Reference Services Review: Volume 12 Issue 4

Desert Island Journal

Judith Farley

January 14 Dear Diary, The desert island on which my ALA colleagues and I were tossed up after our shipwreck is sadly lacking in the necessities of life: no four‐star restaurants…

R. Reginald: Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature

Richard S. Watts

Michael Burgess, the Associate Librarian who serves as the Chief Cataloger at California State College, San Bernardino, came to the attention of the library community on 11…

Trivia: Mundane, Arcane or Inane

Rochelle Yates

What was the older daughter's name on Father Knows Best? Who hit the ball that Willy Mays miraculously caught in the 1954 World Series? Who was Goldwater's running mate in 1964…

Online Access to Tests: The ETSF and MMYD Databases

Susan Klingberg

In 1983, BRS of Latham, New York introduced two databases entirely devoted to information on tests. The new databases are the Educational Testing Service Test Collection (search…

Dictionaries of Quotations: A Comparative Review

Elaine McPheron

Dictionaries of quotations are one of the more personal categories of reference books as evidenced by the diverse responses of their reviewers. The latest edition of The Oxford…

Anthropology and Archaeology; A Selective Interdisciplinary Guide to the Reference Literature: Periodical Indexes

Larry Stephen Perry

Anthropology, and archaeology, a subdivision of anthropology, traditionally defined as the study of man and his cultures, has greatly expanded its scope of interest in recent…

Field Guides for Insects

Katherine S. Chiang

Insects have been on the earth for 350 million years, 348 million years longer than man. With one to two million species, insects account for over three‐fourths of the animal…

Basic Reference Sources in Fire Science

Jane Hurni, Elysabeth Kleinhans

The last 15 years have seen the rapid growth of fire science education and training in the United States. This growth was noted by the Advisory Committee on Fire Training and…

Reference Sources in Journalism and Mass Communication

Eleanor S. Block

The nations of the world are linked together by increasingly fast, efficient and sophisticated means of communication. Satellites, cable, and other telecommunication methods are…

Reference Serials

Carol J. Veitch

School Library Media Annual. 1983‐ . A. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited. Ed. by Shirley L. Aaron and Pat R. Scales. 333p. $35. LC 84–640490. ISSN 0739–7712. OCLC 9809890…

The Computer and Library Instruction

Carol Tobin, Harriet Tippet, Patricia Culkin, Elizabeth Walker

The computer is every day looming larger on the professional horizon of every librarian. Instruction librarians, too, must confront the realities and potential of the computer in…

Drugs from the Sea: A Bibliography

Dorothy S. Gleisner

In case any of you are expecting a tale of mystery and intrigue on the high seas—complete with ships in hidden coves—I'm afraid I must disappoint you. My Drugs from the Sea story…

Title‐by‐Title Review in Reference Collection Development

Paul T. Adalian, Ilene F. Rockman

Keeping a reference collection current and useful can be an arduous task. It is necessary to establish principles of collection development and determine a method for periodically…