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New Periodicals 
of r 944-Part II 
Miss Ulrich completes here another of her 
reviews., the first half of which appeared in 
the September 1944 number of College and 
Research Libraries. 

I
N THE NEW PERIODICALS the general em-

phasis is on postwar possibilities. As one 
would expect, this covers the trends in 
trades and professions and the new oppor-
tunities and jobs opening in every field. 
Sociological interests, however, are now 
taking an especially prominent place, an.d 
there is a more established viewpoint toward 
race problems, housing conditions, changes 
in educational curricula, and similar mat-
ters concerning the general welfare in a 
changing world. 

Science and industry meanwhile continu'e 
their rapid wartime advancement. Many 
publications are issuing separately, or as 
departn1ents within their issues, graphic 
newssheets, forecasts, and Washington let-
ters indicating what has happened to many 
professions and industries during the war 
and predicting what is likely to be the 
trend after the war. Science and tech-
nology today embrace the whole world, yet 
the far-flung war has dislodged many a 
scientist from his home country. A group 
of Polish engineers living in Canada, form-
ing the Association of Polish Engineers in 
Canada, are issuing a well-planned journal 
-Polish Engineering News. The text is 
in English and .Polish with an .occasional 
article in French. It contains abstracts, 

By CAROLYN F. ULRICH 

good · illustrations, tables, and charts. Steel 
Construction Digest~ published by the 
American Institute of Steel Construction, 
offers articles condensed from the Archi-
tectural Record~ Engineering News-Record., 
Public Works~ Civil Engineering~ Indus-
trial Standardization and Commercial 
Standards~ Construction Methods~ and 
other important j<mrnals. Covering the 
subject of measurement and control processes 
is Instrumentation/ Electronic, Pneumatic, 
Mechanical. The articles are illustrated 
with the numerous charts and graphs so 
essential in this type of publication. A lumi-
num and Magnesium is a technical trade 
paper. · As the materials mentioned in the 
title play a leading role in the construction 
of a high percentage of the output in the 
metal industry, the appearance of such ·a 
periodical is of outstanding importance. Its 
purpose is, as far as present conditions per-
mit, to give the latest developments in the 
use of the · two · metals. The first issue 
contains tables of processes developed and 
good illust'rations of types of aluminum and 
magnesium die castings, and includes. pat-
ents, trademarks, and trade literature. 

Aeronautics is represented by three new 
publications, two of which deal with specific 
types of planes. Gliding shows the de-
velopment of new models and improvements 
in the materials and design of gliders. It 
contains illustrated articles on gliding and 
soaring technique and soaring sites, for both 
passenger and cargo carriers. It also dis-

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cusses schools and courses for the teaching 
of flying fundamentals. The Semi-Techni-
cal Bulletin of the American Helicopter 
Society aims to compile, collect, and dissemi-
nate information concerning the helicopter. 
ln the first issue it reviews the past develop-
ment in rotary-wing aircraft which has led 
to the successful building of this strange 
new cra£"t. The articles are well illustrated 
by means of diagrams and charts. Of in-
terest primarily _ to aircraft engineers and 
technicians is Industrial Aviation, which is 
concerned with greater mechanical effi-
ciency. The articles, which are fully illus-
trated, are accompanied by tables, graphs, 
diagrams, and designs of parts. Book re-
views are included. Bendix Radio Engineer, 
a house organ of unusual merit, contains 
mathematical and scientific articles on radio 
engineering topics by specialists of the 
.Bendix Aviation Corporation. Important 
subjects covered are clearly presented by 
the use of graphs, tables, charts, and dia-
grams. It also gives new patents and book 
reviews. As a result of the war commercial 
television is moving ahead, and helpful, 
illustrated articles on programming as a 
medium of advertising, and on studio opera-
tion, management, and video production 
problems are found in T eleviser. Articles 
from other magazines and book reviews are 
listed. Television is another publication in 
this field which discusses significant develop- · 
ments in television and its allied fields 
" .•. as well as the opinions of the major 
interests in s.ight and sound broadcasting" 
and is illustrated. 

