| Admin. |
Administration |
| ALA |
American Library Association |
| Amer. |
American |
| append. |
Appendix |
| approx. |
Approximately |
| arr. |
Arranged or arranger |
| assoc. |
Associate(s) |
| Assoc. |
Association |
| c |
Copyright(ed) |
| ca. |
Circa ("about") |
| CDROM |
Compact disc read-only memory |
| Co. |
Company |
| comp. |
Compiler or compiled by |
| Corp. |
Corporation |
| Dept. |
Department |
| dist. |
Distributor or distributed by |
| Div. |
Division |
| ed. |
Editor or edited by or edition |
| e.g. |
Exempli gratia ("for example") |
| enl. |
Enlarged |
| et al. |
Et alia ("and others") |
| etc. |
Et cetera ("and so forth") |
| facs. |
Facsimile(s) |
| fore. |
Foreword |
| GRB |
Guide to Reference Books, 11th ed. |
| i.e. |
Id est ("that is") |
| ill. |
Illustrated or illustrations |
| Inc. |
Incorporated |
| Inst. |
Institute or institution |
| Inter. |
International |
| introd. |
Introduction |
| ISBN |
International Standard Book Number |
| ISSN |
International Standard Serial Number |
| l. |
Leaf, leaves |
| Ltd. |
Limited |
| n.s. |
New series |
| no. |
Number |
 |
Winner of Outstanding Texas Reference Source Award |
| p. |
Page or pages |
| Pr. |
Press |
| pref. |
Preface |
| print. |
Printing |
| pt. |
Part |
| Pub. |
Publisher(s) or Publications |
| repr. |
Reprint, reprinted |
| rev. |
Revised, revision |
| s.l. |
Sine loco (no place of publication) |
| s.n. |
Sine nomine (no name of publisher) |
| ser. |
Series |
| Soc. |
Society |
| SuDoc |
Superintendent of Documents Classification number |
| suppl. |
Supplement, supplemented |
| TexDoc |
Texas State Documents Classification Scheme number |
| TLA |
Texas Library Association |
| trans. |
Translated, translator |
| Univ. |
University |
| URL |
Universal Resource Locator [internet address] |
| U.S. |
United States |
| v. |
volume |
| yr. |
year |