Etiquette: A PCL Pathfinder

Some of the questions that this pathfinder will answer will include: Should I bring my hosts a gift of liquor when I'm a guest for the weekend? What do I say when someone greets me? How quickly do I need to write that thank-you note to Aunt Dottie? What was etiquette for “going Dutch” on a date in the 1950s? And, of course…which fork do I use? Materials listed in this guide focus primarily on home etiquette—rules for behavior at a table or when you are a guest—rather than business etiquette. Additionally, the materials listed below focus on the traditional etiquette of Europe and the United States . The terms and phrases listed in the subject headings below can be used to search for more materials in the library's catalog and research databases. If you need further assistance, please ask a librarian.

Emily Post's Etiquette, by Emily Post and Peggy Post. New York : HarperCollins, 2004. ISBN: 0066209579.
Thoroughly revised and updated, Emily Post's Etiquette now includes etiquette surrounding cultural diversity, birth and death ceremonies of many religions, and etiquette for international travelers. Still includes all of the etiquette rules that have made this a hallmark resource.
395 POS

Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior by Judith Martin. New York: Atheneum, 2005. ISBN: 0393058743.
Covers topics like courtesy, proper attire, and the etiquette of weddings. Martin knows right from wrong and sensible from rude. Delivered with comical insight.
395 MAR

These guides cover the basics of etiquette for adults (although some of them include sections on manners for kids).

Advice Lady
http://advicelady.com/answerpage.asp?category=Manners
Advice on manners from a nonprofessional. Read others' questions and the Advice Lady's answers, or ask her your own.

About: Etiquette for Personal Entertaining
http://entertaining.about.com/od/etiquetteforentertaining/
A portal site leading to a variety of other etiquette resources online.

Ask Miss Manners (MSN Lifestyle)
http://lifestyle.msn.com/Relationships/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=27876
Ask Miss Manners a question, or read her weekly columns.

These books are intended for children and teenagers. They generally cover both the “how-tos” and the “whys” of table manners.

Don't do that! : a child's guide to bad manners, ridiculous rules, and inadequate etiquette / by Barry Louis Polisar ; illustrations by David Clark.-- 1st ed.-- Silver Spring, MD ; Chicago, IL : Rainbow Morning Music : distributed ... by Independent Publishers Group, c1994.
A humorous introduction to good manners and behavior in relation to home and school activities.
J 395 POL

Madeline says merci : the-always-be-polite book / John Bemelmans Marciano ; based on the characters created by Ludwig Bemelmans.-- New York : Viking, 2001.
Madeline, Miss Clavel, Pepito, and friends introduce basic manners.
J 395.1 MAR

Princess lessons : a princess diaries guide / Meg Cabot ; illustrated by Chesley McLaren.-- New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2003.
Princess Mia from "The Princess Diaries" offers advice on inner and outer beauty, character development, etiquette, and dating.
TEEN 646.7 CAB

These are both etiquette books from the past and books about the etiquette of the past.

George Washington’s Rules of Civility: 110 Maxims Helped Shape and Guide America’s First President.
www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1248919
Rules of civility and decent behavior in company and conversation. Reprinted on National
Public Radio’s Web site.

Miss Abigail’s Time Warp Advice
www.missabigail.com
A potpourri of advice from the past century or so, presented in Q&A style.

Post, Emily. 1922. Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home
www.bartleby.com/95/index.html
The original text of Post’s Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home.