Untitled-5 Selected Reference Books 177 Selected Reference Books of 1997 Eileen McIlvaine his article follows the pattern set by the semiannual series initiated by the late Constance M. Winchell more than fifty years ago and continued by Eugene Sheehy. Because the purpose of the list is to present a selection of recent scholarly and general works, it does not pretend to be either well balanced or comprehensive. A brief roundup of new editions of stan­ dard works is provided at the end of the articles. Code numbers (such as AJ51) have been used to refer to titles in the Guide to Reference Books, 11th ed. (Chicago: ALA, 1996). Book Reviews Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen wissenschaftlicher Literatur (International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature), 1985–1994. CD-ROM. Osnabrück, Germany: F. Dietrich, 1997. $1300. To be annual. The retroprospective CD-ROM, to be supplemented annually, is a cumulation of volume 15 through volume 24, part 2, 1985–1994, of the printed version, usually abbreviated IBR (AA373). Librarians on a first name basis with the printed ver­ sion know its virtues and its frustrations. On the plus side, it indexes book reviews in several thousand scholarly journals in all Western languages and in all subjects; on the minus side, its semiannual publi­ cation schedule and cumbersome ar­ rangement usually made it a source of last resort. The virtues of the print source are all retained in the CD-ROM version, and few, if any, of its drawbacks. A manual accom­ panies the CD-ROM, which I was not able to see; even without it, the index is very easy to use, especially for anyone famil­ iar with the America: History and Life or Historical Abstracts CD-ROMS. The index can be searched by any or all of several categories: broad subject, subject headings (in English), author, title (really keyword in title), journal, date, or reviewer. The only slightly confusing as­ pect is the protocol for names. Last name, first name, the logical sequence, really searches last name or first name. The con­ text-sensitive help screens explain that “last name, first name” (within quotation marks) or last name.first name (names separated by a period) is the proper way to search for authors or reviewers. The displays are quite clear, though each re­ view is listed as a separate entry. The ad­ dress of the journal is given, making iden­ tification much easier. With luck, the updates will appear in a timely fashion, but even this retrospec­ tive disc allows libraries easy access to scholarly reviews in non-English lan­ guages, access previously available only through specialized indexes or through Eileen McIlvaine is Head of Reference and Collections in Butler Library at Columbia University; e-mail: mcilvain@columbia.edu. Although it appears under a byline, this list is a project of the reference depart­ ments of Columbia University Libraries and notes are signed with the initials of one of the following staff members: James Coen, Business Library; Mary Cargill, Anice Mills, Robert H Scott, Junko Stuveras, Sarah Spurgin Witte, Butler Library; Olha della Cava, Lehman Library; Nancy Friedland, Undergradu­ ate Library. 177 mailto:mcilvain@columbia.edu 178 College & Research Libraries March 1998 the ISI databases with their odd citations and incomplete author names. This will be an indispensable reference tool for all academic libraries.—M. C. Proverbs Cordry, Harold V. The Multicultural Dic­ tionary of Proverbs: Over 20,000 Adages from More Than 120 Languages, Nation­ alities & Ethnic Groups. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1997. 406p. $47.50 (IBN 0­ 7864-0251-2). LC 96-33264. The 20,000 entries in this international “compendium of proverbial wisdom “ (Pref.) are arranged by topic to “facilitate comparison” among the various lan­ guages and cultures included. Entries are then listed alphabetically by first word, with the name of the language or ethnic group from which it comes given in pa­ renthesis. Cross-references to related top­ ics refer the user, for example, from “law” to “injustice,” “lawsuits,” “lawyers,” and “loopholes.” “A number of proverbs found in litera­ ture . . . were not recorded if earlier ap­ pearances were discovered”; however, proverbs appearing in the works of Shakespeare, Cervantes and other major authors are cited at the end of the entry, even when similar proverbs exist in Greek or Latin. A valuable source index allows one to see the number of proverbs attrib­ uted to individual authors whereas a sub­ ject index with cross-references helps ac­ cess topics. A keyword index is only par­ tially successful: indexing keywords such as “good” or “like” results in columns and columns of entry numbers, making the index virtually useless. A more practical access point would have been an index to the language or ethnic group cited. That would have allowed a reader to find, for example, all the Russian proverbs. As it is, there is no indication of how many proverbs come from which language, na­ tionality, or ethnic group. Another confusion is the peculiar bib­ liography, arranged chronologically, with no place of publication or name of pub­ lisher included. No explanation for this lack of completeness is given. The selec­ tions themselves can make one overlook the quirks of the bibliography; the range of proverbs indicates the depth of re­ search. The section on marriage, for ex­ ample, is particularly rich in comparing different cultures’ views on the subject. This collection is similar in form and content to the Prentice-Hall Encyclopedia of World Proverbs by Wolfgang Mieder, pub­ lished in 1986 (BE157). Although Mieder’s volume does not include a source index, his bibliography is more comprehensive and better organized than Cordry’s. Despite its flaws, the Multicultural Dic­ tionary of Proverbs should prove to be a valuable and entertaining reference source for cultural anthropologists, lin­ guists, and anyone who studies the hu­ man condition.—A. M. Literature Autoras en la Historia del Teatro Español, 1500– 1994. Ed. Juan Antonio Hormigón. Madrid: ADE, 1997. 2 vols. Teoria y Practica del Teatro, 10–11. 4900 pts. (ISBN 84-87591-57-4). LC 96-17193. Contents: vol. 1, Siglos XVII–XVIII–XIX; vol. 2, Siglo XX (1900-1975). Women playwrights of Spain from the sixteenth century to 1975 are the subject of this extensive bio-bibliography. The reference work is accompanied by an in­ troductory essay, an alphabetical index by author which covers both volumes, and a bibliography of catalogs, indexes, and bibliographies (pp. 381–87). The main section is divided by time period and then by playwright. Each sub­ division by time period is preceded by an essay that gives an overview of the pe­ riod. A typical entry under author gives a concise biography, an overview of her works, and entries for individual works which might include title, imprint (or manuscript) data, date and place of per­ formance, genre, scene(s), dramatis per­ sonae, plot outline, and comments. Some entries also have a bibliography of manu­ Selected Reference Books 179 scripts, catalogs, and critical works relat­ ing to the play. At the end of the second volume are the biographical notes on the collaborators, the index by title of the play, and a detailed table of contents. This is an important tool for libraries serving Spanish literature and women’s studies departments.