- Email: [email protected]
Statistical handbook on the American family
Great Thinkers ot the Western World, ed. by Ian P. McGreal. N.Y.: HarperCollIns. 1992.572~. $40 l8BN @06-270026-X. LC 9138362. This volume lists and summarizes the principal ideas of 116 Western thinkers, from Parmenides to Camus, and provides annotated further-reading lists. It would make a worthy addition to collections serving undergraduate philosophy majors, though the rumored new edition of the Encyclopedia of Philosophy should also be kept in mind for this population.
Holocclust Archives. Avail. on the Internet for ftp from ftp.sura.edu in pub/dots/ hlston//holocaust.archh&s. This substantial bibliography of holocaust materials is available via an e-mail message to [email protected]. Materials available range from personal accounts, lists of deportations, bibliographic sources, and biographies to articles on the fate of homosexuals.
lnformatkm Sources In Patents, ed. by C.P. Auger. London: Bowker-Saur, 1992. 187~. S75iSBN
0862-919061.
LC 91-390044.
While not specifically focused on the U.S., this title presents a good overview of the patents process in Europe, the U.S., the UK, and selected major industrialized countries. Essays also cover announcement and abstractingservices,oniinesearchingtechniques, and patents in chemistry and the life sciences. This volume is appropriate for libraries with patent collections or a clientele with a strong interest in this area, though the recent pubiication by Susan Ardis, An Introduction to U.S. Patent Searching: The Process (Libraries Unlimited, 1991) is most useful for U.S. patent information.
LAN1 Physks Information Setvke. on the Internet (@mentor.lanl.gov).
Avail.
This still-experimental gopher service focuses on nuclear and particle physics research, particuiarlypreprintson the nuclearand highenergy physics. Theabstracts and papers themselves are available on the server, as are keyword searching of titles and abstracts, and author searching. Dial-in users must access the service through a local gopher. The Other Gophers listing provided by the University of Minnesota (which is used by many gophers to tunnel to other gophers) lists this gopher under Other Gophers/USA.
Masterpkcesof African-American Uterature, ed. by Frank N. Maglll. N.Y.: HarperCollIns. 1992. 593~. 27-9. LC 92-52452.
$40 ISBN O-06-
This latest addition to Magiil’s Masterpieces series focuses on African-American writers of proseandpoetryfromthe17OOstothepresent. Articles appear in the familiar Magili’s format: brief overview of characters, content, analysis, and context.
Music Archives. Avail. (@gopher.uwp.edu).
on the
Internet
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside has gathered andorganized materials and sources on many types of music-classical, folk, and rock-and made them available on the Internet.Thefileaiso includesdiscographies, indexediyrics(includingextensive lyricsfrom the Beatles, BarryManilow, and Elvis, as well as current top groups), and a database of over 700 CDs searchable by album title and artist. Since the University of Wisconsin-Parkside does not have a public client for its gopher, dial-in users must access it through the main gopher server at the University of Minnesota: telnettoconsuItant.micro.umn.edu;path:fun and games/music/music archives.
The Right Guide: A Guide toConservattv0
and Rtght-of-Center Organimtlons, ed. by Derek A. Wilcox, J. Shackman, and P. Naas.AnnArbor,MI:EconomlcsAmerica, 1993.444p. $74.95. ISSN 1064-7414. 923456.
LC 92-
The Right Guide provides basic profiles of conservative organizations in an alphabetical listing. Indexes of the groups by subject and keyword provide further means of access. Other features include lists of periodicals,campusorganizations, andorganizations outside the U.S.
The Washington Almanac, by Lawrence J. Haas. N.Y.: Henry Halt and Co., 19R [email protected]. Unlikeother U.S. political almanacs, thisone is organized around public policy areas. Profiles of key players in the government and privatesectorappearafter introductoryessays on the issues. Some of the information in this premier edition is rendered obsolete with the election of a new President and Congress.
