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Reference books in print
Authors: Schultheiss Tom , Hartline Lorraine
Published: February 2008

The following classified, annotated list of titles is intended to provide reference librarians with a current checklist of new reference books, and is designed to supplement the RSR review column, “Recent Reference Books,” by Frances Neel Cheney. “Reference Books in Print” includes all additional books received prior to the inclusion deadline established for this issue. Appearance in this column does not preclude a later review in RSR. Publishers are urged to send a copy of all new reference books directly to RSR as soon as published, for immediate listing in “Reference Books in Print.” The prevailing policy of including all reference books received has temporarily allowed the listing of titles with imprints older than two years; with increased receipt of more current titles from a longer list of publishers, this policy will soon be discontinued (with the exception of current reprints or older books newly acquired for distribution by another publisher). The column shall also occasionally include library science or other library related publications of other than a reference character.
New International Fourth Edition Abbreviations Dictionary
Authors: De Sola Ralph
Published: February 2008

Here is the long‐awaited fourth edition of Ralph De Sola's classic Abbreviations Dictionary. This updated edition of a work first published in 1958 is the largest, most complete compilation of its kind — a reference book far surpassing all others in the field. Mr. De Sola has expanded his work to include more than 130,000 definitions and entries — over 77,000 definitions, over 54,000 entries. The current edition offers abbreviations, acronyms, anonyms, contradictions, initials and nicknames, short forms and slang shortcuts, and signs and symbols covering disciplines which range from the arts to the advanced sciences and embrace all areas of human knowledge and activity.
Reference books in print
Authors: Schultheiss Tom
Published: February 2008

The following classified, annotated list of titles is intended to provide reference librarians with a current checklist of new reference books, and is designed to supplement the RSR review column, “Recent Reference Books,” by Frances Neel Cheney. “Reference Books in Print” includes all additional books received prior to the inclusion deadline established for this issue. Appearance in this column does not preclude a later review in RSR. Publishers are urged to send a copy of all new reference books directly to RSR as soon as published, for immediate listing in “Reference Books in Print.” Reference books with imprints older than two years will not be included (with the exception of current reprints or older books newly acquired for distribution by another publisher). The column shall also occasionally include library science or other library related publications of other than a reference character.
Bibliography on library orientation — 1974
Authors: Rader Hannelore B.
Published: February 2008

Following is an annotated bibliography of materials published in 1974 on orienting the users to the library and instructing them in the use of library resources. Since this is a continuation of last year's review of the literature, some 1973 publications are included because they were not available for last year's perusal. Even though only English language materials are included in this review, it should be noted that library instruction has become a concern in many other countries which reported many surveys, program reports, and recommendations in their national library literature in 1973–74. Such publications have appeared in East and West Germany, Sweden, Finland, Japan, Rumania, Norway, France, Soviet Union, South Africa, Czechoslovakia, etc.
Legal reference books
Authors: Kelly Robert Q.
Published: February 2008

1. Law Books Published. Compiled and edited by Meira G. Pimsleur. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Glanville Publishers. Cumulative Volume 6, 1974. 421pp. pa. S67.50/yr. (quarterly) annual cumulation. 74–227609. This is an excellent bibliography of current legal materials. It is arranged in three parts: (I) Authors, Titles, Editors, Translators; (II) Subjects and Series; (III) Publishers and Distributors. Of special interest to reference librarians is the List of Subjects in contemporary terms relevant to present reading interests. The quality of the entries is comparable to the more generic Books in Print. Credentials of the compiler/editor are the best. Recommended for medium and large public libraries and for academic library systems which do not include a special law library. Most law libraries subscribe to this service.
Recent reference books
Authors: Neel Cheney Frances
Published: February 2008

Access to the Literature of the Social Sciences and Humanities. Proceedings of the Conference on Access to Knowledge and Information in the Social Sciences and Humanities.
Bibliographic Instruction:
Authors: Krier Maureen
Published: February 2008

This paper was the product of a course on “Bibliographic Methods” conducted by Dr. Juan Freudenthal at Simmons College. However, methodology was not the only emphasis of Dr. Freudenthal in LS 408. Students were made very much aware of the far‐flung and growing interest in “Bibliographic Instruction,” especially in colleges and universities. This paper attempts to bring together the professional literature that has been directed at the college and university librarian in the increasingly popular area of library orientation and instruction.
Legal Reference Books
Authors: Kelly Robert Q.
Published: February 2008

