Reference Services Review: Volume 13 Issue 1

A Desert Island Reference Collection

Bruce D. Bonta

“If you were stranded on a desert island and had to create a reference/information service with only ten sources, which ten would you choose?” The question posed by an editor of…

Travels in Referenceland: Computing the Almanac

Justine Roberts

Anne Grodzins Lipow is a whiz at helping people satisfy needs they never knew they had. Who would have suspected a market for small wooden dreidls (first‐of‐a‐kind in California…

Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf”: Origin, Impact, Criticism, and Sources

Raymond G. McInnis

Summary of Content Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler (1925–1926), is in two parts, “Eine Abrechung” (A Reckoning) and “Die National‐Sozialistische Bewegung” (The National Socialist…

BRS/After Dark: A Review

Sharon Mader, Elizabeth Park

The proliferation and popularity of microcomputers have precipitated a revolution in online searching. Complex, costly online systems such as DIALOG and BRS, normally utilized in…

Guides for the Wildflower Pilgrim

Lesley S. Potts

Every April thousands of “pilgrims” from all over the world flock to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for the annual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage. This region of the…

American History Reference Sources, 1983–1984

Gary D. Barber, Carol Burroughs

This seventh annual survey of American history reference sources is the largest yet; 23 books have been selected for review, while past surveys averaged about 15 titles. The…

Biotechnology Information Sources

Judith B. Barnett, Janice F. Sieburth

The relatively new and rapidly growing field of biotechnology encompasses several disciplines, including microbiology, biochemistry, and chemical engineering. The critical…

Using the IBM Personal Computer for Library Instruction

Patricia D. Arnott, Deborah E. Richards

The term computer‐assisted instruction, or CAI, may apply to all instructional uses of the computer. More specifically, CAI means using the computer as an instructional tool: to…

Traveling Medical Collection: An Evaluation

Ellen R. Paterson

Health information oriented toward the consumer has long been scarce. Online databases and health information directories have been geared to the health professional. Many…