College and Research Libraries l EUGENE P. SHEEHY Selected Reference Books of 1971-72 INTRODUCTION T ms ARTICLE CONTINUES the semiannu- al series originally edited by Constance M. Winchell. Although it appears under a byline, the list is actually a project of the Reference Department of the Co- lumbia University Libraries, and notes are signed with the initials of the indi- vidual staff members. I Since the purpose of the list is to pre- sent a selection of recent scholarly and foreign works of interest to reference workers in university libraries, it does not pretend to be either well balanced or comprehensive. Code numbers (such as AA 71, 2BD89) have been used to re- fer to titles in the Guide to Reference Books and its supplements.2 GumE Sharma, Hari Dev; Mukherji, S. P.; and Singh, L. M.P. Indian Reference Sources; an Annotated Guide to Indian Reference Books. Varanasi: Indian Bibliographic Centre, 1972. 313p. Rs.40. 72-901208. About 2,200 reference sources published or reprinted in India are represented in this compilation. Emphasis is on "in print" items and works easily available in Indian libraries; books and serials in English and in the various Indian languages are includ- ed. A classed arrangement is employed, with appropriate subdivisions under four principal groupings: ( 1) Generalia; ( 2) Humanities; ( 3) Social sciences; ( 4) Pure and applied sciences. An index of authors, titles, and subjects facilitates use. There are numerous annotations, mainly descriptive. -E.S. BIBLIOGRAPHY Les livres de l'annee-Biblio, 1971- . Paris: Cercle de la Librairie, 1972- . Annual. Subtitle: Bibliographie generale des ouvrages parus en langue fran~aise. Now that the first long-range results of the merger of Biblio (Guide AA472) with the Bibliographie de la France (Guide AA473) begin to appear, an attempt to outline the effect of that union seems in or- der. The December 1971 number of Biblio announced cessation with that issue and in- dicated consolidation with the official na- tional bibliography under the new title Bib- liographie de la France-Biblio beginning with January 1972, but retroactive to 1971 insofar as the annual cumulation for that year is concerned. Although all 1972 week- ly and monthly issues (which follow the classed arrangement with indexing as out- lined in the Guide AA473 description of the Bibliographie de la France) carry the com- bined title, characteristics of Biblio do not emerge until the first quarterly cumulation, "Les livres du trimestre-Biblio." That is- sue cumulates entries from the preceding quarter (including listings from the "An- nonces") in the author-subject-title arrange- ment familiar to users of Biblio; further cumulations will, presumably, follow the same plan. The 1971 annual under consideration here serves as the final cumulation of the monthly issues of Biblio as well as the con- tinuation of Les livres de l' annee of the Li- brairie franraise (Guide AA474a); it con- forms to the dictionary arrangement of the Biblio annuals, but offers the broader cov- erage of the other title.-E.S. Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia, Budapest. Regi magyarorszagi nyomtatvanyok, 1473-1600. Budapest: Akademiai Kiad6, 1971. 928p. 630.00 Ft. 72-25354. Added title-page in Latin: Res litteraria Hungariae vetus operum impressorum, 1473-1600. First in a proposed series devoted to ear- ly Hungarian publications, this volume ex- pands and augments the listings in Karoly I 59 60 I College & Research Libraries • January 1973 Szabo's Regi magyar konyvtar (Guide AA534). Covering the period to 1601, it combines in a single chronological sequence the citations to early Hungarian imprints in whatever language with publications in Hungarian published outside Hungary, thus drawing together materials from pts.l-3 of Szabo's work and adding much new ma- terial-not only additional titles, but fuller descriptions and a wealth of bibliographic references. Copies are located, including numerous copies in libraries abroad and photocopies in Hungarian repositories. An extensive section of reproductions of title- pages and other selected pages is provided as an aid to identification of works cited. The many indexes afford approaches by ti- tle, subject, printer, language, place of pub- lication, and library location.-E.S. Tanselle, George Thomas. Guide to the Study of United States Imprints. Cam- bridge: Harvard University Pr., 1971. 2v. $40. 