— J. S. The Feminist Encyclopedia of German Litera­ ture. Ed. Friederike Eigler and Susanne Kord. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1997. 676p. $99.50 (ISBN 0-313-29313­ 9). LC 96-18204. This is a compilation of brief articles by more than 100 contributors discussing and analyzing major topics relating to German literature from a feminist per­ spective. There are “relatively few sepa­ rate entries on women authors . . . and even fewer for specific works” (Introd.) because a number of biographical dictio­ naries on German women writers are available. All the entries are signed and all include brief bibliographies. The writing is academic in the current meaning of the word, which is to say of­ ten convoluted. For instance, the “low social standing of actors made patriarchal obstacles superfluous” (p. 4) seems to mean actresses were often prostitutes. The intended audience is not really clear. There are some very basic definitions: “A maid servant is a woman who is em­ ployed in a household and who takes care of house-hold related tasks” (p. 295), or “A hymn is a song of praise” (p. 248), with some complicated summaries of contem­ porary literary theory and theorists. Many of the suggested sources are in German, making this more useful for graduate students than undergraduates. Libraries with large women’s studies pro­ grams or active German departments may find this a useful source.—M. C. Peterson, Bernard L. The African Ameri­ can Theatre Directory, 1816–1960: A Comprehensive Guide to Early Black The­ atre Organizations, Companies, Theatres, and Performing Groups . Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1997. xxix, 301p. $75 (ISBN 0-313-29537-9). LC 96-9534. The author, a noted name in the field of African American theater research, and a group of research consultants have pro­ duced a “comprehensive reference book that includes succinct information on some 500 pioneer African American the­ atrical organizations, companies, and per­ forming groups plus more than 200 black- oriented . . . performance spaces” (Pref.). The logical cutoff date is 1960 because the surge in black groups during that decade needs its own study. It is arranged alpha­ betically by company or theater; no indi­ viduals are included though there is a thorough name index. Many of the entries are brief, and un­ documented, presumably to save space. But it would be fascinating to know the sources of the information—the research­ ers must have combed through numer­ ous newspapers and theatrical periodicals for these smaller groups, the lifespans of which, according to the Foreword, aver­ aged five years. Additional sources are given for some of the more prominent groups, and there is a more general bibli­ ography on black theater and a useful list of dissertations and journals. The groups listed range from minstrel and vaudeville troupes to college theater groups, and any library supporting Afri­ can American studies or American the­ ater will want this impressive, pioneer­ ing work.—M. S. Archives ArchivesUSA: Integrated Collection and Re­ pository Information [computer file]. Alexandria, Va.: Chadwyck-Healey, 1997. $1,495/year. Available on CD- Rom and the Internet at http:// archives.chadwyck.com, with sub­ scription. NUCMC Z39.50 Gateway to the RLIN AMC File [computer file]. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1997. Free. Available on the Internet through the NUCMC http:archives.chadwyck.com 180 College & Research Libraries March 1998 homepage: http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/ nucmc/. ArchivesUSA is available as a CD-ROM or via the Web. It contains the complete set of printed NUCMC volumes (DB34) through 1994, describing 72,300 collec­ tions from 1,406 repositories, as well as NUCMC tapes which are contributed by the Library of Congress to the RLIN AMC file on behalf of libraries that do not con­ tribute their own records to RLIN AMC. It provides up-to-date addresses for all repositories listed in the Directory of Ar­ chives and Manuscript Repositories in the United States (1988. DB30). ArchivesUSA also acts as an online index to the United States portion of the National Inventory of Documentary Sources (NIDS), another Chadwyck-Healey product (AK112). NIDS reproduces on microfiche the find­ ing aids of archives and manuscript col­ lections throughout the United States and the United Kingdom. It is an invaluable resource, often providing file and item level access to archives and manuscript collections. ArchivesUSA has NUCMC, NIDS, and some RLIN AMC subject headings. One of its strongest features is the excellent search engine, which allows searching by a combination of keywords, subject head­ ings, repository names, repository cities, with the ability to browse virtually every category for appropriate headings, and, in some cases, to continue searching on subject headings from a retrieved record. It also includes the home page URLs, an especially useful feature of the Web ver­ sion. The only problem is that it lacks the complete RLIN AMC file, a significant omission. Beginning in the mid-1980s, many research and university libraries cataloged their records in RLIN and of­ ten all new acquisitions and all updates were cataloged only in RLIN. Most of the items originally submitted to NUCMC also were recataloged to reflect the new standards for archival records. So most research institutions have their complete holdings in a more updated form than would be found in the older printed NUCMC volumes. The only RLIN records in ArchivesUSA are the records that the NUCMC team prepared on be­ half of smaller libraries that do not con­ tribute to RLIN on their own. Using Columbia as an example, we have no collections in ArchivesUSA that were not also in RLIN, and the RLIN records tend to be more complete (with more subject headings); all recently ac­ quired collections are only in RLIN and not in ArchivesUSA. Unfortunately, Co­ lumbia did not participate in the NIDS program, so RLIN will still be the best resource. Chadwyck-Healey provides a button on the Web site for libraries to con­ tribute records for inclusion in subse­ quent editions of ArchivesUSA and is hop­ ing that this will make the file more com­ plete. NUCMC Z39.50 Gateway contains the full RLIN Archives and Manuscripts Cataloging, some 500,000 records, includ­ ing cataloging contributed by the NUCMC team from about 1984 to the present, together with all the records con­ tributed to RLIN by members. The RLIN AMC records describe collections in RLG libraries as well as those in smaller librar­ ies surveyed in recent National