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Cumulative Indexes Jackson Lethbridge R e v i e w c o p i e s o f c u m u l a t i v e i n d e x e s s h o u l d b e d i r e c t e d t o J a c k s o n L e t h b r i d g e , 15 W o o d s d a l e P a r k , S t a t e College, P e n n s y l v a n i a 1 6 8 0 1 .
I. American Review. Index to vol. 1 - 2 6 . 2. Anatomical Record. Cumulated author index to vol. 1-180.
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Journal o f Fluid Mechanics. Author index to vol. 6 1 - 8 0 . Washington State University, Pullman. Research Studies. Index to vol. 1 - 4 3 .
3. Early American Literature, Index to vol. 1-10.
1. American Review, the Magazine o f New Writing. Index to vol. 1-26 (Sept. 1967--Nov. 1977) in vol. 26 (Nov. 1977), pp. 425--40. New York, Bantam Books, 1977. ISSN: 0028--4211. paper $2.95. This reviewer will miss the 400-page quarterly issues of lively contemporary writing, some of it by well-known contributors and some by those hoping to make a land-mark contribution. Even in its early days when vol. 1--15 (Sept. 1967-1972) was known as New American Review, it belonged to its writers -- and their r e a d e r s - - a n d attempted to fill this role by including as wide a rePresentation as possible; for example, John Barth, Theodore Roszak, Allen Ginsberg, etc. Unfortunately, this latest - really, the last - Index follows the same format as earlier ones to nos. 1-8 (Sept. 1967--Jan. 1970) in no. 8 (Jan. 1970), pp. 235-9, and nos. 9 - 2 4 (April 1970-April 1976) in no. 24 (April 1976), pp. 269-78. What may have been passing in earlier simpler indexes is regretful in this concluding work, especially when we realize that the same material is included in no other index - at least, not as far as this reviewer is aware. The Index is divided into seven separate sections; specifically, 1) Conversations, 2) Essays, 3 ) F i c t i o n , 4) Graphics, 5) Play, 6) Poetry, and 7) Symposium: The Writer's Situation. Each section is arranged alphabeti-cally by the name of the main author. In the last section, the Symposium, covering a series of responses by those most affected - serious novelists, poets, playwrights, and critics -- on the nature and importance of changes in the literary situation, the contributors are listed individually. Each entry includes all secondary authors (if any), titles, and beginning page nos. The authors' last names are in BLOCK capitals while the titles are in italics. Dates
are completely omitted in all entries even when there a r e several items listed under a particular author , and the titles are arranged in volume order -- in other words, by date of publication -- with the earliest first. There are no cross references from secondary authors even through it is usually the early works of artists later grown famous that researchers in their quest for developmental influences have the most trouble tracking down. Finally, complete pagination would not have been difficult as the articles run continuously in the original volumes of the parent title. Simplicity is not necessarily a virtue! Apparently, the editors felt the least said the better: they omitted any introduction or general explanatory remarks. The user is left to check each category on his own in case of uncertainty as to the proper category as articles are entered only once; what would happen if one of those articles was a play in verse or poetic form, accompanied by graphics? 2. Anatomical Record. Cumulated author index to vol. 1--180 (1906-74). Comp. by Anita Kimbrell and Aaron J. Ladman. Wistar Institute, 36th St. and Spruce, Philadelphia, 1977. LC: 77-73562. ISSN: 0003-276X. 178p. bound, free to subscribers_ The official organ of the American Association of Anatomists, Anatomical Record, publishes the results of research with emphasis on the biological structure of vertebrate anatomy. The regular user will appreciate the usual scholarly paraphernalia of authors from prestigous institutions, abstracts, bibliography, etc. To set the record straight from the beginning, it must be stated that this is a reprint without change of four separate indexes in three parts which have already ap-peared in the parent title, including: I. vol. 1-100 (1906--