1. Brakel, Samuel J. Judicare. Public Funds, Private Lawyers and Poor People. Chicago, American Bar Foundation, 1974. 145pp. S7.50. For the past several years, the most important objective of the American Bar Association has been to render legal services more accessible to the needy. Two systems designed to accomplish that objective are legal aid societies and Judicare, a federally‐funded plan for utilizing private attorneys, already in practice, to deliver legal services to the poor. Samuel J. Brakel's earlier publication, Wisconsin Judicare: A Preliminary Appraisal, published by the American Bar Foundation in 1972, introduced the earliest model of Judicare. In his 1974 study, he prsented a fuller and more critical view of the Wisconsin model and a comparison with the Montana and Upper Michigan's Judicare programs. Valuable features of this booklet are its demographic studies, budget tables, eligibility criteria and fee schedules Since publication of this work, the Congress has created the Legal Services Corporation to provide legal assistance to the poor in non‐criminal proceedings. The Corporation has evidently replaced the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare as a funding source for legal aid programs of all sorts.
Government Serials and Services
Authors: O'Hara Frederic J.
Published: February 2008

In this quarterly review of government publications, the judgments expressed are those of the reviewer, Dr. Frederic J. O'Hara, professor of library science. Graduate Library School, Long Island University, Greenvale, New York 11548. Unless otherwise indicated, all items are depository items and may be purchased from the Super‐intendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. Dr. O'Hara does not handle the distribution of any documents.
Sri/Tech Reference Review
Authors: Hodina Alfred , Anthony Arthur
Published: February 2008

1. Carter, Ernest F. Dictionary of Inventions and Discoveries. New York, Crane, Russak, 1976. 208pp. $6.50. This, the second revised edition of a dictionary first published in Great Britain in 1966, presents over two thousand inventions and discoveries, inventors and discoverers in a single alphabet. Although a few of the entries run for over a page, most are very brief.
Marketing Information Sources
Authors: Balachandran M.
Published: February 2008

People concerned with marketing and product management, sales merchandising, advertising and market research make use of a variety of demographic and socioeconomic information available on a national, regional, state, and local level. The quantitative market indicators include population, households, income and industrial and retail sales, while qualitative data is provided by specific categories such as percentage of households by gross income classes or the various components of the population like age, race, sex and marital status. There are other indicators like the index of sales to disposable income which measures the selling power in a given area by comparing the volume of retail sales transacted by the retail stores in the area with the income or the buying power of the area residents. The buying power index measures a given market's ability to buy, expressed as a percentage of the national potential. The effective buying income is a bulk measurement of the market potential. It indicates the general ability to buy and facilitates comparison, selection and grouping of markets on that basis. Another useful marketing technique, called input‐output analysis or inter‐industry analysis, studies changes in the demand for or supply of a given industry's products as it affects all other industries. By analyzing the demand for the factors of production‐input one can arrive at the interrelationships between on industry's output and the goods needed to achieve a given volume of production. All these characteristics of markets and measurable marketing components are set forth cogently in a federal document entitled Measuring Markets. Briefly listed below are some of major uses of various types of marketing information: defining market potential, evaluation of sales performance, determination of distribution trends, development of product demand indices, selection of markets, mapping of sales territories, setting of quotas, routing sales force, allocation of advertising dollars, selection of new product test markets, location of high income concentrations, tracing population shifts and forecasting regional and national sales.
State of the Art Survey of Reference Sources for Children and Young People
Authors: Smith Alice
Published: February 2008

The ACEI (Association for Childhood Education International) in its five year interval Bibliography of Books For Children includes a spearate section on reference books for children. One aspect of this section is a presentation of the “State of the Art” as far as reference materials for elementary school age children are concerned. Textbooks on literature for children also include a lesser narrative and bibliographic section on reference books for elementary‐age children. Recent publications such as Carolyn Sue Peterson's give book‐length multi‐page descriptions of optimum reference book collections for elementary grade schools, junior high schools and high schools. No one of these attempts to say categorically that the state of the art of reference materials for children and young adults is at this stage progressing historically from few reference books for children to a late twentieth century plethora of richness and complexity. Peterson gives dates of the initial editions of many works and states that there are many gaps in the areas covered by reference books printed for children and young people.
Bibliography of U.S. Government Bibliographies — 1975
Authors: Scull Roberta A.
Published: February 2008

This compilation of over 500 United States Government bibliographies is the second annual supplement to BIBLIOGRAPHY OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BIBLIOGRAPHIES 1968–1973 (Pierian Press). Due to the Government Printing Office backlog during 1974, many 1973 and 1974 titles are included in this 1975 Supplement, which should have appeared earlier.
State of the Art Survey of Reference Materials of Australia and New Zealand
Authors: Borchardt Dietrich H.
Published: February 2008