79-143232. The compiler has spared his fellow schol- ars much time and effort with this compre- hensive listing of published material on American printing and publishing. His guide is a classified checklist of primary and secondary sources, emphasizing scholarly, retrospective lists of American imprints; current literature of the book trade is ex- cluded, as is research in journalism. The nine categories comprising the main body of the work are: regional imprint lists; genre lists; author lists; copyright records; catalogues of auction houses, book dealers, exhibitions, institutional libraries, and pri- vate collections; retrospective book-trade directories; studies of individual printers and publishers; general studies of printing and publishing; and enumerative checklists of secondary material. The general cut-off date for sources is the end of 1969, with a few items from early 1970. A lengthy intro- duction discusses each category and men- tions reference works not included in the lists; access to it, as well as to the body of the volume and the appendix of 250 titles on American printing and publishing, is provided by a name, place, and subject in- dex. Professor Tanselle has emphasized that the guide is meant to be introductory and that he hopes to receive additions and cor- rections; as it stands it is a useful and in- formative work.-D .G. ENCYCLOPEDIAS La Grande Encyclopedie. Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1971- . v.1- . il. (In prog- ress) 72-334017. Contents: v.1, Aalto-Amidon. 39.00 F. With this new addition to its line of en- cyclopedias (Guide AD27-31) Larousse has broken with its tradition of the narrow-sub- ject entry and has attempted to utilize the best features of both the dictionary and the classed arrangements. General concepts, historical periods, biographies, philosophies, literary and artistic movements, complicat- ed technical processes, etc., are entered in alphabetical order, and a detailed index is to be issued as the last volume of the set. Volumes are expected to appear at the rate of about one per month, with some 80,000 entries to be included in the completed work; periodic updatings are planned. Em- phasis throughout is on the twentieth cen- tury; thus, special attention is paid to re- cent developments in the fundamental sci- ences; modern disciplines such as informa- tion science are discussed at length; and ar- ticles on out-of-date technology are omitted. This new work, then, has been designed to supplement, not to supersede, its predeces- sors. Unfortunately, the twentieth-century point of view has influenced not only the ·content of the articles, but also layout and typography. Little boxes presenting essen- tial facts, important dates, etc. interrupt the text, strictly technical diagrams are in dis- tracting color, and there is an over-use of sans serif type and italics.-N.S. DICTIONARIES Doniach, Nakdiman Shabbethay, ed. The Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary of Cur- rent Usage. Oxford: Clarendon Pr., 1972. 1392p. £12. "Designed to meet the needs of those whose mother-tongue is English and who are learning Arabic, and of those whose mother-tongue is Arabic and who are learn- ing English" (Pref.), this dictionary is un- I l Selected Reference Books of 1971-72 I 61 usual in its presentation of English usage of three types (formal literary usage, col- loquial English, and slang) with Arabic equivalents, as far as possible, at the same levels of usage. The selection of English terms was made principally from the Con- cise Oxford Dictionary and the Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English and expanded by examples of English us- age likely to prove difficult for the Arab student. The text was arranged for the press in a combination of photo composi- tion and calligraphy; the English head word is in boldface with each usage indent- ed and so spaced that a specific meaning or phrase is readily found on the double- columned page. Pronunciation is not indi- cated.-R.K. Garperin, Il'ia Romanovich. Bol'shoi anglo- russkii slovar'. Moskva, "Sovetskaia En- tsiklopediia," 1972. 2v. 72-341048. This is an important new dictionary. Though intended primarily for Russians reading English-language texts, numerous features recommend it for use by English- speaking students of Russian: prefatory material appears in both languages, stress is marked for Russian words, many com- pound and idiomatic expressions are allot- ted separate entries, and emphasis is on the modern language. Genders and conjuga- tions of Russian words are not given, how- ever. While some Americanisms are includ- ed, it should be kept in mind that spelling and meanings are basically British; thus, one may look up the Russian equivalent of "dust bin" but not of "garbage can." With 150,000 entries, this is now the most com- plete English-Russian dictionary available, and its appendixes (covering personal and geographic names, monetary units, and the metric system) increase its usefulness.