ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries November 1994 / 677 The All Music Guide to Jazz, edited by Ron Wynn (751 pages, August 1994), profiles 1,150 jazz musicians and their recordings. A spin­ off of Michael Erlewine’s All M u sic G u id e ( s e e C&RL News, April 1993), this vol­ um e also packs an ab u n ­ dance of information on ev­ ery page. Selected CDs and albums are review ed con­ cisely by jazz critics an d music journalists. Other ex­ cellent features include defi­ nitions of jazz genres, “music m aps” that chart the chronological developm ent and use of spe­ cific instruments, mini-histories of important jazz record companies, and short descriptions of famous clubs and performance halls. This is an addictively browsable book. $22.95. Miller Free­ man Books, 6600 Silacci Way, Gilroy, CA 95020. ISBN 0-87930-308-5. The Book of Food, by Frances Bissell (275 pages, July 1994), is a colorfully visual ency­ clopedia of more than 1,000 food ingredients written by the cookery columnist for the Lon­ don Times. If your corner grocery store doesn’t carry Chinese kale, w akam e, N orthern sea robin, kudzu starch, or Zungenwurst, this book will show you pictures, tell you how they taste, and explain how they are prepared. O ne photo alone displays 66 different pastas; another shows the cross-sections of 23 tropical fruits (see next page). $40.00. Henry Holt and Co., 115 W. 18th St., New York, NY 10011. ISBN 0-8050-3006-9. Chronology of W om en's History, by Kirsten Olsen (506 pages, June 1994), records th e trium phs, obstacles, an d conditions of w om en’s lives from prehistory to the present. Each year’s events are subdivided into the cat­ egories of daily life, government and the mili­ tary, literature, entertainment, athletics and ex­ ploration, activism, b u siness an d industry, science and medicine, education and scholar­ ship, and religion. A 109-page index enhances access to this excellent supplem ent to other timetables and chronologies. $39.95. G reen­ w ood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881-5007. ISBN 0-313-28803-8. N e w Publications George M . Eberhart A n o th er recen tly p u b ­ lished reference b o o k on w om en is also an excellent purchase. Great Women Writers, edited by Frank N. M agill ( 6 l l p a g e s , J u n e 1994), examines the life and works of 135 of the w orld’s most important wom en writ­ ers from Sappho and Chris­ tine de Pisan to Anne Tyler and Sandra Cisneros. Each artic le in c lu d e s a list o f works, a biographical sketch, a critical analy sis o f th e author’s work, and a bibliography. O ne only wishes more authors had been included, but this might have shortened the insightful critical essays. $40.00. Henry Holt Reference Books, 115 W. 118th St., New York, NY 10011. ISBN 0-8050-2932-X. Cycles in Humans and Nature: An Anno­ ta ted B ib lio g r a p h y , by John T. Burns (288 pages, August 1994), covers books and articles that examine periodicities in such diverse phe­ nom ena as lynx abundance in Canada, cotton acreage, industrial stock prices, Presbyterian church membership, post office revenue, sun­ spots, and volcanic eruptions. Interdisciplinary topics such as cycle research are often over­ looked in more specialized works, so it is for­ tunate that this bibliography is available. $37.50. Scarecrow Press, Box 4167, Metuchen, NJ 08840. ISBN 0-8108-2831-6. Free Magazines for Libraries, by Diane J. Langston and Adeline M. Smith (293 pages, 4th ed., August 1994), describes some 700 house magazines in 69 subject areas. Appendices pro­ vide a basic list o f magazines for small to me­ dium-sized libraries, magazines outstanding for their illustrations, magazines useful for career and vocational guidance, and magazines in­ dexed in periodical indexing and abstracting services. $28.50. McFarland & Co., Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640. ISBN 0-89950-947-9- Guide to Selecting and Acquiring CD- ROMs, S o ftw a re, a n d O th er E lec tr o n ic P ub ­ lic a tio n s , by