The state of the reference‐arts in this part of the world is such that at the moment little of universal interest can be reported. Though there is a growing awareness of existing computer‐based reference services, no indigenous service has so far been designed. However, the National Library of Australia and several of the larger universities and industries have made arrangements for on‐line links with BIOSIS, ERIC, MED‐LARS and many other systems. Extensive plans for an Australian Library Based Information System (ALBIS) have been nipped in the bud by the changing fortunes of politics and economics. Until the National Library has secured a larger slice of the national budget, progress in computer‐based reference services can only be slow.
Library Orientation and Instruction — 1976: An Annotated Review of the Literature
Authors: Rader Hannelore B.
Published: February 2008

This bibliography covers materials published during 1976, with some 1975 entries omitted from last year's listing. Citations from a number of foreign countries are included if published in English. A few items were not available for annotation. The growing interest in library use instruction is evident from the fact that the number of entries has doubled over those included in the bibliography for 1975.
Company‐Related Information: Some Ancillary Sources
Authors: Balachandran M.
Published: February 2008

In this survey, we would be concerned, not so much with the sources that provide information directly on companies themselves, as on those which contain composite statistical and other types of data, often required in evaluating corporate and market performance. Some of them relate to corporate reorganizations and taxation, stock prices, price averages and indices, capital adjustments and business and financial ratios. We may also look at some books which explain the organization and functions of national and regional stock exchanges, stock market timing and forecasting techniques, statistical publications describing market activity, and some general guidebooks used often by investors.
State of the Art Survey of Reference Materials in the Biological Sciences
Authors: Ardis Susan
Published: February 2008

Communication of information in the biological sciences is becoming increasingly complex as the number of users multiplies and as science becomes more and more interdisciplinary. Libraries play a major role in this communication of scientific information. This role is being threatened by increasing publication rates coupled with increasing costs and decreasing resources. Even the most illustrious science libraries are finding that their resources have decreased in real money and as a result of inflation. The Bowker Annual of Library and Book Trade Information, editions 8–20, 1962–75, graphically shows the increases in publishing rates and in price. The Bowker statistics are broken down into large categories; unfortunately biology falls between the categories of agriculture and medicine. The increases found in both medicine and agriculture are relevant for the subcategory of biology. Books published in agriculture have risen from 78 in 1960 to 196 in 1974. Books published in medicine have gone from 520 in 1960 to 2,281 in 1974. During the same time period the average price of these same books has gone from $8.54 to $18.43. The picture for the near future is no brighter. Librarians will have to be more and more selective and clever in purchasing materials that will be used by patrons.
State of the Art Survey of Reference Sources in Chemistry
Authors: Antony Arthur
Published: February 2008

The science of chemistry is almost unique among the sciences in being blessed with a single, thoroughly comprehensive key to the literature. That key, of course, is Chemical Abstracts. Hence, when there is a change in Chemical Abstracts format or indexing policy, or when Chemical Abstracts Service introduces a new product, science librarians who serve any part of the chemical community are professionally affected by these changes. This was evident when, in 1972, at the beginning of the ninth collective period for Chemical Abstracts, a number of new features were introduced. Perhaps the most obvious was the break‐up of the subject index into two parts — the general subject index and the chemical substance index. The over‐hauling of Chemical Abstracts nomenclature (particularly for organic compounds) at that same time was a more subtle, but probably also a more disorienting break with the past. The nomenclature changes were needed, however, and have been discussed and defended in an article by Donaldson and others.
Advertising Information Sources
Authors: Balachandran M.
Published: February 2008

Although advertising has always been regarded, and with very good reasons, as a branch of the more inclusive subject of marketing, it has enough specialized reference sources of its own to deserve a separate treatment. The fact that it is not comparatively a new discipline may be understood from a recent publication entitled How It Was in Advertising, 1776–1976, which originally came out as the bicentennial issue of Advertising Age. This compilation contains an historical narrative of personalities and agencies involved in the advertising business in the United States. It includes interesting facts, observing, for example, that the most revolutionary figure in 18th century advertising, none other than Ben Franklin, was the first on record to tap the potentials of the women's market by offering benefit copies. Since those days, advertising has grown into a multibillion dollar industry, big enough to attract the attention of Federal regulatory agencies.
Managers' Reference Book Shelf
Authors: Balachandran M.
Published: February 2008

This survey is mainly concerned with certain basic sources of information aimed at persons occupying administrative and managerial positions in business and industry as well as academicians and students in business schools. It covers management theory and methods, industrial and personnel relations and legislation affecting such relationships, and manpower planning and related data sources. Since much of the current thinking and research on management is disseminated variously as reports and articles in scholarly periodicals, it would be logical to begin with indexing and abstracting sources which enable retrieval of such data. These should not be confused with serial publications whose aim is to provide the subject specialist with means to keep abreast of developments in his field, like Management Contents, Marketing Executive Digest and McGraw‐Hill Management Awareness Program.
State of the Art Survey of Reference Sources in Geology
Authors: Ginsburg David D.
Published: February 2008

