The MacMillan Visual Dictionary: Staff Pick for Feb. 27 2006
Curious, Useful, Edifying, Inspiring:
The Reference Books of McCabe Library
Staff Pick for the week of February 27th, 2006
The MacMillan Visual Dictionary
Call number: Ref P361 .M28 1994
Chosen by: Ed Fuller, General Reference Librarian
Ed says:
“If you’ve looked at something and wondered what the name for it was or wondered what something looked like, the MacMillan Visual Dictionary has illustrations of thousands of things from animals with their parts labeled to ranked hands in poker in English, French, Spanish, and German. If bicycling through Germany, you could tell the mechanic that your Lenkstange (handlebars) needed repair by consulting this book. Unfortunately, it is too big to carry, but this large, well-indexed, full-color book is a very enjoyable reference work.”
You'll find the MacMillan Visual Dictionary on display above the Reference Desk in McCabe Library.
Comments
anna headley said on March 1, 2006 9:49 AM:[link to this]
yay Ed! I can't wait to copy some of these images into my sketchbook! i love these featured reference book entries...I never remember to look at the physical display but when it is posted on the internet i always see it.