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General Sports Encyclopedias
Authors: Peele David
Published: February 2008

“The family you can depend on — all year long.” That was the lead on an ad for the Books in Print “family” of R.R. Bowker. The acquisitions/reference librarian interested in obtaining a sports encyclopedia could raise an eyebrow at the claim. Of the seven titles listed in the bibliography to this article, titles taken from the 1981–82 Subject Guide to Books in Print under the heading SPORTS — DICTIONARIES, three are actually not in print. The o.p. titles are included in the discussion below because many libraries may either have one or more of them on the shelves or because they still might be obtainable. All went out of print over the year just past, and they might be findable in an infrequently weeded bookstore or secondhand shop. But to further reduce the choice of the four still in print, one, the Encyclopaedia of Sport, while of historic interest (see the discussion of that title below), should not be consulted by anyone looking for up‐to‐date information.
Women Studies: A Reference Collection for Public Libraries
Authors: Stafford Beth
Published: February 2008

The past decade has seen an enormous amount of publication and research focusing on the concerns of women. As feminist scholarship expands, publication about women and women's issues will continue. So much has been produced that it is nearly impossible to keep abreast of it all. And it is equally difficult to adequately evaluate these publications. Because the literature on women now is so vast, a brief list of essential resources of interest to public libraries is needed. Rather than attempt to name many specific titles for a core circulating collection I have concentrated on very basic reference tools. Women's studies journals are not included. See Serials Review 5:4.
Drug Information Sources: For Academic and Public Libraries
Authors: Nies Elizabeth A.
Published: February 2008

The health movement that has been sweeping this country has given rise to increased consumer awareness of both prescription and nonprescription medications. One of several responses to this heightened interest has been a plethora of drug information publications aimed at the general public audience. Some of these publications became so popular they attained positions on the best‐seller list. At the same time books, such as the PDR, that had generally been available only to health professionals began to find their way into popular bookstores.
Film Studies: The Periodical Indexes
Authors: Fisher Kim N.
Published: February 2008

Interest in motion picture studies has grown rapidly over the past dozen years. A logical consequence of this interest has been the development of several retrospective and current indexes devoted to various aspects of film whether as an art form or as a business. Some of these sources have filled gaps in the field, while others, claiming to do so, have not. The computer also deserves some recognition fo: its role in the development of some of these publications. The 1970s have been a particularly active period in the publication of film studies indexes.
NFAIS: Focus for U.S. Secondary Services
Authors: Lynne Neufeld M.
Published: February 2008

The National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (NFAIS) is a non‐profit, private organization with a membership of approximately 47 organizations. Most of these are abstracting and indexing (A&I) services, also called secondary services, which provide bibliographic aids in the form of references, subject terms, and brief descriptions in order to identify, locate, and obtain access to published or unpublished documents or non‐bibliographic sources.
User‐Oriented Reference Service
Authors: McCoy W. Keith
Published: February 2008

About two years ago, when I took up my present duties, it was pointed out to me by the Assistant Director that when the telephone rang in the Reference Department, it was to be answered, “Good Morning, Information Desk!” This greeting (with variations according to the time of day) was even written into the library's policy and procedures manual. I, enthusiastic about the new job and the opportunity to be a dispenser of information, heartily agreed and willingly complied. Recently, however, I changed the policy and informed the department staff that they could start identifying themselves as the Reference Department or Desk, rather than as the Information Desk. As for me, I was changing to “Good Morning, Reference Department!”
Psychology: A Selective Interdisciplinary Guide
Authors: Perry Larry S.
Published: February 2008

Psychology, the scientific study of the mind and of behavior, has experienced a rapid professional growth during the past 30 years. The number of research articles published each year continues to multiply, attendance at professional meetings and conferences increases at an almost exponential rate, and students continue to enroll in psychology courses in large numbers.
JPRS And FBIS Translations: Polycentrism At The Reference Desk
Authors: Morton Bruce
Published: February 2008

This paper discusses the potential and responsibility of the Reference Librarian to contribute a polycentric perspective to information seekers. Because our society is essentially monolingual, library users and librarians alike tend to be ethnocentric in their retrieval and digestion of information. However, through the judicious use of foreign materials in English translation our monolingual society and the narrowness that it breeds could be remediated, if not overcome.
Reference Books, An Ever Present Help In Trouble
Authors: Neel Cheney Frances
Published: February 2008

I've always thought of a desert island as a desolate, lonely place, perhaps a last resting place, a spot I'd rather not be in Where there was not even a Man Friday to talk to. I think of it as a place one reaches by water, clinging to an insubstantial life raft, clutching a half‐empty water bottle, and finally touching foot to sand, more dead than alive. Why should I care about what reference books are in my water‐stained duffle bag?
International Information in U.S. Government Documents
Authors: Walsh Jim
Published: February 2008