Geology itself is a descriptive science (i.e., the description of landforms, rocks, etc.). To apply these observations geology depends heavily on the other sciences for data, theories, etc. Thus the geologist is very much dependent on works in chemistry, physics and biology (depending on his particular area of interest) in addition to those discussed here, and the reader is referred to the surveys in those fields.
Anthropology: A Guide to Basic Sources
Authors: Haas Marilyn L.
Published: February 2008

If the bibliographic apparatus is the measure of a discipline's maturity, anthropology has come of age. Anthropology now has at least one entry in nearly all of the standard library reference formats — abstracts, annuals, atlases, dictionary‐encyclopedia, directories (to serials, biographical information, and academic departments), guides to the field, handbooks, indexes, library catalogs, and literature reviews. Some titles do not pigeon‐hole neatly into these categories, and some are beginning efforts, but it is important to know that they do at least exist.
Library Orientation and Instruction ‐ 1977: An Annotated Review of the Literature
Authors: Rader Hannelore B.
Published: February 2008

The following is an annotated bibliography of materials published in 1977 on orienting users to the library and on instructing them in the use of reference and other resources. A few entries have a 1976 publication date and are included because information about them was not available in time for the 1976 review. Also some entries are not annotated because the compiler was unable to secure a copy of the information.
State of the Art Survey of Reference Sources in Religion and Philosophy
Authors: Carlen Claudia
Published: February 2008

Throughout the past few decades a considerable philosophical literature has appeared, covering the various aspects of the history of philosophy and practically all of the systematic disciplines. Annual reports of this literature have been prepared for the past twenty years by James Collins, St. Louis University, for theCross Currentsreview. These surveys are the best single source for keeping abreast of publications in the field. The collected reviews (1957–1977) are now available fromCross Currentsat Dobbs Ferry, New York.
State of the Art Survey of Reference Sources of Canada
Authors: Ryder Dorothy
Published: February 2008

The year 1978 was a vintage year for Canadian reference works. The majority of the works published exhibited the three basic requisites: a clearly stated objective, a logical presentation, and a good index.
State of the Art Survey of Reference Sources in Biology
Authors: Davis Elisabeth
Published: February 2008

This survey covers 1977–78 and presents a brief overview of some of the publications that have had, and will continue to have, impact on biology. Excluded are: 1) applied areas such as agriculture, medicine, and veterinary medicine; and 2) botany. The botanical reference literature has been voluminous as usual during this period and deserves an individual review which will appear in a later issue of RSR.
State of the Art Survey of Reference Sources in Engineering
Authors: Balachandran Sarojini
Published: February 2008

For many engineering librarians, a most welcome event during the year under review was the publication of Professor Ching‐Chih Chen's Scientific and Technical Information Sources (the MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1977). Making use of her extensive knowledge and experience in the field, Ms. Chen has come out with an up‐to‐date and reliable reference source for scientists and engineers. Conventional as well as nonconventional sources of information are listed in this guide which cites nearly 3,700 titles, grouped in 23 categories. A matter of special interest to librarians is that the book generously provides review sources from library and scientific literature for most entries. Any librarian without a sci‐tech background should be able to make use of the volume for obtaining a working knowledge of his or her field. This is all the more important in an area like engineering, which is continually being extended by the addition of new interdisciplinary fields. This development is symbolized by the phenomenal growth in technical vocabulary not ordinarily defined in conventional lexicographic aids. This trend as well as the increasing use of electronic data bases for literature retrieval has stimulated the need for new as well as revised dictionaries and thesauri without which one cannot formulate a workable search strategy. Mercifully for librarians the supply of these basic sources is keeping pace with the demand. Some of the new and revised dictionaries are reviewed in detail elsewhere in this survey, but we mention here a few more to prove the point. These include The Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 9th ed., rev. by Gessner G. Hawley, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1978; Glossary of Terms in Thermal Soil Mechanics by Alfreds R. Jumikis, Piscataway, N.J.: The State University of New Jersey, College of Engineering, 1977; Hydrographic Dictionary, 3d ed., Monte Carlo, International Hydrographic Organisation, 1977; The Pipeline Glossary and Directory, Beaconsfield, Bucks. Eng., Scientific Surveys Ltd., 1978; Modern Dictionary of Electronics, 5th ed., Rudolf F. Graf, Indianapolis, 1977; and Transportation‐Logistics Dictionary by Wallace Little, Washington, D.C., Traffic Service Corp., 1977. It is this writer's belief that the trend towards specialized subject dictionaries and thesauri will continue to grow for some time to come.
Current Survey of Government Documents Reference Sources
Authors: Hoover Jimmie
Published: February 2008

