Reference Services Review: Volume 2 Issue 3

The birth and acceptance of serials

C. Edward Wall

In this day of rapid inflation and increasing pressure on the acquisitions dollar, the introduction of a new serial is approached with mixed emotions and much trepidation by…

Recent reference books

Frances Neel Cheney

Communications regarding this column should be addressed to Mrs. Cheney, Peabody Library School, Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Mrs. Cheney does not sell the books listed here. They are…

Australian reference books

Dietrich H. Borchardt

It gives me much pleasure to acquaint the readers of RSR with some important reference materials that have appeared in Australia, New Zealand and neighbouring countries. Prices…

Business reference review

David H. McKee

David H. McKee is Acting Head of the Business Library at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. He will be interested to receive communications from persons knowledgeable in…

Government reference publications

Jimmie Hoover

The materials included in this column were selected on the basis of an item by item review of all government publications received at a major depository library. Emphasis is…

Government serials and services

Frederic J. O'Hara

In this quarterly review of government publications, the judgments expressed are those of the reviewer, Dr. Frederic J. O'Hara, professor of library science, Graduate Library…

Reference serials

Richard R. Centing

A visit last July to the American Library Association's annual conference in New York City proved both rewarding and frustrating. There was not enough time for the editor of this…

Reference books in print

Tom Schultheiss, Lorraine Hartline, Jean Mandeberg, Pam Petrich, Sue Stern

The following classified, annotated list of titles is intended to provide reference librarians with a current checklist of new reference books, and is designed to supplement the…