- N.S. Tresor de la langue franfaise; dictionnaire de la langue du XIX 6 et du xxe siecle (1789-1960). Publie sous la direction de Paul Imbs. Paris: Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1971- . v.1- . (In progress) Contents: v.1, A-Affiner. In 1957, when Emile Littre's Diction- naire de la langue franfaise (Guide AE224) fell into the public domain, a group of prominent romance philologists met to de- cide whether a simple reissuing of the dic- tionary would be adequate, or whether some revision or even a total replacement would be necessary. It was resolved to be- gin work on a comprehensive historical dic- tionary of the French language, the equiva- lent of the "Q.E.D.," starting with the lan- guage of the nineteenth and twentieth cen- turies and ultimately covering the very ear- liest stages of the language. The present volume makes one hope that the project will not take too many years to complete; the use of computers, the editor assures us, should help cut down on production delays. This dictionary far surpasses all existing general French dictionaries in thorough- ness. Entries include definitions, numerous illustrations from literary or scientific texts (with full bibliographic information), a generous section on history and etymology (again with references) , pronunciation in the international phonetic alphabet, cita- tions to books and articles containing fur- ther information, frequency of occurrence in the texts examined, and-of immense help to students learning French-detailed indications of usage and syntax. A list of the 1,000 texts scanned is provided. The typography deserves special mention: few dictionaries are so easy to consult.-N.S. Wheeler, Marcus. The Oxford Russian-En- glish Dictionary. B. 0. Unbegaun, gen. ed. Oxford: Clarendon Pr., 1972. 918p. $18. This is a medium-sized dictionary for English-speaking students of Russian. Stress of Russian words is marked, parts of speech and categories of usage are indicated, but in order to save space, adverbs formed reg- ularly from adjectives are omitted, as are numerous compound words whose meaning is judged sufficiently clear from a knowl- edge of the prefix and root word. Since the Smimitskii Russian-English dictionary (Guide AE488), which usually includes these details, has approximately the same number of words plus useful appendixes on grammar and pronunciation and still comes out over a hundred pages shorter and sev- eral dollars cheaper, it is difficult to give this new dictionary more than a qualified recommendation.-N .S. 62 I College & Research Libraries • January 1973 NEWSPAPERS Newspaper Index, Jan. 1972- . Wooster, Ohio: Newspaper Indexing Center, Bell & Howell Co., 1972- . Monthly, with annual cumulation. $785 per yr. Since one could hardly question the lack of bibliographic control over United States newspaper articles, there is no doubt that this new index will be well received by American libraries. The publishers hope to provide access to a balanced regional cover- age of national, international, state, and lo- cal news through the combined indexing of four of America's largest and most stra- tegically located newspapers: the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, The New Orleans Times-Picayune, and The Washing- ton Post. Reference to news items, letters to the editor, editorials, reviews, and obitu- aries is provided through both a keyword subject index and a separate personal name index. Descriptors are simple and straight- forward, and there is a sufficient number of cross references . Each entry includes a short descriptive sentence and a reference by date, section, page, and column of the newspaper. The work is relatively easy to use despite the brevity of the entries. For libraries with smaller budgets and regional interests the Index is available for the indi- vidual newspaper titles instead of the four- in-one format.-B.W. DISSERTATIONS Gordon, Leonard H. D. and Shulman, Frank J. Doctoral Dissertations on China; a Bibliography of Studies in Western Languages, 1945-1970. Seattle: Univ. of Washington Pr., 1972. 317p. $12.50. (Association for Asian Studies. Reference ser., 1) 75-178704. Sardesai, D. R. and Sardesai, Bhanu D. Theses and Dissertations on Southeast Asia; an International Bibliography in So cial Sciences, Education, and Fine Arts. Zug, Switz.: Inter Documentation Co., 1970. 176p. (Bibliotheca asiatica, 6) 77-869967. Shulman, Frank J. Doctoral Dissertations on South Asia, 1966-1970; an Annotated Bibliography Covering North America, Europe, and Australia. Ann Arbor: Univ. of Michigan Center for South and South- east Asian Studies, 1971. 228p. (Michi- gan papers on South and Southeast Asia, 4) 78-186256. The past five years have seen the publi- cation of several bibliographies of Asian studies dissertations, and the above items are welcome additions to the list. Doctoral Dissertations on China cites 2,217 theses, principally from the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, France, and Germany; there is an editorial warning that the listings from European in- stitutions since 1967, and all those for the Soviet Union, are incomplete. Titles in the social sciences are arranged by period; those in the humanities, natural sciences, and on overseas Chinese communities by topical subjects. Information for each entry includes author's name, title (translated if not in English) , university, date, and pagi- nation. In addition, if the dissertation is available from University Microfilms, its or- der number and the volume and page ref- erence from DAI are supplied. There are author, subject, and institutional indexes. The work will be updated by periodic list- ings in the Asian Studies Professional Re- view. Doctoral Dissertations on South Asia cites 1,305 