Recommended Judaica Reference Works, 2001

The purpose of this column is to recommend current Judaica reference sources, both general and specialized. It is intended to serve as a guide to new tools for scholarly research as well as to more popular, but reliable, works. The annotations describe the scope, arrangement, and use of each work. This column lists selected reference materials that appeared in 2001. The last issue of Judaica Librarianship, Volume 10, Number 1–2, Spring 1999–Winter 2000, listed Judaica reference works published from 1994–1996.