New Items in Reference - 2/12/2011

America's Top Rated Cities:  A Statistical Handbook, 2010, 7th ed. (307.76) is a "concise, statistical, 4-volume work identifying America's top-rated cities with populations over 100,000."  Each volume features one of four geographic regions (South, Central, West, and East), and provide a narrative background, rankings, statistical tables and appendices (more lists, tables and rankings).

Almanac of Architecture & Design, 2011, 12th ed. (720.05) contains architecture and design firms' directory information, company profiles & rankings, award winners and a chapter on green design.  Includes indexes by name and site.