College and Research Libraries Selected Reference ·Books of 1986-87 Eileen Mcilvaine his article follows the pattern set by the semiannual series ini- tiated by the late Constance M. Winchell more than thirty years ago and continued by Eugene P. Sheehy. Although it appears under a byline, the list is a project of the reference department of Columbia University Libraries, and notes are signed with the initials of the in- dividual staff members. 1 Since the purpose of the list is to present a selection of recent scholarly and general works of interest to reference workers in university libraries, it does not pretend to be either well balanced or comprehensive. A brief roundup of new editions of stan- dard works is provided at the end of the article. Code numbers (such as AD540, CJ331) have been used to refer to titles in Guide to Reference Books. 2 DICTIONARIES Byrne, Mary. Eureka! A Dictionary of Latin and Greek Elements in English Words. Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1987. 224p. £7.95 (ISBN 0-7153-8831-2). Etymological enthusiasts will enjoy browsing through this dictionary of Greek and Latin word stems, prefixes, and suf- fixes which have passed into English us- age. The author has compiled over 1,000 Latin or Greek words or word elements and given examples of English words de- rived from them with explanatory defini- tions of the English adaptations and dis- tortions of the original word's meaning. While these entries are not meant to be ex- haustive, some are quite lengthy, such as the crooked path taken by the Latin verb sal ire, "to leap," which gives to English insult, exult, and resilient but also desul- tory, "a leaper down, i.e. like a vaulter, jumping from one thing to another,'' and salient. Byrne states that, ''The main aim of this book is to make accessible to those who have never studied Latin or Greek . . . some of the linguistic knowledge and pleasure that actually having learned the languages used to impart to large num- bers of people" (pre£.). For many years, students in required "classical civiliza- tion" courses have had Donald M. Ayres' Latin and Greek Elements in English Words as their sole introduction to the glory that was Greece, etc. While Ayres' is a text- book, Eureka! is an interesting addition to the reference shelf and provides a charm- ing mirror-image to standard etymological dictionaries.-B. J. Names & Nicknames of Places and Things. Ed. by Laurance Urdang. Boston: Hall, 1987. 327p. $39.95 (ISBN 0-8161-8780-0). LC 86-25675. This volume is exactly what its title im- plies: an alphabetical listing of Names & Nicknames of Places & Things from '' AAA, the'' (Agricultural Adjustment Adminis- 1. Butler reference: Mary Cargill, Beth Juhl, Anita Lowry, Kirk Moll, Louise Sherby, Sarah Spurgin, Junko Stuveras, Perry Willett; Lehman Library: Jerry Breeze, Diane Goon, Wiliarn Middleton; sci- ence libraries: Kim Banks. 2. Eugene P. Sheehy, Guide to Reference Books, lOth ed. (Chicago: American Library Assn., 1986). 57 ~------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 58 College & Research Libraries tration) to "Zululand." Most entries are brief (one to two sentences) with a few as long as two pages (e.g., "West Side"). Not meant to be comprehensive, the vol- ume attempts to include those names that might be considered "universal, or, at least, important.'' Emphasis is on Ameri- can and Western European names. The geographic and subject index make it par- ticularly useful.-L.S.S. INDEXES Brodart Automation. Le Pac Monthly Cata- log Version 4. 9. Williamsport, Pa.: Bro- dart, 1976-present. One disk, updated and cumulated bimonthly. $2,500 per year. Brodart Automation, using the Govern- ment Printing Office's tapes, has created a CD-ROM version of the Monthly Catalog of the United States Government Publications. The disk includes all entries from 1976 to the present, and cumulative updates are issued every two months. The system runs on an IBM PC or clone, or on the Brodart-supplied equivalent, which in- cludes an internal CD-ROM drive and a dedicated keyboard with labelled function keys to facilitate searching. Users may search in either the dictio- nary or the expert mode. In the dictionary mode, searchers use the function keys to select either authors, titles, or subjects for searching. They then scroll through and select from a series of progressively nar- . rowing headings, choosing the items al- phabetically closest to the one desired. In the expert mode, the searcher can enter any combination of author, title, subject, · or word appearing anywhere in the rec- ord. The expert mode does allow for the use of Boolean operators, and truncation is promised for the 5.0 version. Proce- dures in both modes are simple and quickly mastered. Citations have all the information pro- vided in the printed Monthly Catalog, in- cluding the Superintendent of Documents number and the Monthly Catalog number. Problems with the quality of some of the records have been attributed to the origi- nal GPO tapes, and Brodart has actively sought to correct errors as they are discovered.-W.M. January 1988 Psyclit on CD-Rom. Wellesley Hills, Mass.: SilverPlatter, 1987-present. One disk, updated and cumulated quarterly. $4,000 annually. Psyclit on CD-ROM is the latest product of the American Psychological Associa- tion's effort to provide bibliographic ac- cess to the literature of psychology. Like the printed index Psychological Abstracts (APA, 1927- ; Guide CD69) and the online database Psyclnfo (ABA, 1967- ), Psyclit contains citations and abstracts for journal articles in all areas of psychology published in any language. However, Psy- clit differs in several respects from its print and online counterparts: for example, the CD-ROM's retrospective coverage ex- tends only back to 1974, and it does not in- clude dissertations or technical reports. (Only the online database Psyclnfo in- cludes these document types, as well as articles.) The search software provided by Silver- Platter, Inc., brings the power of online searching techniques like Boolean opera- tors and full-text searching of all fields in the records (including the abstracts) to the users of Psyclit in a command mode for searching. As a result, students are eager to search the system, find it easier to use than the printed indexes, and search it successfully for a wide variety of subjects. However, Psyclit is not completely self- explanatory, and the manual is too cum- bersome to answer simple questions quickly; therefore, users generally need some assistance with basic functions, e.g., through a quick reference sheet, marking the important keys with their functions, end-user searching classes. Psyclit requires an 1MB PC or compatible microcomputer with a minimum of 512K RAM, at least one floppy disk drive, and DOS 2.1 or higher; it can run on a Hitachi, Philips, or Sony CD-ROM drive. The an- nual subscription price, while steep, in- cludes the CD-ROM and quarterly cumu- lative updates, search software, documentation, and free telephone 'hotline' support for this valuable new searching tool.