Reference Services Review: Volume 21 Issue 2

OCLC's firstsearch: A reference tool still evolving

Claire‐Lise Bénaud, Sever Bordeianu

OCLC entered the 1990s with a bold marketing move, signalling its expansion beyond the traditional library world and into the competitive end‐user market, with the introduction of…

New sources on grants and grant writing

Helen M. Gothberg, Edith H. Ferrell

It is obvious to many librarians that requests for information on funding sources are increasing in most types of libraries. Public support programs are dwindling, and corporate…

The golden age of radio and television programming: A guide to reference sources

Eleanor S. Block

Many individuals experience a sense of déjà vu when smelling a particular scent in the air or on hearing a name or words from the past. At times even the faintest scent or sound…

State lists of endangered, threatened, or rare species: An exploration of the literature

Rebecca L. Gardner, Ellen Calhoun, Jeanne E. Boyle

In 1990 we compiled an annotated bibliography of official state lists of endangered, threatened, and rare species. In gathering information for that bibliography, which appeared…

Computer technology in eastern European countries and the former Soviet Union: An interpretative bibliography

Maria Anna Jankowska

Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States are going through deep and dramatic changes and are entering a new era. The development of high‐technology industries is…

The dictionary of Canadian biography: A major bicultural source

Claire England

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography (called the DCB; see sidebar 1) is a companion to Britain's Dictionary of National Biography and America's Dictionary of American Biography…

Rap music and its political connections: An annotated bibliography

Robert M. Cleary

Rap music subordinates music to language. It is this emphasis on language that can make rap a vehicle for many ideas, if that is the rapper's intention. Playthell Benjamin, former…

Basic legal resources: Making sense of the literature of the law

Kathleen A. Lance

We have all heard about the exponential growth in government during the past decade. What the media do not point out is the concomitant growth in the body of laws, rules, and…