The following selected, annotated listing of over 30 government titles and/or series provides basic, as well as detailed, information on foreign countries. The information contained in these documents is compiled by the U.S. government and, for the most part, is to be used by government employees in overseas' positions. The material, however, should be of use to travelers, tourists, businessmen, teachers, military personnel, or any individual who needs information about a foreign country. In addition to containing an abundance of information and statistics on foreign countries, these government documents provide other features that make them a valuable resource. These include:
My Desert Island Reference Collection
Authors: Pierson Robert
Published: February 2008

From the point of view of reference service, the crucial fact about my desert island is that I am its sole human resident: I am therefore the sole potential recipient of any service I may manage to create, hence the sole subject of whatever user study seems called for. One finding of the latter being, by the way, that I can meet my life‐survival needs simply by exploiting, thoughtlessly and effortlessly, my island's resources. Its climate is mild, it harbors nothing immediately or remotely dangerous to me, and it offers me a never failing and perfectly balanced diet.
Dictionary of American Biography
Authors: McCoy W. Keith
Published: February 2008

When discussing biographical works in the context of reference necessities, it is impossible to exclude the Dictionary of American Biography. Having already looked at Who's Who in America RSR 8 no. 4 (1980) and the National Cyclopedia of American Biography (RSR 9 no. 4 [1981]), it is appropriate that we review also what many librarians and scholars consider the essential source of information on famous Americans.
Public Access to Microcomputers: Thoughts From the North‐Pulaski Experience
Authors: Dewey Patrick R.
Published: February 2008

Of the 88 public libraries responding to one 1982 survey, twelve (or 13.6 percent) had at least one “public access” microcomputer and ten (or 11.4 percent) planned on getting one “in the very near future.” From all indications, things have escalated since then. Here in Illinois, the first public access “Users Group” for librarians was created. This phenomenon has been fueled by the belief that computers are becoming so commonplace that learning how to use them is almost as important as learning how to read and write.
Anthropology: Haas Revisited
Authors: Nelson Donnie R. , Perry Paula J.
Published: February 2008

In the October/December 1977 issue of Reference Services Review Marilyn Haas provided a superb review of the basic reference sources for the study of anthropology. Her review is by no means out of date, but enough new material had appeared since then to warrant the following supplement.
C.J.S. v. Am. Jur. 2d: Amici Librarii
Authors: Bradigan Pamela S.
Published: February 2008

With today's increase in litigation and consumerism, more and more people are going to public and academic libraries to research their legal questions and problems. Recent issues of Library Journal contain full‐page advertisements sponsored by a legal publisher. Two competitive general legal encyclopedias, American Jurisprudence Second and Corpus Juris Secundum, which are commonly referred to as Am. Jur. 2d and C.J.S., are excellent starting points for a search in the law. This article will discuss general legal encyclopedias and examine both of theabove mentioned encyclopedia sets.
Finding Homes for Children: The Process and the Literature
Authors: Feinberg Renee
Published: February 2008

Adoption literature now speaks with many voices. Federal and state agencies and local advocacy groups are enthusiastic supporters of adoptions, the basic belief being kids need homes. The bottleneck is the most conservative sector, the local agency. These are the agencies one deals with if planning to adopt a child. This brief essay attempts to give some perspective to the recent literature on adoption trends and practices. The numbers in parentheses refer to the entry numbers of titles in the bibliographic listing at the end of the article.
Nursing and Related Health Areas: Sources in U.S. Government Publications
Authors: Perry‐Holmes Claudia
Published: February 2008

Health‐related publications represent United States government publishing at its finest. But for a few major exceptions such as Index Medicus, many of these sources tend to be overlooked when ordering for the nursing reference collection, or lie buried in the Government Publications Depository collection, unknown and unused. Not only is the U.S. government the premier source for health statistics and indexes to the medical periodical literature, its agencies have also produced extensive bibliographies on health‐related topics and comprehensive treatises on disease. While prices of government publications have been on the increase in recent months and will undoubtedly continue to rise, in most cases they still compare favorably with the prices of trade publications.
Law and the Undergraduate
Authors: Nixon Judith M.
Published: February 2008

More and more students are majoring in business in colleges and universities today and need access to legal materials. Undergraduate libraries are feeling pressure from these departments to build basic legal collections. This is an awesome responsibility because legal publications are very expensive to purchase initially and must be kept up‐to‐date. Since library literature provides little guidance for the librarian in this endeavor, I would like to pass on to others the knowledge I have gained by building a legal collection in an undergraduate library.
Reference Serials
Authors: Quinlan Judith B. , Verne Winn La , Pandit Jyoti , Britton Sharon , Veitch Carol J. , Coven Brenda , Miller Gordon W. , Haynes Evelyn
Published: February 2008