-K.B. Public Affairs Information Service. PAIS on CD-Rom. Version 1.0. New York: PAIS, 1972-present. One disk, updated and cumulated quarterly. $1,795 per year. PAIS, with technical assistance from Online Computer Systems, has issued the initial disk in its new CD-ROM format. The disk includes all entries from the PAIS Bulletin and PAIS Foreign Language Index from 1972 to 1986, a total of over 250,000 records. The two indexes (Guide CA33, CA35) offer selective indexing to journals, documents, pamphlets, agency reports, books focusing on economic and social conditions and, as such, are major refer- ence tools. The system requires an IBM PC or equivalent with 512 K RAM of memory and runs on MS DOS issue 3.1 or later. It is compatible with any CD-ROM drive con- forming to the High Sierra Standard. The search software is extremely power- ful and the database is excellent; searches can be matched to the level of the search- er's expertise and to the complexity of the query. Because the help screens are not contextual and many of the system's pro- tocols are neither obvious nor intuitive, the manual is indispensable for searching. The 76-page manual, however, is unclear or inaccurate in such areas as printing, downloading, or how best to search for an author; moreover, it lacks an index. The table of contents, however, is very de- tailed. Users can proceed in one of three modes: Browse, Novice Search, and Ex- pert Search. In the Browse mode users se- lect the field to be searched from a menu and then type in the query. The search term will be displayed with neighboring terms, together with the number of rec- ords for each. Users can scroll through this list, selecting items for searching as they go. In the Novice Search mode the user has a longer menu of searchable fields, but the list of neighboring terms no longer ap- pears. In the Expert Search mode the user types in a two-letter mnemonic code for the field being searched. The directness of the Expert Mode makes it the easiest of all modes to learn and use. Truncation and Boolean operations are possible in each of these modes, and the ability to limit searches by language and by year of publi- cation is particularly useful. In all modes, search results are posted Selected Reference Books 59 first in a list of single-line citations ar- ranged in reverse chronological order. Full citations, available in several formats, are selected from this list. Both brief and full citations can be printed or downloaded onto a floppy disk. For libraries for whom PAIS is an essen- tial reference tool, PAIS on CD-Rom offers distinct advantages: the cumulation of years and both indexes, the ability to use online search techniques, and more exten- sive access to the PAIS indexes. The com- pany is very supportive through its toll- free number, but one hopes to see more documentation produced, especially for installing the system or for quick reference sheets and keyboard templates for the users.-W.M. RELIGION The Edward Deming Andrews Memorial Shaker Collection. Comp. by E. Richard McKinstry. New York: Garland, 1987. 357p. $67 (ISBN 0-8240-9430-1). LC 87- 2882. This is a well-produced catalog of the major collection of Shaker materials at the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Mu- seum in Winterthur, Delaware. The bibli- ography has five major divisions: printed material-including bibliographic descrip- tions of 468 items written or published by the Shakers and 246 secondary works (both arranged by author); manuscript material-including descriptions of 497 in- dividual manuscripts or collections of let- ters or related manuscripts (arranged un- der 16 subject headings); photographic material-a brief bibliographic essay de- scribing the kinds of photographs in this collection of some 1400 photographic items; artifacts-an essay describing the kinds of artifacts (mostly labels, seed packets, containers, household items, and paintings); Andrews archives-an essay describing the Edward and Faith Andrews manuscript materials which include re- search notes, correspondence, book and article manuscripts, slides, sound record- ings, and clippings. The bibliographic citations in the first two sections of McKinstry's work contain basic information concerning author, full title, place and date of publication, pagi- 60 College & Research Libraries nation, and height. Brief content and pub- lication notes are included when appro- priate. References are given to standard bibliographies (most importantly to Mary Richmond's major bibliography, Shaker Literature, Guide BB409). The catalog in- cludes an author-title-subject index, al- though the subject index is somewhat brief. While the section on printed litera- ture is important (some of the items are not listed in Richmond at all and many of the items listed in Richmond don't include the Winterthur location), the section on manuscript listings is invaluable. The sub- ject sections, such as "Organizational Structure and Doctrine" or "Relations Among Shaker Communities,'' provide easy access to the materials. This excellent guide to an important re- search collection of Shaker materials is also a useful reference tool.-K.M. Guide to Schools and Departments of Religion and Seminaries in the United States and Canada: Degree Programs in Religious Studies. Comp . by Modoc Press. New York: Macmillan, [1987]. 736p. $90 (ISBN 0-02-921650-8). LC 86-21751. This very useful directory and guide to academic programs in religious studies in the United States and Canada is arranged alphabetically by state (including Puerto Rico), and then by Canadian province. It includes an index by religious denomina- tion and by institution name. A typical en- try includes a general description of the programs offered in religious studies with details concerning specific degree pro- grams; a brief description of the parent in- stitution and of the community environ- ment; details of the school's religious affiliations and accreditation; statistics concerning student enrollment, faculty, degrees awarded, and tuition; and other particulars including admission require- ments, financial aid, housing, library facil- ities, and religious activities. The great strength of this guide is its comprehensive scope. It attempts to in- clude all types of schools, from small Bible colleges to major research institutions. It includes schools accredited by standard regional accrediting bodies as well as by the two national accrediting agencies in January 1988 religion: the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and the American Association of Bible Colleges. One factor that must be kept in mind when using this guide is that the entries have been compiled largely from ques- tionnaires filled out by the institutions. The entires often read quite a bit like col- lege catalog descriptions, tending to paint a rather rosy picture. Also, if this guide is going to continue to be useful, it must be updated regularly . Finally, it might be im- proved by the addition of a table clearly listing the degrees offered by the schools, so that, for example, one might quickly know which schools in a given state offer a degree program in religion.-K.M. SOCIAL SCIENCE The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Insti- tutions. Ed. by Vernon Bogdanor. Ox- ford and New York: Blackwell, [1987]. 667p. $65 (ISBN 0-631-13841-2). LC 87- 6571. The purpose and scope of this volume are set forth with admirable brevity in the editor's introduction: '' ... to provide a succinct guide to the central concepts used in the study of political institutions of ad- vanced industrial societies, the principal political organizations and movements in these societies, and the main types of po- litical community. It includes entries on leading political scientists of the past, but excludes political scientists still living and items relating to particular events or places on which information is easily available elsewhere. Also excluded are en- tries relating either to international rela- tions or to purely local matters .... it is hoped that this volume will prove comple- mentary to the Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought'' (pre£.). Vernon Bogdanor, editor and Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, has collabo- rated in this effort with 247 contributors from thirteen countries, the majority of whom are British academics. The British emphasis is clear from the abundant use of British definitions and examples (see es- pecially the article "Bill"), and the British spellings ("centre party," for example). _ The American user may be bemused by the qualifier on the articles on ''political action committee (United States)" or "Whig:US," as opposed to the article on "Whigs and Tories," with its exclusively British orientation. There are, however, numerous articles on foreign terms such as caudillo, Gauleiter, informateur, and no- menklatura. Articles are signed and range in length from a half-column to about four pages. Most have brief bibliographies: multi-lingual, up-to-date, and citing books, articles, and government docu- ments (mostly British). Cross-references are provided within articles and in an in- dex, which indicates major articles, minor articles, and brief references on particular topics. The library that purchases this and the Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought will find interesting comparisons between the two (see also the review of BEPT, be- low). When an article on the same topic appears in both volumes, that in the BEPT is likely to be longer and deal with the his- tory and typology of the term in political thought; whe.reas the treatment in BEPI is likely to be briefer and focus on the bear- ing of the term on specific, modern, West- ern political institutions. Biographical arti- cles are much more prevalent, and again, longer in BEPT (for example, the article on Edmund Burke in BEPI is one column long and deals with his analysis of the party; that in BEPT is seven columns long and fo- cuses on his contributions to conserva- tism). Only BEPT indicates which bio- graphical works are of major importance by typographical marks. It is recom- mended that an academic library purchase both volumes, since the amount of over- lap is minimal and the different treat- ments are interesting, and both volumes exhibit high standards of scholarship and production.