Historical Records Survey projects. It is a huge file, and there are significant gaps. The hold­ ings of the Newberry Library in Chicago, for instance, are not included in RLIN, and they are only available in the printed vol­ umes of NUCMC and thus only available online from Chadwyck-Healey. Librarians familiar with the RLIN AMC file will find the NUCMC on the Web more difficult to use because it does not allow limiting by location or internal truncation, but it is much easier than searching for AMC records in Eureka. Readers unfamiliar with RLIN com­ mands probably will enjoy searching be­ cause it provides a variety of name, sub­ ject, and title search options. It is slow, perhaps because of high use, and times out after five minutes. But it is free! http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll Selected Reference Books 181 The Library of Congress NUCMC page also includes links to lists of archives and manuscript collections, information about the printed volumes, and other useful information. ArchivesUSA is expensive, but it does provide access to records not in RLIN (as well as many records in RLIN) and it in­ corporates references to the NIDS find­ ing aids. It is much easier to search; and the CD-ROM version provides the usual downloading and printing options. Read­ ers will not have to deal with the frequent timeouts. Large research libraries will want to provide access to RLIN AMC as well as the ArchivesUSA database. Smaller libraries may choose only to provide ac­ cess to RLIN AMC. An international list of more than 2,300 sites is maintained at the University of Idaho by Terry Abraham: Repositories of Pri­ mary Sources, http://www.uidaho.edu/spe­ cial-collections/Other.Repositories.html. It is the most complete list of archives and manu­ script sites on the Web. Its only weakness is a regional organization, with U. S. states and Canadian provinces grouped together geographically, with states sich as Iowa and Minnesota in the Eastern Division. Repositories are listed alphabetically by state within each division, with geo­ graphic indexes. The site also provides links to other lists and archives-related sites, and a submission form for additions and corrections.—S. S. W. DeWitt, Donald L. Articles Describing Ar­ chives and Manuscript Collections in the United States. Westport, Conn.: Green­ wood, 1997. 458p. Bibliographies and Indexes in Library and Information Science, 11. $89.50 (ISBN 0-313-29598­ 0). LC 96-37042. This annotated bibliography brings to­ gether articles published from 1890 to the present on aspects of U. S. archives and manuscript collections. It has a topical arrangement, describing collections in business, fine arts, literature, the military, religion, and politics; collections embrac­ ing specific groups: women, ethnic mi­ norities, professional organizations; and collections organized by region or type of material. Foreign repositories holding U. S. records, and U. S. repositories hold­ ing foreign records also are included. In­ dexes allow the reader to pinpoint spe­ cific repositories and collections. The annotations are informative and succinct, clearly the work of one gifted in writing archival descriptions. This volume is in­ tended to serve as a companion to DeWitt’s Guide to Archives and Manuscript Collections in the United States (1994. DB29) and is recommended for all reference de­ partments supporting graduate or ad­ vanced undergraduate research.—S. S. W. Social Sciences Fast, Julius, and Timothy Fast. The Legal Atlas of the United States. New York: Facts on File, 1997. 200p. 23 x 29 cm. $80.00 (ISBN 0-8160-3128-2). LC 97­ 5621. The Fasts have compiled an atlas that “ex­ amines on a state-by-state basis, some of the types of law we believe most affect Americans, family law and personal law . . . and the major classifications of crime” (Introd.). To this end, the authors present about 140 maps with explanatory text under broad headings. For example, un­ der Family Law, one finds Blood Tests and Licenses, 1993; under Personal Law, Abor­ tion Rates, 1988, Gambling Arrest Rates, 1991, Praying in School, 1993; under Cor­ rections: Female Prisoners, 1993; or un­ der Justice System: Racial Distribution of Lawyers, 1990. Though the compilers intended to use 1990 as a base year, the period of cover­ age of the maps ranges from 1988 to 1993 with the source of each map cited in the Bibliography (pp. 189–95). The sources vary from the Information Please and World Almanacs (though the current volumes do not carry the tables ascribed to them), to personal correspondence with relevant associations, to Web sites, to government publications such as Statistical Abstracts http://www.uidaho.edu/spe 182 College & Research Libraries March 1998 and the Uniform Crime Reports from the Department of Justice. The maps are clearly laid out; for most of them the color is used creatively and enhances the presentation. And the sub­ ject index is quite helpful. But one won­ ders just how useful students will find a compilation of almost ten-year-old mate­ rials because much has changed. It defi­ nitely will be seen as background infor­ mation with more recent statistical re­ sources needed for comparison or updat­ ing. Perhaps the publishers contemplate another atlas soon after the next census.— E. M. Notess, Greg R. Government Information on the Internet. Lanham, Md.: Bernan Pr., 1997. Various paging. (ISBN 0­ 89059-081-8). LC 97-197226. Government Information on the Internet is an invaluable resource for both librarian and researcher. It contains a wealth of in­ formation, is well organized, and is am­ ply indexed. Admittedly, this is only a snapshot in time—Web site information is notoriously volatile. However, know­ ing that a resource was once available on the Internet means that it is likely to still exist and, with a bit of effort, can be lo­ cated. Hence, the rationale for a print di­ rectory of online information. As to content, more than 1,200 govern­ mental Internet resources are described, giving the sponsoring agency, primary and alternative access routes, a descrip­ tion of the contents, and a list of assigned subject headings. Though the primary focus is on U. S. federal government Web resources, there is selective coverage of state government, international, intergov­ ernmental, and foreign-country Web sites. The directory is organized into sixteen subject-oriented chapters (agriculture, census and other statistics, environment, education, military, etc.), preceded by an introduction that both explains to the noninitiate the characteristics of the in­ formation included and sets out the pa­ rameters followed by the compiler. Each chapter, after a brief introduction, is fur­ ther broken down into a listing of gen­ eral and specialized sites within the sub­ ject area. Furthermore, and this librarians will particularly appreciate, there is an emphasis on publications available at sites and the SuDoc Numbers when avail­ able, are indicated. Another valuable con­ tribution is the notice within each chap­ ter of featured sites, i.e., centralized sub­ ject finding aids or one-stop shopping sites, such as the Federal Web Locator, U.S. Business Advisor, Online Educa­ tional Resources, etc. These are excellent starting points in the quest for relevant government information. Separate in­ dexes exist for: Primary and Alternative Access URLs, SuDoc Numbers, Publica­ tion Title, Agency/Acronym/Title, and subject. With over one million Web pages in the .gov domain alone, the compiler is to be commended for imposing a degree of or­ der, no matter how arbitrary or tentative, on what to many librarians and research­ ers is pure chaos.