This is a ready reference presentation intended for library patrons on how to use the print version of Emily Post's Etiquette: Manners for a New World, 18th Edition.

1. Ready Reference Instruction: A
Guide to Emily Post’s Etiquette:
Manners for a New World, 18th Edition
By: Kristen Gravelin

2. How to Access
• This book can be accessed at your local
library
• If not on shelf, either yourself or a librarian
can place a hold so you can get the next
available copy
• If you’re in a real pinch, the book is for sale
through vendors such as Barnes & Noble
and Amazon.

3. A Quick History of Emily Post’s Etiquette
• The titular Emily Post was a semi-prominent fiction author and
reporter who turned to nonfiction in 1922 to Etiquette: In Society,
In Business, In Politics and At Home
• The book became a bestseller and as society evolved, people
looked to Emily Post as an authority on the manners that
accompanied these changes
• The Post Institute was founded and now descendants of the
original Post continue to be a cultural authority on American
manners.
Image courtesy of:
http://emilypost.com/about/emily-post/

4. Why Emily Post’s Etiquette?
• Emily Post’s Etiquette has long been considered the authority on American manners since the
first edition’s publication in 1922.
• This 18th edition can answer any questions you may have etiquette and manners as it applies
to 21st living.
• This includes manners in situations such as the workplace, applying for jobs, in everyday life, and it
may be particularly helpful to those who are planning a wedding, or a party of any kind.

5. How To Use
• The Contents section of the book shows that it is
helpfully organized by different situations
• Such as “Etiquette Every Day,” which is then
divided into further into subsections such as
“Everyday Manners,” “Out and About,”
“Communication and Technology,” and “Social
Life.”
• Within these subsections are specific chapters such
as “Common Courtesies,” “Dining Out,” “Personal
Communication Devices,” and “Social
Networking,” among many others.
• The page numbers are helpfully listed by every
subsection and chapter for easy browsing.

6. How To Use (Continued)
• Resources in the back of the book include things such as Names
and Titles, Official Forms of Address, a table of the attire that is
expected for certain dress codes for men and women, samples
invitation and wedding announcements, a short guide to food
and drink (including instruction on how to use chopsticks, and a
wedding budget planning chart for the planner and for
attendants.
• The index located in the very back of the book is a full 24 pages
and is filled with alphabetized key terms from “academic titles”
to “zip code placements” with page numbers to locate them to
help locate the most specific of queries

7. Ask A Librarian
• If you have any more questions about this resource or if anything was left unclear, contact a
librarian who will be happy to assist you.
Kristen Gravelin
March 20, 2017