This is my last column as editor of “Reference Serials.” All correspondence regarding this column should now be sent to the new editor: Virginia A. Gilbert, Editor, “Reference Serials,” Reference Services Review, 117 Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706.
Marooned, but Resourceful
Authors: Lang Jovian P.
Published: February 2008

Along with many librarians who pick up RSR, I turn to “Personal Choice” as the first article to read. It is always intriguing to learn others' choices and their reasons. Most of us probably never think that the question will be dropped into our own laps, so though we might disagree with others’ choices, we rarely think seriously of those we would make ourselves. Fortunately, James Rettig does give enough time for us to think about it, to try to come up with a different approach, to philosophize on a specific desert isle. “If you were stranded on a desert island and had to create a reference/information service with only ten sources, which ten would you choose?”
Search Helper: An Online Service for Undergraduates
Authors: Smith Rita H. , Phillips Linda L.
Published: February 2008

Online databases have become increasingly accessible to end users through the use of microcomputers. The quickly expanding family of end‐user databases and software support services reflects the diverse needs of end users. Two popular databases, Compu‐Serve and The Source, appeal to home and business users with direct access to such data as financial information, airline schedules, restaurant guides, weather news, and consumer tips. A related approach has been taken by DIALOG'S Knowledge Index and BRS/After Dark. Directed toward the home information consumer, these vendor services provide access to some 12 to 23 of their most frequently consulted online databases. Using simplified DIALOG and BRS search protocol, the microcomputer operator is charged a reduced fee by searching during evening and weekend hours. A third variation on end‐user searching exists in front‐end software programs such as OL'SAM, CAST and Userkit. These products allow the user to gain access to a variety of database vendors using a single search protocol; the user learns one set of commands which, through the mediation of the software, will work on several database systems. ISI's Sci‐Mate provides similar features.
R. Reginald: Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature
Authors: Watts Richard S.
Published: February 2008

Michael Burgess, the Associate Librarian who serves as the Chief Cataloger at California State College, San Bernardino, came to the attention of the library community on 11 October 1983, when he entered record number 10,000,000 into the OCLC database. However, writing under the pseudonymn of R. Reginald, which he has used since 1968, he has edited two major reference books published by Gale Research, among dozens of other published books and articles. R. Reginald also owns the Borgo Press, which specializes in current affairs bibliographies and science fiction, and which operates out of Burgess' San Bernardino home.
Drugs from the Sea: A Bibliography
Authors: Gleisner Dorothy S.
Published: February 2008

In case any of you are expecting a tale of mystery and intrigue on the high seas—complete with ships in hidden coves—I'm afraid I must disappoint you. MyDrugs from the Seastory is not so dramatic, although it has its excitement (since the potential is always there for discovering a miracle drug from life in the sea).
Copyright: Fair Use Under the Law
Authors: Koch Jean E.
Published: February 2008

In recent decades, the reproduction of copyrighted materials has become a subject of controversy, due in large part to the advent of photocopiers. Legislators, authors, publishers, educators, and librarians often differ in their interpretations of copyright law. In this article, Jean E. Koch explains the Copyright Revision Act of 1976 and illuminates the debate over its meaning.
Database Directories: Review and Recent Developments
Authors: Feldman Beverly
Published: February 2008

Directories of online databases vary in content and quality. Here, Beverly Feldman reviews nine publications, including comprehensive guides and basic introductions for users of home computers.
Performance Appraisal for Reference Librarians
Authors: Carter Tom
Published: February 2008

Given the variety of a reference librarian's duties, it is difficult to measure the quality of his or her performance. In this article, Tom Carter describes the employee evaluation procedure used at an academic library, and explains the principles on which the method is based.
Travel Guides
Authors: Lang Elizabeth
Published: February 2008

A variety of materials is available to assist those planning to travel for business or pleasure. Here, Elizabeth Lang evaluates 14 guides that address various areas of need and interest.
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and National Interest Lands: Some Major Resources
Authors: Hales David A. , Goniwiecha Mark C
Published: February 2008

The purpose of this article is to help acquaint librarians with some of the major resources that are available regarding the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the National Interest Lands.
The Central American Conflict: A Bibliography
Authors: Seitz Cathy
Published: February 2008

Until recently, most North Americans thought of Central America as the land of bananas and exotic vacations. Today, government, media, and public concern are focused on the region's instability and the United States' role in it. This “crisis” in Central America has generated a barrage of publications. Perhaps an appropriate title for this article would have been “Central America: Crisis in the Library.” The growing number of publications on Central America is matched by growing demand for them in both public and academic libraries. This bibliography will help librarians build an adequate and balanced collection on Central America without having to locate and examine each book.
Finding Information on Health Care Management: The Health Planning and Administration Database
Authors: Keller Sharon A.
Published: February 2008