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47) in vol. 186, no. 4 (Dec. 1976), pp. 595-672; II. vol. 101-150 (1948-64) in vol. 185, no. 4 (Aug, 1976), pp. 4 5 3 - 5 0 8 ; III. vol. 151-180 (1965-74) in vol. 182, no. 4 (Aug_ 1975), pp. 515--558. The final version was published as separates originally, and we had no intent at the time of the completion of the 180 volumes of issuing all of it as a separate hard cover index. That was an afterthought and if it was at first envisioned it probably should have been prepared using only one alphabet than the four that currently appear. (Letter from Aaron J. Ladman, Feb. 7, 1978) And while there are only three parts, there are four i n d e x e s - and four alphabets. "Volumes 1--10 [1906/8-July 19161 of PART ONE is a copy o f a separatum which appeared about 1916. From this publication, only the citations to original work have been included." (Contents note, p. v.) The second section of this first part covers volumes 11-100 (Aug. 1916-47). PART ONE, Section One, is arranged alphabetically by main author with each entry containing secondary authors (if any), title, vol. no. and beginning page nos. -but no dates or issue nos. However, as this section covers a very short run of the oldest material, little appears to be lost to a researcher wanting to verify the state of the art as of a certain date; and as pagination is continuous from issue to issue within each volume, there is little lost by the omission of the issue nos. But as stated, pagination is continuous so it would have been easy to complete the full pagination and give researchers some idea of the extent - and possible depth -- of the material. Secondary authors each have their own entries with the same bibliograhpical information repeated each time. All authors' names are in small block capitals to differen-fiate t h e m from the titles. One peculiarity should be noted: in case of multiple entries under one particular author, arrangement appears to be random -- three librarians and a biologist could not suggest any rhyme or reason to the sequence. The user must r e m e m b e r t o check all entries in such cases; for example, 'Bean, Robert Bennett,' 'Jordan, H.E.' etc. PART ONE, Section Two, and PARTS TWO and THREE all have arrangements similar but not identical to those described above. Following the vol. and beginning page nos. are the last two digits of the year; the first two are separated by a colon while the latter two are separated by a comma. Some variation in typography or the placing of the dates within parentheses would have been preferable at this point, to insure against simple errors on the part of the user. Also, secondary authors no longer have full bibliographical information repeated under them; rather, cross references refer the user to the main author entry. In some cases, the many alphabets may be confusing and the users should check out all entries under an author or authors to avoid overlooking the key entry. For ex-ample, in PART ONE, Section Two, we find four titles listed immediately under 'Beams, H.W.' indicating sole authorship; then we find an additional eight titles arranged under four co-authors where Beams has been .the primary author in a joint venture; finally, we have two see also references to other author entries where Beams has been the secondary author in a joint venture. At times when the same name -- for example, R. L. King -comes up as a joint author in both a primary and secondary relationship, the user may wish that the compilers had followed the procedure of supplying full biblio--
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graphical information for all articles under all authors, as in PART ONE, Section One. Good binding but some variation in typography spacing between author entries would have made ~n~ work more aesthetically pleasing. One hopes the editors will consider a KWOC, I(WIc or even a KWAC index in the future. If not, take heartl this title is also indexed in Biological Abstracts, ChernieQi Abstracts, Index Medicus, Nutrition Abstracts and Re, views, and Science Citation Index.
