Reference Services Review: Volume 15 Issue 1

A Generic Reference Collection

Thomas Childers

If I were stranded on a desert island and had to create a reference or information service with only ten sources, which ten would I choose?

Honoring Emily Dickinson (1830–1886): A Centennial Review of the Literature

Evelyn S. Meyer

When the first edition of Poems by Emily Dickinson was published in 1890, Samuel G. Ward, a writer for the Dial, commented, “I am with all the world intensely interested in Emily…

City Planning Biography: Selected References

Jane McMaster

Interest in the origins and history of city planning in the United States has made it necessary to provide more information about biographical and reference sources on the…

A Round of Bar Guides for Everyone!: A Comparative Review of Alcoholic Beverage Preparation Manuals

Mary Ellen Huls, David A. Tyckoson

The consumption of alcoholic beverages has been a social custom throughout the world since the beginning of recorded history. Various wines, beers, and liquors have been a part of…

Reference Serials

Virginia A. Gilbert, Deborah Jakubs, Carol J. Veitch, Lane Page, Caroline J. Tibbetts, Bessie Carrington, Boyd Childress

South America, Central America and the Caribbean. 1st ed. 1986. $90. London: Europa Publications, Ltd., 1985. Available in North America from Gale Research Co. ISSN 0258‐0661…

Select Bibliography of Genealogical Research Aids Published by the National Archives and Records Administration

Willna Uebrick‐Pacheli

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has published several books that can be used by the genealogist to locate additional research material. This bibliography…

Library Instruction and Intellectual Stimulation

Michael Margolis

Library instruction classes often fail to give students the intellectual stimulation they need. Ann Irving, in her thought‐provoking article about bibliographic instruction…

Introducing Governmental Documents in Academic Libraries and School Media Centers: A Selected Bibliography and Guide

Diana J. Keith

Library patrons' lack of awareness about the governmental documents held in public and academic libraries is an often repeated theme in the literature of documents librarianship…

The Name behind the Title: Joseph Whitaker—Still an Annual Affair

Charles D. Patterson

If one were to ask a person on the street to name a type of reference book, the answer, if the question were fully understood, would most likely be “an encyclopedia.” If pressed…

To Put It Straight: DARE Is Not a Dictionary of Slang or Americanisms

Christopher J. Feider

It is often helpful to describe something by first stating what it is not. Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) is not a dictionary of Americanisms, nor is it a…

Directories of Publishing Opportunities: A Bibliographical Survey

Myra Armistead

Anyone who attempts to publish an article should be familiar with the Writer's Market. This standard reference work, which describes the editorial policies of numerous book and…

Metamorphosis of the IBZ Bibliographic Index

Patrick C. Boyden

The Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur aus alien Gebieten des Wissens (IBZ) and the Internationale Bibliographie der Rezentionen Wissenschaflicher Literatur…

Book of Days: A Supplement

Early in 1987, Pierian Press published the first volume of an annual publication, Book of Days. Book of Days is an encyclopedic collection of 435 resource guides—pathfinders—most…

Publishing Opportunities at Pierian Press: Resources on Contemporary Issues

With this issue of Reference Services Review we launch a series of articles in which we will describe and discuss the various publication programs currently being carried out at…