-D.K. G. Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought. Ed. by David Miller. Oxford and New York: Blackwell, 1987. 570p. $52.50 (ISBN 0-631-14011-5). LC 86-29972. This encyclopedia attempts to be a "reli- able guide to the major ideas and doc- trines that influence the contemporary world, [and to] outline the thought of Selected Reference Books 61 leading political theorists, past and present" (pre£.). It is a companion to the Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Institu- tions (see above). The majority of entries in the encyclopedia concern individual theo- rists and their writings. Those entries for personal names cover the historical con- text of the theorist, development of his/her thought, and a critical evaluation of the theorist's work. The theorists and authors analyzed by the editors include those normally associated with political or economic theory, such as Rousseau, Marx, Hume, and Smith, but also in- cluded are authors whose writings are not primarily political in scope, such as Dante, Freud, and Heidegger, with a focus on the political significance of their work. The editor has included entries for terms such as constitutionalism or idealism, along with articles covering the national political development of countries such as Greece or China. The articles include bibliogra- phies to secondary literature, cross- references to related articles, and are signed.-P. W. Brassey's Soviet and Communist Quotations. Comp. and ed. by Albert L. Weeks. Washington: Pergamon-Brassey' s, 1987. 387p. $50 (ISBN 0-08-034488-7). LC 86-22664. Not just another quotation book, this work documents statements by all the ma- jor Soviet leaders through Gorbachev, as well as those of Marx and Engels. The edi- tor's stated purpose was "to create a sin- gle document that gathered all of the words that reflect and have shaped the world view of the Soviet Union" (pre£.). This purpose has been achieved, with 2,117 excerpts from many high Soviet offi- cials and, equally important, from the of- ten anonymous official Soviet publica- tions and broadcasts that are used to indicate party direction and policy. Divided into seventeen chapters such as ''Communism,'' ''Class and Class War- fare," and "Foreign Policy," with each chapter usefully subdivided, the volume indeed provides the researcher with solid documentation of the evolution of Soviet thought on the topics included. The in- dex, however, does the body of the work a 62 College & Research Libraries great disservice, as it also is arranged by chapter and subheading. Each subhead- ing in the index typically has several fur- ther divisions, often by author. There is no separate author or key word indexing, as one would expect to find in a quotation book, forcing a reader to look under dozens of headings to find all the quota- tions attributed to Khruschev, for exam- ple. A useful and unique reference source, it would be vastly improved by a more utilitarian index.-J. W.B. Communism in the World since 1945: An An- notated Bibliography. Ed. by Susan F. Kinnell. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-Clio, 1987. 415p. $85 (ISBN 0-87436-169-9). LC 86-29790. Haynes, James Earl. Communism and Anti- Communism in the United States: An An- notated Guide to Historical Writings. New York: Garland, 1987. 321p. $47 (ISBN 0- 8240-8520-5). LC 86-25821. Close on the heels of the seventieth an- niversary of the Bolshevik Revolution come these two new bibliographies for students of the history of communism. Communism in the World since 1945, follow- ing the now familiar format of subject bib- liographies from ABC-Clio, draws from journal articles indexed between 197 4 and 1985 in Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life. Selected book and disser- tation citations are also included. The work is divided into broad geographical areas, and subdivided further into specific countries and time periods. A final section covers the historiography and interna- tional issues of communism since World War II. Subject and author indexes and a list of periodicals indexed follow. Most of the 4,000 entries include abstracts. Though there is some overlap with other bibliographies in the ABC-Clio se- ries, Communism in the World since 1945 neatly packages a decade of scholarship on this topic. However, readers should be cautioned that this volume is by necessity highly selective; researchers interested in peripheral issues or personalities will still have to slog through the annual or five- year index volumes for comprehensive coverage. January 1988 James Earl Haynes is the editor of the Newsletter of the Historians of American Communism; Communism and Anti- Communism in the United States is drawn from that newsletter's annual bibliogra- phy. Books, journal articles, and disserta- tions are listed, covering roughly the pe- riod from the Bolshevik Revolution through the red scares and McCarthyism of the fifties. Emphasis is on scholarly ex- aminations of the history and influence of communism in American life, although some primary materials are cited, espe- cially memoirs by and interviews of the principals involved in both movements. The bibliography is highly structured into thirty-seven time periods and issues, such as labor, farmers and farmworkers, literature, and women. These chapters are often broken up into specific ethnic or union groups, persons, states, or even journals. Though the volume has an au- thor index, there is no subject index, so readers must rely on the table of contents to find items of interest. Without an index, beginning students with no prior knowl- edge of the subject may have trouble locat- ing items pertinent to their topic of re- search. This is unfortunate, because Communism and Anti-Communism in the United States is otherwise a unique and useful volume.-B.J. Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. New York: Macmillan, 1986. 4v. (2,196p.) $320 (ISBN 0-02-918610-2). LC 86-3038. Planned as a commemoration of the bi- centennial of the Constitution of the United States, this encyclopedia is the product of over eight years of work. It in- cludes 2,100 articles written by 262 distin- guished contributors from the fields of law, history, political science, economics, and journalism, from all regions of the United States and some foreign countries. The articles ''fall into five general catego- ries: doctrinal concepts of constitutional law (about 55% of the total words); people (about 15%); judicial decisions, mostly of the Supreme Court of the United States (about 15%); public acts, such as statutes, treaties, and executive orders (about 5%); and historical periods (about 10%)" (pre£.). The articles range in length from brief definitions or biographies to longer than 6,000 words for major subjects. The articles are arranged alphabetically, and related articles are cross-referenced by capital letters within the text. In addi- tion, seven appendixes provide the text of several crucial documents, as well as chro- nologies and a glossary of terms. The set is completed with three indexes: an index of court cases, with complete citations; a name index; and a thorough subject in- dex. The encyclopedia enables readers and researchers to approach the Constitu- tion from many different perspectives and disciplines and to find answers to their questions or material for further study, all in one convenient source. It should find a place in libraries of all types.