To work in the field of health care management, one must have thorough knowledge of management principles, as well as a solid understanding of the health care system. To students and practitioners in this field, finding information for papers, research, or problem‐solving might appear to be a difficult task. The Health Planning and Administration database (HEALTH) offers a quick and efficient solution to this problem.
Ten Reference Books: A Selfish Selection for Survival
Authors: Patterson Charles D.
Published: February 2008

Thoughts of those situations I have been in that might find me on a deserted island quickly cross my mind and of these, one stands out as a genuine possibility. I was in the army. The adjustment to living openly in a barracks with one hundred or so other young men without an inch of privacy had not been easily made. Basic training in the infantry had kept me busy, on edge, and very tired; consequently, there was no time for reading or thinking. I was not supposed to think. When the long awaited and eagerly sought first “pass” was granted, I was content to get to a quiet place off the post and just stare into space, contemplating what the future might hold and, indeed, whether or not I would survive to have a future. I am forever grateful to Lucille Hatch who gave me permission to practice on the organ at the First Methodist Church in Santa Maria, California, and this I did on many occasions. I had been in the army only four months but this was sufficient time for me to have become thoroughly indoctrinated in the ways of making war. There had been the discipline, the lectures and training movies, the drills and maneuvers, the simulated games, the mock‐ups and the bivouacs. All were planned, designed, and executed to make me a killer in combat, and, if not killed, able to survive under the most adverse and difficult conditions in a land totally foreign to my way of thinking and living. I had had all of the necessary physical examinations and the required “shots” for travel outside the United States, and with “kill or be killed” ringing in my ears, I found myself en route overseas.
American Choral Music of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Reference Services
Authors: Low Jocelyn L.
Published: February 2008

American choral music of the present day reflects the variety of styles found in vocal and instrumental music throughout the Western world during the twentieth century. However, the majority of choral music is more conservative in form and tonality than is instrumental music, due probably to the heritage of American choral music. Approximately the first two hundred years of choral singing in America were based on religious texts and simple tunes. Choral music in America did not “flower” until the nineteenth century, when composers began to write in a variety of styles, using secular as well as sacred texts.
Newspaper Indexing Using WordStar and Personal Pearl
Authors: Knee Michael
Published: February 2008

In June 1983, the libraries of the State University of New York at Albany acquired an Osborne Executive I microcomputer through grant funds. To complete the system, additional money was committed that fall to the purchase of a Daisywriter 2000/1500 letter‐quality printer, and a Trantor Systems five‐megabyte hard disk. The Osborne was supplied with CP/M and p‐System operating systems, and three bundled software packages: WordStar, Personal Pearl, and SuperCalc.
Birth Defects: A Selected Bibliography
Authors: Friedman Ruth
Published: February 2008

The study of birth defects has increased in importance in recent years because the rate of infant mortality due to other causes (such as infection and nutritional disease) has decreased more quickly than has the rate of deaths due to birth defects. Today, abnormalities are detected in approximately 3 percent of newborn humans, and twice as many prenatally acquired defects are found in children after infancy as are discovered at birth. In addition, many of the more than 500,000 miscarriages and stillbirths that occur each year in the United States are due to abnormal fetal development.
May: Physical Fitness and Sports Month
Authors: Kinyon William R.
Published: February 2008

The tremendous growth in the number of people trying to improve their health has resulted in an increase in the number of publications on sports, nutrition, diet, and exercise. Listed below are works typical of the publications available.
November: National Epilepsy Month
Authors: Baker Vicki
Published: February 2008

Historically, epilepsy was attributed to non‐medical causes such as demonic possession, a gift from God, witchcraft, and mental illness. Only with the advent of the electroencephalogram (EEG) in the 1930s did the medical profession begin to document the neurological basis for the condition. Now a wide range of anticonvulsants allow most epileptics to maintain partial or total control over their seizures. Nevertheless, many epileptics routinely face discouraging social limitations, such as difficulty obtaining a driver's license, employment discrimination, problems with dating and marriage, restrictions on sports and activities, and the expense of medication.
National Clown Week: 1–7 August
Authors: Morris Karen T.
Published: February 2008

A television comic announces a satiric Golden Fleece Award for the faux pas of some government official. The San Diego Chicken hams it up in the stands of the baseball park. A Swiss mime troupe advertises the services of a communications corporation. All these may be more familiar to young people today than is a circus clown. These and other entertainers are all in the business of laughter and provide commentaries on current society.
National Human Rights Week: 10–17 December
Authors: Richer Linda
Published: February 2008