Standards 

Standards Review of the British Stand-
ards Institution includes information re-
garding the progress of the movement and 
the cooperation between the British Stand-
ards Institution and other national standards 
bodies. The term "standardization" is so 

MARCH~ 1945 

. <?ften misunderstoo.d that this review will 
lead to a clearer knowledge of its great 
importance, not only to the war effort but 
also to the development of a peacetime in-
dustrial economy. In this country we have 
the well-established publication, Industrial 
Standardizatiqn~. of the American Standards 
Association. . The Institute of Textile 
Technology, a graduate scliool founded re-
cently, primarily for research, and owned 
by textile mill members, publishes the Tex-
tile Technology Digest. This, as the name 
suggests, contains abstracts of articles ap-
pearing in current textile periodicals, both 
domestic and foreign, on textile problems, 
processes, techniques, and products. In 
looking beyond tomorrow, Plastics forecasts 
the developing of new materials and dis-
cusses the planning necessary to meet 
problems when new products and new ap-
plications, now devoted to war needs, are 
converted to peacetime commodities. These · 
postwar ideas, many of which are now 
growing into more finished form in engi-
neering and drafting rooms, make this pub-
lication an important contribution to the 
plastic industry. It is well illustrated, giv-
ing new designs, tables, and charts, ~nd it 
lists patents granted, book reviews, and 
new trade literature. 

Medicine 

In the field of medical science a war 
activity is presented in The . Air Surgeon~s 
Bulletin~ a journal interested in aero-medical 
and allied activities which contribute to the 
war effort; and, "as provided by Army regu-
lation of the di~tsemination of restricted mat-
ter, distribution may be made within the 
limitations of availability." The periodical 
contains abstracts and. illustrations. The 
British Journal of Industrial Medicine is 
published by the British Medical Associa-
tion in cooperation with die Association of 
Industrial Medical Officers. Book reviews, 

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abstracts, and bibliographies· are a part of 
its excellent make-up. Tropical Medicine 
News is an official bulletin of the American ' 
Society of Tropical Medicine. Besides ar-
ticles on research and discoveries in this 
field . of medicine, it contains records of the 
association's meetings, notes, and news. 
From Portugal on the same subject comes 
Andis do Instituto de Medicina Tropical~ 
a scholarly, well-illustrated journal. Ar-
ticles written by professors of the institute 
in Portuguese and French, with occasional 
summaries in English, are accompanied by 
bibliographies. Revista Brasileira de 
M edicina is an illustrated journal on gen-
eral medicine. Digests of the articles are in 
English. From Buenos Aires are three im-
portant journals: Archivos deN eurocirugia~ 
which is a continuation of A rchivos A rgen-
tinos de Neurologia~ Obstetricia y Gineco-
logia Latino-A mericanas~ and Revista 
Argentino-N orteamericana de Ciencias 
M edicas. All of these contain articles, with 
summaries in English and, in the last two 
named, the abstracts are also in French and 
German. 'All are well illustrated and · con-
tain good book reviews and bibliographies. 

Housing 

Jo,urnal of Housing~ organ of · the Na-
tional Association of Housing Officials, 
consolidates and supersedes N AHO News 

'!'ahd Housing Management Bulletin. It 
presents technical and professional papers, 
also reports housing news and operating 
practices in development and management. 
Its primary purpose is to report the ad-
ministrative practice in housing, both pri-
vate and public, covering planning, design, 
construction, and intergovernmental rela-
• tionship. Recent publications on the subject 
are listed. Interracial Planning for Com-
munity Organizations Bulletin~ published 
by theN ational Urban League, discusses the 
social planning and research in the · field of 

~ace relations, such as the employment diffi-
culties of the Negro and racial problems in 
housing. 

