Zylbercweig, Zalmen (1931). "Vaksman, Yakov" (in Yiddish). In: Zylbercweig, with the assistance of Jacob Mestel, Leksikon fun yidishn teater [Lexicon of the Yiddish theatre]. Vol. 1. New York: Farlag "Elisheva". Columns 657-660.
yivoencyclopedia.org
Warnke, Nina (2008). "Operetta", in Gershon David Hundert (Ed.), YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. Vol. 2. pp. 1284-1285. Published online, September 13, 2010. YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. yivoencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 2017-07-25. "Although most of his work consisted of orchestrations, in the 1910s Shlosberg wrote original music to Menakhem Boreysho's Khanke and Yankev Vaksman's (1866-1942) Der libling fun froyen (The Darling of Women), Malvinke vil azoy (That’s How Malvinka Wants It), and Di sheyne Berta (Beautiful Bertha)."