3. Early American Literature. Index to vol. 1--10 (Sprin, 1966 -- Winter 1975/6). EarlyAmerican Literature Divio:of t h e Modem Language Association, Bartlett Hall,"alUll lJ, niversity of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. 01002. n.d. ISSN: 0043--0383.44p. paper. From the time when the early issues were called Early American Literature Newsletter, the parent journal has covered the history of belles lettres during the colonial and early national period in the United States. The Index itself really covers vol. 1--10, no. 1 and 3 in its main body with vol. 10, no 2 (Fall 1975)--which was, for no apparent reason, omitted -- covered in a separate two page Addenda, divided into the same three sections as the main body; namely, Authors, Articles, and Books Reviewed. There is no general preface but each section has a one line sentence as an introduction. Section I - approximately 1/3 of the Index - i s an author index, arranged alphabetically by main entry with additional entries for co--authors. Each entry includes the names of all authors, title of article within quotation marks, vol. and issue no., and full paginati0n.. omitting only the date of publication; the same bibliographical data are presented under each co-author, reducing -- really, eliminating completely - cross references. Section II -- also approximately 1/3 of the Index in length -- is entitled Articles; in the words of the one sentence introduction, "This heading includes everything except reviews." In reality, this is a KWOC subject index, arranged alphabetically. For each entry, we are given the same bibliographical information as in section I except that the author and title are interchanged. As in Section I, articles are entered under more than one subject with the same bibfiographical data repeated in each case. But here begins the guessing game of the number of, and the appropriate subject headings for each article; in other words, why this subject but not that one? Harrison T. Meserole's article " 'Come dry--Brained Marble eyed Porticks': James Allen and Frances Quarles, 1679" is entered logically under both 'Allen, James' and 'Quarles, Frances'. But why is J.H. Dorenkamp's article "The Bay Psalm Book and the Ainsworth Psalter" only under 'Bay Psalm Book' and not under its immediate ancestor whose relationship is so carefully delineated in the original article? Or, would it n o t be wise to include Carl R. Dolmetscb's "William Byrd II: Comic Dramatist?" under the more general heading of 'Drama' which is already used for several other articles, rather than only the specific entry of "Byrd, William II'? The interested amateur -- and not a few specialists -- may not be aware of all the specific names in the field and there are no cross references to guide them to the appropriate subject headings. Section III -- about ¼ of the Index -- is Books Reviewed. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author(s) of the titles reviewed, with the same bibliographical information repeated under each author's name in the case of joint authors; namely, names of all authors, title (underlined), name of reviewer (in parentheses), vol. and issue no,,
and complete pagination. Several recommendations might be made to our anony-mous indexers for their next edition. The most obvious is to be certain that all issues in the run are included: Expand the subject indexing, and[or include cross references. An author and title index o f all works mentioned or at least, those substantially discussed - in the body of the articles would be a boon to researchers; admittedly, this would be another alphabet to search but without an Addenda, we have reduced the number from six to three. Remember that a preface, be it over-all and covering the entire work or broken down into segments and tailored to fit each special section, should set forth as much i n f o r mation as an interested amateur would find useful in searching a w o r k as efficiently as possible, being certain that he/she was not overlooking some unique feature. Finally, some additional variations in typography as those used imaginatively in the parent title itself, would make the general impression more attractive. Also indexed in MLA Abstracts.
4. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Author index to vol. 6 1 - 8 0 (Oct. 1973-May 1977). Cambridge University, 1977. ISSN: 0022--1120.47p. paper. The parent title, international in scope, publishes the results o f theoretical and experimental investigations in a field that influences a wide range of activities ranging from astrophysics to marine engineering. The latest Index, arranged alphabetically by main author, supplies the user with a concise entry including, in each case, secondary authors (if any), title, vol. no., year and beginning page number. As pagination is c o n tinuous from page one in each volume, the lack of an issue number and a complete date will probably be missed only by the purist although the information is included on the title page of each paper; complete pagination might be more useful to indicate length of articles to other researchers and would not have been difficult to ascertain as it is also indicated on the title page of each paper. All authors' names and vol. nos. appear in heavy dark print to differentiate them from the titles and the page nos. respectively. Cross references from all secondary authors lead the user to the main author entry. See also references exist when secondary authors o f one paper are also the primary authors o f others; for example, 'Chen, C.F.' has two articles following the name, indicating primary -- and sole - authorship ; ,these in turn are followed by two leads to other authisr entries - 'Turner and Chen' and 'Withjack and Chen' where Chen has been the secondary and joint author. Then we find yet another entry -- 'Chen, C.F. and Sandford, R.D.' - where Chen has been a primary author in a joint venture. Therefore, users should look for more than simply the first entry and, at times, for more than just one cross reference. At times, the potential for easily overlooking the correct entry leads one to wish that the anonymous compilers had used a few more lines and supplied full bibliographical information for all articles under each author instead of merely using at least one line for each cross reference. The elimination of time involved whenever a user has to complete this t w o - s t e p process -- and sometimes a User will have to check several places - should offset the extra time needed to include the additional entries. In the case of more than one article by an author, all t i t l e s are arranged in chronological order by date of publication under the author's name, beginning with the earliest. No preface is included; arrangement is simple, however,
and appears to be without guile. Earlier indices, in the same format, include the follow-ing: Vol. 1--20 (1956--'64). Cambridge, 1965. 38p. $1.75; Vol. 2 1 - 4 0 (Jan. 1965--March 1970). Cambridge, 1970. 49p. $1.75; Vol. 4 1 - 6 0 (March 1970-Oct. 1973). Cambridge, 1974. 49p. $3.00. Perhaps a KWOC or KWIC index is planned or at least a cumulative author file as a 'centennial' index for vol. 100 due in 1980, but for those who d o n ' t want to wait, please note that this title is also indexed in Applied Me--
ehanies Review, Biological Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, Engineering Index, Mathematical Reviews, Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts, Science Abstracts and Science Citation Index. 5. Washington State University, Pullman.