"The purpose of The Southwestern . 
Journal is threefold: (I) to present re-
ports of research projects originating in 
or dealing with Southwestern life ; ( 2) 
to present scholarly discussions of historical, 
educational, economic, and cultural prob-
lems . . . ( 3) to emphasize those aspects 
of national life and thought which tend 
toward the integration of all races into the 
dominant culture pattern of the region and 
the nation;" the region being Missouri, 
Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. 
It is an interesting new publication pub-
lished by the Langston University of Okla-
homa, a Negro college. The National 
Committee for India's Freedom has pub-
lished the Voice of India~ which is edited 
by Indians, among whom are Anup Singh, 
author of Nehru: the Rising Star of India~· 
Syud Hossain, professor of Oriental Civili-
zation, University of Southern Califqrnia; 
and Krishnalal Shridharani, author of My 
India~ My America. Its purpose is to place 
before the people of the United States 
India's claim to national freedom. It com-
ments upon current events and trends in 
In:dia and their bearing upon world affairs. 
Among the contributors are Dr. J. Henry 
Carpenter, Lin Yutang, Agnes Smedley, 

·and Oswald Garrison Villard. Similarly, 
presentation of current problems surround-
ing the people of Eastern and Central 
Europe is the purpose of The Ukrainian 
Quarterly~ a distinctive publication issued 
by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of 
America. 

Literature 

Interim~ a "little review," published in 
Seattle, is affording "writers in and out of 
the Northwest a medium for artistic and 
critical expression." Among the contribu-

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tions are poems by W end~ll Anderson, a 
critical essay by Thomas Howells, and. a 
selection from Henry Miller's "The Air-
Conditioned Nightmare." The second 
number " ... is devoted for the most part 
to World War II. It contains many 
different attitudes on the part of many dif-
ferent writers toward this conflict." Con-
tributions include poems by Mary Graham 
Lund and Ingeborg Kayko, and a critical 
essay by Melvin Rader entitled "Human 
Values in an Age of Technology." Experi-
ment~ a "little magazine" of experimental 
poetry, contains "poetry which in its new-
ness is comparatively unknown to the read-
ing public, and is not yet in the mainstream 
of the poetic tradition." Its contributions 
include poems by Will Gibson, Alan Swal-
low, William Carlos Williams, Meade 
Harwell, and Byron V azakas. Libertad 
Creadora~ a quarterly from Buenos Aires, is 
a liberal review showing a marked interest 
in literature and other cultural aspects of 
Argentine life. A distinguished feature of 
this magazine is that it is a noncommercial 
publication, and is dedicated to the ideals 
of Alejandro Korn and sponsored by a 
group of his friends and the publishing 
house of Editorial Claridad. 

Libraries 

Among the new library publications is 
The Library Chronicle~ published by the 
University of Texas, ·which in its first num-
ber presents articles of interest to scholars 
and bibliophiles and furnishes information 
about important collections of rare and 
valuable research material. The make-up of 
this journal compares very favorably with 
other university items of its kind. From 
the South American countries appears 
greater interest in the status of librarian-
ship, as is noticeable in two publications 
from the Biblioteca N acional de Peru ~t 
Lima. The Bole tin has several articles 

MARCH~ 1945 

about the restoring of the collection of the 
National Library since the recent fire which 
desroyed a large part of it and lists what 
has been saved of the books and rare manu-
scripts. A detailed account is given of the 
formation of a library school, showing the 
awakened interest in library method and 
professional training. The first striking 
impression of the second publication, Fenix1 
Revista de la Biblioteca N acional~ is its 
impressive format. It is printed in .clear 
distinctive type on good paper, with good 
illustrations. It contains bibliographical 
studies, articles on - the organization, de-
velopment, and history of libraries, and 
studies concerning the technical side of the 
book. This journal is a pleasing addition 
to other scholarly library publications. The 
Uruguay National Library at Montevideo, 
which is in the process of expanding, pre-
sents the first number of Boletin de la 
Biblioteca N acional_, announcing its plans 
and aspirations. It covers library science, 
contains articles on the book arts, and is 
well illustrated. 

