Dictionaries and other reference books are invaluable resources when you write notes and other types of correspondence. Here are some helpful basics for any library:
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3rd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992.
Bartlett, John. Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 16th ed. Justin Kaplan, ed., Boston: Little, Brown, 1992.
Chapman, Robert, ed. Roget’s International Thesaurus, 5th ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1992.
Feinberg, Steven L., ed. Crane’s Blue Book of Stationery. New York: Doubleday, 1989.
Letitia Baldridge’s New Complete Guide to Executive Manners. New York: Rawson Associates, 1993.
Magida, Arthur J. How to Be a Perfect Stranger: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People’s Religious Ceremonies. Woodstock, Vt.: Jewish Lights Publishing, 1996.
Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed. Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1993.
Pachter, Barbara, and Marjorie Brody, with Betsy Anderson. Prentice Hall Complete Business Etiquette Handbook. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1995.
Strunk, William, Jr., and E. B. White. The Elements of Style, 3rd ed. New York: Macmillan, 1979.
Tripp, Rhoda Thomas, comp. The International Thesaurus of Quotations. New York: Harper & Row, 1970.