Stephen Bosch, Patricia Promis, and Chris Sugnet (48 pages, February 1994), outlines the steps and knowledge needed to 6 7 8 / C&RL News choose and purchase materials in electronic ormat. Much com m on-sense advice here, es­ ecially of value to those new to the media. ponsored by the Publications Committee of he ALA Association for Library Collections and echnical Services’ Acquisition o f Library Ma­ erials Section. $10.00 (ALA m em bers $9-00). LA Publishing Order Dept., 50 E. Huron St., hicago, IL 60611. ISBN 0-8389-0629-X. nformation for Management: A Hand­ o o k , edited by James M. Matarazzo and Miriam . Drake (186 pages, June 1994), addresses con­ erns, conflicts, and cooperation betw een in­ ormation managers and library staff in academic nd corporate environments. The chapters in his b ook reflect the n eed for strategic thinking nd a close know ledge o f the budgeting and lan n in g p rocesses. $40.00 (SLA m em bers, 32.00). Special Libraries Association, 1700 Eigh­ eenth St., N.W., Washington, DC 20009-2508. SBN 0-87111-427-5. he In ternational Directory of Indo- e s ia n is t s , ed ited by Rita Smith Kipp (249 ages, 2d ed., May 1994), lists nearly 900 schol­ rs, business people, graduate students, and th er professionals interested in Indonesian tudies. Many entries include residential and usiness telephones and addresses, fax num- sr he lis ubP l anotianr tenI sre stbe W yb 4 991 ,9891 © A lo o k at tr o p ic a l fru it s l ic e s fr o m T he B o o k o f F o o d (H e n r y H olt, 1 9 9 4 ). f p S t T t A C I b A c f a t a p $ t I T n p a o s b bers, and e-mail addresses. The directory is a project o f the Indonesian Studies Committee o f the Association for Asian Studies. It is also available as an electronic docum ent that can be used by your w ord processing software. $20, b ook version ($12 diskette format only, $25 for both). Rita Smith Kipp, D epartm ent o f An- thropology/Sociology, Kenyon College, Gam­ bier, OH 43022. The Internet Troubleshooter: Help for t h e L o g g e d -o n a n d Lost, by Nancy R. John and Edward J. Valauskas (145 pages, August 1994), offers cyberspace solace in a question- and-answ er format for anyone confronted with telnet troubles and e-mail em ergencies. Have you ever asked: “Can I shut off my LISTSERV subscription while I’m on vacation? Can I post binary files to new sgroups? Can I ftp w ith WWW?” Or have you b een in one of these situ­ ations: “I got connected and now I can ’t get out. My replies k eep bouncing back to me. Something is not right with a text file I just dow n­ loaded.” Well-illustrated w ith VM/CMS and Mac screen examples, this book is the place to find solutions. $20.00 (ALA members, $18.00). ALA Editions, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 6 0 6 ll. ISBN 0-8389-0633-8. If your Internet skills have elevated you to the role o f staff trainer, you might w ant to con­ sider getting Crossing the Internet Thresh­ old: An Instructional Handbook, by Roy Tennant, John Ober, and Anne G. Lipow (134 pages, April 1994). D esigned as a training tool, it can also be u sed as a beginner’s introduction to the Net. $45.00. Library Solutions Press, 1100 Industrial Road, Suite 9, San Carlos, CA 94070. ISBN 1-882208-01-3- The same publisher offers a series of w orkshop manuals for $45.00 each, accom panied by PC and Mac diskettes contain­ ing ready-made slide and view er files. Latin American Studies into the Twenty- F ir st C en tu ry : N e w F o c u s , N e w F o rm a ts, N e w C h a lle n g e s , edited by Deborah L. Jakubs (467 pages, February 1994), contains the p a­ pers of the XXXVI Seminar on the Acquisition o f Latin American Library Materials, held in San Diego in June 1991- Special topics include the contem porary Peruvian crisis, librarianship in Brazil, Latin American materials price indexes, and bookdealer connections. $52.00 (plus $2.50 handling). SALALM Secretariat, General Library, University o f New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1466. ISBN 0-917Ó17-38-X. ■