Bibliographical A ids 

An important bibliographical publication, 
the Boletim Bibliografico of the Biblioteca 
Publica Municipal de Sao Paulq, Brazil, 
contains good · articles on various subjects 
and personalities, and accounts of -;,uthors 
and of books representative of the cultu; e 
of Brazil. Each article is followed by a . 
comprehensive bibliography. A classified 
list of additions to the library is given. Its 
excellent format, paper, printing, and occa-
sional illustrations make it a striking publi-
cation. Bibliografia de Historia : do Brasil 
is a thorough bibliography, _published by the 
Ministry of · Foreign Affairs and compiled 
by the Commission to Study the Texts on 
History of Brazil. Boletim do I nstituto 
Historico da Ilha Terceira covers the history 
of the Azores. Its many weli-planned 

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articles are followed by full bibliographies, 
and the format, paper., and printing are 
excellent. · All three of these periodicals 
are valuable in book selection. The texts are 
in Portuguese. 

Regional Culture 

The Americas~ published in Washington, 
D.C., by the Academy of American Fran-
ciscan History, is a quarterly review of 
Inter-American Cultural History ". . . of 
service to the ·scholarship and cultural rela-
tions of all ·the American Republics. It 
aims to provide a medium of expression for 
authoritative contributions by outstanding 
scholars of all the Americas." It includes 
history, ec~nomics, ·sociology, · ethnology, 
literature, and folklore. In addition to con-
tributions by authorities of the United 
States and Canada, it will present works by 
specialists of the various countries of Latin 
America whose articles appear in English 
translation. Good book reviews are in-
cluded. o I G G ~· Revista do InstitutQ 
Geografico e Geologico~ Sao Paulo, Brazil, 
is designed to distribute the scientific and 
technical ·results of research undertaken by 
its officials and to awaken interest in specific 
fields. This issue contains a comprehensive 
bibliography on the subject covered; and 
there are illustrations, accompanied with 
diagrams, charts, and tables. Its general 
make-up, includin.g type and paper, are ex-
cellent. A valuable . addition to the study 
of art research and one ~hich takes rank 
with other scholarly publications of its kind 
is Anales de Arqueologia de Bolivia~ official 
organ of the Archaeological . Society of Bo-
livia. This emanates from the Geological 
Society of La Paz and other societies of 
anthropology and prehistoric ethnology. 
It is printed on excellent paper and contains 
full-page illustrations, some in color, and 

also drawings and diagrams. A supplement: 
Revista de Linguistica y F armacopea I ndi-
ana~ is published within the magazine. 

Boletim do Museu-Biblioteca do Conde 
de Castr:o Guimariies of Cascais, Portugal, 
publishes items on the history, archeology, 
ethnology, and art of the region. This peri-
odical is impressively printed, with full-page 
illustrations. The articles have copious ref-
erence notes, and comprehensive bibliogra-
phies are given at the end of articles. 
Another very distinctive publication is U ni-
versidad N acional de Colombia~· Revista 
Trimestral de Cultural M oderna~ from 

· Bogota. It covers in the first issue articles 
in the sciences and the humanities by promi-
nent scholars of Latin America, and a 
section is devoted to the interests of the uni-
versity. Articles are well illustrated with 
graphs and charts, and bibliographies are 
given at the end of each article. Minerva~· 
Revista Continental de Filos~fia1 published 
in Buenos Aires, is liberal in its approach, 
with accent on contemporary philosophical 
th.ought. The articles in. the first issue are 
by well-known writers of South America. 
An extensive department of book reviews is 
included. 

In the realm of economics are two im-
portant · publications: the Boletin de 
U niversidad I nteramericana of the lnstituto 
de Investigaciones Sociales y Economicas, 
from the Republic of Panama, and Eco-
nomia y . Fina·~zas from Nicaragua. The 
first provides for the study of the economic 
and social .problems of the Americas and 
proposes to maintain in the Inter-American 
University, which has been recently estab-
lished in Panama, an inter-American center 
of information and consultation concerning 
economic and social realities. The latter 
is similar in trend but emphasizes also bank-
ing and statistics. 

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Periodicals 
The Air Surgeon's Bulletin. The Commanding Gen-

eral, Headquarters, Army · Air Forces, Washington 
25, D.C. (Attention: The Air Surgeon, Publications 
Branch.) v. I, no. r, January 1944. Monthly. 
Price not given. 

Aluminum and Magnesium. Atlas Publishing Co., 
133 W. 21st St., New York City. v. I, no. 1, 
October 1944. Monthly. $3. 

