Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Nashville: Abingdon, 1973- . (Uris Ref BR 513 Y39 1985)
An annual directory and guide that provides addresses, statistics and historical background on most American and Canadian religious bodies and their related organizations. Includes an index and a four- year calendar of all major religious observances.
Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1952- .
(Olin Stacks PN 851 Y39)
An annual publication covering a vast variety of articles about comparative literature worldwide. Includes scholarly articles of moderate length with notes and works cited. Each volume concludes with a "Bibliography on the Relations of Literature and Other Arts." A section is dedicated to reviews of professional works. Indexed in American Humanities Index and MLA.
Spicer, Dorothy Gladys. Yearbook of English festivals. New York, H.W. Wilson, 1954.
(Hotel Ref GT4843 .S6)
Not seen but a typical example of a yearbook or calendar of festivals from a particular place or culture.
Find similar books by searching for s=festivals--england or substitute the country of interest.
International Labour Office. Yearbook of Labour Statistics. Geneva: International Labour Office. 1935/36- . (Olin Ref HD 4826 I61+; also ILR, Mann)
Gives, by country, very detailed statistics on employment levels, hours of work, and wages in various sectors of the economy. Consumer price indices of various types of commodities are compiled, as are statistics on industrial accidents and labor disputes. Lists of statistical sources for each country are given.
Yearbook of the United Nations. New York: United Nations, 1946/47- .
(Uris Ref JX 1977 A37 Y4; also Olin, Law, GSM)
Almost any information relating to U.N. activities during the year covered, as well as to personnel or organizations of the U.N. and its affiliated agencies, can be found here. The various U.N. subjects are treated in detailed essays to which are appended documentary references and in many cases the text of and vote on relevant resolutions. Although scheduled to be published annually, it is usually several years behind.
Year Book of World Affairs. London: Stevens, 1947-1984. (Olin Stacks JX 21 Y3+; also Law and Mann)
An annual publication providing signed articles on world affairs as well as extensive book reviews under the heading, "Reports on World Affairs." There is a subject and author index.
Yearbook on Human Rights. New York: United Nations, 1946- . (Uris Ref JC 571 U58+; also Olin and Law)
An annual collection of documents relating to human rights developments throughout the world. It is divided into three parts: (1) national developments, with countries listed alphabetically; (2) developments in trusts and other non-self-governing territories; (3) international developments. Has a subject index.
Yearbook on International Communist Affairs. Stanford: Hoover Inst., 1966- .
(Olin Ref HX 1 Y39+)
The purpose of this annual publication is "to provide data on the conditions, organization, policies, activities, and international relations of Communist Parties or Marxist-Leninist parties throughout the world."(Preface) Country by country profiles are all individually written. Includes a select bibiliography and indexes of biographies, names, and subjects.
English Association, London. The Year's Work in English Studies. v. 1. London: Murray, 1919/20- .
(Olin PE 58 E58 Last vol. in Ref.)
Each annual volume contains an evaluative bibliographic essay of the year's most important or noticeable published scholarship on the English language. Each essay contains sections on such subjects as orthography, phonology, grammar, vocabulary, linguistic history, stylistics, linguistic variation, etc. Author index provided for each volume.
Year's Work in Modern Language Studies. London: Modern Humanities Research, 1929/30- .
(Olin stacks PB1 .Y39)
An annual publication which lists literary and linguistic research arranged by languages covered (mainly Western European languages). Although English and American language and literature are not included here, many of the articles on other languages are written in English. Indexed in British Humanities Index and MLA.