-J. W.B. Goodall, Frances. A Bibliography of British Business Histories. Aldershot, England: Gower, 1987. 638p. £45 (ISBN 0-566- 05307-1). This bibliography lists histories written in the 19th and 20th centuries of firms lo- cated in the United Kingdom and interna- tional companies with a substantial in- vestment in the United Kingdom. The majority of the entries cite books, but manuscripts, master's theses, disserta- tions, and articles are also listed. Arranged alphabetically by author, the bibliography is indexed by company name and three digit Standard Industrial Classi- fication (SIC) number. (A guide to the SIC numbers is thoughtfully provided.) Loca- tions in Great Britain, except for recently published books, are noted. This guide should prove most useful to anyone doing extensive research in British economic history.-M.C. Martin, Fenton S. and Robert U. Goehlert. American Presidents: A Bibliography. Washington: Congressional Quarterly, 1987. 756p. $125 (ISBN 0-87187-416-4). LC 86-30938. Martin, Fenton S. and Robert U. Goehlert. The American Presidency: A Bibliography. Washington: Congressional Quarterly, 1987. 506p. $75 (ISBN 0-87187-415-6). Selected Reference Books 63 LC 87-445. These two volumes taken together rep- resent one of the most comprehensive sur- veys of the American presidency. Ameri- can Presidents focuses on "the accomplishments, policies, and activities of the individual presidents, including their private lives and public careers, as chief executive and in other capacities" (introd.). The American Presidency ad- dresses "the office of the presidency, in- cluding its history, development, powers, and relations with the other branches of the federal government" (introd.). Cover- age in each extends from 1885 to 1986 with a few earlier citations. Both works empha- size English language books, articles, dis- sertations, essays, and research reports; excluded are government publications, in- cluding the Public Papers of the Presidents. Works included must be analytical and scholarly but not purely descriptive. The American Presidency is arranged into thir- teen topical sections while American Presi- dents is chronological by president. Cover- age of indexes, appropriate bibliogra- phies, and databases is extensive. De- tailed subject and author indexes add to the usefulness of the volumes. Highly rec- ommended for alllibraries.-L.S.S. PERFORMING ARTS Allen, Richard. Teatro Hispanoamericano: Una Bibliografia Anotado. Spanish- American Theatre: An Annotated Bibliogra- phy. Boston: Hall, 1987. 633p. $39.95 (ISBN 0-8161-8395-3). LC 86-19497. The author, a professor of Spanish at the University of Houston, has compiled a list of some 3,500 Latin American plays pub- lished individually, in collections, and in periodicals. This guide is based on the Willis Knapp Jones Collection at the Uni- versity of Houston Libraries, substantially supplemented by items located in major U.S. and South American libraries. At least one, and up to five, locations in the U.S. and Canada are provided for the items cited. The entries are arranged by country and, within each country, alphabetically by author. There are author and title in- 64 College & Research Libraries dexes; the author index does not include compilers, editors, or translators. The entries are annotated, in Spanish, either by Allen or with his adaptations and translations of other comments. "Consid- erable effort has been made ... to evalu- ate the plays critically. . . . The analytical and descriptive annotations . . . consti- tute the most significant singular contri- bution" (in trod.). This will certainly prove to be a major tool in identifying and locat- ing Latin American plays.-M.C. . American Theatre Companies, 1888-1930. Ed. by Weldon B. Durham. New York: Greenwood, 1987. 541p. $65 (ISBN 0- 313-25359-5). LC 85-30213. This title, the second of a three-volume set documenting major American theatri- cal companies from 1749, lists, alphabeti- cally, theatre companies "of the most du- rable organizations assembled to produce more than one nonmusical play while re- siding for at least twenty consecutive weeks in a single location" (pre£.). The en- tries are extensive and include a historical sketch of the company; a listing of the per- sonnel, including actors, producers, and directors; and information about the rep- ertoire, when available. Each entry also cites published, unpublished, and archi- val sources. An appendix includes a list of theatre companies by state. There is an in- dex of personal names and play titles, though only selected actors mentioned in the entries are indexed-an understand- able decision given the size of the index. Each entry is signed and biographical in- formation is provided for each of the con- tributors. This will prove a useful resource for anyone researching the American the- atre of this period; it also makes fascinat- ing browsing.-M.C. Film Review Index. Ed. by Patricia King Hanson and Stephen L. Hanson. Phoe- nix, Ariz.: Oryx Pr., 1986-87. 2v. $58.50 per volume (ISBN 0-89774-153-6) (v.1); (ISBN 0-89774-331-8) (v.2). Contents: V.1: 1882-49; V.2: 1950-85. LC 85- 43369. This is the most comprehensive single index to film reviews, in terms of years covered (1882-85) and kinds of sources in- January 1988 dexed. English-language reviews for over 7,000 feature films released in the United States (foreign films as well as domestic) are cited from magazines, film journals (including the BFI!Monthly Film Bulletin), newspapers (The New York Times and Vil- lage Voice), books, and motion picture trade publications (such as The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and The Motion Picture Herald Product Digest). These 7,000 films include "primarily those pictures that have established themselves as being of continuing importance to film research- ers"; however, the compilers "have not ignored programmers'' or minor films that could, at some point, become the ob- ject of . . . research due to their reflection of certain sociological trends or simply be- cause they were extremely popular" (p. xii). Within each volume, the films are ar- ranged alphabetically by American release title, with cross-references from foreign or alternate titles. Each entry lists country of production, director, and date, followed by citations to reviews. At the end of Vol- ume 2 are three useful indexes: director, country of production, and year of pro- duction. While the Film Review Index does not claim to cite every film review ever writ- ten, it does provide an excellent overview of film reviews and critical commentary from a variety of sources and does so in an attractive and easy-to-use format.-A.L. Sobanski, Oskar. Polish Feature Films: A Reference Guide, 1945-1985. West Corn- wall, Conn.: LocustHillPr., 1987. 335p. $35 (ISBN 0-933951-02-7). LC 86-27779. From the mid-1950s to the early 1960s several Polish film directors-Andrzej Wajda, Andrzej Munk, Jerzy Kawalero- wicz, and Roman Polanski, among others-produced an important body of films dealing with complex (and hereto- fore forbidden) topics and ideas and breaking with the dominant ''socialist re- alist" aesthetic. This so-called "Polish Film School" was influential outside as well as inside Poland, and these filmmak- ers and others since have created films that are widely admired and studied by scholars of post-war European, especially East European, cinema. Polish Feature Films ... 