OTHER FACTS
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Th library has a rich collection of encyclopedias from many countries; ask a reference librarian for advice or start with these.- Britannica Online
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed., 1910-1922)
- ref AE 5 .E363 1910
- New Catholic Encyclopedia
- ref BX 841 .N44 1967
- Dictionary of Art
- ref N 31 .D5 1996
PLACENAMES & FAMILY CRESTS
- Orbis latinus
- ref G 107 .G8 1972
- Columbia Gazatteer of the World
- ref G 107 .L3 1998
- Fairbairn's Crests of the Families of Great Britain
- ref CR 57 .G7 F2 1968
BIOGRAPHY
WORLD
- Biography Index
- World Biographical Index
- Historical Biographical Dictionaries Master Index
- ref CT215 .H57
RENAISSANCE
- Dictionary of the Italian Humanists
- ref Z7128 .H9 C6 1962
- Contemporaries of Erasmus: a Biographical Register
- ref D 106 .C6 1985
- Directory of London Stationers and Book Artisans, 1300-1500
- ref Z 8 .G72 L63 1990
INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
- Dictionary of National Biography
- ref DA 28 .D42
- Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage
- ref CS 420 .D32 1995
- Historical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England
- ref CS 424 .B8 1985
- Dictionary of American Biography
- ref E 176 .D56
- Dictionary of American Antiquarian Bookdealers
- ref Z 479 .D53 1998
- Nouvelle biographie generale
- ref CT 143 .H5 1963
- Biographie universelle
- ref CT 143 .M62
- Allgemeine deutsche Biographie
- ref CT 1053 .A52
- Neue deutsche Biographie
- ref DD 85 .N4
- Deutsche biographische Enzyklopaedie
- ref CT 759 .D48 1995
- Almanach de Gotha
- ref CS 27 .A2 1999
- Dizionario biografico degli italiani
- ref CT 1123 .D5
- Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary of the Italian Printers
- ref Z 155 .C6 1968
CURRENT BIOGRAPHY
For book donors or other more current biography:- Biography and Genealogy Master Index
- ref CT 214 .B57
- Dictionary of Literary Biography
- ref PN 451 .D53 (Several volumes devoted to book collectors
- Dictionary of Scientific Biography
- ref Q 141 .D5
- Who's Who
- ref DA 28 .W6
- Who Was Who
- ref DA 28 .W65
- Who's Who in America
- ref E 176 .W642
- Who Was Who in America
- ref E 176 .W64
- New York Times Index
- ref Index Tables (Use Personal Name Indexes shelved at end of run)
CONTACT THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN
Contact Bruce Sajdak, the instructor for your library session: bsajdak@smith.edu
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