The printed reference collection in any library is the most expensive piece of the print collection and also the most restricted for use. In the economic downturn and the digital revolution, one must ask some basic questions. What happened to the printed magazine collection in school libraries over the past 20 years. Does anyone even have a retrospective periodical collection any more in the face of online subscription databases? Sure, school libraries still stock periodicals, but what kinds and for what function. In the same way, the print reference collection seems to be diminishing in function, purpose, and form. If students in your school are accessing 99% of their information during research in online sources, then what is the function of the print reference collection? How current is the information in a print reference book? How often does a particular volume get used? Where does it get used? When does it get used? What is the cost per use as compared with cost per use of online information? To get the print reference collection used, do we have to force kids and teens to use it? If yes, why? The guide under question here is a printed reference recommended list. How current is it even when published in 2010? Will its use pay its way? Why isn’t it an online tool that is constantly being updated? How many school librarians actually consult printed bibliographies any more as they select materials for their collections? As you can see, this reviewer believes that we are in a period of transition and there seems to be much logical sense in the notion that the printed reference collection is dead. This selection tool is credible and as a sixth edition, will exist or die depending on its sales. If the teacher librarian still values the print reference collection and can demonstrate the value of its uses, then this source has some value. I suspect most folks use the automated selection tools that are part of the automated acquisition module of the OPAC. Looking at the reference schelves of many school library media centers that I have been in recently, those expensive outdated reference sources that give mor misinformation that reliable data should be heading for the recycling bin. So many have never been used. Don’t tell taxpayers that, however.