1945-1985 aims to provide a complete record of all feature films pro- duced in Poland during that period, as well as a comprehensive picture of the work of Polish film directors, including those who live and/or work abroad. The guide is organized in three parts. The first part consists of 232 bio- filmographies of film directors, screen- writers, cinematographers, and actors. The biographical paragraph presents key points in the person's career and a very brief summary of his or her contributions to Polish cinema. A filmography follows, containing a complete chronological list of feature films (including television films) to which the filmmaker has contributed, as · well as selected documentaries, animated films, etc. Facts and figures about Polish filmmak- ing and film industry make up the second part of the guide: number of films pro- duced per year, top box office and critical hits, and a very useful overview and chro- nology of the "Film Units," the individual creative units into which Polish film pro- duction is organized. The third part of the guide is a complete list of feature films produced in Poland be- tween 1945 and 1985, including those pro- duced but never released. In addition to the Polish title, each entry includes an En- glish translation of the title (many of them supplied by the author), names of the di- rector and principal actors, year of pro- duction, and date of release. Unfortu- nately, fuller credits are not provided. There is a thorough name index and a list of films according to their English titles to aid the user of this volume. In contrast to the coffee table books masquerading as reference books that plague the film refer- ence field, this book is a serious, reliable reference source based on primary source research and a welcome addition to any collection supporting research in post-war cinema.-A.L. LITERATURE A Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms. Rev. and enl. ed. Ed. by Roger Fowler. New York: Routledge & Paul, 1987. 262p. Selected Reference Books 65 $29.95 (ISBN 0-7102-1022-1). LC 86- 13946. This revision of the 1973 edition aims to present "suggestive and informative" definitions of modern critical terms. The editor has selected terms that are ambigu- ous, not neatly defined, and "used cre- atively by literary communities to explore and define their attitudes to poetic and fic- tional experience" (pre£.). No attempt has been made to redefine terms whose mean- ings have not changed over time; instead, the dictionary concentrates on critical terms of current interest. The work is thus not definitive, but a well-informed voice in the cacophony of modem literary criti- cism. The terms included are defined in con- cise, signed articles of one to two pages in length. Some definitions include biblio- graphic references, pointing to important critical works. The terms one would ex- pect in a new dictionary are included and intelligently discussed: deconstruction, reader, Marxist criticism, semiotics, etc. Finally, discussion of modern literary movements are included, again, in light of current critical opinion. There are no in- dexes, although many terms have cross- references.-P. W. Feldman, Paula R. and Buford Norman. The Wordworthy Computer: Classroom and Research Applications in Language and Lit- erature. New York: Random House, 1987. 228p. $13 (ISBN 0-3943-5622-4). LC 86-22000. ''We have written the book we wish we had had when we were first starting out with computers'' (p. v.)-so begin the au- thors of this guide to literary computing. They emphasize practical information and write in a clear, straightforward manner about such topics as academic word proc- essing, computer-aided language and writing instruction, student writing with word processors, databases, concor- dances, computer-aided textual and sty- listic analysis, and computers in scholarly publishing. The chapter on databases is the weak- est, lumping together online databases, mailing-list databases, personal citation databases, library catalogs, textual data- 66 College & Research Libraries bases, and CD-ROMs in -eight superficial and poorly organized pages; for example, the MLA Bibliography database is treated in the section called "The Numerical Data Base in Literary Research,'' while the Arts and Humanities Citation Index database is mentioned in the section on ''Computer- ized Indexes and Catalogs." The authors seem confused about the distinction be- tween networks, data banks and data- bases. However, when dealing with subjects closer to their hearts and expertise, the au- thors provide a good overview of the goals and techniques of using computers in the classroom and for research. They mention many specific computer programs from Nota Bene to the Oxford Concordance Pro- gram (OCP) to ARRAS, but primarily toil- lustrate general concepts and practices rather than to evaluate or recommend the programs themselves. The book contains useful lists: what to look for when choos- ing a word-processing program for writ- ing or for students, how to evaluate courseware, programs to aid writing, tips on teaching with computers and setting up a computer lab, sources for machine- readable texts, professional organiza- tions, selected journals and periodicals, a fifty-four-page selected bibliography, and a glossary. Well-chosen illustrations and examples drawn from actual computer- aided research projects make the discus- sions of concordances, textual and stylistic analysis, and textual editing especially en- lightening. There is a subject index to the text and a broad topical index to the se- lected bibliography. While this book does not answer the need for a comprehensive, in-depth guide to the methods and resources for literary and linguistic computing, it can serve as a basic handbook for scholars beginning to use computers in their work and for the li- brarians who must begin to understand and meet these new information needs.- A.L. Fifty Southern Writers After 1900: A Bio-· Bibliographical Sourcebook. Ed. by Joseph M. Flora and Robert Bain. New York: Greenwood, 1987. 628p. $75 (ISBN 0- 313-24519-3). LC 86-19460. Intended as a companion to Fifty South- January 1988 ern Writers Before 1900 (Greenwood, 1987), this guide ''offers students and teachers an overview of the writers' lives and work. Each essay, written by a knowl- edgeable scholar, contains five parts: a biographical sketch, a discussion of the author's major themes, an assessment of the scholarship, a chronological list of the author's works, and a bibliography of se- lected criticism" (pref.).These essays are fairly short, ranging in length from seven to twelve pages. Although not stated in the preface, Fifty Southern Writers After 1900 seems to focus on contemporary au- thors, or those who are less well known: A. R. Ammons, Anne Tyler, and Rey- nolds Price are given longer essays with more extensive bibliographies than such well-known authors as Tennessee Wil- liams, Thomas Wolfe, and William Faulkner. This is not necessarily a flaw. It is often difficult to find biographical and critical information about contemporary authors, while Williams, Wolfe, and Faulkner have all been the subjects of full- length biographies, as well as critical and descriptive bibliographies. The essays are well written and interest- ing. Fifty Southern Writers After 1900will be a valued addition to a general or academic library, both for students seeking informa- tion about specific authors and those wishing to learn more about Southern writers in general. The selected bibliogra- phies vary in quality from entry to entry: some list no works published after 1983; others contain references to articles in the Dictionary of Literary Biography or Contem- porary Authors, while omitting recent arti- cles in journals like Southern Quarterly; still others give extensive references to bibliog- raphies, books, articles, and dissertations published over a span of years.-S.S. Handbook of Latin American Literature. Comp. by David William Foster. Gar- land Reference Library of the Humani- ties, no.669. New York: Garland, 1987. 608p. $50 (ISBN 0-8240-8559-0). LC 86- 22860. Intended for students and researchers in the area of Latin American literature, this handbook aims to provide ''reliable and comprehensive information concern- ing the various national literatures of Latin America and the features that set one na- tional literature off from another'' (pre£.). The handbook consists of twenty-one essays covering Argentina to Venezuela, ranging in length from eighty to eight pages. Each essay is written by a subject specialist who was asked to present ''an ideological approach to Latin American Literature," but who was given freedom in determining scope and content. Alles- says are in English, and formats vary from a historical approach-following the liter- ature of a country from pre-Hispanic cul- ture to the present-to a discussion of the literature by genre-examining poetry, drama, and prose. Individual authors and works are cited and discussed in terms of their place in Latin American literature. Each essay ends with a short bibliography of reference works. Although there is a combined author, title, and subject index, this handbook will be most useful to those wishing to find, for example, an in-depth discussion of Colombian literature and the place of Gabriel Garcia Marquez in the context of that and other Latin American literatures, and far less useful to the reader seeking general information about a par- ticular author.