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  • "Magic Eye Pictures" in The Nineties in America, forthcoming from Salem Press.

  • "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" in The Nineties in America, forthcoming from Salem Press.

  • "River Phoenix" in The Nineties in America, forthcoming from Salem Press.

  • "Gwyneth Paltrow" in The Nineties in America, forthcoming from Salem Press.

  • "Keanu Reeves" in The Nineties in America, forthcoming from Salem Press.

  • "Anne Sullivan (1866-1936)" in Great Lives from History: The Twentieth Century, forthcoming from Salem Press (September 2008).

  • "Ann Landers (1918-2002)" in Great Lives from History: The Twentieth Century, forthcoming from Salem Press (September 2008).

  • "The Gum Thief (Douglas Coupland)" in Magill's Literary Annual, 2008, forthcoming from Salem Press (June 2008).

  • "The Broken Shore (Peter Temple)" in Magill's Literary Annual, 2008, forthcoming from Salem Press (June 2008).

  • "The Post-Birthday World (Lionel Shriver)" in Magill's Literary Annual, 2008, forthcoming from Salem Press (June 2008).

  • "Star Trek: The Next Generation" in The Eighties in America, Salem Press, May 2008.

  • "Tron" in The Eighties in America, Salem Press, May 2008.

  • "George Michael" in The Eighties in America, Salem Press, May 2008.

  • "Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR)" in Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1971-2000, Salem Press, April 2008.

  • "Pixar Studios Creates Its First Virtual Studio Film" in Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1971-2000, Salem Press, April 2008.

  • "A Spot of Bother (Mark Haddon)" in Magill's Literary Annual, 2007, Salem Press, June 2007.

  • [Conference presentation] Mission Success and Collaboration: The Long-Term Cooperative Agreement Between the UHCL's Neumann Library and the NASA Johnson Space Center." Presented at the Texas Library Association Annual Conference, April 13, 2007.

  • "16 November 1920: Qantas Is Formed by Australian World War I Veterans [Brisbane, Australia]" in Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1901-1940, Salem Press, March 2007.

  • "1928: Australia Begins First "Flying Doctors Service" [Australia]" in Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1901-1940, Salem Press, March 2007.

  • "M.E. Kerr" in Magill's Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition. Steven G. Kellman, editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press: September 2006.

  • "The Six Million Dollar Man" in The Seventies in America. John C. Super, editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, December 2005 (c2006).

  • [Conference presentation] "No More Tally Marks: Better Reference Statistic Keeping for Small and Special Libraries." Presentation at the Texas Library Association District 8 Conference, November 12, 2005.

  • "Ellen Conford" in Cyclopedia of Young Adult Authors. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, February 2005. (Originally published online by EBSCO Information Services' NoveLIST online database.)

  • "Karen Cushman" in Cyclopedia of Young Adult Authors. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, February 2005. (Originally published online by EBSCO Information Services' NoveLIST online database.)

  • "Lois Duncan" in Cyclopedia of Young Adult Authors. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, February 2005. (Originally published online by EBSCO Information Services' NoveLIST online database.)

  • Black, Steve and Amy Sisson. “Bradford’s Distribution, the 80/20 Rule, and Patterns of Full-text Database Use” in Against the Grain, v.15, no.6 (Dec. 2003/Jan. 2004), pp. 20-24.

  • "How to Save the Earth from a Killer Asteroid" in the May 22, 2003 issue of Metroland.

  • "My Brilliant Career (Miles Franklin)" in Cyclopedia of Literary Places. R. Kent Rasmussen, Consulting Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, February 2003.

  • "Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)" in Cyclopedia of Literary Places. R. Kent Rasmussen, Consulting Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, February 2003.

  • "Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)" in Cyclopedia of Literary Places. R. Kent Rasmussen, Consulting Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, February 2003.

  • "Carl Sagan" in Dictionary of World Biography. Frank N. Magill and Christina J. Moose, Editors. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, November 1999.

  • "Captain & Tennille" in Popular Musicians. Steve Hochman, Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, April 1999.

  • "Harry Connick, Jr." in Popular Musicians. Steve Hochman, Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, April 1999.

  • "Sheryl Crow" in Popular Musicians. Steve Hochman, Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, April 1999.

  • "The Doobie Brothers" in Popular Musicians. Steve Hochman, Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, April 1999.

  • "Sheena Easton" in Popular Musicians. Steve Hochman, Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, April 1999.

  • "Hootie & the Blowfish" in Popular Musicians. Steve Hochman, Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, April 1999.

  • "New Kids on the Block" in Popular Musicians. Steve Hochman, Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, April 1999.

  • "The Flintstones" in The Sixties in America. Carl Singleton, Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, March 1999.

  • "Apollo 11 (lands on Moon July 20, 1969)" in The Encyclopedia of North American History. John C. Super, Consulting Editor. Tarrytown, New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp., January 1999.

  • "Xenogenesis (Dawn, Adulthood Rites, Imago) (Octavia Butler)" in Cyclopedia of Literary Characters. A.J. Sobczak, Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, February 1998.

  • "The Firm (John Grisham)" in Cyclopedia of Literary Characters. A.J. Sobczak, Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, February 1998.

  • "Gone with the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)" in Identities and Issues in Literature. A.J. Sobczak, Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, September 1997.

  • "Hospital, Janette Turner" in Cyclopedia of World Authors, rev. 3rd ed. Frank N. Magill, Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, April 1997.

  • "To Take a Dare (Paul Zindel and Crescent Dragonwagon)" in Masterplots II, Juvenile & Young Adult Literature, Supplement. Frank N. Magill, Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, March 1997.

  • "Imperial Earth (Arthur C. Clarke)" in Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy. T.A. Shippey, Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, October 1996.

  • "The Land of Laughs (Jonathan Carroll)" in Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy. T.A. Shippey, Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, October 1996.

  • "Tau Zero (Poul Anderson)" in Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy. T.A. Shippey, Editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, October 1996.

  • "Bilingual Education" in The Latino Encyclopedia. Richard Chabrán and Rafael Chabrán, Editors. Tarrytown, New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp., February 1996.

  • "Dime Novels and Photo Novelas" in The Latino Encyclopedia. Richard Chabrán and Rafael Chabrán, Editors. Tarrytown, New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp., February 1996.

  • Aerospace Studies: The History and Principles of Spaceflight and Aviation (high school correspondence course). Fargo, North Dakota: North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, Division of Independent Study, 1994.