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If time is of the essence, you can find what you seek in a jiffy (an actual unit of time meaning 1/100 of a second) in the New York Public Library Desk Reference's chapter 1: "Time and Dates." Once there, however, beware. You may begin by looking up what time it is in Addis Ababa when it's 12 noon in New York (8 p.m. is what you'll discover), but ere long you'll be browsing the perpetual calendar (1775 to 2098), refreshing your memory as to what fortnightly means (once every two weeks, just as you thought), and skimming the lists of major holidays worldwide. But "Times and Dates" is just the beginning. Section I--"The Physical World"--also contains vast data pertaining to weights and measures, biology, the physical sciences, mathematics, and technology, plus inventions and scientific discoveries. Delving therein you can find how many cubic inches are in a pint, how to diagnose and treat constipation in your pet, which plants are poisonous, what tropism means, when the next total eclipse of the sun will take place, the URLs for major Internet search engines, and the toll-free phone numbers for major national Internet service providers.
Other sections of the desk reference include music, literature, and the visual arts, religions, philosophy, and museums around the world, alphabets, grammar, and daily etiquette. Life-saving first-aid procedures are described, as are cooking tips, stain-removal advice, personal-finance details, and legal information, plus useful addresses and phone numbers relating to adoption, disabilities, and domestic violence, alcoholism, family planning, and television networks. With sections on travel, sports and games, as well as the United States and the political world, this is an irreplaceable reference of great scope and value. It is the mark of a great reference that the information you desire be readily accessible when deadlines threaten, and endlessly entertaining in your leisure hours; the New York Public Library Desk Reference flawlessly passes both tests. --Stephanie Gold
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If time is of the essence, you can find what you seek in a jiffy (an actual unit of time meaning 1/100 of a second) in the New York Public Library Desk Reference's chapter 1: "Time and Dates." Once there, however, beware. You may begin by looking up what time it is in Addis Ababa when it's 12 noon in New York (8 p.m. is what you'll discover), but ere long you'll be browsing the perpetual calendar (1775 to 2098), refreshing your memory as to what fortnightly means (once every two weeks, just as you thought), and skimming the lists of major holidays worldwide. But "Times and Dates" is just the beginning. Section I--"The Physical World"--also contains vast data pertaining to weights and measures, biology, the physical sciences, mathematics, and technology, plus inventions and scientific discoveries. Delving therein you can find how many cubic inches are in a pint, how to diagnose and treat constipation in your pet, which plants are poisonous, what tropism means, when the next total eclipse of the sun will take place, the URLs for major Internet search engines, and the toll-free phone numbers for major national Internet service providers.Other sections of the desk reference include music, literature, and the visual arts, religions, philosophy, and museums around the world, alphabets, grammar, and daily etiquette. Life-saving first-aid procedures are described, as are cooking tips, stain-removal advice, personal-finance details, and legal information, plus useful addresses and phone numbers relating to adoption, disabilities, and domestic violence, alcoholism, family planning, and television networks. With sections on travel, sports and games, as well as the United States and the political world, this is an irreplaceable reference of great scope and value. It is the mark of a great reference that the information you desire be readily accessible when deadlines threaten, and endlessly entertaining in your leisure hours; the New York Public Library Desk Reference flawlessly passes both tests. --Stephanie Gold
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Good Quick Source of Information.......2006-02-25
This is an excellent resource for a short description of a very wide variety of subjects that one sometimes is curious about. In addition it makes an interesting book to page through as there is information about subjects that almost anyone will find interesting and it will broaden a persons general knowledge.
Brimming with an array of facts, tables, and instructions.......2004-03-31
The New York Public Library Desk Reference is a high-density information source brimming with an array of facts, tables, and instructions. The strength of this book is its preponderance of "evergreen" facts such as lists of U. S. presidents, major holidays from around the world, cooking tips, financial and legal information, astronomical events, grammar, etiquette, first aid, tables of weights and measures, and stain removal instructions. Other information, such as URLs for Internet sites, various telephone numbers, and addresses will be outdated
As some have noted, there are some shortcomings and typos, but while puzzling, such flaws should not deter folks who want fast access to data, facts, dates, and schedules from including this volume to their desktop reference set.
moonwalking.......2003-11-11
It is a book typical for any public entity.It confirm my opinion
library is for librarians not for regular public.
The idea behind is simple book have to be suitable for kids under 12.Sure plenty of pages for sport.
When I visited New York public library and ask for New York phone
books the answer was simple - we dont have it.
