Reference Services Review: Volume 10 Issue 3

If I Had to Choose

Charles A. Bunge

When Jim Rettig asked me to reply to the question, “If you were stranded on a desert island and had to create a reference/information service with only ten sources, which ten…

Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians: From George Grove to the “New Grove”

Peggy Daub

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians has been on the shelf for two years now, and the pride and excitement I felt when it first appeared, due to my small contributions…

Reference Sources in Photography

Eleanor S. Block

While the spread of mass media culture in the United States has often been measured in terms of the number of television sets in each home, the camera and the photograph have been…

Reference Sources in Biology

Elisabeth B. Davis

There have been several developments during the past year that will aid biologists in their constant battle to keep up with the scientific and technical literature. The Institute…

American History Reference Sources

Gary D. Barber, Carol Burroughs

While few college students are majoring in history today, perhaps the field is not as close to extinction as some people fear. Professional historians continue to delve into…

Political Science Reference Sources

Jean Herold

According to statistical reports, most of the national electorate is not sufficiently interested in politics to bother voting for candidates for public office. This indifference…

Where In the Dickens Is Gad's Hill? Or, A Comparative Review of Literary Guides to Britain

Linda Keir Hinrichs

Whether poet, novelist, or essayist, a writer is influenced by his past — his family, associates, and the places where he has lived. In English literature even if we limit…

General Sports Encyclopedias

David Peele

“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…

Printed Sources for American Weather Records

Jim Segesta

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.

Reference Materials for the Disabled

Elizabeth Lane, James Lane

A library user, who was in a wheelchair, mentioned recently that she had no idea how libraries are organized Or the amount of resources available in them. She explained that until…

Work Related Abstracts

Judith K. Mowery

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…

Business Index

Mel Westerman

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…

Trade Journals: Sources of Petroleum‐Related Information

A.A. Antony, H.D. Gholston

There is no need to elaborate on the key position that petroleum has in our lives today. Everyone who reads this article is aware that it is the most important raw material energy…

Bibliographic instruction

I am waiting to hear from anyone reading this column to share his/her reactions or comments on bibliographic instruction. Meanwhile, I would like to share my thoughts and…

Government Publications

Ramon H. Myers, John W. Ratcliffe

[Documents librarians regularly alert patrons to the vagaries of the seemingly infinite variety of statistics available in the publications of international governmental agencies…

Reference Serials

Judith B. Quinlan, Bessie Carrington, Carol J. Veitch, Mary McBryde Mintz, Brenda Coven, Cordelia W. Swinton

Serials constitute the largest portion of the reference collection budget. Rapidly increasing prices and new titles compound the problem of finding adequate funds. Many libraries…