titles from the 1966-70 period concerning Ceylon, India, Nepal, and Pakis- tan, with an additional 108 works from 1971. Although it is an international bib- liography, emphasis is on the United States, Canadian, and British contributions; Aus- tralia is represented only by the Australian National University, and the Soviet Union is not included. Under each South Asian nation the arrangement is by broad topic. Information provided corresponds to that in the Gordon and Shulman compilation, plus a brief descriptive annotation. Again, there are author, subject, and institutional indexes, and there are similar plans for up- dating. The Sardesai work lists 2,814 master's theses and doctoral dissertations in West- em and non-Western languages; no titles are supplied from the People's Republic of China, but Malaysia, Singapore, the Philip- pines, Thailand, India, and Japan are rep- resented, together with listings from the United States, Western Europe, and Aus- tralia. Titles are arranged by country with- . I 1 ] Selected Reference Books of 1971-72 I 63 in topical subject divisions. The subtitle of the work is somewhat misleading, as re- ligion, literature, and linguistics are also covered. Transliteration and translation are given for materials in non-Western lan- guages. Since the topical subject areas are very broad, a detailed subject index would have been a useful addition.-D .G. BIOGRAPHY Dictionary of Scandinavian Biography. Er- nest Kay, gen. ed. London: Melrose Pr., 1972. 467p. $30.10. 73-189270. For many years current biographical dic- tionaries such as Kuka kukin on (Guide AJ125) and Hvem er hvem (Guide AJ212) have appeared at fairly regular intervals for individual Nordic countries and in their respective languages. This new work in- cludes biographies of prominent men and women from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, and is presented in English as a "neutral language" acceptable to all national groups. The 3,600 sketches are mainly based on questionnaires com- pleted by the biographees and include "who's who" type of data. A wide range of professions is represented, but basis of se- lection or qualification for inclusion is not spelled out in the introductory matter. Sponsorship by the Nordic Council seems to be implied, but is not definitely stated.- E .S. Hepworth, Philip. Select Biographical Sources: the Library Association Manu- scripts Survey. London: Library Associa- tion, 1971. 154p. £4. (Library Associa- tion research publ., 5) Admittedly preliminary in its nature and limited in its coverage, this volume never- theless compares quite favorably with MLA's rather more ambitious effort, Ameri- can Literary Manuscripts (Guide BD211). Entries represent material relating to 3,135 persons in 231 repositories and are not con- fined solely to British figures (e.g., some Americans are included). The work is pre- sented merely as a finding list of manu- scripts (letters, autobiographies, notebooks, diaries, banking accounts, collections of pa- pers) containing information of a biograph- ical nature; no attempt was made to detail the number or content of specific items. An introductory note on biographical research offers some useful tips for the beginner, with references to published and unpub- lished guides to British sources and a de- scription of procedures for doing research at the National Register of Archives in London.-E.S. Institut zur Erforschung der U dSSR. Who Was Who in the USSR. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Pr., 1972. 677p. $40. 70- 161563. Ed. by Heinrich E. Schulz, Paul K. Ur- ban and Andrew I. Lebed. Based on the vast archives of the Insti- tute for the Study of the USSR in Munich (which have already been the basis of a se- ries of seven related biographical tools), this one-volume work contains 5,015 biog- raphies of prominent, deceased Soviets ac- tive in the period 1917-1967. These were persons engaged in all aspects of Soviet life -political, intellectual, scientific, social, and economic-including members of anti- government groups. The biographies, al- though presented in abbreviated style, give pertinent details of family background, edu- cation, experience, publications, and cir- cumstances of death. Keys to the body of the work are provided by a transliteration t~ble (the Library of Congress system is not used), a list of abbreviations and terms with expansions and d efinitions , and a use- ful index of names grouped by occupation or profession. Because of its comprehen- sive, retrospective nature this compilation will prove a valuable source for the re- searcher.-E.L. Who, s Who in Government. Ed. 1- 1972/73- . Chicago: Marquis, 1972- Biennial? $49.50. 30-39655. Yet another title has been added to the Marquis company's roster of biographical dictionaries. This one includes more than 16,000 listings giving "essential biographi- cal data about men and women in all branches of the U.S. Federal government and about a selected list of officials in lo- cal, state and international govemment."