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crl-15280	Swaim, Elizabeth	Katz, Bill. Cuneiform to Computer: A History of Reference Sources. Lanham, Md. & London: Scarecrow Pr. (History of the Book Series, no.4), 1998. 415p. $46, alk. paper (ISBN 0-8108-3290-9). LC 97‐7094.	1999	2	.pdf	application/pdf	1305	62	55	Each of the nine principal chapters covers “a basic refer­ ence form” categorized by the author as: encyclopedias; commonplace books to books of quotations; the reference of time: almanacs, calendars, chronologies, and March 1999 chronicles; ready-reference books: hand­ books and manuals; dictionaries, gram­ mar, and rhetoric; maps and travel guides; biography; bibliography, serials, and in­ dexes; and government documents. Katz emphasizes the period from Greco-Roman times to World War Two, and his stated purpose is “to give the lay reader and librarians a brief history of how reference books developed and how they reflect attitudes of their particular period of publication.”	cache/crl-15280.pdf	txt/crl-15280.txt