Human Rights Week, 10–17 December, occurs each year in the United States to highlight and emphasize international human rights issues. Human Rights Day, 10 December, is the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948. In the United States, a presidential proclamation created Human Rights Week, which names 10 December as Human Rights Day and 15 December as Bill of Rights Day. The Bill of Rights became a part of the United States Constitution on 15 December 1791.
City Planning Biography: Selected References
Authors: McMaster Jane
Published: February 2008

Interest in the origins and history of city planning in the United States has made it necessary to provide more information about biographical and reference sources on the subject. In tracing the evolution of American city planning, it is often necessary to identify individuals active, for the most part, during the period from 1900 to 1950, who are significant either for the roles they have played in the development of particular cities or regions, or for their advocacy of particular planning principles. Anthony Sutcliffe, who organized the first International Conference on the History of Urban and Regional Planning in 1977, points out the importance of city planning biography in his book, The History of Urban and Regional Planning; An Annotated Bibliography (1981). In the introduction to his chapter on individual planners, he notes the “great attraction of the biographical approach to planning historians” (139).
A Round of Bar Guides for Everyone!: A Comparative Review of Alcoholic Beverage Preparation Manuals
Authors: Ellen Huls Mary , Tyckoson David A.
Published: February 2008

The consumption of alcoholic beverages has been a social custom throughout the world since the beginning of recorded history. Various wines, beers, and liquors have been a part of almost every culture since ancient times. The modern cocktail originated in Elizabethan England and quickly spread throughout the world. And just as new experiments continually add to the variety of known alcoholic beverages, new books appear describing these drinks and the recipes required to mix them. From yesterday's mulled wine and cider to today's Mai Tai, Margarita, and Tequila Sunrise, bartenders and home party planners refer to these sources when making both traditional and exotic drink recipes. This review is a comparison of thirteen currently available commercial bar guides. While libraries have not traditionally collected in the bar guide genre, every library should have at least one in its collection for use as a reference source or for patrons to use in their homes.
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS): An Annotated Bibliography for Librarians
Authors: SantaVicca Edmund F.
Published: February 2008

The quantity and scope of the information that has materialized so far on the subject of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) has increased significantly since the first case of the syndrome in the United States was diagnosed in 1981. Initially, information could be found only in a few articles in the medical periodical literature or in a few newspapers. Gradually, more information appeared in health care, allied health, and other professional journals and periodicals. As the incidence of the syndrome increased, more newspapers and the mass market magazines and the electronic media began covering the syndrome, and both health care professionals and the general public found themselves presented with a steady stream of information, research, and education on the subject of AIDS.
Meeting the Challenge of Machine‐Readable Records: A State Archives Perspective
Authors: Hedstrom Margaret , Kowlowitz Alan
Published: February 2008

State government archivists confront special problems in selecting and making available machine‐readable records with enduring research value. Today no more than half a dozen state archives have addressed the issue of electronic records and only two or three states have even rudimentary programs for selecting and preserving electronic records. The National Archives of the United States and Canada provide models for some aspects of program development, but archival programs in states and smaller government entities also face unique problems.
Origins of Systematic Serials Control: Remembering Carolyn Ulrich
Authors: Patterson Charles D.
Published: February 2008

The January 1987 issue of Access, a quarterly update from R.R. Bowker Company, contains a brief article entitled “Ulrich's: A Prime Source in Any Format.” This short piece tells us that 1987 marked the silver anniversary of the founding of Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory and that we have good reason to celebrate. The reason is that Ulrich's, and its sister publications, Irregular Serials and Annuals and Bowker's Serials Database Update, are now available on CD‐ROM and known as Ulrich's Plus. The article states that “this electronic disc format offers high speed access, multiple search points and ease of use.” The article also informs us that data for Ulrich's are continuously revised and updated by no less than thirteen editors who have multilingual skills and whose combined efforts provide indepth profiles of seventy thousand serials and thirty‐five thousand irregulars published worldwide, that there are updates for more than sixty‐five thousand entries, and that there is a “descriptive analysis of the content and point of view of each publication.” And, finally, that all periodicals are subject indexed.
Native Language Dictionaries and Grammars of Alaska, Northern Canada, and Greenland
Authors: Goniwiecha Mark C. , Hales David A.
Published: February 2008

Americans have become increasingly interested in their ethnic heritage in recent years. Assimilated Euro‐Americans, whose ancestors arrived in the New World generations ago, are rediscovering their roots and are enrolling in foreign language classes, taking up folk dancing, learning ethnic cuisine, tracing their genealogical pedigrees, and returning to the religious traditions their parents may or may not have passed on to them. Now it's “in” to be ethnic.
Doing Business in the Caribbean
Authors: Harvell Tony A.
Published: February 2008

