The fourth edition of ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science is a guide to the specific words that describe the materials, processes, and systems relevant to the field of librarianship.

John Carter's ABC for Book Collectors contains over 490 alphabetical entries on the subject of book collecting.

In this dictionary of early music, Graham Strahle has compiled definitions of musical terms in English as used and understood during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. He includes terms relating to instruments, performance, theory and composition and draws entirely from original printed and manuscript sources in Britain in the period 1500-1740

This encyclopedic dictionary includes theoretical, technical, and semiotic terms and concepts. Alphabetical entries range from 'absurd' to 'word scenery' and treat the reader to a vast panoply of theatre and theory. The extended discussions are supported by useful examples drawn from the international repertoire of plays and playwrights, both classic and contemporary.

Some of the numerous topics covered are equipment, methods, concepts, design process, electricity, characteristics of light, and lightboard operations. Computer-generated line drawings and samples of lighting paperwork are included with the entries to which they relate.

The Dictionary aims to present basic information about the most important instruments worldwide and a broad, representative selection of lesser-known ones of particular significance. Along with instruments and their makers, it discusses subjects of related interest in order to provide a fuller picture of the cultural role of instruments throughout.

The International Dictionary of Ballet has as its subject all of ballet, from its beginnings in the Renaissance to contemporary dance.