- Pref. Although timed to appear while inter- est in elected officials runs high, the work will no doubt prove most valuable for its attention to a broad range of nonelective office-holders and appointees. In accord- 64 I College & Research Libraries • January 1973 ance with the publisher's well-established practice, the biographical sketches were compiled mainly from information sup- plied and verified by the biographees; ref- erence value is stated as the basic princi- ple of inclusion. Understandably, there is a certain amount of duplication of informa- tion found in Who's Who in America and similar publications, but the general useful- ness of the volume promises to justify its existence. Two extensive indexes enhance this usefulness: one is by "topics" (i.e., by field of specialization of the biographees), the other by government department.-E.S. GENEALOGY U.S. Library of Congress. Genealogies in the Library of Congress; a Bibliography. Ed. by Marion J. Kaminkow. Baltimore: Magna Carta Book Co., 1972. 2v. $125. 74-187078. This bibliography, resembling American and English Genealogies in the Library of Congress (2d ed., 1919; Guide AK15), ex- pands the earlier listing by the addition of newer works and other nationalities, and by the inclusion of all entries from LC' s "Family Name Index" (a card file in the Local History and Genealogy Room), not just its references to monographs. Despite the change in title, names are still pre- ponderantly American and English. Ar- rangement is by family name with citations (in chronological order) to monographs, journal articles, sections of books not pri- marily genealogical in nature, and to LC' s unique unpublished genealogies. Liberal use of cross references makes it easy to find information on family names that do not appear in book titles. Users should be aware of the addenda in both volumes and of the fact that some cross references will appear blind because they refer to the main card catalog at the Library of Congress.- R.K. LITERATURE Breed, Paul F. and Sniderman, Florence M. Dramatic Criticism Index; a Bibliography of Commentaries on Playwrights from Ibsen to the Avant-Garde. Detroit: Gale, 1972. 1022p. $20. 79-127598. Although the scope of this work is mod- em world drama, the compilers have re- stricted its coverage to English-language materials. As a "selective index to commen- taries on modern playwrights and their plays" (Pref.), it concentrates on criticism rather than on play reviews; the latter are cited only when there is little or no other critical material available in English. Over 600 monographs and 200 periodicals were examined to provide the extensive coverage which ranges from a single entry for rela- tively little known playwrights to fifty pages for George Bernard Shaw. One only wishes that the compilers had explained the criteria for their selections. Arrangement is alphabetical by author with general works listed first, followed by criticisms of indi- vidual plays. Two indexes are included, one of critics and the other of play titles; in ad- dition, there is a list of all the monographs indexed. D espite the limitations noted, this will be a useful bibliographic tool for stu- dents of modern drama; although not com- prehensive, it comes closer to being so than any other bibliography in its specific field . -D.A.S. Holman, Clarence Hugh. A Handbook to Literature. Based on the original by Wil- liam Flint Thrall and Addison Hibbard. 3d ed. Indianapolis: Odyssey Pr., 1972. 646p. $10. 73-175226. Although revised editions of established reference works are not regularly noted in this column, the latest revision of ~~Thrall and Hibbard" merits an exception: it is now given a new main entry and might be passed over as just another literary hand- book. That would be unfortunate, because it is one of the very best works of its kind, offering explanations of terms, concepts, lit- erary schools, and movements. The original edition by Thrall and Hibbard appeared in 1936 and was revised and enlarged by Hol- man in 1960 (Guide BD32). This new edi- tion, much expanded, includes some 1,360 entries, none of which remains unchanged from the first edition.-E.S. Literary History of the United States, ed. by Robert E. Spiller [and others]. Bib- liography Supplement II [ ed. by Rich- ard M. Ludwig]. New York: Macmillan, 1972. 366p. $12.95. 48-11370. Designed to be used with the third edi- j Selected Reference Books of 1971- 72 I 65 tion of the LHUS ( 1963; Guide BD222), this new supplementary volume covers the period 1958- 70 and does not supersede the earlier supplement. Some pre-1958 items previously missed have been picked up and a certain number of 1971 items are includ- ed. As with the first supplement, the plan of the original work has been followed and sixteen more individual author bibliogra- phies have been added. Indexing of this supplement shows greater consistency and inclusiveness than that of the third edition, but authors of periodical articles are spe- cifically omitted. It is good to have a care- ful updating of this standard work.