Who’s Who In the United Natkns and Re-
lated Agencies, 2nd. ed. Detroit: Omnigraphlcs, 1992. 85Op. $185 ISBN l55888-762-8. LC 92-28304.
This is the first new edition of this work in 17 years. The main biographical section is arranged alphabetically by last name. Another section includes a list of UN offices and other agencies with addresses, phone, fax, and employee lists. A useful feature for undergraduates who are told to “pick a country” is a biographical index by nationality.
World class Bustnessz A Guide to the 100 Most Powemi Global Corporations, by Phlllp Mattera. N.Y.: Henry Hoit and Co., 1992.763p.$50lSBN0-8050-1681-3.LC9145585. The well-written, well-balanced reporton the top 100 international companies provided here will help job searchers or the casually interested. The dated 1991 financial and employment data is offset by the overview, history, operations, labor relations, and environmental record sections. And to make librarians happy, a bibliography is included for each company. At $50, this is a good buy for general collections.
Spankh Amerkan Author: TheTwentieth Century, by Angel Flares. N.Y.: H.W. Wilson, 1992. 915~. LC 92-7591.
$100. ISBN 0824208064.
This volume is the newest in the Wilson Authors Series. It is made up of biographical profiles and accompanying bibliographies of primary and secondary literature. More than 300 20th-century Spanish-language authors in the Americas are included.
Barbara Beaton is Coordinator, Information University
Statistical Handbook on the American Family, ed. by Bruce A. Chadwick and T.B. Heaton. Phoenlx: Oryx, 1992. 295~. $59.50 ISBN O-89774-687-2. LC 9144175. This handbook brings together statistical information on a variety of aspects of family life and attitudes in the U.S. The data are drawn from government and private-sector pubiications, and public access databases. A “List of Sources” provides bibliographic citations for the sources of all charts.
Library,
and Research of Michigan
Center,
Graduate
([email protected],J.
Sue Davidsen
is Reference
information
Technology
and Librarian,
M-Link,
University
Library,
([email protected]).
Linda
TerHaar
of Michigan
is Coordinator
Collection
Development,
University
of Michigan
Undergraduate
of
Library,
([email protected]).
the Journal of Academic Librarianship, March 1993
57
Holocclust Archives. Avail. on the Internet for ftp from ftp.sura.edu in pub/dots/ hlston//holocaust.archh&s. This substantial bibliography of holocaust materials is available via an e-mail message to [email protected]. Materials available range from personal accounts, lists of deportations, bibliographic sources, and biographies to articles on the fate of homosexuals.
lnformatkm Sources In Patents, ed. by C.P. Auger. London: Bowker-Saur, 1992. 187~. S75iSBN
0862-919061.
LC 91-390044.
While not specifically focused on the U.S., this title presents a good overview of the patents process in Europe, the U.S., the UK, and selected major industrialized countries. Essays also cover announcement and abstractingservices,oniinesearchingtechniques, and patents in chemistry and the life sciences. This volume is appropriate for libraries with patent collections or a clientele with a strong interest in this area, though the recent pubiication by Susan Ardis, An Introduction to U.S. Patent Searching: The Process (Libraries Unlimited, 1991) is most useful for U.S. patent information.
LAN1 Physks Information Setvke. on the Internet (@mentor.lanl.gov).
Avail.
This still-experimental gopher service focuses on nuclear and particle physics research, particuiarlypreprintson the nuclearand highenergy physics. Theabstracts and papers themselves are available on the server, as are keyword searching of titles and abstracts, and author searching. Dial-in users must access the service through a local gopher. The Other Gophers listing provided by the University of Minnesota (which is used by many gophers to tunnel to other gophers) lists this gopher under Other Gophers/USA.
Masterpkcesof African-American Uterature, ed. by Frank N. Maglll. N.Y.: HarperCollIns. 1992. 593~. 27-9. LC 92-52452.