-5.5. Kline, Mary-Jo. A Guide to Documentary Ed- iting. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Pr., 1987. 228p. $29.50 (ISBN 0-8018- 3341-8). LC 86-1833418. Sponsored by the Association for Docu- mentary Editing, this was conceived as ''a guide to historical and literary textual edit- ing that would take into account alterna- tive methods to deal with different-and sometimes widely different-bodies of documents" (foreword). A Guide to Documentary Editing combines theoretical discussions with practical de- scriptions of methodology. Its ten chap- ters cover the various stages of the edito- rial process: ''Introduction,'' ''Initiating an Editorial Project," "Organizing a Doc- umentary Edition," "Evaluating and Transcribing the Source Text,'' ''The Con- ventions of Textual Treatment," "The Practical Application of Editorial Conven- tions," "General Rules and Their Expec- tations," "The Mechanics of Establishing a Text," "Preparing a Documentary Edi- tion for the Printer,'' and ''The Editor and Selected Reference Books 67 the Publisher.'' Each of these chapters is further subdivided. Chapter six, for in- stance, includes sections on textual sym- bols, descriptive textual notes, contrasting textual methods at work, and ends with a list of suggested readings. An appendix of form letters and a comprehensive index complete the work. This is the first book of its kind. As Kline states in her preface, editors have "been too busy editing to publish the briefest es- say describing their methods and their philosophies or even to jot down on paper 'house rules' for their editions that could now be retrieved from an office file drawer" (pre£.). In preparing this guide, Kline ''combed editorial statements of method in hundreds of volumes," con- sulted numerous scholars engaged in doc- umentary editing, had the support of the Association for Documentary Editing's Committee on the Manual, and drew on her own experience as editor of The Politi- cal Correspondence and Public Papers of Aaron Burr. A Guide to Documenting Editing is strongly recommended for all academic and research libraries.-5.5. . Mythological and Fabulous Creatures: A Source Book and Research Guide. Ed. by Malcolm South. New York: Green- wood, 1987. 393p. $49.95 (ISBN 0-313- 24338-7). LC 86-14964. Not the dictionary-type bestiary one ex- pects from the title, Mythological and Fabu- lous Creatures is instead a compilation of essays by various scholars on twenty dif- ferent imaginary beings drawn from my- thology, folklore, and classical and mod- ern literatures. These include well-known beasts, such as dragons and unicorns, as well as less familiar ones, such as the roc and the basilisk. The work is divided into two parts. In Part One, each chapter traces the history of the iconography, symbolism, and psy- chological interpretations of a particular creature's representation in literature and art. Bibliographies follow each chapter. Part Two contains" A Miscellany," which covers all fabulous fauna not discussed in individual chapters, and "A Taxonomy," which groups beings into five major types: human-animal, fabulous animals, 68 College & Research Libraries and so forth. A glossary, general bibliog- raphy, and a thorough index also grace this volume. Mythological and Fabulous Creatures is a wonderful source for the beginning stu- dent whose needs are not met by more general works on mythology or folklore; the bibliographies will provide research- ers with ample leads. Especially helpful is the inclusion of creatures from latter-day works of science fiction and fantasy; read- ers will encounter hobbits as well as har- pies within these pages.-B.J. Words on Tape 1986/87: An International Guide to Recorded Books. Westport, Conn.: Meckler, 1987. 252p . Annual. $29.50 (ISBN 0-88736-055-6). LC 85- 6477247. "Words on Tape is a guide by title, author and subject to commercially available books on cassette" (introd.). This guide demonstrates the remarkable range of spoken recordings on tape: it contains over 10,000 cassette titles, from about 200 publishers. Although the title states that it is an international guide, most of the re- cordings are in English. Even though the preponderance of entries are recorded lit- erature, there are large sections of self- help cassettes, recorded interviews, and cassettes on history and for language learning. Prices are given with the name of the publisher, and there is a separate section giving publishers' addresses. The bibliog- raphy is available online through BRS.- P.W. HISTORY AND AREA STUDIES Barbier, Frederic. Bibliographie de l'histoire de France. Paris and New York: Masson, 1987. 283p. 160F (ISBN 2-225-80828-7). LC 87-112557. This selective, annotated bibliography , covers the basic reference sources pub- lished up to June 1985. In a concise one- volume format, Barbier presents a guide to bibliographic research in French history from literary history to population stud- ies; European coverage includes subject areas such as classical and medieval pe- January 1988 riods. Both French and foreign publica- tions are included. American researchers will find most useful the substantial de- scriptive notes on French bibliographic tools such as national bibliographies, the- ses catalogs, library catalogs, subject guides, and major European collections of printed sources (for example, Monumenta Germaniae Historica).-J.S. Favre-Lejeune, Christine. Les secretaires du roi de la grande chancellerie de France: dic- tionnaire biographique et genealogique (1672-1789). Collection "Noblesses d'hier et d'aujourd'hui." Paris: Dedo- pols, 1986. 2v. (1318p.) 690F (ISBN 2- 904177-07-8). This biographical and genealogical dic- tionary stems from research conducted under the direction of Fran<;ois Furet of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, on social mobility under the Ancien Regime. The documents in the Archives Nationales on the buyers of these public offices were searched and a file was made for 2,050 individuals. The result was first presented as a 11 these de troisieme cycle [a Ph.D. dissertation]." The thesis summary forms an introduc- tion to this publication and is followed by a bibliography of manuscript and printed sources. An essay by Fran<;ois Furet and Guy Chaussinand-Nogaret sets the stage for the biography. The biographical section is arranged al- phabetically by name, and each entry con- tains a brief biography, genealogical infor- mation, reference to archival sources, and printed studies. Apart from the interest- ing theme of the original research, the work will be useful for researchers of the Ancien Regime and the revolution. A comparable work has been published for the period 1461-1515 (Les notaires et secretaires du roi . . . notices personnelles et genealogies. Andre Lapeyre et Remy Scheurer. Paris, Bibliotheque nationale, 1978. 2 vols.).-J.S. Havlice, Patricia Pate. And So to Bed: A Bib- liography of Diaries Published in English. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1987. 