-E.S. Matlaw, Myron. Modern World Drama: an Encyclopedia. New York: Dutton, 1972. 960p. $25. 71-185032. Although the preface indicates that "se- lections from the vast body of drama, liter- ary criticism and theatrical lore" are includ- ed in this work, the emphasis falls on drama as literature and on literary criticism rather than on the theatrical aspects of drama. Coverage is international, but is much stronger for Western countries than for other parts of the world. The entries, arranged in a single alphabet, are for plays, playwrights, countries, and technical terms. Individual play entries provide a synopsis, a brief critical evaluation, and the dates when first published and first produced. Playwright entries chronicle the careers and writings of the subjects and generally con- clude with a critical bibliography of works about the playwright. Included are "major" playwrights from the last half of the nine- teenth century and "all notable twentieth- century playwrights up to the present time."-Pref. The work will be most useful for the bio-bibliographical information and for the play synopses. There is a character index and a general index which includes cross references for alternate names of play- wrights and plays and for translated titles. -D.A.S. EDUCATION Westervelt, Esther Manning and Fixter, Deborah A. Women's Higher and Con- tinuing Education; an Annotated Bibli- ography with Selected References on Re- lated Aspects of Women's Lives. New York: College Entrance Examination Board, 1971. 67p. $1.50 pa. 74-174883. Its title states the scope of this pamphlet which has been prepared for scholars, but which has omitted items (e.g., unpublished doctoral dissertations) "not readily . . . ac- cessible through the usual library facilities of colleges or universities."-Pref. Studies, documents, and research reports are among the kinds of literature selected. Divisions of the bibliography are carefully titled ac- cording to the type of material and aspect of the problem. Thus, "Statements on the education of women," "Basic research rele- vant to women's education," "Theories and research on women's social and cultural roles," and "Women and employment" de- scribe the content of the sections. A bibli- ography of bibliographies on related topics contributes to the value of the intelligent selection and careful annotations of this work prepared by women sensitive to the rapid and constant changes in women's ed- ucation and its study.-M.M. SoCIOLOGY Cordasco, Francesco; Bucchioni, Eugene; and Castellanos, Diego. Puerto Ricans on the United States Mainland; a Bib- liography of Reports, Texts, Critical Studies and Related Materials. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1972. 146p. $12.50. 72-80152. Because the proliferation of material about Puerto Ricans in the United States reflects such great contrasts in experience, the author has arranged this selected bib- liography in six sections in an attempt to present the listings in such a way that the juxtapositions may be more readily appre- ciated and more easily studied. The six parts are: (I) General bibliographies; (2) The island experience; ( 3) The migration to the mainland; ( 4) The mainland experi- ence; (5) The mainland experience: edu- cation; and ( 6) The mainland experience: the social context. Of considerable interest are two listings of unpublished materials, one being the <'Covello Papers, Personal File" assembled while Leonard Covello served as principal of Benjamin Franklin High School in East Harlem, New York City; the other, New York City Board of 661 College & Research Libraries • January 1973 Education materials. An index of names is provided, but none of subjects.-M .M. PoLITICAL SciENCE Cox Edward Franklin. State and National V~ting in Federal Elections, 1910-1970. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1972. 280p. $15. 70-183138. Students of political science and Ameri- can history will welcome this convenient compilation of state-by-state voting records covering all simultaneous federal biennial contests, special as well as regular, from 1910 to 1970. Tables with explanatory notes list state votes for President, Sena- tors, and Representatives (with columns for the Democratic, Republican, and "other" votes) ; the percentage each party vote rep- resents; and the average state-wide party vote. The "Representatives" fi gure is the to- tal party vote, no district data being includ- ed since, because of decennial reapportion- ments, "voting district data are not com- parable over a relatively long span.''-Pref. All data are statistical; contestants' names are not given. The short "National Voting" section gives country-wide totals in the same m anner. Official sources w ere used wherever possible, otherwise the most re- liable unofficial figures were utilized. Pref- ace and Introduction explain methods and sources.-R.K. Craig, Fred W. S. British Parliamentary Election Results, 1950-1970. Chiches- ter: Political Reference Pubis., 1971. 780p. $27.20. 70-157739. With this volume Mr. Craig extends the coverage of British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949 (Suppl. 