College and Research Libraries 424 I College & Research Libraries • September 1978 chapter-unusual because the topic is pene- trated with a comprehension rare to these ephemeral yet vital sources. Tips to the would-be compilers/authors of these catalogs are of an astute nature and reveal a mind experienced in such matters. One could certainly quibble with the selective chapter on famous libraries and re- search centers, which ignores institutions as potent as the Museum of Modern Art Li- brary (the M.O.M.A. library catalog is dis- cussed at length in a previous section). De- spite these lacunae, the guide is a highly functional and necessary tool. -Lamia Doumato, University of Colorado, Boulder. Morris, Jacquelyn M., and Elkins, Elizabeth A. Library Searching: Re- sources and Strategies, with Examples from the Environmental Sciences. Foreword by Marta Dosa. New York: Jef- frey Norton Publishers, 1978. 129p. $5.95 paperbound, $8.95 hardbound. LC 77- 9214. ISBN 0-88432-004-9; 0-88432-005-7 pbk. This textbook on literature searching is intended to "sensitize students to the in- formation process and to develop attitudes toward the utilization of sources." It is writ- ten for third-year students-at the point in their careers where they have a definite need to search the literature of their spe- cialized field. This text could also be used by the scien- tist as a quick review of literature search techniques. The book succeeds in its pur- pose: "to inculcate in the user skills, tech- niques, and attitudes which will facilitate user interaction with information systems." The field of the environmental sciences is employed as a basis for the examples. The book is concise, covering nine basic chapters in only eighty-nine pages. These chapters include research literature and the search strategy, library basics, topic selec- tion, the subject catalog, retrieving books, indexes and abstracts, locating serials, ref- erence materials, and organizing the bibli- ography. It also has a "Glossary of Terms" and an index. The first chapter, "Research Literature and the Search Strategy," guides research- ers in helping themselves yet reminds them to use the librarian when necessary. Pri- mary, secondary, and tertiary sources are defined, but these definitions need expand- ing if the text is used outside the field of environmental sciences. Although "Topic Selection" is the title of chapter 3, this concept permeates much of the rest of the book, where the authors stress the continual refining of the search, and/or the question. "Computerized searches and current awareness services" are mentioned but briefly on pages 54-55. This will be a fruit- ful area for expansion in a later revision of the text. On page 67 the authors emphasize inter- library loans, both as a system and as a ser- vice, and point out some of the system's rules and limitations. For students beginning their own exten- sive subject searches, this text serves as an excellent guide . Although not written as a library science text, it capably presents the librarian's view of "literature search strategies." I have taught such a course this year and would have been grateful to have had such a text.-Deanne Holzberlein, Principia College, Elsah, Illinois. CORRECTION In the review of the anthology Library Ser- vices to the Blind and Physically Handicapped, in the May 1978 issue, p.229--30, the article "The World Will Never Be So Small Again" by Robert Russell is described. This article was originally published in the Wilson Library Bulletin for November 1971. ABSTRACTS The following abstracts are based on those prepared by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources, School of Educa- tion, Syracuse University. Documents with an ED number here may be ordered in either microfiche (MF) or paper copy (HC) from the ERIC Docu- ment Reproduction Service, P.O. Box 190, Arlington, VA 22210. Orders should include ED number, specify format desired, and in- clude payment for document and postage. Further information on ordering docu-