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This two-volume guide is designed to make subject encyclopedias more accessible. To qualify for inclusion, an encyclopedia must meet the following criteria: new or revised edition published since 1990; coverage by subject (not primarily biographical or geographical); intended audience of high school students, college students, and adults; published in the English language; and reviewed in one or more professional library journals. Part 1 provides a collection development tool for selecting among 1,129 subject encyclopedias published between 1990 and 1997. Encyclopedia entries are arranged by partial Library of Congress (LC) classification number; each entry includes a bibliographic citation, citations to reviews and awards from key library journals, a numerical review average, approximate number of OCLC holdings, and a rating. A title index, LC subject headings index, Dewey classification index, publisher index, and rating index are also provided. Part II is a keyword index to specific articles from 98 subject encyclopedias, selected from the entries in Part I because they are well-suited to helping library users begin their research. To help library researchers locate those subject encyclopedias focusing on one subject, the names of all the subject encyclopedias in Part I are also indexed. Alphabetically arranged by keyword, each entry provides the encyclopedia's partial LC classification number and each article's citation. (AEF)

Intended as a usable resource for librarians and teachers in planning and implementing a program for young library users and students, this book was developed to stimulate children to use the library. The introduction contains opening comments--including an explanation of how the theme of "monster magic" inspires creativity, specific goals, and a planning guide. The next section, on background and sources, includes a general definition of a monster and definitions of six specific kinds of monsters (each of which is followed by an annotated bibliography): prehistoric; folk and legendary; literary, film, and television; mysterious; true life; and space. The list of media resources that follows lists audio visual packets, 16 mm films, books to help in planning activities, inexpensive books and materials, and books to share at storytime. The activities section contains ideas for activities that are fun, designed to encourage more reading on the subject of monsters, and include a "monster meter," a method for recording work done. Also included in this section is a list of books to read, a blank form for filling in books already read, puzzles, riddles, and a list of riddle sources. The games section presents both indoor and outdoor games, while the memorable monster music section includes appropriate songs. The wrap up section offers suggestions for bringing the program to a final conclusion, using the "monster revue" as the culminating activity. A list of ideas for promoting the program and an answer sheet to the riddles are provided in the appendixes. (EL)