Research Studies.
Index to vol. 1--43 (1929-75) comp. and edited by Joseph Drazan and Paula Scott. Penrose Memorial Library, Whit-man College, Walla Walla, Washington 99362. May 1976. ISSN: 0043--0838.39p. paper. paper. While the first volume o f this academic quarterly devoted to the publication of research by faculty and advanced students emphasized science to such a degree that an Index o f New Scientific Names was compiled referring to the discoveries described in the first few volumes o f the parent title, today's issues contain a p r e ponderance o f articles dealing with humanistic topics. The Index itself also covers Monographic Supplements, no. 1--4 (1955--66) as well as Pacific Sociological Society. Proceedings, nos. 8--25 (1939--57), the latter being published as part of the contents of the parent title. Unfortunately, no indication of these inclusions appears on the title page. The first section of the Index -- pages 1-38 -- is alpha-betical by main entry and gives us secondary authors (if any), title, volume no., and full pagination but no date and no issue no. despite both appearing on the first page of each article. In case o f more than one title under an author's name, a sub-alphabet arranges these by title, each one on a new line. All titles are in small block capitals to differentiate them from the authors' names; many are immediately followed by guide words such as Abstracts, Commentary, etc. within parentheses. Also, accompanying each main entry is an unique key number -a computer file sequence number -- in increments of five, presumably to allow for later additions to be inserted in case of a new edition. Cross references usually exist from all secondary authors to the appropriate main entry, but omissions do occur. In the case of Monographic Supplement no. 1 entitled "Cytotaxonomic Studies in Allium. I. The Allium Cana-dense Alliance" entered under the main author 'Aase, Hanah C.' (entry no. 10), we find 'M. Ownbey' included as the secondary author. But under the 'Ownbey, Marion' heading, the user will find only the three articles on Allium that she herself authored with no references to the other related work. Another inconsistency involving the Monographic Supplements is the inclusion of the publication date for some -- see under "Elmendorf, William W.' (entry no. 850) and 'Nilan, Robert A.' (entry no. 1950) - and the omission for the others -- see under 'Aase, Hanah C. and M. Ownbey' (entry no. 10) and 'Kirshner, Sumner' (entry no. 1440). And the inevitable misprint creeps in: "Grosshans' (entry no. 1 0 7 5 ) o n p. 14 and 'Grosshand' on p. 15. Users should remember that reviews o f current period-ical articles, even when part of a series, are omitted but
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original articles containing retrospective reviews of the literature on specific topics, are included. Thus we have Henry Grosshans' 'Reviews' in vol. 34. no. 3 (Sept. 1966), pp. 167-173 omitted as it falls into the first category, but another of his 'Reviews' entitled "Christians and Jews and Two Thousand Years" in vol. 38, no. 3 (Sept. 1970), pp. 243-49 is included as it falls into the second. We might more seriously question the omission of Wolfgangang A. Luchting's "The Role of Literature as a D e velopment Factor in Latin America" in vol. 43, no. 2 (June 1975), pp. 132-39 while his later article of the same kind, "The Peruvian Novel after Mario Vargas Llosa" in vol. 43, no. 3 (Sept. 1975), pp. 201-07, is included• The Index concludes with eleven pages o f subject headings arranged alphabetically.