3CI28) through the summer of 1971. Each page of text is devoted to a constituency, with information as to date of election, number of electors, the turnout, names of candidates with party affiliation, number of votes, and percentage of votes cast for a candidate. Most of the statistics are drawn from the Returns of Election Expenses which is issued by the Home Office. Plans call for a supplement to cover the present Parliament "when a major distribution of constituencies will take place. Thereafter an individual vol- ume will be published after each general election containing constituency results on a cumulative basis."-Pref. A number of publications of recent years combined to provide the student of twen- tieth-century British politics with easy ac- cess to a wide variety of statistical informa- tion on elections. In addition to the volumes just noted, there is Craig's British Parlia- mentary Election Statistics, 1918-1968 (Glasgow, 1968), Kinnear's The British Voter ... since 1885 (Suppl. 3CI29), and Butler's British Political Facts, 1900- 1968 ( Suppl. 3CI26) -compilations which over- lap and complement each other. For exam- ple, the Kinnear work has maps picturing the constituency and the distribution of voting, as well as commentary on each election; Craig's 1968 volume shows the numbers of candidates running for each party, costs of elections, public opinion polls, etc.; and Butler's compilation adds a large amount of information on other aspects of the political life of Britain, and includes such unique features as "General election results by region," "M.P.'s changes of allegiances" and "Opinion poll accuracy in election forecasts."-E.M. HISTORY AND AREA STUDIES Duignan, Peter and Conover, Helen F. Guide to Research and Reference Works on Sub-Saharan Africa. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Pr., [1972?]. 1102p. $19.50. (Hoover Institution bibliograph- ical ser., 46) Offered as a preliminary edition (to be revised in the next two years), this exten- sive bibliography is welcomed by both li- brarian and researcher. Patterned after Helen Conover's Africa South of the Sahara (Guide DD32) , it brings coverage up to 1968/69 and to 1970 for some parts. Ma- terials on Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt has been excluded. The work comprises four main sections: { 1) Guide to research organizations, libraries, and the book trade; ( 2) Bibliographies for Africa in general; ( 3) Subject guide in general; and ( 4) Area guide (by former colonial power, region, and country). The first three sections are further divided by type of in- stitution, type of bibliography, and broad subject category. Annotations are provided for most of the entries; some are critical. I ' Selected Reference Books of 1971-72 I 61 There is an author, title, and subject index. "In the selection of references [the com- pilers] have tried to encompass the needs of the undergraduate and graduate student as well as the librarian and teacher Ire- searcher."-Pref. They have done an ad- mirable job, and this comprehensive list of major reference books, serials, and key monographs is a must for academic and large public libraries.-].S. Encyclopaedia of Papua and New Guinea. Peter Ryan, gen. ed. Melbourne, Aus- tralia: Melbourne University Pr. in asso- ciation with the University of Papua and New Guinea, 1972. 3v. il., maps. $80. Area specialists and anthropologists alike are sure to find this an interesting and use- ful work. As a regional encyclopedia it con- centrates on the persons, places, and terms important to the area, and on the histori- cal, physical, social, cultural, religious, po- litical, and economic topics relative to that area. Articles are signed and most include bibliographic references. Although the work is intended for the intelligent layman, arti- cles of fairly restricted interest are apt to be addressed to the specialist. The range of entries is as fascinating as it is wide; il- lustrations, maps, and tables are numerous; and bibliographies exhibit a careful selec- tion of both older and recent publications. Initially the entries for indigenous peoples seem disappointing indicating only the geo- graphical location, but the bibliographic ci- tations which follow offer a scholarly ap- proach to the study of these peoples, and the index entries in v.3 provide references to their distinctive traits and variations in customs as related in the general and spe- cialized articles. The index volume also in- cludes a folding map and a gazetteer list- ing all the place names in Papua New Guinea (the new unified name for the for- mer Territory of Papua and the former Trust Territory of New Guinea.-E.S. Hess, Robert L. and Coger, Dalvan M. Semper ex Africa; a Bibliography of Pri- mary Source[s] for Nineteenth-Century Tropical Africa as Recorded by Explor- ers, Missionaries, Traders, Travelers, Ad- ministrators, Military Men, Adventurers and Others. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover In- stitution, 1972. 