But they sure have desk reference.
I love this book!.......2003-11-04
You can't get a better book than this to page through on a whim. From a list of major composers to the basic rules of mathematics to traveling tips, this fat reference volume has entries that surprise me every time I open it. You want to know the symptoms and treatment of food poisoning? It's in there. The addresses of major U.S. passport agencies? Got it. How about the names and reigns of every Roman Catholic pope? How to set financial goals for retirement? The length of a day on Pluto? You'll find those answers here as well. The sheer amount of trivia is staggering. If you want to know the answer to a question, no matter how ordinary or obscure, look here first.
Dictionary readers will switch their allegiances once they get a hold of this desk reference. All others will refer to it at surprising times. A must have for every reference shelf.
plethera.......2002-09-30
It's PLETHORA. Perhaps you should get a dictionary for your desk.
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The New York Public Library Desk Reference, Second Edition
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A Must-Have for Everyone.......1997-10-21
This is not only a source for a wealth of information, but a great coffee-table book. It's very entertaining and informative. You'll want to get the update every few years.
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Considering this volume is a mere 668 pages, it does a remarkable job of covering the major concepts and facts of biology, human anatomy, chemistry, physics, astronomy, Earth sciences, meteorology, environmental sciences, and engineering. Not surprising, as it was written by the New York Public Library staff who know what questions are most frequently asked by a knowledge-hungry public.
The ultimate test of such a reference volume is scrutiny of areas with which one is intimately familiar, then reading up on areas about which one is woefully ignorant. This book passed both tests: The biology chapter was sound (though I wanted much more information about evolutionary principles), and the section on particle physics was informative. Even if you already have a collection of several thousand books covering most of the sciences (like myself), this is a handy reference. And if you're a student or want access to a lot of scientific knowledge in the smallest possible non-digital package, this resource is essential for those times when you simply can't get to the library.
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What is the SI System? What are signs and symbols? What are the major computer languages? What are the major greenhouse gases and sources? What is chemical kinetics?
The New York Public Library Science Desk Reference is the most comprehensive single volume of frequently needed information on science available. It is “the” essential reference on one of the most important topics of our time -- science. Authoritative, completely up-to-date, and easy to use, it spans ten separate disciplines as well as related fields. Chapters cover:* Scientific Measurements* Scientific Symbols and Signs* Time* Biological Science* Biomedical Science* Chemistry* Physics* Astronomy* Earth Science* Meteorology* Environmental Science* Computer Science* Engineering and Technical Science. And it also includes a chapter on Science Resources -- useful addresses, nobel prize awards, scientific organizations, government agencies, science museums, and more.350 tables, charts, graphs, and line illustrations provide both at-a-glance information and in-depth learning for students and professionals alike.
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Untrustworthy.......2004-06-07
The book lost immediatly credibility for me when the first thing I looked up contained a serious factual error. The biographical entry for Alan Turing in the Computing section states that he was American, whereas he was in fact British.
Even if this were the only error in the whole book, how can you trust a book that so immediatly shows itself to be flawed.
Don't believe everything you read.......2002-11-21
While I love the concept of this book, my personal experience was that I flipped, more or less randomly, to four different pages and found errors on EVERY page. Perhaps that was just rotten luck, but it makes me suspicious of all the answers in the book. I think you'd be better off looking at a reference that's written by experts, rather than generalists. Buy a copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica CD-ROM.
Well, it's big..........2002-05-09
...and fun to flip through. And the section on computer science has a handy ASCII chart. Really, isn't getting this sort of spotty, high-level and often outdated scientific information exactly what the Internet is good for? (Do you know that the Internet "has now grown to possibly 2 million host computers all over the world?" - The NYPLSDR does.) If you think a random, off-line, walk through the science tree sounds like fun, get this book. I do and i did and i'm satisfied.
What a great book.......2002-02-24
This is a terrific book. Practically every other sentence is a statistic! I love the big list of discoveries and inventions, which dates back to the discovery of fire!
I love the huge section on computer science, amazing book! worth ten times the price!
