New Reference Books

There's a treasure trove awaiting your review, to the left of the Ready Reference collection. I've organized them into broad categories below, based more on their usefulness for undergraduate reference purposes than on our LC scheme.

Religion

• Dictionary of gnosis and western esotericism | REF BF 1407 .D529 2005
  
• Encyclopedia of Hinduism | REF BL1105 .J56 2007

Psychology

• Handbook of research methods in personality psychology | REF BF 6986 .H28 2007
• The Edinburgh international encyclopaedia of psychoanalysis | REF RC 5014.4 . E35 2006

Classical World

• The Cambridge dictionary of classical civilization | REF DE5 .C28 2006
• The Grove encyclopedia of classical art and architecture, 2 v. | REF N5610 .G76 2007

Historical Topics

• Encyclopedia of North American railroads | REF TF22 .E53 2007
• Oxford encyclopedia of maritime history, 4 v. | REF VK 15 .084
  

Law and Politics

• The Palgrave Macmillan dictionary of political thought | REF JA61 .S37 2007
  
• Guide to Congress, 6th ed., 2 v. | REF JK 1021 .C565
  
• The Oxford companion to the Supreme Court of the United States | REF KF 8742 .A35 O93 2007
• The Supreme Court compendium: data, decisions, and developments | REF KF 8742 .S914 2007
• The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law | REF KZ 6471 .B6813
  

Education

• Key ideas in educational research | REF LB 1028 .S338

Film, Drama and Theater

• American musical theatre: a chronicle | REF ML 1711 .B67
• Columbia encyclopedia of modern drama, 2 v. | REF PN1861 .C65 2007
• Historical dictionary of African American cinema | REF PN 1995 .9 .N4 B433 2007
• Encyclopedia of Asian theater, 2 v. | REF PN2860 .E53 2007