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Against the Grain

  • Black, Steve and Amy Sisson. "Bradford's Distribution, the 80/20 Rule, and Patterns of Full-text Database Use" (v.15, no.6; Dec. 2003/Jan. 2004, pp. 20-24)

Classics of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature (Salem Press, 2002)

  • "The Land of Laughs (Jonathan Carroll)" *

* originally published in Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy (Salem Press, October 1996).

Cyclopedia of Literary Characters (Salem Press, February 1998)

  • "The Firm (John Grisham)"
  • "Xenogenesis (Dawn, Adulthood Rites, Imago) (Octavia Butler)"

Cyclopedia of Literary Places (Salem Press, February 2003)

  • "My Brilliant Career (Miles Franklin)"
  • "Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)"
  • "Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)"

Cyclopedia of World Authors (Salem Press, April 1997)

  • "Janette Turner Hospital"

Cyclopedia of Young Adult Authors (Salem Press, February 2005)

  • "Ellen Conford"
  • "Karen Cushman"
  • "Lois Duncan"

Dictionary of World Biography (Salem Press, November 1999)

  • "Carl Sagan"

The Eighties in America (Salem Press, May 2008)

  • "George Michael"
  • "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
  • "Tron"

The Encyclopedia of North American History (Marshall Cavendish Corp., January 1999)

  • "Apollo 11 (lands on Moon July 20, 1969)"

Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1901-1940 (Salem Press, March 2007)

  • "16 November 1920: Qantas Is Formed by Australian World War I Veterans [Brisbane, Australia]"
  • "1928: Australia Begins First "Flying Doctors Service" [Australia]"

Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1971-2000 (Salem Press, April 2008)

  • "Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR)"
  • "Pixar Studios Creates Its First Virtual Studio Film"

Great Lives from History: The Twentieth Century (forthcoming from Salem Press)

  • "Ann Landers (1918-2002)"
  • "Anne Sullivan (1866-1936)"

Issues and Identities in Literature (Salem Press, September 1997)

  • "Gone with the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)"

The Latino Encyclopedia (Salem Press, February 1996)

  • "Bilingual Education"
  • "Dime Novels and Photo Novelas"

Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy (Salem Press, October 1996)

  • "Imperial Earth (Arthur C. Clarke)"
  • "The Land of Laughs (Jonathan Carroll)" *
  • "Tau Zero (Poul Anderson)"

* later reprinted in Classics of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature (Salem Press, 2002).

Magill's Literary Annual, 2007 (Salem Press, June 2007)

  • "A Spot of Bother (Mark Haddon)"

Magill's Literary Annual, 2008 (forthcoming from Salem Press)

  • "The Broken Shore (Peter Temple)"
  • "The Gum Thief (Douglas Coupland)"
  • "The Post-Birthday World (Lionel Shriver)"

Magill's Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition (Salem Press, September 2006)

  • "M.E. Kerr"

Masterplots II, Juvenile & Young Adult Literature, Supplement (Salem Press, March 1997)

  • "To Take a Dare (Paul Zindel and Crescent Dragonwagon)"

Metroland

The Nineties in America (forthcoming from Salem Press)

  • "Magic Eye Pictures"
  • "Terminator 2: Judgment Day"
  • "River Phoenix"
  • "Gwyneth Paltrow"
  • "Keanu Reeves"

North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, Division of Independent Study (1994)

  • Aerospace Studies: The History and Principles of Spaceflight and Aviation (high school correspondence course)

Popular Musicians (Salem Press, April 1999)

  • "Captain & Tennille"
  • "Harry Connick, Jr."
  • "Sheryl Crow"
  • "The Doobie Brothers"
  • "Sheena Easton"
  • "Hootie & the Blowfish"
  • "New Kids on the Block"

The Seventies in America (Salem Press, December 2005)

  • "The Six Million Dollar Man"

The Sixties in America (Salem Press, March 1999)

  • "The Flintstones"

Texas Library Association

  • "Mission Success and Collaboration: The Long-Term Cooperative Agreement Between the UHCL's Neumann Library and the NASA Johnson Space Center." [Conference presentation at the Texas Library Association Annual Conference, April 13, 2007.]
  • "No More Tally Marks: Better Reference Statistic Keeping for Small and Special Libraries." [Conference presentation at the Texas Library Association District 8 Conference, November 12, 2005.]