Reference Services Review: Volume 9 Issue 2
Reference and instructional services for libraries in the digital age
Table of contents
Publishing the Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Charles Scribner[The Dictionary of Scientific Biography, the “Landmark” reference work featured in this issue of RSR, is treated from two perspectives. Charles Scribner, Jr. describes the genesis…
Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Sheldon T. MillerThe appearance of volume 16 of the Dictionary of Scientific Biography (DSB), the index, marks an important milestone in the life of the major reference tool in the history of…
Current Survey of American History Reference Sources
Gary BarberThis year's survey focuses on reference works published in 1980. The two exceptions, reviewed in Part Two, were deemed too important to omit (Women's History Sources; A Guide to…
Current Survey of Reference Sources in Pop, Rock and Jazz
David D. GinsburgIt's been three years since my previous survey in RSR. Superb reference books in pop music have been appearing so frequently that I've been having trouble keeping up. Let's hope…
The Social Sciences Index: A Review of Recent Changes
Jean Herold, Frederic MessickThe various indexes published by the H.W. Wilson Company are now helping a fourth generation of library users to find articles in hundreds of periodicals and journals. One Wilson…
Reference Management
Susan VaughnUnion Catalog A Checklist and Union Catalog of Holdings of Major Library Catalogs in METRO Libraries. $10.00, $15.00 is invoice is required. Mimeographed. (METRO Miscellaneous…
Health Information for the Layman
Daphne Pringle, Karin WisemanLibrarians in all varieties of institutions, as well as public and academic libraries, are being asked for information on disease and health. We are becoming acutely aware of the…
Library Orientation and Instruction — 1980
Hannelore B. RaderThe following annotated bibliography of materials on orienting users to the library and on instructing them in the use of reference and other resources covers publications from…
Government publications
Steven ZinkThe federal government is frequently described as being the greatest information producer (in volume, if nothing else) in the world. Yet, the fact is often ignored that the…
Reference serials
Ellen De MarnisMEDICINE ‐ HISTORY ‐ BIBLIOGRAPHY Current Work in the History of Medicine. 1954‐ . Q. $12.50. Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BP…
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- Ms Sarah Barbara Watstein