The subject headings do not lead directly to the entry in the parent title but rather are keyed back to the unique entry numbers in the first part; however, the entry num-. bets refer only to the author and not the specific title, necessitating a review o f a series o f titles in a number of cases. No cross references are included in this section although titles are entered under more than one subject. An earlier index to authors and subjects covering vol. 1-25, (1929--57) appeared in-vol. 25, no. 4 (Dec. 1975), pp. 297-336. Also indexed in MLA Abstracts, Review of English
• . . A K e y - w o r d - o u t - - o f - c o n t e x t compilation; the key words in a title are lifted to serve as subject entry
Studies, Language and Language Behavior Abstracts, Revue de Litterature Comparee, Historical Abstracts, and America: History and Life.
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I. American Review. Index to vol. 1 - 2 6 . 2. Anatomical Record. Cumulated author index to vol. 1-180.
4. 5.
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3. Early American Literature, Index to vol. 1-10.
1. American Review, the Magazine o f New Writing. Index to vol. 1-26 (Sept. 1967--Nov. 1977) in vol. 26 (Nov. 1977), pp. 425--40. New York, Bantam Books, 1977. ISSN: 0028--4211. paper $2.95. This reviewer will miss the 400-page quarterly issues of lively contemporary writing, some of it by well-known contributors and some by those hoping to make a land-mark contribution. Even in its early days when vol. 1--15 (Sept. 1967-1972) was known as New American Review, it belonged to its writers -- and their r e a d e r s - - a n d attempted to fill this role by including as wide a rePresentation as possible; for example, John Barth, Theodore Roszak, Allen Ginsberg, etc. Unfortunately, this latest - really, the last - Index follows the same format as earlier ones to nos. 1-8 (Sept. 1967--Jan. 1970) in no. 8 (Jan. 1970), pp. 235-9, and nos. 9 - 2 4 (April 1970-April 1976) in no. 24 (April 1976), pp. 269-78. What may have been passing in earlier simpler indexes is regretful in this concluding work, especially when we realize that the same material is included in no other index - at least, not as far as this reviewer is aware. The Index is divided into seven separate sections; specifically, 1) Conversations, 2) Essays, 3 ) F i c t i o n , 4) Graphics, 5) Play, 6) Poetry, and 7) Symposium: The Writer's Situation. Each section is arranged alphabeti-cally by the name of the main author. In the last section, the Symposium, covering a series of responses by those most affected - serious novelists, poets, playwrights, and critics -- on the nature and importance of changes in the literary situation, the contributors are listed individually. Each entry includes all secondary authors (if any), titles, and beginning page nos. The authors' last names are in BLOCK capitals while the titles are in italics. Dates
are completely omitted in all entries even when there a r e several items listed under a particular author , and the titles are arranged in volume order -- in other words, by date of publication -- with the earliest first. There are no cross references from secondary authors even through it is usually the early works of artists later grown famous that researchers in their quest for developmental influences have the most trouble tracking down. Finally, complete pagination would not have been difficult as the articles run continuously in the original volumes of the parent title. Simplicity is not necessarily a virtue! Apparently, the editors felt the least said the better: they omitted any introduction or general explanatory remarks. The user is left to check each category on his own in case of uncertainty as to the proper category as articles are entered only once; what would happen if one of those articles was a play in verse or poetic form, accompanied by graphics? 2. Anatomical Record. Cumulated author index to vol. 1--180 (1906-74). Comp. by Anita Kimbrell and Aaron J. Ladman. Wistar Institute, 36th St. and Spruce, Philadelphia, 1977. LC: 77-73562. ISSN: 0003-276X. 178p. bound, free to subscribers_ The official organ of the American Association of Anatomists, Anatomical Record, publishes the results of research with emphasis on the biological structure of vertebrate anatomy. The regular user will appreciate the usual scholarly paraphernalia of authors from prestigous institutions, abstracts, bibliography, etc. To set the record straight from the beginning, it must be stated that this is a reprint without change of four separate indexes in three parts which have already ap-peared in the parent title, including: I. vol. 1-100 (1906--