—O. dC. Women’s Studies Encyclopédie politique et historique des femmes: Europe, Amérique du Nord. Ed. Christine Fauré. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1997. 885p. Fr 498. (ISBN 213048316X). LC 97­ 169490. This international work on women in political and historical contexts from early modern Europe to contemporary Europe and North America is more a collection of essays in spite of the title “encyclopédie.” Divided into three groups, the first is con­ cerned with early modern discourses on women’s ability to govern: the Salic law; viewpoints of Luther, Calvin, and Bodin; women of the Fronde; and women in the writings of Hobbes and Locke. The sec­ ond group of essays examines the roles of women in revolutions: French, English, Russian, as well as nineteenth-century Greece and the Netherlands. The third group deals with mid-nineteenth- to Selected Reference Books 183 twentieth-century struggles for democ­ racy, which includes such varied topics as women’s political participation, their roles in fascist Italy, the Third Reich, Vichy France, Spain under Franco, Salazarian Portugal, women and Islam in the West, Turkish immigrant women, participation in parliamentary politics (with a color map of the world), and the role of inter­ national organizations in promoting equality. Each article is accompanied by a bibli­ ography of primary and secondary sources. A personal name index and bio­ graphical notes on some forty contribu­ tors complete the encyclopedia. Recom­ mended for university libraries.—J. S. History and Area Studies Jankovia, Vendelid, and Anna kkorupová. Bibliografia k dejinám Slovenska: literatúra vydaná do roku 1965. Bratislava: AEP, 1997. 781p. LC 97­ 147952. Arguably one of the lesser-known lands of Europe (at least in this country) is Slovakia, a small nation situated in the Carpathian Mountains and along the north bank of the Danube River, between Poland to the north and Hungary to the south, the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, and the Ukraine to the east. Its central location and its recent emergence as an independent state seem destined, however, to thrust it into the spotlight in the near future, particularly given its ex­ clusion from the list of East European can­ didates for membership in NATO, turn­ ing it into a long corridor extending deep into the territory of the Western alliance. Certainly, one of the reasons for our poor understanding of the country to date is its complex history, most of it spent as a component of some larger political unit. This land first appears on the historical scene in the ninth century as part of Great Moravia, one of the earliest important Slavic states, then as part of the lands of the Hungarian Crown from the eleventh to early twentieth centuries, then as the junior partner in interwar Czechoslova­ kia, then a brief troubled interlude as a puppet state of the Axis, followed by nearly half a century as part of Czecho­ slovakia, until finally achieving the sta­ tus of a sovereign state in 1993. However, scholars interested in gaining a better sense of that history also have been ham­ pered by the absence of a retrospective bibliographic compilation of the histori­ cal literature, particularly acute in the case of a country whose historiography has been written in so many different lan­ guages. This volume represents an important step toward addressing that problem. The culmination of a project begun by the In­ stitute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in 1962, it contains some 18,000 citations to books and articles in Slovak, Czech, Hungarian, German, Polish, and other languages, covering the history of Slovakia (and the states of which it was a part) from the earliest times to 1965 (al­ though, because it also appears to include no works published after 1965, the period of subject coverage is actually somewhat shorter). No doubt because of the period in which it was compiled, there appears to be far less emphasis on works pub­ lished outside the Eastern bloc, although there are certainly many citations of that literature as well. (Incidentally, there ap­ pears to be even fewer citations of litera­ ture in Russian.) There also is no cover­ age of the extensive Slovak emigration. The work is divided into two main parts, a general section including cover­ age of general historiographic and meth­ odological issues, auxiliary sciences, col­ lections of sources, historical geography, and surveys of Central European, Slavic, Hungarian, Czechoslovak, and Slovak history. The second part is divided into eleven chronological sections, each of which is further subdivided by field and topic. Unfortunately, within each section, entries are arranged either chronologi­ cally by period of coverage or alphabeti­ cally by person or place, with no section 184 College & Research Libraries March 1998 subheadings, making the browsing of individual sections very difficult. One must have recourse to the index of au­ thors and subjects, which is thankfully fairly detailed. The table of contents, sec­ tion headings, and introductory material are in English as well, although the En­ glish portions cry out for a native-lan­ guage editor; at certain points the text is utterly incomprehensible. As the last comments suggest, this work has some serious flaws but is none­ theless an important addition to the tools for advanced research in East European history. Any collection supporting this type of work will need to acquire this title.—R. H. S. McCauley, Martin. Who’s Who in Russia Since 1900. London, New York: Routledge, 1997. 