698p. $59.50 (ISBN 0-8108-1923-6). LC 86- 13738. Intended as a supplement to William Matthews' American Diaries (Guide BD472), British Diaries (Guide BD672), and Canadian Diaries and Autobiographies (Guide DB185), And So to Bed brings together dia- ries published in English books or journals from the ninth century through 1983. In fact, the author "began this bibliography out of frustration with William Matthews' diary compilations" (pre£.). Its chronolog- ical arrangement of over 2,500 diaries without regard to the diarists' nationali- ties is convenient for readers interested in English-language accounts of specific pe- riods. Each entry includes the diarist's birth and death dates (if known); the period covered by the diary; and a brief, but pithy and often entertaining, description of the diary's nature and contents. Reviews of book-length diaries and other secondary writings are occasionally cited as well. In addition to an index of diarists and a gen- eral index of authors, editors, titles, and subjects such as professions, geographical areas, battles, and vessels, Havlice has compiled an author index to the three Matthews bibliographies. A brief "Bibli- ography of Bibliographies" is also in- cluded. Havlice repeats items from Matthews only in cases where she feels ''Matthews did not make the full impact of the diary clear.'' Of necessity, there is some overlap with Linda Arksey' s excellent American Diaries (Guide BD473), itself a revision of and supplement to Matthews. The brief descriptions in And So to Bed suffer in com- parison with Arksey' s extensive annota- tions; however, the ecumenical nature of And So to Bed makes it a useful addition to the bibliography of first-person chronicles. -B. J. Messick, Frederic M. Primary Sources in European Diplomacy, 1914-1945: A Bibli- ography of Published Memoirs and Diaries. Bibliographies and Indexes in World History, no.6. New York Greenwood, 1987. 221p. $39.95 (ISBN 0-313-24555- X). LC 87-186. On first inspection, this bibliography Selected Reference Books 69 seems to focus primarily on beginning stu- dents; in fact the compiler frequently re- fers to the need for undergraduates to ''experience history 'from the ground up' " (introd.). But advanced students and researchers will also be pleased to have this listing of 636 diaries and mem- oirs picturing the diplomatic and interna- tional events for the period 1914-45. These primary sources include autobiographical writings by ambassadors, foreign service officers, prime ministers, and first-hand observers. The bibliography is arranged alphabeti- cally by author. Each entry gives the au- thor's name and dates, a brief annotation of the person's career as it relates to the diplomatic or international relations of Eu- rope during the period, the bibliographic details of the published diaries, and mem- oirs of the person. The preponderance of entries are in English but there is a number of French and German titles and a few in Spanish and Italian. The appendixes enhance the bibliogra- phy and the subject index: the first lists all authors cited by nationality while the sec- ond gives a chronological list of sixty- seven major diplomatic and international events that occurred between 1914 and 1945. This list is repeated in the subject in- dex along with ''historically significant'' diplomats, government officials, etc. The compilation will be useful for a broad range of users.-E.M. Meyer, Jack Allen. An Annotated Bibliogra- phy of the Napoleonic Era: Recent Publica- tions, 1945-1985. Bibliographies and In- dexes in World History, no.8. New York: Greenwood, 1987. 188p. $45 (ISBN 0-3132-4901-6). LC 87-7605. This bibliography is a companion vol- ume to Owen Connelly's Historical Dictio- nary of Napoleonic France, 1799-1815 (Greenwood, 1985), listing over 400 items from the Dictionary and expanding the list to include, in total, 1,754 items published between 1945 and 1985. The bibliography contains mostly English and Western- European language books, gathered from review sections of professional journals, LC-MARC, and REMARC. Journal articles 70 College & Research Libraries are not covered, but repririts of books are included. This is not a critical bibliography, but notes are made on some items to indicate the contents and level of treatment. All en- tries have detailed physical description: page numbers, illustrations, maps, index, and bibliography (with page numbers). A Library of Congress call number is in- cluded for all items. The first three sections include general materials such as research aids, printed sources, and general history (items 1 through 369). The remaining items are di- vided into six chapters: Napoleon, Napo- leon's family, personal lives, France and the world, the art of war on land, and na- val affairs. The index covers personal au- thors and editors. Although each chapter has subheadings such as "Economics," ''The Church,'' and ''Intellectual Life and the Arts," the lack of a subject index may hamper full use of the bibliography.-J.S. Nicaraguan National Bibliography, 1800-1978. Bibliografia nacional nicara- giiense, 1800-1978. Redlands, Calif.: Latin American Bibliography Center; Managua: Biblioteca Nacional Ruben Dario, 1986. 3v. (1911p.). $450 (ISBN 0- 914369-01-6). LC 86-27486. Under the general editorship of George . F. Elmendorf and the Latin American Bib- liographic Foundation, bibliographic teams from the Biblioteca Nacional Ruben Dario in Managua, the Bibliographic Foundation, and the University of Califor- nia in Los Angeles and Riverside have compiled a massive bibliography for Nica- ragua, including "everything that has been published by Nicaraguans or about Nicaragua, whether inside the country or abroad, whether printed or mimeo- graphed, and whether a book or a flier from the time the printing press was intro- duced into the country in 1829 until1978" (prologue). Any monograph selected for inclusion, and there are 1,287, is listed alphabetically with full cataloging. At least one location is included. The libraries inventoried range from eleven in Paris, four in Ma- drid, twenty-one in the U.S. (ten in Wash- ington), to fifty in Managua. January 1988 Six hundred serials are included in a separate list, alphabetically arranged by main entry. This section has an appendix showing, through charts, which libraries in the United States and in Nicaragua hold specific years of some 350 titles. The term serials is not defined and most of the serials listed appear to be annual. For example, not included is the Boletfn Nicaragiiense de Bibliografia y Documentaci6n which began in July/September 1974, sponsored by the Banco Central de Nicaragua. The monographs section is indexed with author, title, and subject indexes. The English-language subject index, cov- ering persons, places, corporate bodies, and topics, is called the primary index. The Spanish-language subject index in- cludes only those headings which have subdivisions and gives these headings in Spanish with the appropriate English equivalents so the reader will know what headings to use in the English-language subject index-an index to an index. The editor has mentioned a means of supplementing the Nicaraguan National Bibliography on a regular basis, for which we shall have to watch. The present com- pilation should open up whole new ave- nues of research as scholars now have this large body of material under bibliographic control.-E.M. SCIENCE The Concise Encyclopedia of Psychology. Ed. by Raymond J. Corsini. New York: Wi- ley, 1987. 1242p. $89.95 (ISBN 0-471010- 68-5). LC 86-22392. The Concise Encyclopedia of Psychology is a one-volume version of the four-volume The Encyclopedia of Psychology (John Wiley, 1984) undertaken in response to the reac- . tion of many psychologists to the cost of a four-volume work. Many of the positive features of the original work are retained, including signed entries and the impres- sive list of contributors, e.g., B. F. Skinner and Hans Eysenck. In order to reduce the number of pages, the author condensed the histories of psy- chology in foreign countries, the biogra- phies of living psychologists, and the cross-references after each entry, and edited some subject entries in the Encyclo- pedia. In addition, the name index to major figures in psychology has been elimi- nated. However, the subject index is com- prehensive and includes most of the major figures mentioned in the encyclopedia. The bibliography of further reading has been reduced from 15,000 to 2,500 items, retaining the essential references on major topics. Corsini's intention to offer basic infor- mation to working psychologists and oth- ers, while retaining the integrity of the work, has been successful. For the moder- ately sized library, private practitioner, or undergraduate population, The Concise Encyclopedia of Psychology offers an excel- lent, inexpensive alternative.