With the passage of the Caribbean Basin Initiative in 1983, there has been an increased interest in obtaining information useful to businesses considering expansion in the region. This selective guide to current sources addresses that interest.
Interactive Team Teaching of Government Documents Data Sources: A Case Study
Authors: Tims Betty J.
Published: February 2008

Over the years much has been written about integrated library instruction and its importance as a viable, effective method of bibliographic instruction. Indeed, a study by Judith Pask showed that eighty‐eight percent of the academic libraries surveyed were using integrated library instruction. There is, however, a form of integrated library instruction, team teaching, about which little has been written. For purposes of this paper, team teaching is defined as a team composed of a professional librarian and an academic faculty member teaching the same course. A review of the literature over the past two decades showed only one reference to team teaching. Porter, Lanning, and Warner discussed a team teaching experience in which a chemistry professor and librarian alternately lectured in a one‐hour credit course with one instructor present at a time in the classroom. However, there is a type of team teaching, which this author has designated as interactive team teaching, to which no references in the literature were found. Interactive team teaching is defined as two instructors from different disciplines in the classroom at the same time. A case study of interactive team teaching follows.
Book Webbing Using Children's Literature: A Selective Guide
Authors: Nordstrom Virginia , Clayton Victoria
Published: February 2008

The value of allowing children to experience frequently the sheer pleasure of good children's literature has long been acknowledged. For at least the past twenty‐five years, educational researchers and faculty members in schools of education and library science have advocated the use of children's literature in the elementary school curriculum.
Concept and Reality: Managing Pikes Peak Library District's Community Resource and Information System
Authors: Alexis Malyshev Nina
Published: February 2008

In 1988, Pikes Peak Library District (PPLD) celebrated the twelfth anniversary of its automated community information system. This vast local resource represents over 10,000 records of local information contained in eight public databases. The last twelve years have marked a period of intensive systems' development and maintenance, and afforded little occasion for reflection. This anniversary has presented PPLD with a twofold opportunity: to analyze the status of the files within the library's service plan and to chart their future direction.
Reference Serials: An Index
Authors: Berman Joan
Published: February 2008

When I began as column editor for “Reference Serials” I experienced an immediate need for a cumulative index to titles reviewed in this column over the years. An expeditious solution to the question of whether a particular title had been reviewed previously in RSR was a search of Book Review Index on DIALOG. In the process of this searching, I discovered that BRI's indexing of RSR was more complete than RSR's self indexing and, of course, BRI's indexing online is cumulative while RSR has no cumulative indexes. Both index options had an additional problem: each included references to all the titles mentioned in the various columns of RSR regardless of whether the reference was actually to an extensive review or simply to an unannotated listing of the title.
Teaching Only the Essentials‐The Thirty‐Minute Stand
Authors: Engeldinger Eugene A.
Published: February 2008

The one‐shot library lecture is a common approach to teaching library skills and one that is universally lamented by instruction librarians as insufficient. We all know there is far more students should know about library research than can be covered in one or two sessions. However, for many of us fifty minutes is about all we can persuade most teachers to share from their already over‐crowded syllabuses. One may well ask how a thirty‐minute stand may be adequate when even the traditional fifty‐minute stand has always seemed inadequate. But at the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire, we have developed a model of instruction that works and has universal applications. Not only will the approach work at other institutions, it will work for most, if not all, disciplines. This approach consists of a thirty‐minute lecture followed by a twenty‐minute exercise.
Augusto César Sandino, 1895–1934
Authors: Neugebauer Rhonda L.
Published: February 2008

On 1 January 1929, Augusto César Sandino wrote his now famous declaration that aptly summarizes both the Sandino and the Frente Sandinista de Liberatión Nacional (FSLN, the Sandinista National Liberation Front) positions on the issue of foreign domination. He issued the statement in response to a letter from the officer commanding American forces in Nicaragua, Admiral D. F. Sellers. When Sellers suggested that Sandino's resistance would serve “no useful purpose,” Sandino replied:
May I Introduce You: Teaching Culturally Diverse End‐Users Through Everyday Information Seeking Experiences
Authors: Huston Mary M.
Published: February 2008

“A generational shift…is just now beginning to unfold” as libraries convert, individually and collectively, into online public access utilities. Adopting an online public access catalog (OPAC) is increasingly signaling the subsequent provision of other electronic technologies that can be used directly by library patrons. Other bibliographic databases are typically added first, followed by numeric, statistical, and graphic databases. The library is becoming, in essence, a local online information utility.
Honoring Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953): A Centennial Review of Literature
Authors: Meyer Evelyn S.
Published: February 2008

When Eugene O'Neill died, theatre critic Brooks Atkinson said of him, “A giant writer has dropped off the earth….He shook up the drama as well as audiences and helped to transform the theatre into an art seriously related to life.” (New York Times, 30 December 1953).
Marketing Library and Information Services: An Annotated Guide to Recent Trends and Developments
Authors: Gene Norman O.
Published: February 2008