268p. $75 (ISBN 0­ 41513897-3). LC 96-42009. This latest in Routledge’s series of short biographical handbooks, compiled and written by Martin McCauley, provides a handy desktop guide, particularly for the novice or intermediate user, of the key personalities of Russian politics and so­ ciety in the twentieth century. Three hun­ dred or so brief but pithy entries profile figures in a variety of fields. Although lit­ erature and politics are the dominant ones, prominent scientists, academicians, economists and business figures, athletes, entertainers, cosmonauts, chess masters, musicians, artists, and others are featured as well. Naturally, in a book of this length, only the leading figures can be repre­ sented, but given that preimposed limi­ tation, the author has done a good job of compiling a relatively comprehensive list. The sketches are drawn in a lively, opin­ ionated manner that, at its best, is a re­ freshing change of pace but, at its worst, can be a little flip. As one might also ex­ pect in a short work of this type, biblio­ graphic citations are not provided with the entries. However, the book could have profited from an index or from more ex­ plicit cross-referencing: For example, readers might want to find the biogra­ phies of all the chiefs of the organs of state security and the text, as written, does not support that kind of linkage. One really has to know a name to pick out an entry. In any case, this book clearly will serve as a valuable compendium for anyone seeking a desktop guide to the key personalities of modern Russian history and society, or to any basic reference collection. More­ over, although it is not likely to bump any earlier titles from the shelf in a more ad­ vanced reference collection, its timeliness, comprehensive perspective, and fresh style should make it a welcome addition there as well.—R. H. S. McKinstry, E. Richard. Personal Accounts of Events, Travels, and Everyday Life in America: An Annotated Bibliography. Winterthur, Del.: Henry Francis duPont Winterthur Museum, 1997. 236p. $40 (ISBN 0-912724-39-0). LC 97­ 10832. Personal Accounts of Events, Travels, and Everyday Life in America is an engaging and informative work. The third in a se­ ries of bibliographies published to de­ scribe the holdings of the Winterthur Li­ brary, this volume focuses on the personal accounts, diaries, and travel narratives held in the Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera. The catalog includes an annotated bib­ liography of the manuscript collection, a listing of 406 published travel narra­ tives held in the Printed Book and Peri­ odical Collection at Winterthur, and in­ dexes to each section. The main body of the catalog includes an expertly anno­ tated bibliography detailing ninety-four manuscript collections which represent an insider ’s view of American society at large. The diaries and travel narratives listed here are written by a varied popu­ lation (not necessarily ethnic) of mer­ chants, artists, publishers, children, and young adults, among others. The sub­ jects of the entries are diverse, written records of the daily occurrences and ob­ Selected Reference Books 185 servations in the lives of or dinary people, narratives of travel by sea and land to such places as Havana, and ac­ counts of the Civil War and its conse­ quences. Entries span from 1762 through 1938, with the majority of holdings written dur­ ing the nineteenth century. The works range in size from fewer than fifty pages to multivolume works; some capture an afternoon and others represent a signifi­ cant part of the diarist’s life. An entry in­ cludes the name of the diarist; birth and death dates, when available; size of the collection; and years written. The anno­ tations detail the contents of the collec­ tions and are enriched by quotations from the manuscripts with biographical mate­ rial culled from such sources as the Dic­ tionary of American Biography (AH62), Who Was Who in American Art (BF153), and his­ torical contexts and references obtained from sources as the Encyclopedia of Ameri­ can History (DB44). When available, the annotations are followed by reference to works about or related to the diarist. In fact, the reader is encouraged to “sepa­ rate the contents into two parts: primary material that reveals themes, and second­ ary materials that provide a background and context to what is judged important” (p. xx). This format is instructive and in­ viting, and provides a wealth of informa­ tion for the reader. A detailed subject index is provided. In addition, a chronological index to the manuscripts is provided, useful for iden­ tifying a manuscript written during a spe­ cific event, for example, the Civil War. Although the heart of the work re­ mains the annotated bibliography, the second part includes a bibliography of published travel narratives held by the Winterthur Library. These entries are not annotated and are expected to be widely available. A short-title bibliography lists works such as Evan’s American Bibliogra­ phy (AA405) for further reference. A geo­ graphic index to the published travel ac­ counts also is provided. This work is a strong addition to col­ lections holding Matthew’s American Dia­ ries (BE507n) and the expanded and re­ vised edition of American Diaries (BE507). It is highly recommended for collections supporting a curriculum in American his­ tory or American studies.—N. F. Vogel, Joseph. The Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa: Archaeology, History, Languages, Cultures, and Environments. Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira Pr., 1997. 605p. $124.95 (ISBN 0-7619-8902­ 1). LC 96-51227. This work seems somewhat mistitled. Although it does deal to some extent with the continent as a whole and to some cur­ sory extent with the history of recent cen­ turies, “Encyclopedia of Sub-Saharan Af­ rican Prehistory” might be a more appropriate designation because this is where the real focus lies. Given that ca­ veat, however, the work appears to do an admirable job of synthesizing the often- diverse research in these areas for a reader capable of handling a fairly technical text. Edited by anthropologist and archeolo­ gist Joseph O. Vogel, the Encyclopedia brings together the work of about 80 spe­ cialists from Africa, Europe, and the United States. The text, consisting of sur­ vey essays rather than brief articles for ready reference, is divided into five sec­ tions: “African Environments,” dealing with issues of geology, climate, vegeta­ tion, and disease; “Histories of Research,” providing a useful look at the evolution of studies in this field; “Technology,” de­ scribing in moderately technical terms techniques of stoneworking, pottery manufacture, metallurgy, and architec­ tures encountered in the region; “People and Culture,” which includes an over­ view of the historical development of the sub-Saharan languages, and discussions of the characteristic patterns of life in the region—foraging, pastoralism, and farm- ing—and a brief look at topics in ethnoarchaeology; and the longest single section, “Prehistory of Africa,” with ex­ 186 College & Research Libraries March 1998 tensive discussions of the emergence of the human species, mankind’s early life on the continent, the period of advanced foraging, rock art, the ceramic late stone age, beginnings of food production, iron age, social complexity, trade and com­ merce, historical archeology. The articles are followed by bibliographies of key lit­ erature, and an extensive index enhances access to the text. One slight disappoint­ ment here is the very brief coverage ac­ corded to the well-known history of the precolonial states of the region, particu­ larly those of West Africa and Ethiopia. This will be a difficult work for begin­ ners but seems an essential acquisition for any collection attempting to offer ad­ vanced coverage of African history.