An annotated guide to business and industrial directories, professional and scientific rosters, and other lists and guides of all kinds.

This book is an introduction to library research in anthropology written primarily for the undergraduate student about to begin a research project. It contains a summary description of the type of resource being discussed and its potential use in a research project.

For arid countries notes percentages and area of aridity; the bibliography covers the following aspects of drylands research: science and technology, geology, climatology, hydrology, soils, biology, agriculture, irrigation, plant culture, animal culture, agricultural economics, energy, demography, anthropology, medicine, urban and historical geography, architectureand economic development.