ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries October 1991 / 597 PUBLICATIONNS by George M. Eberhart • A D ictionary o f Linguistics and Phonet­ ics, by David Crystal (3 8 9 pages, 3d ed., May 1991), adds nearly 300 new terms that have developed in the field o f linguistics since the previous edition in 1985. Special attention is paid to recent phonologi­ cal theories, such as metrical phonology, pragmat­ ics, and the terminology o f government-binding theory. Copies are available for $49.95 (cloth) from Basil Blackwell, Three Cambridge Center, Cam­ bridge, MA 02142. ISBN 0-631-17869-4. • D rug Evaluations Annual 1991 (2,043 pages, May 1991) is the first o f an annual series o f hardbound textbooks that compile the American Medical Association’s Drug Evaluations looseleaf service. A comprehensive guide to the more than 2,000 prescription drugs on today’s market, the annual edition provides timely, unbiased, and prac­ tical information— including comparative evalua­ tions— on the clinical use o f each drug. Written for physicians and nurses, but useful to anyone with access to a good medical dictionary, each descrip­ tion gives the drug’s composition, actions, uses, adverse reactions and precautions, drug interac­ tions, dosage, and preparations. The 88 chapters are arranged by the type o f medical condition corrected by the drug, and each has an introduction detailing the latest therapeutic research. By con­ trast, Physician’s Desk Reference only includes the FDA-approved pharmaceutical company’s label­ ing for each drug, with no cross-references or listings o f comparable medications. The cost is $75 for AMA members, $95 for nonmembers, from the American Medical Association Order Department, P.O. Box 2964, Milwaukee, W I 53201-2964. ISBN 0-89970-401-8. • E arly Tem ples o f C en tral T ib et, by Roberto Vitali (150 pages, June 1991), is an authori­ tative narrative and photographic record o f the few Buddhist temples in T ibet that have survived the Maoist regime in China. Some o f the monuments featured are documented for the first time. Five chapters, covering distinct periods and styles be­ tween the 8th and 15th centuries, describe impor­ tant phases o f Tibetan culture. T he systematic destruction o f that culture makes Vitali’s book a record o f critical importance. Copies may be or­ dered for $59.00 from Seven Hills Book Distribu­ tors, 49 Central Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45202. ISBN 0-906026-25-3. • Genus and Species o f Pathogenic O r­ ganisms: A Spelling Guide to Medical Binomial Terminology, by Mary M. Smith (160 pages, Au­ gust 1991), is the authoritative guide to spelling the Latin names o f microorganisms having medical significance. Six thousand species are listed in two indexes, one for genus, another for species. Keep this one handy next time you’re searching a medical database for Trichophyton vanbreuseghemii. The cost is a m icroscopic $ 2 7 .9 5 postpaid, from McFarland & Co., Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640. IS B N 0-89950-572-4. • Gimme Shelter: A Social History o f Homelessness in Contem porary America, by Gregg Barak (212 pages, April 1991), demytholo- gizes the stereotypes associated with homeless people and gives a demographic profile o f the situation in the early 1990s. T he author concludes that the causes for increased homelessness lie in the expansion o f global laissez-faire capitalism, with its competing class interests, social policy formations, and individual versus collective rights o f justice for all. W hether or not you agree with that perspective, the book willraise your awareness o f the scope o f the problem and the inability o f current social policies to address it. Copies may be ordered for $39.95 from Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport, C T 06881. ISBN 0-275-93320-2. • Keyguide to Inform ation Sources in Online and CD-ROM D atabase Searching, by John Cox (247 pages, July 1991), identifies and evaluates the diverse literature o f both online and C D -R O M database searching. Not content with just a simple bibliography, Cox provides a thorough analysis o f the growth, evolution, and dynamics of this multidisciplinary topic, with numerous side- trips into such areas as the usefulness o f gray 598 / C &RL News literature and market research publications, and a disquisition on the variations in terminology (sorry, but consensus favors opticaldisk, not opticaldisc). T he bibliographic listings are well-annotated and describe many European sources often ignored in standard North American compilations. Copies may b e ordered