800p. $35. (Hoover In- stitution bibliographical ser., 47) 71- 185241. Whereas recent scholarship in African studies has produced a wealth of bibliogra- phy concerned with today's Africa, this work covers the period preceding European conquest, presenting the "raw materials for a new history of Africa." It is designed to "give an indication of the vastness of the [primary] sources" (Introd.) as well as to supply a useful reference book in African bibliography. To these ends, catalogs of the great library collections of African materials were searched and older journals examined. The result is a list of more than 7, 000 nine- teenth-century accounts, both books and ar- ticles, concerning Africa exclusive of the Mus lim North and the Afrikaner South. After a list of bibliographies and a gen- eral section, arrangement is by large area, subdivided by country, then alphabetic by author. Full bibliographical information is given for each citation; there is an author index. Annotations would have made the work more valuable, but would also have delayed publication indefinitely. Unfortu- nately, many of the article titles give no clue to specific contents; this is especially true of the voluminous mission literature cited. The work is noted as being unedited and is distributed in this form for the sake of speed and economy. Minor errors and inconsistencies that normally would have been corrected in editing are present, but the value of the work is obvious.-R.K. Poulton, Helen J. The Historian's Hand- book: a Descriptive Guide to Reference Works. Norman, Okla.: Univ. of Okla- homa Pr., 1972. 304p. $9.95; $4.95 pa. 71-165774. In his foreword to this work Professor W. S. Shepperson has pointed up the prob- lems of historical research by humorously suggesting that historians get library sci- ence degrees before taking history courses. Ms. Poulton took her degrees in reverse or- der, so she is very much aware of the spe- cial problems of the historian. She has pro- duced a very readable guide, discussing such matters as the card catalog of a re- search library, interlibrary loan, government documents, and primary sources. And she 68 I College & Research Libraries • January 1973 has listed important tools for approaching biographical materials, serials and news- papers, and statistical and legal sources, as well as the manuals and bibliographies of history. There is a title index and a general index of authors and topics. The handbook is strongest in its identifi- cation of resources for English and Ameri- can history; not quite as detailed for other European areas; and rather sketchy for the rest of the world. One could, of course, quibble and wish for the inclusion of addi- tional reference works such as W. S. Jen- kins's Guide to the Microfilm Collection of Early State Records (Guide DB35), as well as more detailed instructions for using loca- tional devices such as the National Union Catalog. (The 1956-67 cumulation of NUC is not even listed.) However, since all his- torians have some of the same problems, they will find many of the chapters very in- structive. Reference librarians are sure to find the handbook highly useful, and the simultaneous publication in paperback and hard-cover makes the work more accessible to the student.-E.M. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Sarnoff, Paul. The New York Times Ency- clopedic Dictionary of the Environment. New York: Quadrangle, 1971. 352p. $10. 74-178736. Conscious of the difficulty the layman has experienced with the jargon of environ- mentalists, Paul Sarnoff, Ecological Projects Consultant at Hofstra University, has com- piled this glossary for the popular audience. He points out that one of the greatest prob- lems with this new "language" is that the study of the environment is multi-discipli- nary and draws on "related scraps of knowl- edge" (Pref.) gathered from the various natural, physical, and social sciences. For the most part the entries are short with numerous "see" references. The concepts are well illustrated with diagrams, photo- graphs, graphs and tables; sources of these illustrations, however, are not often cited. Apparently for Mr. Sarnoff the public's un- derstanding of the technical aspects of en- vironmental problems does not suffice, and many of the entries in his dictionary serve to illuminate the social implications of en- vironmental pollution left unchecked. Ob- ject lessons abound in unexpected entries such as "Man," "Nature's Mistake," "Tenny- son on Pollution Control," and ~~Unthink­ able Thoughts." On the whole, the work is timely, informative, and entertaining: one may be more inclined to read it than refer to it.-B.W. REFERENCES 1. Diane Goon, Rita Keckeissen, Eileen Mc- Ilvaine, Mary Ann Miller, Nancy Schroeder, Doris Ann Sweet, Barbara Wen dell; School of Library Service, Evelyn Lauer; Inter- national Affairs, Janet Schneider. 2. Constance M. Winchell, Guide to Reference Books (8th ed.; Chicago: ALA, 1967); Supplement I (Chicago: ALA, 1968); Supplement II (Chicago: ALA, 1970); Supplement III (Chicago: ALA, 1972). .., _