In the spring of 1982, I published an article in Reference Services Review on marketing libraries and information services. The article covered available literature on that topic from 1970 through part of 1981, the time period immediately following Kotler and Levy's significant and frequently cited article in the January 1969 issue of the Journal of Marketing, which was first to suggest the idea of marketing nonprofit organizations. The article published here is intended to update the earlier work in RSR and will cover the literature of marketing public, academic, special, and school libraries from 1982 to the present.
A Quick Guide to Finding United States Supreme Court Cases
Authors: Ohles Judith K.
Published: February 2008

“I need to find five Supreme Court cases dealing with civil rights between the years 1900–1950.” “Can you help me find information about Plessy vs. Ferguson?” These are just a few examples of the many questions I've received about Supreme Court cases. Any reference librarian at an academic institution without a law library will recognize the frustration many librarians experience when confronted with these questions. Until we become familiar with legal reference books and legal citations, we may feel that serendipity is the only way to find Supreme Court cases. A librarian may fumble through many volumes of legal materials, hoping the patron has a correct date, case name, or citation; or, for that matter, that they even have a case name or citation.
CD‐ROM Implementation: A Reference Staff Takes Charge
Authors: Bonta Bruce , Kalin Sally
Published: February 2008

A mouse hiding in the reference desk at Penn State's library nearly four years ago would have had an earful: “I can't STAND having those patrons crowded all over the reference desk!” “What do you mean, ‘re‐boot’? What the heck is that?” “I don't know how to change paper and ink jets—that's not our job!” While these quotes are approximations, the irritation library staff felt with what they saw as the invasion of unfamiliar technology was very real—and is still remembered.
Teaching Reprint File Management: Basic Principles and Software Programs
Authors: Wood Elizabeth H.
Published: February 2008

During the past three‐and‐a‐half years, over 150 faculty members, researchers, and support staff at the University of Southern California (USC) Health Sciences Campus have attended a three‐hour workshop, developed and written by myself, on reprint file management. The workshop is offered bimonthly as part of a teaching program in bibliographic management and computer literacy that has been developed by the library. The program as a whole includes:
California: Its Businesses, Industries, Economies, and Public Policies
Authors: Hanne Daniel
Published: February 2008

Economic and political commentators in the popular media have become fond of describing California as if it were a separate country or a “nation state.” Legally, of course, California is no more a nation than any other state in the United States. Even so, when considering the global economic impact of the “Golden State,” there are several reasons why it is convenient and instructive to look at California as a separate entity.
Motion Pictures: An Update Survey of Reference Sources, 1982–1988
Authors: Block Eleanor S.
Published: February 2008

The emphasis of this survey is on motion picture reference material that has been published since 1982. This update does not, for the most part, include titles covered in a prior RSR article (1:4; 1983), written by myself, or in an even earlier article by Leslie Kane (7:1; 1979). In those few instances where titles that have appeared in the earlier RSR film surveys are discussed, it is because they now have a new subject emphasis.
A Guide to Nature‐Study Manuals
Authors: Clewis Beth
Published: February 2008

In 1984–85, Reference Services Review published a series of review articles on field guides for wildflowers (Potts), birds (Klaas), trees (Kinch), and insects (Chiang). A glance at Books in Print indicates the number of new field guides appearing since that time. Rather than evaluate a new crop of highly focused field guides, the present essay examines a related kind of nature guide, the nature‐study manual. For the purposes of this essay, the nature‐study manual is defined as a guide that encourages investigation of the natural world, rather than offering facts and identifications. To be a nature‐study manual, a book must offer tools and techniques for identification (often through field guides), observation, recordkeeping, and often collection of specimens and experimentation. Books of narrative natural history and essays on a particular observer's experiences are thus excluded. The nature‐study manual's unique role is to instruct readers in how to observe and study nature for themselves, whether close to home or in far‐flung regions.
American History Reference Sources, 1986–1987
Authors: Barber Gary D. , Burroughs Hammond Carol
Published: February 2008

It has been two years since our “current” survey last appeared (RSR, Summer 1987). In that survey, we covered 1985 publications. For the sake of continuity, this new survey looks at 28 titles from 1986 and 14 from 1987. All of them are still listed in Books in Print.
Newspaper Indexing with Microcomputers: The Washington State Experience
Authors: Nelson David W.
Published: February 2008

The value of newspaper indexes in libraries is a topic that few public services librarians would be willing to debate on the negative team. Most large and mid‐size libraries, and many small ones, subscribe to indexes of major dailies such as the New York Times or the Christian Science Monitor. Recent advances in computer technology have not only made these indexes more efficient to publish, but have also made online access to full‐text newspaper databases possible. However, access to the contents of local or regional newspapers is often more important to the typical library user than indexed information carried in the national press, with the possible exception of Dave Barry's column.
New Technologies for Information Retrieval: A Three‐Credit Course for Undergraduates at Salem State College
Authors: Dennis Nancy
Published: February 2008

