GENERAL QUOTATION BOOKS

• Chambers Dictionary of Quotations, 1997. Reference Stacks  PN6081 .C483 1997
• The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations, 1993. Reference Stacks PN6081.A652 1993
• Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Classical Quotations, Comprising 14,000 Idioms, Proverbs, Maxims, Mottoes, Technical Words and Terms, and Press Allusions from the Works of the Great Writers in Latin, French, Italian, Greek, German, Words and Terms, and Press Allusions from the Works of the Great Writers in Latin, French, Italian, Greek, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Alphabetically Arranged, with English Translations and Equivalents, 1939. Reference Stacks  PN6080.J6 1939
• Familiar Quotations : a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature [by John Bartlett], 1980. Ready Reference PN6081.B27 1980
• The Great Quotations, 1960. Reference Stacks  PN6081.S4
• The Harper Book of Quotations, c1993. Reference Stacks PN6081.H37 1993
• The Home Book of Bible Quotations, 1949. Reference Stacks  BS432.S667 (two copies)
• The Home Book of Quotations, Classical and Modern, 1958. Reference Stacks  PN6081.S73 1958
• The International Dictionary of Thoughts; an Encyclopedia of Quotations from Every Age for Every Occasion, 1969. Reference Stacks PN6331.B7553
• A New Dictionary of Quotations on Historical Principles from Ancient and Modern Sources, selected and edited by H. L. Mencken, 1942. Reference Stacks   PN6081.M49 (another copy in Book Stacks)
• The New York Public Library Book of Twentieth‑century American Quotations, c1992. Reference Stacks   PN6081.N53 1992
• The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, 1992. Reference Stacks  PN6080.O95 1992
• The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations, 1991. Reference Stacks PN6080.O94 1991
• The Speaker's Book of Quotations, 1987. Reference Stacks  PN6081.S72 1987
• Thesaurus of Quotations, 1941 Reference Stacks PN6081.F8
• A Treasury of Great American Quotations; Our Country's Life & History in the Thoughts of its Men and Women, 1964. Reference Stacks PN6081.H84 (another copy in Book Stacks)
• Who Said What When: a Chronological Dictionary of Quotations, 1991. Reference Stacks PN6080 .W44 1991

LITERARY QUOTATION BOOKS

• Classical and Foreign Quotations; a Polyglot Manual of Historical and Literary Sayings, Noted Passages in Poetry and Prose Phrases, Proverbs, and Bons Mots, 1968. Reference Stacks  PN6080.K5 1968
• The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations, 1992. Reference Stacks  PN6082.C57 1992
• A Dictionary of Literary Quotations, 1990. Reference Stacks  PN6081.S73 1990x
• The Home Book of Shakespeare Quotations, Being Also a Concordance & a Glossary of the Unique Words & Phrases in the Plays & Poems, 1937. Reference Stacks  PR2892.S63
• The Standard Book of Shakespeare Quotations, 1953. Reference Stacks  PR2892.S64 (other copies available in library)
• Shakespearian Quotations in Everyday Use: a Key to Their Source and Context, 1964. Reference Stacks  PR2892.M3 1964

MILITARY QUOTATION BOOKS

• Civil War Quotations, 1995. Reference Stacks E468.9 .C48 1995
• Dictionary of Military and Naval Quotations, 1966. Ready Reference   U19.H4 (other copies available in library)
• A Dictionary of Military Quotations, 1990. Reference Stacks  U102.R784 1990
• The Dictionary of War Quotations, 1989. Reference Stacks  PN6089.W3D54 1989 or U24.D53 1989  
• The Language of World War Ii; Abbreviations, Captions, Quotations, Slogans, Titles and Other Terms and Phrases, 1948. Reference Stacks  PE3727.S7T3 1948
• Leadership: Quotations from the Military Tradition, 1990. Reference Stacks  UB210.L396 1990 (other copies available in library)
• The Military Quotation Book: More than 600 of the Best Quotations about War, Courage, Combat, Victory, and Defeat, 1990. Reference Stacks   U102.M598 1990

TOPICAL QUOTATION BOOKS (e.g., Sports, Politics, Religion, etc.)

• Baseball's Greatest Quotations, 1992. Reference Stacks GV867.3 .B366 1992
• The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women, 1992. Reference Stacks  PN6081.5 .B43 1992
• Brassey's Soviet and Communist Quotations, 1987. Reference Stacks  HX73.B7 1987
• Concise Dictionary of Religious Quotations, 1974. Reference Stacks  PN6084.R3N4
• A Dictionary of Environmental Quotations, 1992. Reference Stacks   PN6084.N2D53 1992
• A Dictionary of Quotations from the Bible, 1988. Reference Stacks   BS432.B442 1988
• A Dictionary of Religious & Spiritual Quotations, 1989. Reference Stacks  PN6084.R3D53 1989
• A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations, 1991. Reference Stacks    Q173.H36 1991 
• The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations, 1993. Reference Stacks   KF159.S53 1993
• The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations, 1995. Reference Stacks   PN6084.H8 O94 1995
• The Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations, 1996. Reference Stacks   PN6084.P6 O94 1996
• Physically Speaking: a Dictionary of Quotations on Physics and Astronomy, 1997. Reference Stacks 
  QC5 .P47 1997
• Political Quotations: a Collection of Notable Sayings on Politics from Antiquity Through 1989, 1990. Reference Stacks   PN6084.P6 P58 1990
• Practically Speaking: a Dictionary of Quotations on Engineering, Technology, and Architecture.  1999 Reference Stacks  TA9.P73 1999
• Respectfully Quoted: a Dictionary of Quotations from the Library of Congress, 1992. Reference Stacks  PN6081.R435 1992 (another copy in Book Stacks)
• Sports Quotations: Maxims, Quips and Pronouncements for Writers and Fans, 1984. Reference Stacks  GV706.8.M34 1984

CONCORDANCES

A concordance is an alphabetical index (list) of the principal words in an author's works, given in their immediate context.  The Library has many concordances to various authors and topics. 

• Chaucer, Geoffrey Concordances
• Woolf, Virginia Concordances

• A Complete and Systematic Concordance to the Works of Shakespeare, 1968‑1980. Reference Stacks   PR2892.S6 (6 volumes)
• A Concordance of the Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe, 1941. Book Stacks   PS2645.B6
• A Concordance to the Constitution of the United States of America; with a Classified Index, and Questions for Educational Purposes, 1872. Book Stacks  JK246.S78 1872a
• Concordance of the Divina Commedia, 1888. Book Stacks  PQ4464.W5
• Keynes's the General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money: a Concordance, 1991. Book Stacks    HB99.7.K38G53 1991

--MM/ June 2006

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