Handy reference book for educational purposes........2001-06-12
Anyone who is in the sciences, especially the biological sciences, know that the information being discovered it growing at an exponential rate. This makes it incredibly difficult to write a textbook for science, since one way or another, you are going to miss recent knowledge which may not be widely available yet. It is also difficult to decide what science is important to learn. This is one of the major problems in developing science educational standards that all students between K-12th grade should be expected to learn. I am inclined to think that purchasing references books such as this fine example, would almost be preferable to buying textbooks that will be out of date within six months. A reference manual such as this is not intended to be used for reading straight through to gain information on one particular science. Rather it acts as a basic foundation from which to springboard science knowledge. The concept of recommending current reference books, distributing science journal papers and using the vast amount of science knowledge now available on the web is an idea that has been used at the college level for several years. It is now a good idea to extend this practice to the junior high and high school level, rather than attempting to cram textbooks full of scientific information which may or may not be valid and useful to students by the time they complete the class.
My main objections to this reference book are two. First, for most deaf students (and for nondisabled students too) reseach has demonstrated that the more visual information given in terms of pictures, graphics, photographs, mathematical equations, etc., the more likely students will remember science. This book could definitely use more pictures and graphics, and it could definitely use color for enhancing learning. This particular reference would be great for on-line, especially if the New York Public Library was willing (or Macmillan) to keep it up-to-date...pictures, graphics, and photographs could easily be scanned to make the information more potent to the learner. The other objection is the placement of a large field of study, Neuroscience, in the biology section and it is given barely a nod, when it is as vital to our understanding as genetics is. Even though Neuroscience is considered to be a rather new field, its impact on medicine and behavioral sciences is too large to be dismissed. Perhaps the publishers will rectify this error the next time around.
Otherwise, I find this to be an excellent resource, both for me and for those I teach. Karen Sadler, Science Education, University of Pittsburgh
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The New York Public Library Desk Reference series, a trusted source for frequently sought information, adds an updated and comprehensive volume on a timely subject-American History-to this bestselling series he fascinating history of America has now been condensed into a compact, easy-to-use overview of the nation's development. The New York Public Library American History Desk Reference is packed with information on a variety of topics from military and foreign affairs to education and science. Information is organized into detailed timelines highlighting events throughout America's history, along with numerous sidebars, photos, maps, brief biographies, and trivia tidbits, making this book the ultimate 'look-it-up' book.
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This is exactly the type of reference book you'd expect from the New York Public Library--it is packed with tables, charts, timelines, and summaries devoted, in this case, to the African American experience. Chapters cover a variety of topics, including the saga of African American history, politics and civil rights, science and technology, the military and the media. African American Desk Reference opens with a timeline of African American history beginning in 1200 B.C. when, according to a number of scholars, black Africans from Egypt and Nubia sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and had extensive contact with native peoples of the Americas. The timeline spans 22 pages and ends in 1998 with a description of the President's Commission on Race, which looked at issues affecting African Americans, and BET's announcement that it would produce films for the African American market. As readers would expect, slavery is given much attention throughout the nearly 600 pages. And this is where the book's depth of information shines. Not only are slavery's origins, key players, and ultimate demise discussed, there are also tables showing the gender and age of captives taken from Africa between 1600 and 1800; a record comparing occupations in Charleston in 1848 among slaves, "free Negroes," and whites; and a chart of the nationality of ships engaged in the Atlantic slave trade from 1701 to 1800. Lighter topics are also covered, including summaries of the origins of major holidays, as well as the traditions behind family and wedding celebrations. A variety of recipes are also included (Onions, Okra, Corn and Tomatoes; Nola's Cheesy Macaroni and Cheese; Creole Red Beans and Rice), as are explanations of children's games, including the jump-rope contest Double Dutch and the clapping rhyme game Mary Mack. Notable achievements of African Americans are also addressed, including inventors and innovators, recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, and winners of major literary prizes. True to its librarian roots, each chapter in the book ends with a list of sources where readers can find additional information. It's hard to imagine, though, that much is left uncovered in this extensive book. --John Russell
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Covering a wide range of knowledge, The New York Public Library African American Desk Reference is a magnificent resource for home, family, and business, and an essential addition to your personal reference library.
"Indispensable for those interested in the African American experience. We have no better source for quick and reliable information." Cornel West, Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University
"As much about African American culture as one could possibly gain from one volume is now available in this highly readable, easily accessible, genuinely informative desk reference." Johnetta B. Cole, PhD, President Emerita, Spelman College; Presidential Distinguished Professor, Emory University
In over 5,000 fascinating information capsules, this landmark reference captures the most vital people, places, organizations, movements, and creative works of a people, and provides a practical resource for everyday living. In its nineteen chapters, youll find:
- Timelines of African American History
- Political and Civil Rights Leaders
- African Contributions to the Making of the Americas
- Holidays and Celebrations
- Museums and Historical Sites
- Religion and Spirituality
- Health Tips and Recipes
- Business Contacts and Professional Associations
- Demographics and Population
- Major Writers, Artists, and Musicians
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Over 1,000,000 copies in print. A New York Times best seller described as "The Most Trusted Resource for Frequently Sought Information.