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47) in vol. 186, no. 4 (Dec. 1976), pp. 595-672; II. vol. 101-150 (1948-64) in vol. 185, no. 4 (Aug, 1976), pp. 4 5 3 - 5 0 8 ; III. vol. 151-180 (1965-74) in vol. 182, no. 4 (Aug_ 1975), pp. 515--558. The final version was published as separates originally, and we had no intent at the time of the completion of the 180 volumes of issuing all of it as a separate hard cover index. That was an afterthought and if it was at first envisioned it probably should have been prepared using only one alphabet than the four that currently appear. (Letter from Aaron J. Ladman, Feb. 7, 1978) And while there are only three parts, there are four i n d e x e s - and four alphabets. "Volumes 1--10 [1906/8-July 19161 of PART ONE is a copy o f a separatum which appeared about 1916. From this publication, only the citations to original work have been included." (Contents note, p. v.) The second section of this first part covers volumes 11-100 (Aug. 1916-47). PART ONE, Section One, is arranged alphabetically by main author with each entry containing secondary authors (if any), title, vol. no. and beginning page nos. -but no dates or issue nos. However, as this section covers a very short run of the oldest material, little appears to be lost to a researcher wanting to verify the state of the art as of a certain date; and as pagination is continuous from issue to issue within each volume, there is little lost by the omission of the issue nos. But as stated, pagination is continuous so it would have been easy to complete the full pagination and give researchers some idea of the extent - and possible depth -- of the material. Secondary authors each have their own entries with the same bibliograhpical information repeated each time. All authors' names are in small block capitals to differen-fiate t h e m from the titles. One peculiarity should be noted: in case of multiple entries under one particular author, arrangement appears to be random -- three librarians and a biologist could not suggest any rhyme or reason to the sequence. The user must r e m e m b e r t o check all entries in such cases; for example, 'Bean, Robert Bennett,' 'Jordan, H.E.' etc. PART ONE, Section Two, and PARTS TWO and THREE all have arrangements similar but not identical to those described above. Following the vol. and beginning page nos. are the last two digits of the year; the first two are separated by a colon while the latter two are separated by a comma. Some variation in typography or the placing of the dates within parentheses would have been preferable at this point, to insure against simple errors on the part of the user. Also, secondary authors no longer have full bibliographical information repeated under them; rather, cross references refer the user to the main author entry. In some cases, the many alphabets may be confusing and the users should check out all entries under an author or authors to avoid overlooking the key entry. For ex-ample, in PART ONE, Section Two, we find four titles listed immediately under 'Beams, H.W.' indicating sole authorship; then we find an additional eight titles arranged under four co-authors where Beams has been .the primary author in a joint venture; finally, we have two see also references to other author entries where Beams has been the secondary author in a joint venture. At times when the same name -- for example, R. L. King -comes up as a joint author in both a primary and secondary relationship, the user may wish that the compilers had followed the procedure of supplying full biblio--
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graphical information for all articles under all authors, as in PART ONE, Section One. Good binding but some variation in typography spacing between author entries would have made ~n~ work more aesthetically pleasing. One hopes the editors will consider a KWOC, I(WIc or even a KWAC index in the future. If not, take heartl this title is also indexed in Biological Abstracts, ChernieQi Abstracts, Index Medicus, Nutrition Abstracts and Re, views, and Science Citation Index.
3. Early American Literature. Index to vol. 1--10 (Sprin, 1966 -- Winter 1975/6). EarlyAmerican Literature Divio:of t h e Modem Language Association, Bartlett Hall,"alUll lJ, niversity of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. 01002. n.d. ISSN: 0043--0383.44p. paper. From the time when the early issues were called Early American Literature Newsletter, the parent journal has covered the history of belles lettres during the colonial and early national period in the United States. The Index itself really covers vol. 1--10, no. 1 and 3 in its main body with vol. 10, no 2 (Fall 1975)--which was, for no apparent reason, omitted -- covered in a separate two page Addenda, divided into the same three sections as the main body; namely, Authors, Articles, and Books Reviewed. There is no general preface but each section has a one line sentence as an introduction. Section I - approximately 1/3 of the Index - i s an author index, arranged alphabetically by main entry with additional entries for co--authors. Each entry includes the names of all authors, title of article within quotation marks, vol. and issue no., and full paginati0n.. omitting only the date of publication; the same bibliographical data are presented under each co-author, reducing -- really, eliminating completely - cross references. Section II -- also approximately 1/3 of the Index in length -- is entitled Articles; in the words of the one sentence introduction, "This heading includes everything except reviews." In reality, this is a KWOC subject index, arranged alphabetically. For each entry, we are given the same bibliographical information as in section I except that the author and title are interchanged. As in Section I, articles are entered under more than one subject with the same bibfiographical data repeated in each case. But here begins the guessing game of the number of, and the appropriate subject headings for each article; in other words, why this subject but not that one? Harrison T. Meserole's article " 'Come dry--Brained Marble eyed Porticks': James Allen and Frances Quarles, 1679" is entered logically under both 'Allen, James' and 'Quarles, Frances'. But why is J.H. Dorenkamp's article "The Bay Psalm Book and the Ainsworth Psalter" only under 'Bay Psalm Book' and not under its immediate ancestor whose relationship is so carefully delineated in the original article? Or, would it n o t be wise to include Carl R. Dolmetscb's "William Byrd II: Comic Dramatist?" under the more general heading of 'Drama' which is already used for several other articles, rather than only the specific entry of "Byrd, William II'? The interested amateur -- and not a few specialists -- may not be aware of all the specific names in the field and there are no cross references to guide them to the appropriate subject headings. Section III -- about ¼ of the Index -- is Books Reviewed. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author(s) of the titles reviewed, with the same bibliographical information repeated under each author's name in the case of joint authors; namely, names of all authors, title (underlined), name of reviewer (in parentheses), vol. and issue no,,
and complete pagination. Several recommendations might be made to our anony-mous indexers for their next edition. The most obvious is to be certain that all issues in the run are included: Expand the subject indexing, and[or include cross references. An author and title index o f all works mentioned or at least, those substantially discussed - in the body of the articles would be a boon to researchers; admittedly, this would be another alphabet to search but without an Addenda, we have reduced the number from six to three. Remember that a preface, be it over-all and covering the entire work or broken down into segments and tailored to fit each special section, should set forth as much i n f o r mation as an interested amateur would find useful in searching a w o r k as efficiently as possible, being certain that he/she was not overlooking some unique feature. Finally, some additional variations in typography as those used imaginatively in the parent title itself, would make the general impression more attractive. Also indexed in MLA Abstracts.
4. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Author index to vol. 6 1 - 8 0 (Oct. 1973-May 1977). Cambridge University, 1977. ISSN: 0022--1120.47p. paper. The parent title, international in scope, publishes the results o f theoretical and experimental investigations in a field that influences a wide range of activities ranging from astrophysics to marine engineering. The latest Index, arranged alphabetically by main author, supplies the user with a concise entry including, in each case, secondary authors (if any), title, vol. no., year and beginning page number. As pagination is c o n tinuous from page one in each volume, the lack of an issue number and a complete date will probably be missed only by the purist although the information is included on the title page of each paper; complete pagination might be more useful to indicate length of articles to other researchers and would not have been difficult to ascertain as it is also indicated on the title page of each paper. All authors' names and vol. nos. appear in heavy dark print to differentiate them from the titles and the page nos. respectively. Cross references from all secondary authors lead the user to the main author entry. See also references exist when secondary authors o f one paper are also the primary authors o f others; for example, 'Chen, C.F.' has two articles following the name, indicating primary -- and sole - authorship ; ,these in turn are followed by two leads to other authisr entries - 'Turner and Chen' and 'Withjack and Chen' where Chen has been the secondary and joint author. Then we find yet another entry -- 'Chen, C.F. and Sandford, R.D.' - where Chen has been a primary author in a joint venture. Therefore, users should look for more than simply the first entry and, at times, for more than just one cross reference. At times, the potential for easily overlooking the correct entry leads one to wish that the anonymous compilers had used a few more lines and supplied full bibliographical information for all articles under each author instead of merely using at least one line for each cross reference. The elimination of time involved whenever a user has to complete this t w o - s t e p process -- and sometimes a User will have to check several places - should offset the extra time needed to include the additional entries. In the case of more than one article by an author, all t i t l e s are arranged in chronological order by date of publication under the author's name, beginning with the earliest. No preface is included; arrangement is simple, however,
and appears to be without guile. Earlier indices, in the same format, include the follow-ing: Vol. 1--20 (1956--'64). Cambridge, 1965. 38p. $1.75; Vol. 2 1 - 4 0 (Jan. 1965--March 1970). Cambridge, 1970. 49p. $1.75; Vol. 4 1 - 6 0 (March 1970-Oct. 1973). Cambridge, 1974. 49p. $3.00. Perhaps a KWOC or KWIC index is planned or at least a cumulative author file as a 'centennial' index for vol. 100 due in 1980, but for those who d o n ' t want to wait, please note that this title is also indexed in Applied Me--
ehanies Review, Biological Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, Engineering Index, Mathematical Reviews, Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts, Science Abstracts and Science Citation Index. 5. Washington State University, Pullman.
