ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 6 0 2 / C&RL News The ABC-CLIO Compan­ io n to W o m e n ’s P ro g ress in A m e rica , by Elizabeth Frost-Knappman (389 pag­ es, June 1994), covers key events and legislation, and individuals involved in the w om en’s rights movements. Many photos and drawings s u p p le m e n t this v aluable encyclopedia. $55.00. ABC- CLIO, 130 C rem ona Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93117. ISBN 0-87436-667-4. Academic Libraries: The Dimensions of T h eir E ffec tiv e n e ss, by Joseph A. McDonald and Lynda Basney Micikas (188 pages, April 1994), takes a cool, hard look at commonly accepted indicators of library effectiveness and the theoretical underpinnings of bibliographic instruction and information literacy. The ACRL performance measures come under some scru­ tiny in chapter 8. The authors’ observations are based on their study o f academic library effec­ tiveness in six Middle Atlantic States and the District of Columbia. $49.95. Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881. ISBN 0-313-27269-7. African Placenames: Origins and Mean­ in g s o f th e N a m es o f o v e r 2 0 0 0 N atural F ea­ tu res, T o w n s, C ities, P r o v in c e s a n d C o u n ­ trie s, by Adrian Room (235 pages, May 1994), reveals the etymologies of African placenames, with appropriate historical, topographical, and biological references. Cross references provide both former names and alternative spellings. $51.95 postpaid. McFarland & Co., Box 6 l l , Jefferson, NC 28640. ISBN 0-89950-943-6. Atlas of Mesozoic and Cenozoic Coast­ lin e s , by Alan G. Smith, David G. Smith, and Brian M. Funnell (99 pages, June 1994), is an invaluable source of paleogeographical infor­ mation. Thirty-one maps, generally correspond­ ing to stratigraphic stages, provide a snapshot of the continents at approximately 8-million- year intervals and demonstrate the breakup of the Pangaea landmass into our m odern conti­ nents. Nearly half the book is an excellent mul­ tilingual bibliography of 2,000 primary sourc­ es. $39.95. Cambridge Univ. Press, 40 W. 20th N e w Publications George M. Eberhart St., New York, NY 10011- 4211. ISBN 0-521-45155-8. An Ethnohistorical Dic­ t i o n a r y o f t h e R u s s ia n a n d S o v iet E m p ires, edited by James S. Olson (837 pag­ es, April 1994), provides a complete description of 450 ethnolinguistic groups in the Commonwealth of Indepen­ dent States. The essays are insightful, offering the his­ tory and characteristics of such familiar peoples as the Cossacks, Jews, and Latvians as well as more obscure ethnic groups. The volume includes appendices on population statistics, a chronol­ ogy of the Russian and Soviet Empires, and a brief history of Islam in the area. $125.00. Green­ w ood Press, 88 Post Road West, P.O. Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881. ISBN 0-313-27497-5. Film Quotations, by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn W. Nowlan (745 pages, May 1994), identifies 11,420 cinematic quotations in more than 900 subjects. Each quote gives the movie title, production com pany, year o f release, speaker of the line, and, w hen appropriate, a comment putting the quote in context. There is no subject for libraries, but under “books” there is: . . I’m going to help rebuild the library. And if anybody ever again tries to re­ move a book from it, h e’ll have to do it over my dead body” (Bette Davis in Storm Center, 1956). $77.00 postpaid. McFarland & Co., Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640. ISBN 0-89950-786-7. Historical Atlas of Colorado, by Thomas J. Noel, Paul F. Mahoney, and Richard E. Stevens (192 pages, August 1994), offers sixty black- and-white maps on topics of historical and geo­ graphical significance, among them territorial disputes, water diversions and reservoirs, stage­ coach lines, lost mines and buried treasures, Native American tribes, and literary locales. The accompanying essays are succinct and accessi­ ble to the casual browser. $29.95 University of Oklahoma Press, 1005 Asp Avenue, Norman, OK 73019. ISBN 0-8061-2591-8. Latin Literature: A History, by Gian Biagio Conte (827 pages, April 1994), is a definitive October 1994/603 er n ni ic surv ey o f Rom an w riting from the early Republic to the dawn of the Middle Ages. This encyclopedic work can be used as a reader’s hand­ book, a bibliographic guide, a literary study, or a supple­ ment to the philosophies and politics of the ancient world. C onte, Italy ’s p re e m in e n t Latin scholar, gives equal time to Latin chronicles, ora­ tory, poetry, creative writing, prose, and letters. An essen­ tial reference work for any­ o n e studying Rom an la n ­ guage and literature. $65.00. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Woolworth work 2715 N. Charles St., Balti­ hour work week i more, MD 21218-4319. ISBN ABC-CLIO Compa 0-8018-4638-2. P rogress in A m er N ew Employee Orientation, by H. Scott Davis (144 pages, February 1994), details the orientation program the author developed for the Indiana State University Libraries, Terre Haute. Written for personnel librarians and oth­ ers w ho are responsible for assimilating new employees into the library staff, this manual presents a m enu of program activities that can be tailored to suit the needs of many libraries. $39.95. Neal-Schuman Publishers, 100 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. ISBN 1-55570-158-2. Selection of Library Materials for Area Studies: Part II, A ustralia, Canada, an d N ew Z ealan d, edited by Cecily Johns (111 pages, 1994), offers practical advice to collection de­ velopment librarians on selection tools and the book trade in these countries. $25.00. ALA Or­ der Dept., 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 6 0 6 ll- 2795. ISBN 0-8389-0631-1. U.S. Government Periodical Index, vol. 1, no. 1 (quarterly, March 1994- ), available in print, CD-ROM, and MARC-tape versions, pro­ vides access to articles with significant research, reference, or general interest value from some 170 federal periodicals. Not included are most titles appearing in the Periodicals Supplement to the GPO Monthly Catalog and those cov­ ered by CIS’ A m erican Statistics Index. The single index is alphabetical by subject and name. Print and CD-ROM editions are $795.00 each, with a combined price of $995.00. Con­ gressional Information Ser­ vice, 4520 East-West High­ way, Bethesda, MD 20814- 9836. World History, by Bruce Wetterau (1,173 pages, April 1994), is a dictio n ary of 10,000 im portant peo p le, places, and events from an­ cient times to the present. With this many listings in sser one volume, most descrip­gno tions are brief and concise, C fo with the exception of the ry entries for countries, which L ib ra feature helpful chronolo­ gies. Art, literature, science, s strike for a 40- and p h ilo so p h y are well 1937. (From The on to Women’s represented, and there is an a.) emphasis on American his­ tory not found in compara­ le works—yet the coverage outside North merica is creditable. $60.00. Henry Holt and o., 115 W. 18th St., New York, NY 10011. SBN 0-8050-2350-X. The 7,500-entry Larousse D ictio n a ry o f World History, edited by Bruce P. Lenman (996 ages, 1994), has a few maps and dynastic ta­ les, unlike Wetterau’s volume, and the list­ ngs are longer. Reference collections should ave both volumes (as well as The Hutchinson ictionary o f World History, reviewed in June 1994). $40.00. Larousse, 95 Madison Ave., New ork, NY 10016. ISBN 0-7523-5001-3. ■ A re y o u subscribed? Don’t miss out. Put your two cents into the ACRL-Forum, an unmoderated listserv open to all for discussion of issues perti­ nent to ACRL, academic librarianship, and higher education established by ACRL. 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