for $90.00 from Cassell, Publishers Distribution Center, P.O. Box C 831, Rutherford, N J 07070. IS B N 0-7201-2093-4. • L ibraries and E xp ert Systems, edited by Craig McDonald and John W eckert (232 pages, June 1991), consists o f the proceedings o f a confer­ ence and workshop held a t C h arles Stu rt U niversity in Riverina, Australia, in July 1990. The conference brought together librarians, information managers, and expert systems developers to explore such issues as knowledge-based support for library users, expert assistance for collection development, and expert systems as a learning tool for library school students. Copies are available for $46.00 from Taylor Graham Pub., Suite 187, 12021 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025. IS B N 0-947568-51. • Libraries and Inform ation Services T o­ day: T h e Yearly Chronicle, June Lester, consult­ ing editor (310 pages, July 1991), takes up where the now defunct ALA Y earbook left off. This first edi­ tion contains 36 topical reports by experts in the field, 23 biographies, and four association reports. O f particular interest are Barbara Moran’s report on a c a d e m ic lib r a r ie s ; fu n d ra isin g and fìnancialdevelopments by Dwight Burlingame; in­ formation technology by Richard W . Boss; and reference services by Jim Rettig. Succeeding vol­ umes will be published prior to ALA Annual Con­ ference. A nice companion volume to The W hole Library H andbook/! [by our own George Eberhart— E d.] Copies may be ordered for $32.40 (ALA members) and $36.00 (nonmembers) from ALA Publishing, 5 0 E . Huron St., Chicago, I L 60611. IS B N 0-8389-0566-8. • L ibrary Computing in Canada: B ilin ­ gualism, Multiculturalism, and Transbord er Connections, edited by Nancy Melin Nelson and E ric Flow er (110 pages, July 1991), contains papers presented at the first Computers in Libraries Canada conference in Toronto, Septem ber 1990. High­ lights include a vendor’s perspective on bilingual library automation (John Richardson), C A 'N E T , the Canadian link to IN T E R N E T (Carole Moore), and two perspectives on Canadian interlibrary loan (D ebra Wallace and Leslie Morris). Morris, inci­ dentally, attributes the strong interlibrary coopera­ tion between western Canada and the western United States to East Canada’s hangups with what the Americans did to them in the W ar o f 1812— but wasn’t it the Brits who burned down the Library of Congress? The book may be ordered for $39.00 from the M eckler Corporation, 11 Ferry Lane W est, Westport, C T 06880. IS B N 0-88736-792-5. • L ibrary Provision in H igher Education Institutions (209 pages, July 1991) is a report commissioned by the Australian National Board of Employment, Education and Training to examine the most important issues facing academic libraries in Australia. Many o f the problems addressed are the same ones that North American librarians are trying to solve (the impact o f new technologies, access, management, performance measurement, library cooperation, space planning, standards), and it is very intriguing to see what measures the Australians are recommending their government take to help improve things. I t ’s filled with interest­ ing statistics, too. Copies are available for $16.95 from the Australian Government Publishing Ser­ vice, North American Operations, P.O. Box 7, Plan­ etarium Station, New York, NY 10024. ISBN 0-644- 13543-3. • P rison Pictures from Hollywood‚by James R obert Parish (532 pages, August 1991), provides plot summaries and critiques o f 293 theatrical and made-for-TV releases dealing with the plight (de­ served or not) o f the incarcerated. Prison films may be a minor genre, but they do have their enthusiasts. There is a certain fascination in watching characters living under appalling conditions; it probably re­ minds us o f military service, or high school, or both. Excellent commentary by veteran genre analyst Parish. A copy may be ordered for $51.95 postpaid from McFarland & Co., Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640. IS B N 0-89950-563-5. • Ranganathan, Dewey and C . V. Raman: A Study in th e Arrogance o f Intellectual Power, by G irja Kumar (147 pages, 1991), is a comparative psychobiography o f librarians S. R. (“Five Laws”) Ranganathan and Melvil Dewey with physicist and Nobel laureate C. V. Raman. Kumar, president o f the Indian Library Association and form er librarian at Jawaharlal Nehru University, is one o f India’s leading library scholars. He considers all three men geniuses who shared certain characteristics o f indi­ vidualism, vision, eccentricity, and irritability. The