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Index to vol. 1--43 (1929-75) comp. and edited by Joseph Drazan and Paula Scott. Penrose Memorial Library, Whit-man College, Walla Walla, Washington 99362. May 1976. ISSN: 0043--0838.39p. paper. paper. While the first volume o f this academic quarterly devoted to the publication of research by faculty and advanced students emphasized science to such a degree that an Index o f New Scientific Names was compiled referring to the discoveries described in the first few volumes o f the parent title, today's issues contain a p r e ponderance o f articles dealing with humanistic topics. The Index itself also covers Monographic Supplements, no. 1--4 (1955--66) as well as Pacific Sociological Society. Proceedings, nos. 8--25 (1939--57), the latter being published as part of the contents of the parent title. Unfortunately, no indication of these inclusions appears on the title page. The first section of the Index -- pages 1-38 -- is alpha-betical by main entry and gives us secondary authors (if any), title, volume no., and full pagination but no date and no issue no. despite both appearing on the first page of each article. In case o f more than one title under an author's name, a sub-alphabet arranges these by title, each one on a new line. All titles are in small block capitals to differentiate them from the authors' names; many are immediately followed by guide words such as Abstracts, Commentary, etc. within parentheses. Also, accompanying each main entry is an unique key number -a computer file sequence number -- in increments of five, presumably to allow for later additions to be inserted in case of a new edition. Cross references usually exist from all secondary authors to the appropriate main entry, but omissions do occur. In the case of Monographic Supplement no. 1 entitled "Cytotaxonomic Studies in Allium. I. The Allium Cana-dense Alliance" entered under the main author 'Aase, Hanah C.' (entry no. 10), we find 'M. Ownbey' included as the secondary author. But under the 'Ownbey, Marion' heading, the user will find only the three articles on Allium that she herself authored with no references to the other related work. Another inconsistency involving the Monographic Supplements is the inclusion of the publication date for some -- see under "Elmendorf, William W.' (entry no. 850) and 'Nilan, Robert A.' (entry no. 1950) - and the omission for the others -- see under 'Aase, Hanah C. and M. Ownbey' (entry no. 10) and 'Kirshner, Sumner' (entry no. 1440). And the inevitable misprint creeps in: "Grosshans' (entry no. 1 0 7 5 ) o n p. 14 and 'Grosshand' on p. 15. Users should remember that reviews o f current period-ical articles, even when part of a series, are omitted but
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original articles containing retrospective reviews of the literature on specific topics, are included. Thus we have Henry Grosshans' 'Reviews' in vol. 34. no. 3 (Sept. 1966), pp. 167-173 omitted as it falls into the first category, but another of his 'Reviews' entitled "Christians and Jews and Two Thousand Years" in vol. 38, no. 3 (Sept. 1970), pp. 243-49 is included as it falls into the second. We might more seriously question the omission of Wolfgangang A. Luchting's "The Role of Literature as a D e velopment Factor in Latin America" in vol. 43, no. 2 (June 1975), pp. 132-39 while his later article of the same kind, "The Peruvian Novel after Mario Vargas Llosa" in vol. 43, no. 3 (Sept. 1975), pp. 201-07, is included• The Index concludes with eleven pages o f subject headings arranged alphabetically.
The subject headings do not lead directly to the entry in the parent title but rather are keyed back to the unique entry numbers in the first part; however, the entry num-. bets refer only to the author and not the specific title, necessitating a review o f a series o f titles in a number of cases. No cross references are included in this section although titles are entered under more than one subject. An earlier index to authors and subjects covering vol. 1-25, (1929--57) appeared in-vol. 25, no. 4 (Dec. 1975), pp. 297-336. Also indexed in MLA Abstracts, Review of English
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