— R. H. S. Sciences Glut, Donald F. Dinosaurs: the Encyclope­ dia. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1997. 1,076p. $145 (ISBN 0-8995-0917-7). LC 95-47668. From the movies to stuffed animals, di­ nosaurs have enjoyed great popularity in recent years. A quick search in Books in Print retrieved 2,775 entries for dinosaurs, of which 1,816 items were in the juvenile literature category. This encyclopedia was edited by the author of two previous ref­ erence books on the same subject (Dino­ saur Dictionary, 1972, and Complete Dino­ saur Dictionary , 1992, previously published in 1982 as the New Dinosaur Dictionary). The editor affirms that this edition is “far more detailed, complete and technical than either of those previ­ ous books ever attempted to be” (Pref.) The work is aimed at specialists, students of paleontology, and serious amateurs. It synthesizes the basic information and writing of paleontologists on the subjects. Throughout the book, articles are well documented and provide reference to original scholarly monographs and jour­ nal articles which are listed in the Bibli­ ography (pp. 1023-1057). There are nu­ merous black-and-white photographs, line drawings, and pictures of recon­ structed habitats of the extinct species. The editor notes that those illustrations are done by reputable artists based on known factual evidence. The book is divided into five sections: background, dinosaurian systematics, the dinosaurian genera, nomina nuda, and excluded genera. The background section discusses the origins of dinosaurs, their relationships to birds, warm-blooded and cold-blooded dinosaurs, and the long- standing debate on the causes of dinosaur extinction. The main part of the book is the section on dinosaurian genera. Every authentic generic name is arranged alpha­ betically. Each entry typically contains a complete name, name derivation, type of species, occurrence, age, known material, diagnosis of genre, and comments. The volume ends with a bibliography, glos­ sary, and index. The encyclopedia is not quite the kind of thing you would hand to grade-school pupils, but it is a useful addition to col­ lege and university libraries.— J. S. New Editions and Supplements The first volume of the Random House His­ torical Dictionary of Slang in 1994, edited and compiled by J. E. Lighter (New York: Random House, 1994; 1,006p.), was pub­ lished to uniformly good reviews. Now volume 2 has appeared covering letters H–O (1997; 736p. $65). Here, too, are fas­ cinating entries with good examples and definitions but little in the way of deriva­ tion or context. The Bibliography consists of five additions to the bibliography in volume 1. The Guide to the Dictionary, the Pronunciation Key, and the List of Abbreviations are reprinted from volume 1, which is a help for the user. ITA, the Internationale Titelabkurzungen von Zeitschriften; International Title Abbre­ viations of Periodicals, Newspapers, Impor­ tant Handbooks, Dictionaries, Laws, Institu­ tions, compiled by Otto Leistner (7th ed. Osnabrück: F. Dietrich, 1997; 3 vols. [2,371p.] 890DM; 4th ed. 1990 AD22) con­ Selected Reference Books 187 tinues to grow. This edition adds “about 10,000 abbreviations and numerous for­ merly recorded abbreviations have been updated” (p. vii). Would you not think that Oxford Uni­ versity Press, with a databank of new quotations and a proven record with the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, compiled by Angela Partington (BE113), could give a bibliographic citation in a quotation dic­ tionary that would include at least a page number for the source? It is a help to know the quotations are verified, but to be told they are in a particular novel or play with no further guidance can be frustrating. That is the case with their two new quo­ tation dictionaries. The Oxford Dictionary of Phrases, Sayings, and Quotations by Eliza­ beth Knowles (1997; 694p. £31.33; $39.95) arranges the text by theme, Absence to Youth, with a keyword index. For each entry, a context is given, and an author and title. No author approach is provided. A quick check of the quotations shows overlap with the Oxford Dictionary of Quo­ tations: of twelve quotations under the term politicians , ten are in the Partington, of twelve under life, eleven are in the older work. Of twelve randomly chosen phrases in the Knowles, eight appear in Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (AC91). The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Quotations, edited by Peter Kemp (1997; 479p. £28.68, $37.50), arranges its quota­ tions in two sections: “The Writer ’s World” (by theme) and ”Writers and Their Works” (by writer ’s name). The in­ dexes are for author and keyword. One must hope that the editors of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations will continue to have a scholarly attitude toward a refer­ ence work. B. C. Bloomfield, as chair of the Rare Books Group of the Library Association in London, is responsible for the work of sending questionnaires and follow-ups (and occasionally visits) and of editing the responses in order to compile a second edition of the Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland (London: Library Association, 1997; 740p. £98; 1st ed. 1985. AK143). Still geographically arranged, an entry can be quite extensive comprising address, description of holdings, list of finding aids unpublished and published. The index offers some subject access along with names. Personal libraries have been removed in this edition. David M. Scholer compiled the Nag Hammadi Bibliography 1948–1969 (Leiden: Brill, 1971; 201p.) for works written on the site as well as books and articles on the texts discovered there. The annual supplementary bibliographies by Scholer which followed in Novum Testamentum have been cumulated and published in Nag Hammadi Bibliography 1970–1994 (Leiden: Brill, 1997; 477p. $105.00. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies XXXII). This new work of 6,092 entries is arranged by broad topic with books and their reviews listed followed by articles. The author index with cross-references throughout the text refer to citations in only this volume. For the purposes of this bibliography by Elisabeth Arweck and Peter B. Clarke, New Religious Movements in Western Eu­ rope (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1997; 380p. $89.50. Bibliographies and Indexes in Religious Studies, 41) religious “groups that have formed since World War II are considered new religious movements” (Pref.). Based on the collec­ tion at the Centre for New Religions at King’s College, London, the 1,877 often annotated entries are arranged by main entry, usually author or editor, followed by indexes for period, movement, per­ sonal name, and subject. The index is to the page, not the citation number. This volume extends the coverage of the movements in earlier bibliographies such as Diane Choquette, New Religious Move­ ments in the United States and Canada (BC28) and Harold W. Turner, Bibliogra­ phy of New Religious Movements in Primal Societies (BC19) to Western European re­ searchers and observers. 