The New York Times Guide to Reference Materials

original title, Who-what-when-where-how-why-made easy

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Now you can take the "search" out of research.If you are a student, a teacher, a writer, a speaker, a busy executive, or anyone else who needs facts and figures, you know how bewildering it can be when a variety of possible places to look lies before you.Now you no longer need to worry about the mammoth maze of reference materials.This compact book, prepared by Mona McCormick, former librarian of The New York Times, will tell you precisely what you want to know, no matter what the subject or how limited your clues.As a special bonus, it includes a sample term paper; it shows the proper use of references and explains how to set down good footnotes.Never before has a book been so perfectly designed to answer so vast a range of questions as it charts your quickest path to authoritative knowledge.