book’s tone is lightly philosophial with acerbic edi­ torial commentary: “Ranganathan was like a banyan tree under which nothing seemed to grow.” No pricing information was provided with the review copy, so just send the publisher an order and hope for the best: Vikas Publishing House, 576 Masjid Road, Jangpura, New D elhi-110014, India. ISBN 0 -7069-5564-1. • Repression and R esistance: In sid er’s Accounts o f Apartheid, edited by Robin Cohen, Yvonne Muthien, and Abebe Zegeye (306 pages, 1990), reflects a new and vigorous strand o f schol­ arship that offers an alternative analysis o f the institution o f apartheid. Separate chapters address the history o f the Native Affairs Department in the 1940s and 1950s and the development and practice o f pass controls in Cape Town. Another group o f October 1991 / 599 papers examines apartheid in health, education, and the mines, offering new insights into the actual experiences o f blacks forced to live in a repressive environment. A final group o f contributors looks at three dimensions o f political struggle in South Africa— class, race, and gender. T he contributors combine scholarly analysis with the insider’s knowl­ edge o f the difference between apartheid theory and social reality. Copies are available for $58.00 from K.G. Saur, P.O. Box 31, New Providence, N] 07974. ISBN 0-905450-86-8. • Technology and C hoice: Readings from Technology and C ulture, edited by Marcel C. LaFollette and Jeffrey K. Stine (341 pages, April 1991), reprinted from the quarterly journal, Tech­ nology and Culture‚ published by the University of Chicago Press. This collection o f 14 essays ad­ dresses historical choices that individuals, societies, governments, and industries have had to make regarding the use o f technology. Some topics: “D o­ mestic Electric Plugs and Receptacles, 1881 -1 9 3 1 ,” “The Garbage Disposer, the Public Health, and the Good Life,” “From Virginia Dare to Virginia Slims: Women and Technology in American Life,” and “Nuclear Power and the Environment: The Atomic Energy Commission and Thermal Pollution, 1 9 6 5 - 1971.” Copies may be ordered for $30.95 (cloth) from the University o f Chicago Press, 572 0 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, I L 60637. ISBN 0-226- 46776-7. • Television Interviews, 1 9 5 1 -1 9 5 5 , com­ piled by Sarah L. Shamley (108 pages, May 1991), is a finding aid to Longines-Chronoscope inter­ views in the National Archives. Chronoscope, a television interview series broadcast on CBS-affili­ ated stations in the early 1950s, featured guests who were the newsmakers o f the era: John F. Kennedy, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt, Joe McCarthy, EarlWarren, W. Averell Harriman, and Clare Boothe Luce. The kinescopes listed are avail­ able for viewing at the N ational Archives and copies are for sale. Indexed by guest and topic. Copies may be ordered for $25.00 (plus $3.00 shipping) from the National Archives, Washington, D C 20408. ISBN 0-911333-82-7. • W hat Then Must W e D o? by Leo Tolstoy (239 pages, August 1991), examines the causes o f poverty through the ages. First published in 1886, the first 15 chapters were censored by the Russian government because they contrasted the suffering o f the poor with the hypocrisy o f the fabulously wealthy. In some ways dated but in other ways tim e­ less, this book was acknowledged internationally as a seminal work o f socioeconomic theory. Perhaps it is best read in conjunction with Gimme Shelter‚ which is reviewed above. Copies are available for $13.95 from Seven Hills Book Distributors, 49 C en tral Ave., C in c in n a ti, O H 4 5 2 0 2 . IS B N 1-870098-33-1. ■ ■ Compiled by Sarah L. Shamley. In 1969 Longines- Wittnauer donated to the National Archives motion picture kinescopes of its television interview series Chronoscope, which was broadcast on CBS- affiliated television stations from 1951 to 1955. Chronoscope featured people in the news who could speak with authority on the issues of the day — Congressmen, diplomats, senators, statesmen, and national leaders in a variety of fields. This helpful guide now gives researchers greater access to this unique historical resource. It lists individual programs by broadcast date, identifies the guests and interviewers for each program, and outlines the main topics discussed. Also included is an index of topics and two appendixes, which list guests and interviewers. 0-911333-82-7 $25 cloth Guide to the Holdings o f the Still Picture Branch o f the National Archives ompiled by Barbara Lew is Burger. 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