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The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference is the best place for junior high and middle school students to look for answers to questions on homework and hobbies -- or just to satisfy their curiosity about the world around them.Following the publishing premise of its famous “parent,”
The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference is based on questions young students most frequently ask reference librarians, and is conveniently organized into 27 subject chapters, including current information on:* The universe* The Earth* Plants and animals* Weights and measures* Mathematics* Chemistry and physics* Computers* Inventions and discoveries* Fine arts* Music and dance* Language and grammar* Literature* Libraries and museums* Religions* Etiquette* Our legal system* Useful addresses and phone numbers* Sports and games* Health and fitness* The United States* The World* and more.Written for students 11 to 14 years old and filled with charts, tables, maps, and illustrations, this handy reference also features entertaining and informative sidebars that make it as ideal for browsing as for research on a specific question.
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Great For Basic Information.......2000-06-19
This book was very helpful and was one of my reasources for many school reports (I am entering the fifth grade). I especially enjoyed the maps in the middle of the book. On special subjects like individual sports, however there is only basic information, but extensive booklists to help you find more specific books. The etiquette section is very nice.
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- An Essential Reference in our small office.
- A must have reference!
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The New York Public Library Desk Reference (4th Edition)
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In this hefty single-volume reference, one of the world's most trusted public libraries dispenses business information on subjects ranging from sexual harassment in the workplace to methods of organizing files. Ever wonder if your sales letters are in the correct format, or where to find the small-business loan you need to expand operations? The New York Public Library Business Desk Reference answers these and thousands of other questions in its far-ranging pages. Subjects covered include business writing and speaking, personnel administration, emerging technologies, accounting and budgeting, office design, record keeping, marketing research, and much more. Extensive cross-referencing and a thorough index help keep track of interrelated topics, and directories of consultants, recruiters, and government resources give you the contact information you need to learn more. If you're in business, this indispensable reference belongs on your shelves next to the dictionary and thesaurus.
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Essential Information for Every Office—at Your Fingertips.
Marketing Tips.
- Hiring and Firing.
- Letters That Work .
- Home Office Do's and Don'ts.
- Small Business Advice.
A Selection of Book-of-the-Month Club's Money Book Club, Quality Paperback Book Club, and Doubleday Select's Executive Program.
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Outdated !.......2003-03-06
Being an Accountant/Controller for smaller corporations (75-200 employees) ... I can state that this book would be Out-of-Date as of 05 March 2003 .... since it was published in 1999!! (and who knows when it was actually 'written'??).
Personnel issues & laws are changing too rapidly (so is the business world in general) to buy a book on business that is FOUR YRS. old !
An Essential Reference in our small office........2000-08-16
I own a small geoscience company in the petroleum sector; Rocks make sense to us, not files, office procedures or office equipment. There are three of us in the company but nobody wanted to do the filing, bill-paying or book-keeping because none of us had experience with these things. Initially, we created our own system(s)of getting things done by giving it 2 or 3 seconds of thought. It worked fine until something changed, which it always does in this world. To straighten things up, I bought this book. It looked as useful as the much larger Desk Reference, which is a convenient source of information that would take hours or days to locate any other way. The Business Desk Reference has kept us out of trouble with its brevity and accuracy. We discovered that our office was a plain vanilla setup and all we needed were a few 'tried & true' procedures to keep us out areas where we don't know what we're doing and, instead, making money, which we do know how to do.
A must have reference!.......2000-04-12
I have been using this book in the reference section of the library. I am sure that all of my family members will want a copy for work after they browse through my purchase. After thirty years in education, I have found it to be my best source for career change information. The business etiquette, and employment law information has been most helpful. It is a refernce book that one can read for pleasure. It is hard to put down.
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"A veritable research gold mine." New York Magazine
This amazing resource contains more than 1,000 pages that cover an extraordinary range of subjects. The definitive source on the most frequently sought information as compiled by the staff of The New York Public Libraryone of the world's greatest storehouses of knowledge. Authoritative coverage on everything from science, history, and the arts to sports, entertainment, and etiquette. - 7 3/8" x 9 1/4",
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