188 College & Research Libraries March 1998 Both of Omnigraphic’s holiday vol­ umes have been updated for new edi­ tions. Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary; Detailing More Than 1,400 Observances from All 50 States and More Than 100 Nations , edited by Helene Henderson and Sue Ellen Th­ ompson (Detroit: Omnigraphics, 1997; xlvii, 822p. $84.00; 1st ed. 1994 edited by Sue Ellen Thompson and Barbara W. Carlson) adds 500 new entries for prima­ rily state, national, and legal holidays, along with a new section on the Millen­ nium. The subject index is much ex­ panded; relevant Web sites are listed. Religious Holidays and Calendars: An En­ cyclopedic Handbook, edited by Karen Bellenir (Detroit: Omnigraphics, c 1998, 1997; 316p. $70.00; 1st ed. 1993 edited by Alan Kelly) also offers an annotated list­ ing of Web sites. The presentation is now chronological according to a specific reli­ gious calendar. Of the 450 entries, 200 are new. Emily Post’s Etiquette is alive and well in this 16th edition, edited by Peggy Post (New York: Harper/Collins, 1997; 845p. $85.00; 15th ed. 1992. AL156). Recogniz­ ing that the “practice of manners is ever changing” (Introd.) this edition is much updated with sections on such topics as sexual harassment (within the section On the Job), electronic communication (un­ der Correspondence), caller ID and voice mail (under On the telephone). This, the seventy-fifth anniversary of the first edi­ tion (1922), points up the continued in­ terest in manners. A companion to the Index to Book Re­ views in England 1749–1774 (BE744) ex­ tends the coverage in the Index to Book Re­ views in England 1775–1800 by Antonia Forster (London: British Library, 1997; 490p. £85) for reviews of 4,981 titles of poetry, fiction, and drama. Under author, a full bibliographical citation is given which can include complete title, size, pagination, publisher/printer/book­ seller, one location, and, of course, where reviewed. Not indexed. Coverage of the eighteenth century in the Index of English Literary Manuscripts, vol. 3: 1700–1800, is now complete with part 4: Laurence Sterne-Edward Young (London: Mansell, 1997; 646p. £135). This volume “also includes the final cumula­ tive first-line index of all the verse which is described in the manuscript entries or mentioned in the Introduction to parts 1– 4 of volume III” (Pref.). Several bibliographies of post-colonial literature in English have already ap­ peared: Australia, 1970–1992 by Richard Lever, James Wieland, and Scott Findlay (New York: G. K. Hall, 1996; xxx, 361p.) and Southeast Asia, New Zealand and the Pacific, 1970–1992 by Mark Williams (New York: G. K.Hall, 1996; xxii, 370p.). Now Post-Colonial Literature in English: General, Theoretical, and Comparative 1970–1993 by Alan Lawson et al. (New York: G. K. Hall, 1997; xxiii, 374p. $65) provides references to the underpinnings for the study of this genre through a bibliography of 1,315 annotated entries for books, dissertations, chapters and essays, and periodical ar­ ticles all arranged in one alphabetical se­ quence. The topical index is very useful. The earlier works are arranged by authors and genres with author and subject in­ dexes. All have very interesting introduc­ tory essays surveying scholarship on the topic. For Australian literature, the ALS Guide to Australian Writers: A Bibliography 1963– 1995, edited by Martin Duwell, Marianne Ehrhardt, and Carol Hetherington (St Lucia, Qld, Australia: Univ. Queensland Pr., 1997; 489p. $19.95; 1st ed., 1992. BE847n) cites, by literary author, the ma­ jor collections, fiction, nonfiction, and critical material. The new material incor­ porates citations from the “Annual Bibli­ ographies of Australian Literature” 1992– 1996, which appeared in Australian Liter­ ary Studies (BE847). The Oxford Companion to German Lit­ erature is now in a third edition, edited by Mary Garland (1997; 951p. $75; 1st ed. 1976; 2nd ed. 1986. BE1244). The basic aim Selected Reference Books 189 continues to be “to represent the multi­ faceted history and cultural spectrum of Central Europe’s past and present Ger­ man-speaking countries and communi­ ties” (Pref.). This edition revises the cov­ erage to include much new twentieth-cen­ tury material as well as literary life in major cities in this German-speaking world (e.g., Basel). Henry Burnand Gar­ land, who compiled both earlier editions, died and his wife Mary Garland, who had helped with the second edition, took over the major work of revision for the third edition. She died while this edition was in press. Tribute must be paid to both husband and wife for a job well done. For Spanish literature, a new edition and a supplement have appeared. Hensley C. Woodbridge has updated his Guide to Reference Works for the Study of Spanish Languages and Literature and Span­ ish American Literature (New York: Mod­ ern Language Association, 1997; 236p. $37.50, $18.00 paper; 1st ed. 1987. BE1430) to include 1994–1995 titles. The arrange­ ment is very detailed so one must use the table of contents. The other volume, Catalogo bibliografico de la literatura picaresca siglos XVI–XX, by Joseph L. Laurenti (Kassel: Reichenberger, 1988; 605p. 75DM) adds publications from about 1991 to 1994–1995 in a supplement (1997; 155p. Teatro del Siglo de Oro. Bibliografias y catalogos, 18), the order following the order of the original. Eighteenth-Century Spanish Chapbooks in the British Library: A Descriptive Catalogue, compiled by H. G. Whitehead (London: British Library, 1997; 145p. 30p. plates ) is a supplement to the author ’s Short-Title Catalogues of Eighteenth-Century Spanish Books in the British Library (1994; 3 vols.) and covers 300 products of the popular press, quartos and single sheets, the ma­ jority of which are anonymous. Mostly a title listing with index entries for names as subject, printer/booksellers, place of publication, first lines.. More Opening Nights on Broadway: A Critical Quotebook of the Musical Theatre, 1965 through 1981, compiled by Steven Suskin (New York: Schirmer; London: Prentice-Hall, 1997; 1141p. $39) is a com­ panion to Suskin’s Opening Night on Broadway: A Critical Quotebook of the Golden Era of the Musical Theatre, Okla­ homa! (1943) to Fiddler on the Roof (1964) (New York: Schirmer, 1990; 810p.) The dictionary gives for each of about 200 musicals the date of opening, name of the theater, cast list, a reproduction of some of the artwork used in the advertise­ ments, and “excerpts selected from more than 1500 reviews” (p. 19). The arrange­ ment is alphabetical with a chronologi­ cal list, an index by name and title, and up-to-date brief biographies of major the­ ater people and critics of the period. The opening essay on major developments in