-K.B. Women of Mathematics: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook. Ed. by Louise S. Grinstein and Paul J. Campbell, with foreword by Alice Schafer. New York: Greenwood, 1987. 292p. $45 (ISBN 0-313-24849-4). LC 86-25711. Women of Mathematics is a unique source of information on women mathemati- cians, primarily from the United States, Great Britain, Western Europe, and Rus- sia. The forty-three ·signed essays cover women mathematicians from "Ancient Times'' to those born before and including 1930. Each entry, written by an expert on the subject, is divided into three sections, "Biography," "Work," and "Bibliogra- phy," and provides a brief overview of the subject's family background and the sig- nificance of her work, in nontechnical lan- guage. The bibliographies are divided into works by and works about the subject. The volume includes name and subject in- dexes and is suitable for all kinds of libraries.-L. S. S. NEW EDITIONS, SUPPLEMENTS, ETC. The Cataloging Distribution Service of the Library of Congress made available on microfiche a cumulation of the Names, Ti- tles, Subjects, and Series portions of NUC Books ($220; Guide AA126) for 1983-86. (Now if only we could have the 1977-82 pdrtion of the National UniOJ! Catalog cu- Selected Reference Books 71 mulated .... ) The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ([Harlow, Essex]: Longman, [1987]. 59, 1229, 29p.) is now issued in a new edition with additional usage notes and new words drawn especially from "computer technology, new business practices, and social change" (foreword). A similar revision occurred with the fourth edition of the University of Chicago Spanish Dictionary, revised and enlarged by D. Lincoln Canfield (Univ. of Chicago Pr., [1987]. 475p. $19.95; $6.95 paper; 3d ed., 1977 Guide AD731) adding "current terms from the basic vocabularies of the office worker, the welder, the machinist, the builder, and the automatic mechanic, as well as important entries relating to food preparation and serving, the envi- ronment, computer science, and telecom- munication" (foreword). The Robert- Collins Dictionnaire fran9ais-anglais, anglais-[ran9ais, by Beryl T. Atkins and oth- ers (Paris: Dictionnaire le Robert, [1987]. [930p.].; 1st ed., 1978 Guide AD303) has now added new terms and meanings, "a substantial number of American expres- sions, items of general vocabulary, proper names, abbreviations and acronyms ... together with numerous items from the fields of computing, law, medicine, sport, politics and economics, linguistics, arts and the media'' (pre£.). Another addition is a new section, "Language in Use," which groups the phrases and expres- sions by the activity being performed, e.g., correspondence, advice, essay writ- ing, etc. The Harper Dictionary of Foreign Terms, 3d edition, revised and edited by Eugene Ehrlich (New York: Harper, [1987]. 1st ed., 1934 by C. 0. Sylvester Mawson; 2d ed., 1975, revised by Charles Berlitz) has added terms new to the language since 1975, adds an English index (English to foreign term) and corrects errors, particu- larly in the transliteration of classical Greek. Newsletters Directory (Detroit: Gale, [1987]. 1162p. $160) is the new name for National Directory of Newsletters and Report- ing Services (Guide AF30). This third edi- tion has differences in arrangement and indexing and now includes in an entry any 72 College & Research Libraries alternative subscription addresses and possibility of online availability. The new edition of the Personal Name In- dex to the New York Times Index 1975-1984, compiled by Byron A. and Valerie R. Falk, covers names in the index beginning E-K with volume 2 (Verdi, Nevada: Roxbury Data Interface, [1987]. 523p.). This should mean that volume 1 of the earlier supple- ment (Guide AF79) for 1975-79 can be re- turned to the publisher for a refund. Who's Who in Italy (Guide AJ274) is now issued in Zurich by Who's Who AG. The 1987 edition gives biographical informa- tion about 10,000 Italians or "people resid- ing in Italy and actively engaged in busi- ness, industry, politics, education, the arts and sciences, religion, law, sport, en- tertainment and the military" (pre£.). James T. White & Company notified li- braries that it has ceased publishing as of the end of 1986. This means that the Na- tional Cyclopedia of American Biography (Guide AJ68) has come to an end with N-63 of the ''permanent'' series and the index volume of 1984. It's a very sad occurrence indeed, for this was a unique reference tool. The second volume, ''Diaries Written from 1845 to 1980," of Laura Arksey' s American Diaries: An Annotated Bibliography of Published American Diaries and Journals (Detroit: Gale, [1987]. 501p. $98. Guide BD473) adds some 3,000 diaries and jour- nals with name, subject, and geographic indexes. Continuing its historical coverage, the Dictionary of Literary Biography (Guide BD416) has issued the following volumes: V.57, Victorian Prose Writers after 1867, ed. William B. Thesing; V.58, Jacobean and Car- oline Dramatists, ed. Fredson Bowers; V.59, American Literary Critics and Scholars, 1800-1850, ed. John W. Rathbun. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints by David Hugh Farmer is in a second edition (Ox- ford Univ. Pr., 1987. 478p. $29.95; 1st ed., 1978, Guide BB274). Coverage is expanded to include the most important saints of Ire- land, Scotland, and Wales; newly canon- ized saints; and greater coverage of East- em saints. The appendix gives a list of unsuccessful English candidates for can- January 1988 onization and principal symbols and pa- tronages of each saint. The Encyclopedia of American Facts & Dates, compiled by Gordon Carruth, has been published in an 8th edition bringing coverage up to 1986 (New York: Harper, [1987]. 1006p. $29.95; 7th ed., 1979, Guide DB145). Also, the index has been ex- panded. Catherine Loeb's Women's Studies: A Recommended Core Bibliography 1980-1985 (Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1987. 538p. $55) continues Women's Stud- ies: A Recommended Core Bibliography, com- piled by Esther Stineman (1979, Guide CC522) . Loeb adds over 1,200 works pub- lished during the 1980-85 period with many more cited in the annotations. The second supplement to Russia, the U.S.S.R., and Eastern Europe by Stephan M. Horak (Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Un- limited, 1987. 273p. $32.50. Guide DC23) adds English language publications ap- pearing between 1981-85. Also added are references to reviews. ABC-Clio continues its World Bibliogra- phy Series issuing no. 77, East Germany by Ian Wallace (1987. 294p. $51.50); no.76, Barbados by Robert B. Potter and Graham M. S. Dann (1987. 357p. $55); no.20, Sri Lanka by Vijaya Samaraweera (1987. 195p.); no.71, Portugal by P. T. H. Unwin (1987.270p.); no.72, West Germany by Donald S. and Ilse E. Detwiler (1987); no.73, Syria by Ian J. Seccombe (1987. 343p. $55); no.70, Pacific Basin and Oceania by Gerald W. Fry and Rufino Mauricio (1987. 468p. $55.). Historiography: An Annotated Bibliogra- phy of Journal Articles, Books, and Disserta- tions compiled by Susan K. Kinnell is pub- lished also by ABC-Clio (1987. 2v. $85). The bibliography is drawn from informa- tion retrieved from its databases, America: History and Life (Guide DB47) and Historical Abstracts (Guide DA19) and covers publica- tions of 1970-85. Arranged in broad topi- cal (V.1) and geographical (V.2) headings, each volume has its own SPindex and au- thor indexes. Finally, two eagerly awaited revisions have now been published. The Encyclope- dia of Social Work is in its 18th edition with Ann Minahaw editor-in-chief (Silver Springs, Md.: National Assn. of Social Workers, [1987]. 2v. (1009p.). $75. Guide CC76). It incorporates the former 1983-84 supplement along with coverage of the major changes in social work and social policy into the previous edition. Biogra- phies are now in a separate section in vol- ume 2; statistics will be published in a sep- arate volume for frequent updating. Selected Reference Books 73 The 6th edition of the McGraw-Hill Ency- clopedia of Science and Technology (New York: McGraw-Hill, [1987]. 20v. Guide EA96) is a major overhaul of about one- third of the articles with smaller revisions to many more reflecting developments since 1982. 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