These days, with everyone on the government publications bandwagon, it is hard for the documents specialist to single out specific problems to worry about. Workshops are cropping up like new corn from coast to coast; articles and books about government documents redundantly abound; a disciplined and ruthless army of microform and documents reprint salesmen regale us with gusto and champagne while the GPO issues directives, notices, guidelines and newsletters and sets new records for distributing federal information. The state of the art is a busy canvas indeed. So I wish to single out two subjects from the welter of topics which may be ripe for consideration: our failure to properly recognize the contribution that genealogists have made to our reference services and our unforgivable and unrequited lust for “archival” microforms.
Current Survey of Reference Sources in Business
Authors: Balachandran M.
Published: February 2008

Until recently, results of significant research in the field of economics were communicated to the scholarly world mostly through the conventional medium of journal articles. Not only have such journals proliferated in number, but the manuscript turnover time has increased considerably, resulting in delay, in the dissemination of current developments. Last year economics joined a few other disciplines with the publication of its first letters journal, consisting of short communications or “Letters,” which provides a rapid medium to announce new results, models and methods. Published by North Holland, the new monthly, entitled appropriately Economics Letters, will carry research communications of not more than four pages each. Readers may also recall that in my previous state of the art survey (RSR v6 n1, 1978, p21), I had briefly noted the institution of an annual series by the JAI Press devoted to current and ongoing research in business and economics.
“Of Cabbages — and Kings” — and Comparative Things
Authors: Rettig James
Published: February 2008

No one has yet sued a librarian for malpractice. Perhaps, as many have suggested, this indicates the public's view of librarianship and its relative value among the professions. Perhaps instead it testifies to the consistently high quality of service librarians universally deliver. Whatever the reason or reasons, librarians have had and continue to have responsibilities to meet. Reference librarians have responsibilities to the patrons they serve and to the agencies or institutions for which they work.
Wealth of Information: A Review of Four 1979 Almanacs
Authors: Miller Julia E. , Bryan Jane G.
Published: February 2008

Why do we need an article which reviews and compares almanacs? Can we learn anything new by re‐examining these heavily used, everyday tools? The authors — two experienced reference librarians, frequent users of almanacs — were surprised by what they learned. Not only did their opinions of individual almanacs change, but also they were pleased to discover information on topics they never thought were covered.
What in the World and Who in the World? The Europas
Authors: Hyslop Elizabeth C.
Published: February 2008

Occupying some eleven inches on the already crowded reference shelves of most public and academic libraries is the venerable set of the Europa reference works. Few librarians need to be told that they consist of the basic two‐volume Europa Year Book: A World Survey, which includes information on the United Nations and international organizations and all the countries of the world; plus the more recently added titles Africa South of the Sahara (ASS), The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and The Far East and Australasia (FEA). In addition, another eight inches of shelf space holds the International Who's Who, The World of Learning, and Who's Who in Saudi Arabia.
Current Survey of Engineering Reference Sources
Authors: Balachandran Sarojini
Published: February 2008

A major event which is likely to have a considerable impact on engineering libraries and librarians is the inauguration (January 1, 1980) of the American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES), which, as a central organization representing the engineering profession, will now consolidate and augment the work hitherto handled by the Engineers Joint Council, Engineering Council for Professional Development and Association for Cooperation in Engineering. This is primarily looked upon as a device to enable engineering societies to communicate with each other more effectively. A unique feature of the AAES will be one of its autonomous groups, the Accreditation Commission for Engineering and Technology (ACET). The collection and dissemination of data on matters like engineering manpower and continuing education, until now handled by bodies like the EJC, will be entrusted to ACET.
How the International Business Directories Compete: A Comparative Review
Authors: Wood Elizabeth J.
Published: February 2008

Americans are increasingly aware that international business affects their lives. Consider the furor over foreign automobile imports or the concern about foreigners buying up U.S. farmland. Remember how excited U.S. soft drink manufacturers got about diplomatic recognition of China's teeming millions of thirsty citizens? Overseas sales by U.S. firms have been growing in both developed and underdeveloped countries. On the other hand, involvement of foreign businesses in the U.S. economy has been increasing at a “significant pace” recently. Given that knowledge has been equated with money and with power, the need for information on international or multinational business should be apparent. But what is the best source or sources of such information? Two directories of international business, Kelly's Manufacturers and Merchants Directory and the Who Owns Whom (WOW) directories, are in their ninety‐third and twenty‐first editions respectively. In addition there is Bottin International: International Business Register, less well‐known to Americans but equally venerable, now in its 182nd edition. Dun and Bradstreet's Principal International Businesses (PIB), in its seventh edition, is the relative newcomer to the field. This review will compare and contrast the above‐named directories, pointing out areas where they overlap and suggesting to what segment of library users each might appeal.
Providing Reference Service Using State Documents
Authors: Johnson Nancy P.
Published: February 2008