the musical theater gives such tables as top ticket prices (1943: Oklahoma at $4.40; 1994: Show Boat revival $75). Phyllis Rauch Klotman compiled Frame by Frame: A Black Filmography in 1979 (BH227) to provide information on films “with Black themes or subject mat­ ter . . . [or which] have substantial par­ ticipation by Blacks as writers, actors, producers, directors, musicians, anima­ tors, or consultants, and films in which Blacks appeared in ancillary or walk-on roles” (p. xiii). Frame by Frame II by Phyllis Klotman and Gloria J. Gibson (Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Pr., 1997; 771 p. $49.95) extends the coverage to films and videos of 1978–1994, with a few TV features and documenta­ ries. The index is extensive for names but still no subjects. The volume ends with a list of African American Oscar award win­ ners and nominees. Much has changed since the publica­ tion of the first edition of the Complete Film Dictionary by Ira Konigsberg (New York: Penguin Reference, 1997; 469p. $34.95; 1st ed. 1987. BH258) due especially to the ex­ ploding world of technology and the in­ fluence of business and the marketplace “on virtually everything that transpires in the industry, including what we see and hear in the theater” (Pref.). The edi­ 190 College & Research Libraries March 1998 tion covers from “A and B Printing” to “Zoptic Front Projection” in about 4,000 entries and 260 line drawings and photo­ graphs as it seeks to be a “major sourcebook: for the language of filmmak­ ing and film studies.” Aside from a change in title, a slightly smaller format, and a few editorial correc­ tions, Planet Earth Macmillan World Atlas (New York: Macmillan, 1997; 415p. $39.95) is a verbatim reissue of the 1996 Macmillan World Atlas. The maps and illustrations are exactly the same whereas the text differs only in the inclusion of the names of six countries in the selected resources list not in the 1996 edition. The publisher makes no attempt to note any connection between the two volumes. The only major distinc­ tion between this atlas and the Macmillan World Atlas, aside from the title, is the size. The 1996 atlas measures 14 inches (36cm) high by 10 inches wide, whereas the Planet Earth Atlas is only 12 inches (31cm) by 9 inches. The 1996 atlas, which is now out of print, was favorably reviewed so although it would be redundant to own both vol­ umes, it is certainly worthwhile to own one of them.—A. M. Gorton Carruth has updated The Ency­ clopedia of American Facts and Dates (10th ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1997;1096p. $45) through 1996. The ninth edition (1994; DB58) carried information up to Novem­ ber 1, 1992. For this edition, the index has been expanded and the yearly introduc­ tions or summaries have been extended back in time. Supplement 1, Abbe, Robert-Alex­ ander, Robert Evans, of Encyclopedia USA, edited by Donald W. Whisenhunt (Gulf Breeze, Fla.: Academic International, 1997; 248p. DB47) treats material that missed the deadline and new entries, usually for newly deceased people. The publisher states that supplements will continue as will ten-volume indexes. Pre-Columbian Contact with the Americas across the Oceans: An Annotated Bibliogra­ phy by John L. Sorenson and Martin H. Raish (2d. ed. Provo, Utah: F.A.R.M.S., 1996. 2 vols. $89.00; 1st ed. 1990. DB22) is available in paper and CD-ROM. Com­ prising “over 5,100 citations, plus several hundred other references to reprints, new editions, translations and reviews con­ tained within the main entries” (Introd.), the annotated bibliography is interdisci­ plinary and eclectic. The editors do not even shy away from some diffusionists of ill repute in professional circles when their works serve the purpose of stirring up discussion and encouraging innova­ tive research. The volumes are arranged by main entry with a detailed subject in­ dex. The computerized version keeps much of the booklike presentation; it is actually possible to browse through the book from the preface to the last item in the Z section. When one searches, the search engine marks the keyword(s) or phrase and one hops from one retrieved citation to another by using the previous and next icons. In between, one can stop to see other citations by the same author which may not contain the search terms. The computer program allows custom output, and the viewing screen also acts as a word processor, offering consider­ able editing capabilities. The computer­ ization of the bibliography facilitates not only easier searching than the printed version but also the compilation of a cus­ tomized, personal bibliography. Those libraries that find the print version valu­ able will want to make the computerized version readily available.—J. S. For Canadian Reference Sources: An An­ notated Bibliography: General Reference Works, History, Humanities (Vancouver, BC: UBC Pr., 1996; 1076p. $225: 2nd ed. by Dorothy E. Ryder. 1981. AA456n), compilers Mary E. Bond and Martine M. Caron cite, in 4,194 annotated entries, “reference sources of all types about Canada, Canadian and foreign publica­ tions which describe Canadian people, institutions, organizations, publications, art, literature, languages, history” (Introd.). The volume is bilingual for the headings, annotations, and subject index. Selected Reference Books 191 Hans Zell and Cecile Lomer, compil­ ers of the African Studies Companion: A Re­ source Guide & Directory (London, New Providence, N.J.: H. Zell, 1997; 276p. $75.00; 1st ed. 1989; DD55), seek to “pro­ vide within the covers of a single com­ pact volume quick and easy access to a wide range of information in the African studies field. . . . [The] revisions and up­ dates for the new edition have been quite substantial” (Pref.), growing from 667 to 935 entries. The bibliography and direc­ tory cover reference works, journals, ma­ jor documentation centers and libraries (even including their Web and e-mail ad­ dresses), publishers, dealers and distribu­ tors, organizations, associations, founda­ tions, awards and prizes, abbreviations, and acronyms. Recognizing the substantial mono­ graphic literature in the evaluation of staff training programs, Jack J. Phillips has re­ vised and updated the earlier chapters as well as added seven new chapters to the Handbook of Training Evaluation and Mea­ surement Methods (Houston: Gulf Publ, 1997; 420p. $55; 1st ed. 1983). The twenty chapters focus on the need for evaluation within the overall human resource devel­ opment function, the presentation of models and design issues, a discussion of data collection and analysis, and issues related to implementation. The goal of the book is to show users how to achieve a variety of evaluation and measurement results, for example, converting data to monetary values, selecting the optimum evaluation strategy, determining costs of programs, calculating return on invest­ ment for programs, and designing instru­ ments for use in evaluation and the mea­ surement of training programs.— J. C.