In the Spring 1989 semester, the Interdisciplinary Studies Department of Salem State College first offered New Technologies for Information Retrieval. This three‐credit course provides an introduction to automated searching tools available to students directly at home or indirectly through libraries and colleges. Database searching, CD‐ROM, interactive videodisks, bulletin boards, electronic mail, and online catalogs are among the technologies discussed. This article will elaborate on the rationale, goals, development, execution, and outcomes of the course, and relate them to current discussions on the importance of expanding “information literacy” for students.
Reference Sources Describing and Summarizing the Federal Budget
Authors: Herman Edward
Published: February 2008

Federal budget problems have been significant national issues throughout the 1980s. One can hardly read a newspaper or listen to the broadcast media without reference to budget‐related topics. Public opinion supports this concern. Seventy‐six percent of those responding to a Gallup Poll taken prior to the 1988 presidential election indicated they consider reduction of the budget deficit the new administration's top priority. An additional 21 percent believed it should be a medium priority. A second poll taken in late January 1989 found that 59 percent of the respondents favored a constitutional amendment that would require Washington to balance the budget. In 1985, the figure was only 49 percent.
The Anthropology of Environmental Decline: Part 1 Historical aspects of Anthropogenic Ecological Degradation
Authors: Weiskel Timothy C. , Gray Richard A.
Published: February 2008

Current news on environmental problems frequently emphasizes the totally unprecedented nature of the ecological crises that beset us in this nation and the Western world as a whole. We are told, for example, that the summer of 1988 constituted “the hottest summer on record” in North America. Similarly we hear mat Boston Harbor has never in its history been so polluted, and in European waters seal populations died of an epidemic in 1988 on a scale never before witnessed by man. By stressing this “never before” aspect of events, it is sometimes argued mat the experience of the past is largely irrelevant for policy planners. Since our circumstances are new, so the argument runs, past experience leaves us with little or no instruction for the formulation of a practical public policy for the environment.
Gardening books for a public library reference collection
Authors: Evans Janet
Published: February 2008

Summer is here. Not only have you noticed that the dogwood and irises are in bloom, but you've also tracked the barrage of garden and lawn‐related questions of the past few months:
Serials information on CD‐ROM: A reference perspective
Authors: Karch Linda S.
Published: February 2008

Since its introduction as a library resource in 1984, the use of CD‐ROM technology has proliferated. With ongoing enhancements and a multitude of vendors offering their products on CD‐ROM, this technology is making an impact on the provision of many types of library services. Two major suppliers of serials information have now jumped on the CD‐ROM bandwagon. Beginning in 1987, the entire databases of Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory and Ulrich's Irregular Serials and Annuals have been available on CD‐ROM as Ulrich's PLUS. In 1988, EBSCO introduced the CD‐ROM version of its printed source of serials information, The Serials Directory. This study examines implications for the use of these periodical directories as reference tools and presents a comparison of the two systems.
Standard generalized markup language: Why reference librarians should care
Authors: Kiser Betsy N.
Published: February 2008

All of us in the library community are familiar with the impact of the MARC (machine‐readable cataloging) record on library operations. Whether we specialize in administrative, systems, public, or technical services, we recognize the MARC record as a standard data storage format that has made it easier to produce, store, and retrieve data. Few disagree that widespread adoption of the MARC record has enabled libraries to realize the full benefits of automation.
Technostress: Surviving a database crash
Authors: Dobb Linda S.
Published: February 2008

We have all had experience with the stress caused by an increase in library technology—CD‐ROMs with different user interfaces, online catalogs with different command structures than our CD‐ROMs, and still different protocols for accessing remote databases. Yet, can you imagine the stress that can result from a crash of a local bibliographic and circulation database? I can—because it happened to me.
The underground press of the Vietnam era: An annotated bibliography
Authors: Zald Anne E. , Seitz Whitaker Cathy
Published: February 2008

Despite the title of this bibliography, there was not a truly underground press in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. The phrase is amisnomer, reputedly coined on the spur of the moment in 1966 by Thomas Forcade when asked to describe the newly established news service, Underground Press Syndicate, of which he was an active member. The papers mentioned in this bibliography, except for the publications of the Weather Underground, were not published by secretive, covert organizations. Freedom of the press and of expression is protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution, although often only symbolically as the experience of the undergrounds will show, and most of the publications that fall into the “underground” described herein maintained public offices, contracted with commercial printers, and often used the U.S. Postal Service to distribute their publications.