State publications are sometimes regarded as under utilized resources, the neglected orphans of the library. Yet they contain essential, pertinent information. Publications from various states are often the only source of information for the following types of questions: biographical data on state officials; agency addresses; statistics covering crimes, revenue, state aid and election returns; and information about social issues, such as health, race, the aged, and women's issues.
Health Information for the Layman
Authors: Pringle Daphne , Wiseman Karin
Published: February 2008

Librarians in all varieties of institutions, as well as public and academic libraries, are being asked for information on disease and health. We are becoming acutely aware of the general public's growing demand for health information. In fact, according to the American Hospital Association's “A Patient's Bill of Rights,” a hospital patient has the right to be informed in terms he or she can easily understand about his or her illness. This “Bill of Rights” reflects the general growth of the consumer movement in America today. It pervades all aspects of modern life, including the health field.
Government publications
Authors: Zink Steven
Published: February 2008

The federal government is frequently described as being the greatest information producer (in volume, if nothing else) in the world. Yet, the fact is often ignored that the federal government, as an entity, is one of the world's greatest information consumers. Its concerns are great and far‐reaching; many societal problems are on the cutting edge of research, and all possible forces are brought to bear in addressing them. It is not surprising that the federal government frequently finds a large body of literature which must be synthesized and be made available for immediate use in a convenient form. To meet these needs, the U.S. government has developed indices to the scholarly and research literature in fields with which it is intimately involved: labor, wildlife, environment, energy, and so forth. Perhaps the best known products of these efforts are the Bibliography of Agriculture and Index Medicus.
Reference serials
Authors: De Marnis Ellen
Published: February 2008

MEDICINE ‐ HISTORY ‐ BIBLIOGRAPHY Current Work in the History of Medicine. 1954‐ . Q. $12.50. Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BP England. LC 62‐1403. ISSN 0590‐4323.
The Encyclopedia of Bioethics
Authors: Broadley Pamela R.
Published: February 2008

Published in its first edition in 1978, the Encyclopedia of Bioethics already deserves landmark status for several reasons including uniqueness of concept, overall quality and broad appeal. Previous articles in this column have traced the historical development of longstanding reference classics. Because the Encyclopedia is a relatively young tool, the substance of this review will depart somewhat from other essays in the series by focusing more on the content, organization and scope of the work rather than its evolution.
OCLC's Interlibrary Loan Subsystem
Authors: La Grange Charles
Published: February 2008

This essay could begin with a discussion of interlibrary loan procedures before the existence of OCLC, but it seems preferable not to recount the miseries of the Dark Ages. Beginning with a discussion of the use of OCLC by interlibrary loan staff before the availability of the Interlibrary Loan Subsystem should provide enough history. The background material is followed by an explanation of the methodology of requesting material by means of the Interlibrary Loan Subsystem. Perceived problems with the use of the subsystem, suggestions regarding the source of those problems, and possible solutions form the remainder of the paper.
The Gale Biography Series
Authors: Bonta Bruce , Cable Frances
Published: February 2008

Historical Background and Purpose of the Article Our civilization has always had a fascination with the lives of important people. Individuals who inspire us through their cultural, artistic or religious works, who lead our nations, armies or institutions, or who reach high levels of accomplishment in virtually any field seem to exemplify for us the highest ideals of our culture.
Printed Sources for American Weather Records
Authors: Segesta Jim
Published: February 2008

This article is about reference books that can answer questions about the typical weather for a city in the United States or the actual weather on a given day in the past.
Work Related Abstracts
Authors: Mowery Judith K.
Published: February 2008

Work Related Abstracts. 1973— . M. $360.00 (1982). Information Coordinators, Inc., 1435–37 Randolph Street, Detroit, MI 48226. ISSN 0273–3234. LC 82–641246. OCLC 2486546. [Previous titles: Labor‐Personnel Abstracts, (1950–58); Employment Relations Abstracts (1959–72).] The maturing of administrative science as a discipline has accelerated so rapidly over the past three decades that control of the literature in this field has become at least as difficult as preparing an exhaustive bibliography on Hamlet. Not only has there grown up a substantial body of theoretical and applied knowledge focusing on the more specific concerns of the workplace, but the attention of scholars, researchers, and practitioners in numerous other fields has turned more and more often to the problems of employers, employees, and their organizational settings for illumination or illustration. Thus the literature of administrative and management science has been augmented by, and is of growing significance to, an audience that includes sociologists, psychologists, educators, arts administrators, political scientists, nurses, historians, economists, environmentalists, lawyers, and a host of others, not forgetting librarians.
Business Index
Authors: Westerman Mel
Published: February 2008