$40 ISBN O-06-
This latest addition to Magiil’s Masterpieces series focuses on African-American writers of proseandpoetryfromthe17OOstothepresent. Articles appear in the familiar Magili’s format: brief overview of characters, content, analysis, and context.
Music Archives. Avail. (@gopher.uwp.edu).
on the
Internet
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside has gathered andorganized materials and sources on many types of music-classical, folk, and rock-and made them available on the Internet.Thefileaiso includesdiscographies, indexediyrics(includingextensive lyricsfrom the Beatles, BarryManilow, and Elvis, as well as current top groups), and a database of over 700 CDs searchable by album title and artist. Since the University of Wisconsin-Parkside does not have a public client for its gopher, dial-in users must access it through the main gopher server at the University of Minnesota: telnettoconsuItant.micro.umn.edu;path:fun and games/music/music archives.
The Right Guide: A Guide toConservattv0
and Rtght-of-Center Organimtlons, ed. by Derek A. Wilcox, J. Shackman, and P. Naas.AnnArbor,MI:EconomlcsAmerica, 1993.444p. $74.95. ISSN 1064-7414. 923456.
LC 92-
The Right Guide provides basic profiles of conservative organizations in an alphabetical listing. Indexes of the groups by subject and keyword provide further means of access. Other features include lists of periodicals,campusorganizations, andorganizations outside the U.S.
The Washington Almanac, by Lawrence J. Haas. N.Y.: Henry Halt and Co., 19R [email protected]. Unlikeother U.S. political almanacs, thisone is organized around public policy areas. Profiles of key players in the government and privatesectorappearafter introductoryessays on the issues. Some of the information in this premier edition is rendered obsolete with the election of a new President and Congress.
Who’s Who In the United Natkns and Re-
lated Agencies, 2nd. ed. Detroit: Omnigraphlcs, 1992. 85Op. $185 ISBN l55888-762-8. LC 92-28304.
This is the first new edition of this work in 17 years. The main biographical section is arranged alphabetically by last name. Another section includes a list of UN offices and other agencies with addresses, phone, fax, and employee lists. A useful feature for undergraduates who are told to “pick a country” is a biographical index by nationality.
World class Bustnessz A Guide to the 100 Most Powemi Global Corporations, by Phlllp Mattera. N.Y.: Henry Hoit and Co., 1992.763p.$50lSBN0-8050-1681-3.LC9145585. The well-written, well-balanced reporton the top 100 international companies provided here will help job searchers or the casually interested. The dated 1991 financial and employment data is offset by the overview, history, operations, labor relations, and environmental record sections. And to make librarians happy, a bibliography is included for each company. At $50, this is a good buy for general collections.
Spankh Amerkan Author: TheTwentieth Century, by Angel Flares. N.Y.: H.W. Wilson, 1992. 915~. LC 92-7591.
$100. ISBN 0824208064.
This volume is the newest in the Wilson Authors Series. It is made up of biographical profiles and accompanying bibliographies of primary and secondary literature. More than 300 20th-century Spanish-language authors in the Americas are included.
Barbara Beaton is Coordinator, Information University
Statistical Handbook on the American Family, ed. by Bruce A. Chadwick and T.B. Heaton. Phoenlx: Oryx, 1992. 295~. $59.50 ISBN O-89774-687-2. LC 9144175. This handbook brings together statistical information on a variety of aspects of family life and attitudes in the U.S. The data are drawn from government and private-sector pubiications, and public access databases. A “List of Sources” provides bibliographic citations for the sources of all charts.
Library,
and Research of Michigan
Center,
Graduate
([email protected],J.
Sue Davidsen
is Reference
information
Technology
and Librarian,
M-Link,
University
Library,
([email protected]).
Linda
TerHaar
of Michigan
is Coordinator
Collection
Development,
University
of Michigan
Undergraduate
of
Library,
([email protected]).
the Journal of Academic Librarianship, March 1993
57