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  • (With Louis R. Wilson) Report of a Survey of the Libraries of Cornell University, Cornell University Press, 1948.
  • Books That Changed the World, New American Library, 1956, 2nd edition, American Library Association, 1978.
  • (With others) Family Saga and Other Phases of American Folklore, University of Illinois Press, 1958.
  • Molders of the Modern Mind: III Books That Shaped Western Civilization, Barnes & Noble, 1961.
  • Strengthening and Improving Library Resources for Southern Higher Education, Southern Regional Education Board, 1962.
  • The Kabul University Library, University of Wyoming Education Program, 1963.
  • (Editor) The Bear Went over the Mountain, Macmillan, 1964.
  • Famous Books, Ancient and Medieval, Barnes & Noble, 1964.
  • Resources of North Carolina Libraries, Governor's Commission on Library Resources, 1965.
  • How to Do Library Research, University of Illinois Press, 1966, 2nd edition, 1975.
  • Resources of Missouri Libraries, Missouri State Library, 1966.
  • (With Frances B. Jenkins) Bibliography: Current State and Future Trends, University of Illinois Press, 1967.
  • Resources of Canadian Academic and Research Libraries, Association of Universities of Canada, 1967.
  • University Library Statistics, Association of Research Libraries, 1968.
  • Books That Changed America, Macmillan, 1970.
  • Famous American Books, McGraw, 1971.
  • Books and History, University of Illinois Library School, 1974.
  • Horace Mann, Twayne, 1974.
  • Heinrich Pestalozzi, Twayne, 1975.
  • Famous Books, Littlefield, 1975.
  • Books That Changed the South, University of North Carolina Press, 1977.
  • Henry Barnard, Twayne, 1977.
  • Friedrich Froebel, Twayne, 1978.
  • Australian and New Zealand Library Resources, Mansell, 1979.
  • British and Irish Resources, Mansell, 1981.
  • Landmarks in Science, Libraries Unlimited, 1982.
  • (With others) Memorable Americans, Libraries Unlimited, 1983.
  • Perspectives on the Past, an Autobiography, Scarecrow, 1984.
  • (With John T. Flanagan and Harold W. Scott) More Memorable Americans, Libraries Unlimited, 1985.
  • Books in My Life, Library of Congress (Washington, DC), 1985.
  • (Compiler) Images of America: Travelers from Abroad in the New World, University of Illinois Press, 1987.
  • Scientific Enigmas, Libraries Unlimited, 1987.
  • A Dictionary of Eminent Librarians, High Plains Publishing (Worland, WY), 1990.
  • (With Jane B. Downs) Journalists of the United States: Biographical Sketches of Print and Broadcast News Shapers from the Late seventeenth Century to the Present, McFarland (Jefferson, NC), 1991.

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