Business Index. September 1980— . M, each issue supersedes previous one. $1,860.00/yr. Information Access Corporation, 404 Sixth Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025. Ed.: Dennis Read. Circ: 1,000. ISSN 0273–3684. The era of indexes to library materials on computer‐output‐microfilm (COM) has arrived. Many libraries mark the era's beginning from the “freezing” of their card catalogs in response to that monumental act by the Library of Congress. COM has been widely used as the interim mode of bibliographic access to collections until online access can be provided. Libraries have also used a variety of types of equipment to view microform copies of material, such as newspapers. The Business Index uses a ROM COM Terminal.
Love Canal in the Reference Stacks
Authors: Rettig James
Published: February 2008

During the 1940s and early 1950s, the Hooker Chemical and Plastics Corp. buried metal drums in the earth in Niagara Falls, New York. The drums, hundreds of them, contained chemical wastes. The company's actions were perfectly legal and its intentions good; it was placing these potentially harmful substances out of harm's way — secure in metal drums, secure beneath the earth. Hooker's use for the land ended and in 1956 the company sold it. A school and houses were built over the chemical dump. The unfortunate aftermath is well known. The drums corroded; their contents leached out and into the earth and, apparently, into the bodies of those who lived on it. As a result, residents of the Love Canal area experienced unusually high rates of miscarriages, birth defects, and liver disorders. Such were the worst of the effects. Many residents had to abandon their contaminated homes. Suddenly Love Canal became a forlorn place. Good intentions in the 1940s had unwittingly wrought evil consequences in the 1970s.
Online News Retrieval Systems: Evaluations and Library Applications
Authors: Smith Stephen
Published: February 2008

Developments in the technology of electronic transmission of information are rapidly transforming the tools available to the general public for gathering information about current events. Direct access to news and retrieval of bibliographic information pertaining to traditional printed news sources are a daily reality for a growing number of individuals, on the job, at home, through personal computer terminals or at libraries. The purpose of this paper is to examine the characteristics of electronic databases providing access to news, as well as applications of these tools to various library settings.
Microcomputers for Libraries: An Overview
Authors: Warden William H. , Warden Bette M.
Published: February 2008

Microcomputers are rapidly becoming commonplace in libraries today and will become even more so as prices fall and capabilities increase. Microcomputers can provide a wide range of services, from being an integral part of a circulation system to serving as a terminal to access online databases and information utilities such as the Source or CompuServe. Software can be purchased or developed to assist in online literature searching (record keeping or standardization of database commands). Database packages, or even word processing programs, can be used to help compile local newspaper indexes or other local information files. Statistical packages can be used to analyze library usage and even the laborious task of writing reports or letters can be greatly aided by word processing programs. Even though the availability of software is a determining factor in choosing a microcomputer, this report will concentrate on meeting the hardware needs of individual libraries.
Documents To The People: Long Island
Authors: Eidelman Diane , Yukawa Masako , Herskovitz Estelle
Published: February 2008

In April, 1981, the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer, an advisory body appointed by the United States Assistant Public Printer, recommended that the Superintendent of Documents encourage each state to develop a statewide plan for federal documents depository coordination. With the increase in documents distribution to depository libraries and the growing problems experienced by regional depositories in handling their responsibilities, a cooperative plan was deemed necessary “to bolster the regional depositories' capabilities to serve their state missions in order to assure that federal documents are available throughout the United States on an equal and expeditious basis.” The Superintendent of Documents agreed, and in October, 1981 he officially recommended the development of state plans.
Interlibrary Loan: The RLIN Subsystem
Authors: Nash Stanley
Published: February 2008

In the fall of 1982 the RLIN (Research Libraries Information Network) computer system, which serves the Research Libraries Group (RLG) incorporated a new interlibrary loan subsystem which has the potential to facilitate fast and efficient interlibrary loans among members of RLG. At present, RLG consists of 24 general or fully participating members — all of which are major research libraries including the New York Public Library — and 13 special libraries such as the Museum of Modern Art. As one of its primary functions, RLG maintains a benignly liberal interlibrary loan policy for general member institutions. Not only will these members lend the same materials as they circulate to their own patrons; in many cases such normally forbidden interlibrary loan items as rare books and reference books may be lent (providing of course the lender is agreeable). And, of special importance to library patrons, photocopying, in most cases, is provided free of charge as long as the request is reasonable and within copyright restrictions. It must be stressed however that each member library is still responsible for maintaining a collection commensurate with the needs of its patrons. Thus, RLG is not meant to be a substitute for collection development of any member institution but rather to expand the availability of materials to libraries within the system.
Is BEBA Best? Researching Bilingual Education in Databases
Authors: Jaramillo George
Published: February 2008

