Reference Services Review: Volume 4 Issue 2

Revitalizing RSR

We projected several developments for this issue. Some have transpired and some have not. 1) The guest editorial by a “prominent” reference librarian is written by me instead — so…

Sri/Tech Reference Review

Alfred Hodina, Arthur Anthony

1. Carter, Ernest F. Dictionary of Inventions and Discoveries. New York, Crane, Russak, 1976. 208pp. $6.50. This, the second revised edition of a dictionary first published in…

Money & Banking:: A Reference Guide

M. Balachandran

Reference materials in the area of money and banking have ordinarily been lumped under the category of general reference books in economics and business. This is understandable…

Australian Reference Books

Dietrich H. Borchardt

It gives me much pleasure to acquaint the readers of RSR with some important reference materials that have appeared in Australia, New Zealand and neighbouring countries. Prices…

Government Serials and Services

Frederic J. O'Hara

In this quarterly review of government publications, the judgments expressed are those of the reviewer, Dr. Frederic J. O'Hara, professor of library science, Graduate Library…

Canadian Reference Books

Dean Tudor

1. Blount, Gail, comp. Collective Bargaining in Canadian Education: An Annotated Bibliography. (OISE Bibliography Series, 1). Toronto: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education…

Mushroom Guides: The Wrong Book Could Be Deadly

Susan Ardis

The following reviews are intended to help take some of the mystery and terror out of selecting guides to edible fungi for the amateur. The books chosen for review are all in…

Medical Reference Books

William K. Beatty

The term “medical” will be interpreted broadly to include both basic and clinical sciences, related health fields, and some “medical” elements of biology and chemistry. A…