Reference Collections

Location :
 Adjacent left hand side hall of current periodical section.
 All reference sources are housed in this section . It includes encyclopedia, dictionaries, directories, bibliographies, handbooks etc. They are identified by 'R' mark on the book and are not allowed for borrowing or take it elsewhere except for photocopying in the library only.

 Guidelines:
 Background information, overviews of a topic and quick facts are found in reference source.

 Encyclopaedia - General information, subject information (basic)
 Dictionaries - Difference in meaning, quotation
 Directories - Addresses of institutions and current information
 Almanacs - Statistics, facts figure
 Biographies - Biographical information, important personalities
 Bibliographies - Reference to previous published information on the topic
 Atlas & Maps - For geographical information, location etc.

 Some of the important reference work available in the library are listed below:

 1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
 Volume 1 to 30 (1984)

 It consist of three distinct parts
 (1) Pro-paedia - outline of knowledge (single volume)
 (2) Micro-paedia - information on all important topic in nut shell (10 volumes)
 (3) Macro-paedia - main body of the work (19 volumes)

 Latest CD-ROM edition of this work is available, and the users can ask for access and search in the Library.

 2. Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics (Hastings)
 13 volumes (1980)

 The encyclopaedia embrace the whole range of theology and philosophy, mythology, folklore biology, psychology, Economics and Sociology.

 3. Encyclopaedia of Religion
 16 volumes( New York), Macmillan 1987

 4. Dictionary of History of Ideas
 4 volumes (New York ) Charles Scribner's 1973
 This work is valuable for it is the only modern reference work to provide and inter-disciplinary, understanding of the dynamics of human thoughts.

 5. Encyclopaedia of Social Sciences (Seligman)
 15 volumes (New York), Macmillan 1965
 Part of the 15th volume is an Index.

 6. International Encyclopaedia of Social Sciences
 18 volumes (New York), Macmillan 1968

 (Volume 17 is of index and volume 18 is a biographical supplement published in 1979)

 This encyclopaedia is a comprehensive summary of the state of knowledge in the  Social Sciences. 19th volume published recently is being acquired by Goa  University Library.

 7. Encyclopaedia of Philosophy
 8 volumes (New York), Macmillan 1967

 This encyclopaedia treats eastern and western Philosophy. It deals with ancient medieval and modern philosophy and it discusses the theories of mathematicians, physicist, biologists, sociologists, psychologists, moral reformers and religious thinkers, these have had an impact on philosophy.

 8. McGraw - Hill Encyclopaedia of Science and Technology

 An international reference work is in 15 volumes including and index. (Phil.McGraw-Hill, 1977) This encyclopaedia presents pertinent information in every area of modern science and technology.

 Latest CD-ROM edition of this work is available, and the users can ask for access and search in the Library.

 9. Encyclopaedia of Physical Science and Technology

 An encyclopaedia reference complete in 15 volumes. (New York Academic Press, 1987). Each article in this volume is designed to present the subject in a standard format. A table of contents precedes each article and defining paragraph appears at the beginning of each article thereby enabling the readers to decide to continue or not reading, the whole article.

 10. McGraw-Hill Encyclopaedia of World Biographies

 An international reference in 12 volumes including index (New York, McGraw-Hill, 1973) it gives biographical sketches with pictures of 5000 eminent persons from ancient times to the present.

 11. Dictionary of National Biographies (Indian)

 4 volumes with supplements gives biographical sketches of about 2000 Indians.

 These are some of the important reference works out of 1500 volumes in this section. All these would reveal a wealth of useful information and all these are at your disposal under rules governing the library.

For a complete listing of the encyclopedia in different subjects available at the Goa University Library.