Bilingual education is a strong component in some education systems, districts, and academic curriculums, and non‐existent in others. There is presently much controversy surrounding the issue of whether or not bilingual education is effective in providing non‐English speaking children a good education. Government officials, researchers, and educators all differ as to the need of bilingual education, especially when funding is under consideration. Thus, the need for in‐depth research is in great demand. The availability of the Bilingual Education Bibliographic Abstracts (BEBA) database provides a primary resource for research in this burgeoning area. The question is thus raised, how effective is BEBA in comparison with other databases such as ERIC, Exceptional Child Education Resources, Language and Language Behavior Abstracts, MLA Bibliography, National Institute for Mental Health, Psychological Abstracts, School Practices Information File, and Sociological Abstracts. This study attempts to investigate the differences among these databases and to provide the reader a better understanding of BEBA.
Five English‐Spanish/Spanish‐English Dictionaries
Authors: Miller Elizabeth G.
Published: February 2008

The dictionaries reviewed in this article are the Appleton's New Cuyas…, revised in 1972; Cassell's…, revised in 1978; Collins…, 1st edition in 1971; Diccionario moderno…Larousse, revised in 1976, and the Simon and Schuster's International…, 1st edition in 1973. These dictionaries, all presently in print in the United States, are one volume, table‐top or hand‐size dictionaries, each containing more than 1,000 pages.
George Washington Didn't Sleep Here, But You Can; A Guide to Alternative Accommodations Guidebooks
Authors: Keir Hinrich Linda
Published: February 2008

Those of us in our mid‐thirties can just barely remember the tourist homes, guesthouses, small hotels, and “mom and pop” tourist cabins which once dotted the two‐lane highways of this country, roads like Route 66 which spanned the country east to west and U.S. I which ran from Maine to Florida. However, aided by the developing interstate highway system, Holiday Inn, Best Western, and several other major chains spread themselves all over the landscape in the 1960s and 1970s and won a large part of the growing leisure and business travel dollar. Indeed, Holiday Inn's ubiquitous qualities were so thoroughly standardized that the company adopted the slogan, “The best surprise is no surprise.” The trouble is some people like to be surprised, especially if the surprise is a pleasant one. Until a few years ago, the traveler looking for a more interesting or cheaper accommodation than a typical chain motel had few guidebooks to choose from. Country Inns and Back Roads and Farm, Ranch and Country Vacations were about all that were available. Since the late 1970s, however, a steady stream of alternative accommodation books has appeared, and now any library faced with choosing guidebooks for the reference collection finds a bewildering number of them. In this review I will examine and evaluate what is available to guide the traveler to alternative accommodations in the United States and Canada. I'll look at bed and breakfast guides, guides to country inns, farm vacations, and college campus accommodations, but not camping guides.
Statistical Sources in Business and Economics
Authors: Heckman Lucy
Published: February 2008

“Where do I find the Consumer Price Index?” “What was last year's unemployment rate?” “How do I locate data on the number of 1979 cars sold?” The above questions are among a multitude that a reference librarian might be asked concerning business statistics. To find the answers to these questions, the librarian may use a variety of sources.
Business Directory Databases
Authors: Walker Mary Ann
Published: February 2008

Every reference librarian knows the frustration of being unable to find information requested on companies. Often, the information exists; but not every library can justify purchasing Dun's Industrial Guide: The Metalworking Directory ($550.00) or Principal International Businesses ($460.00) to answer an occasional patron question. Most of the printed business directories are prohibitively expensive — costing from $50.00 to nearly $800.00 each. Thus, only the largest public or research libraries can afford extensive holdings of such reference sources. Does that leave some patrons deprived of needed information? In the past, the answer has been yes. But, with the advent of computerized business directory databases, it is now possible for the patron to find information on obscure companies online.
American History Reference Sources, 1982–83
Authors: Barber Gary D. , Burroughs Carol
Published: February 2008

Judging from the titles in this year's survey, 1982/83 was the “Year of the Bibliography.” Wherein half of last year's reviews were bibliographies, almost three‐fourths of this year's are (11 out of 15): much of this can be attributed to the computer. The outstanding (and anachronistic) exception to this general truth is Beers' Bibliography, which was compiled laboriously by hand.
What's an Ubik? Science Fiction Reference Sources
Authors: Baumgartner Kurt O.
Published: February 2008

Science fiction is that demonic creature lurking in the depths of every human subconscious waiting for the chance to emerge and destroy, with ecstasy, mankind's literary taste. It condemns the reader to an endless array of spaceships, hyperdrive, alternate universes, and alien beings — the really fun things in life. Unfortunately, not all readers or critics hold this view. To many literary critics, science fiction is something to keep in the closet, ignore, and generally not discuss in front of frail women or young children.