An annotated bibliography designed as a guide for the graduate student to general and special reference sources related to the field of higher education is presented. Sources in the guide range in dates of publication from 1895 to 1979, but more than sixty percent have been published during the 1970's. The listing is restricted to English language publications and works of an international scope that include reference to American higher education. Eighty-one sources were selected and arranged by source type: bibliographies of bibliography, bibliographies--special, bibliographies--general, biographical dictionaries, encyclopedias, guides and handbooks, indexes to periodicals, law, microforms, state government publications, statistics, and U.S. government publications. Among the topics included in the category of bibliographies--special are administration, affirmative action, comparative higher education, finance, history, minorities, student activism, teaching, and planning. An author index and title index are included. (SW)