ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries February 1994 / 89 internet Review s Sa ra Amato Over the past year I have been perusing the Internet searching for materials that are o f interest to the a ca­ demic community for inclu­ sion on our local gopher. This experience has been not u n lik e b r o w s in g a u se d books store; amidst the dusty piles o f junk o n ce in a while you com e across a gem. One frustration o f this pursuit has been that lacking the tradi­ tional tools, such as book reviews and publisher repu­ tation, it is often difficult to identify and assess resources. Although many useful lists o f Inter­ net resources are available, few provide criti­ cal descriptions o f the contents. The intent o f this colum n is to provide re­ views that take a critical eye to resources avail­ able on the Internet. T hese reviews will, for the most part, cover freely accessible databases, and not discussion groups. Anyone interested in reviews o f discussion groups and listservs should subscribe to lstrev-l@umslvma.bitnet. This list review service is maintained by Ra­ leigh Muns, a reference librarian at the Tho­ mas Jefferson Library, University o f Missouri. O ne o f the great benefits o f the Internet is the ability for us to share our knowledge and expertise. All o f the reviews published here will also be available and keyword searchable in th e In te r n e t R e v ie w s A rc h iv e o n th e W illam ette U n iversity g o p h e r (g o p h e r to gopher.willamette.edu in the directory library resources/ Internet reviews archive). If you are interested in being a reviewer for this column, please con tact me at W illamette University, samato@willamette.edu. Happy Internauting! B u reau o f J u stic e S ta tis tic s D ocu m en ts. Ac­ cess: gopher to UACSC2.ALBANY.EDU in the di­ rectory United Nations Justice Network (UNCJIN)/ Bureau of Justice Statistics Documents/ As noted in several places, these documents, put out by the U.S. Bureau o f Justice Statistics (BJS), are generally intended for policy mak­ ers, practitioners, and the general public, es­ pecially “for gauging criminal justice efforts.” As such, they are essentially press releases of criminal justice statistics gathered in various cat­ egories, e.g., jail expenditures, inmate dem o­ graphics, wom en in prison, drugs and crime, recidivism, capital punishment, police, etc., mostly for the last five years. The full text o f docu­ ments with tables may be obtained by writing the BJS C learinghouse, B o x 6000, Rockville, MD 10850 or call­ ing (800) 732-3277. The BJS documents are part o f the United Nations Criminal Justice Information Network (UNCJIN), a col­ lection o f resources avail­ able through the gopher at SUNY-Albany and maintained by Graeme Newman. The original project to make this larger network available w as fun ded by the U.S. g o v ern m en t, but Newman notes that further funding is “dicey.” This subset is usually updated monthly, al­ though BJS sends reports irregularly. The great limitation to these documents is that they are only browsable and the narrative representation o f statistics is decidedly biased. Nevertheless, these reports may provide use­ ful supplementary information for a speech class assignment or a starting point for a larger un­ dergraduate or graduate student project.— B a r­ b a r a Valentine, referen ce a n d systems librar­ ian, Linfield College; bvalen @ lin fleld.edu . The H a r v a rd B u sin ess S ch ool P u b lish in g C at­ a lo g Access: gopher to hbscat.harvard.edu; Pro­ ducer: The Harvard Business School Publish­ ing; Contact: technical: Scott Williams: (scott_ william s@ cchbspub.harvard.edu); marketing: Kate Conti: ( kconti@cchbspub.harvard.edu) Students studying business, econom ics, and management are often asked to write case stud­ ies using Harvard Business School (H BS) case studies as models. Instead o f using gen eric cases, students usually want to find cases on topics similar to their assignments. In addition, faculty consistently use HBS case studies in their teaching. Since HBS cases are only available through the Harvard Business School Publish­ ing Catalog, this Internet resource is a valuable tool for students and faculty. (Internet cont. on p a g e 95) Sara Amato is systems librarian at Willamette University, Salem, Oregon; e-mail: samato@willamette.edu mailto:samato@willamette.edu mailto:bvalen@linfield.edu mailto:williams@cchbspub.harvard.edu mailto:kconti@cchbspub.harvard.edu mailto:samato@willamette.edu February ì 994 / 95 The archives of the Stratemeyer Syndi­ cate, which includes materials from such clas­ sic children’s mystery and adventure favorites as the Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, B o bb sey Twins, and Tom Swift series, has been acquired by the New Y o r k P ublic l i b r a r y ’s Rare Books and Manuscripts Division from Paramount Pub­ lishing. The syndicate was the brainchild o f Ed­ ward Stratemeyer, who got his start writing serial stories and dime novels, and who was known for having finished the works o f Horatio Alger after Alger’s death. The archives contain more than 7,000 books and 150 cartons, in­ cluding mint editions o f every book ever pub­ lished by the Syndicate, sales records, and out­ lines from numerous books. Books and journals relating to the study of Madagascar were acquired by the Melville J. Herskovits Library o f African Studies at N o rth ­ w estern U n iv ersity, Evanston, Illinois. They were donated by Mary Danielli, a scholar who first began the collection as a Cambridge Uni­ versity graduate student in the mid-1940s by advertising in out-of-print book magazines for books on Madagascar. The collection o f about 150 volumes includes rare early imprints as well as works in the Malagasy language. A large addition to the Sadakichi Hart­ mann collection was acquired by the U n iv er­ sity o f C alifornia, Riverside. Hartmann (1867­ 1 944) was an actor, w riter, photog rap her, playwright, poet, lecturer, dancer, and critic of the arts whose ideas were often ahead of their time. The new acquisition includes a diary kept by his wife, a series of pastels by Hartmann, a letter from Ezra Pound, the text o f a eulogy Hartmann gave on the death o f a young child, and photos from the set o f the movie The T hief o f B agdad, in which Hartmann played the court magician. The collection also includes numer­ ous other photographs, a sculpture, and draw­ ings o f Hartmann by other artists. A 58,000-volume collection of children's literature from the College & Research Librar­ ies (CRL) has been acquired by the library at th e U n i v e r s i t y o f I l l i n o i s a t U r b a n a - C h am p aig n . The acquisition, com bined with the more than 43,000 volumes o f children’s lit­ erature already held by the library, makes this the largest collection o f its kind outside of the Library o f Congress. CRL’s collection dates from the association’s founding in 1949 and includes review cop ies received from the Center for Children’s Books. ■ (Internet cont.from p a g e 89) This resource offers electronic access to the catalog o f all materials available from the Har­ vard Business School Publishing catalog. Al­ though the catalog is geared towards teaching faculty, students and those in corporate train­ ing and development will find it useful as well. This electronic catalog contains twice as many items (over 6,000) and is more comprehensive than its print counterpart. It features citations to HBS case studies, H arvard Business Review reprints, teaching notes, background notes, case software, videos, and HBS Press book titles. The catalog, updated monthly, covers 1 989- present (except classics and bestsellers which are covered back to the 1960s). Documentation about the gopher, search tips, prices, and order information are available through the gopher. A toll-free number offers ac­ cess to a helpful customer service department. Each catalog entry lists the author, title, type of publication, subject area, keywords, and product number. The catalog is searchable by keyword and supports b o o le a n operators. Search specifications are case-insensitive and an asterisk can be used for truncation. An im­ portant point to rem em ber about searching is that a space betw een keywords is an implied “or.” For exam ple, articles, cases, or books on the Ja p a n e s e distribution system w ould be searched: Japanese and distribution and system* To find just cases (or reviews) search: Japanese and distribution and system ' and case Japanese and distribution and system* and review An order form and toll-free number are avail­ able through the gopher. Orders are shipped within four days and overnight delivery is avail­ able. The academic price for cases and articles typically costs $2.15 plus a shipping and han­ dling charge, and a $10.00 minimum order is required. Because the costs are not insignifi­ cant, librarians will need to decide who will pay, students or the library.—J a n D avis Tu­ dor, m an agem en t/bu sin ess econ om ics lib ra r­ ian, W illamette University; jtudor@ w illam ette. ed u ■