The American Helicopter Society, Inc. Semi-Technical 
Bulletin. Newfield P.O. Box 4029, Bridgeport, 
Conn. no. 1, May I944· Irregular. Price varies. 

The Americas; A Quarterly• Review of Inter-American 
Cultural History, Washington 17, D.C. v. t, no. 1, 
July 1944. Quarterly. $4. 

Anais do Instituto de Medicina Tropical. Lisbon, 
Portugal. v. I, no. t, December I943· Irregular. 
Price not given. 

Anales de Arqueologia de Bolivia. Sociedad 
Arqueol6gica de Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia. v. I, 
no. I, I943· Frequency and price not given. 

4rchivos de Neurocirug£a. Facultad de Ciencias 
Medicas de Buenos Aires, Catedra de N eurocirugia, 
Cordoba 2I49, Buenos Aires, Argentina. v. I, no. I, 
January-March I944· Quarterly. $Is. 

Bendix Radio Engineer. Engineering Dept., Bendix 
Radio Division, Bendix Aviation Corp., Baltimore 4· 
.v .. I, no. I, July I944· Quarterly. $2. 

BJblwgrafia de Histona do Brasil. Ministerio das 
Relacoes Exteriores, Comissao de Estudo dos Textos 
da Historia do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. no. I, 
I943· Frequency and price not given. 

Boletim Bibliografico. Biblioteca Publica Municipal de 
S. Paulo, Rua Libero Badar6 377, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
v .. I, no. _r, October-December I943· Quarterly. 
Pnce not gtven. 

Boletim do Instituto Hist6rico da Ilha Terc'eira. 
Edificio da Junta Geral do Distrito Autonomo, Angra-
do-Heroismo, Terceira, Azores. v. I, no. I, I943· 
Irregular; Price not given. 

Boletim do Museu-Biblioteca do Conde de Castro 
Guimariies. Cascais, Portugal. no. I, I943· Fre-
quency and price not given. 

Bolt;tln de Ia Biblioteca Nacional. Apartado 23.15, 
Lu:na, Peru.. v. I, no. I, October I943. Quarterly. 
Pnce not gtven. 

Bole tin de Ia Biblioteca N acional. Ministerio de In-
struccion Publica y Prevision Social del Uruguay, 
Montevideo, Uruguay. v. I, no. I, July I944· Fre-
quency an.d price not given. 

Brltish Journal of Industrial Medicine. British Medi-
cal Association, Tavistock Square, London, W.C.I. 
v. I, no. I, January I944· 4 issues a year . .25s. · 

Bulletin cf the Interracial Planning for Community 
Organizations. National Urban League, IIJ3 Broad-
way, New York City IO. no. I, Apr, ·I, I944· 
Irregular. Price not given. 

Economia Y' Finanzas ,· Organo de Ia Superintendencia 
de Bancos y de Ia Direccion General de Estadistica. 
Superintendencia de Bancos, Managua, D.N., 
Nicaragua. no. I, March I944· Bimonthly. Price 
not given. 

Experiment; a Quarterly of New Poetry. 79 Q St., 
Salt Lake City 3, Utah. v. I, no. I, April I944· $1. 

F enix. Biblioteca N acional del Peru, Lima, Peru. 
no. I, 1944. Semiannual. $2".so per copy. 

Gliding. 4658 Portage Rd., Kalamazoo 85, Mich. v. 
I, no. I, April I944· Monthly. $3. 

o I. G. G.; Revista do Instituto Geografico e Geologico. 
Secretaria da Agricultura, Industria e Comercio do 
Estado de Sao Paulo, Instituto Geografico e Geo-
logico, Sao Paulo, Brazil. v. I, no. I, July- Septem~ 
her I943· Quarterly. $40. 

Industrial Aviation . Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 540 N, 
Michigan Ave., Chicago II. v. I, no. t, June I944? 
Monthly. $2. 

MARCH~ 1945 

Instrumentation. The Brown Instrument Company, 
Wayne and ·Roberts Aves., Philadelphia 44· v. I, 
no . . I, March-April I944? Bimonthly. Price not 
given. . 

Interi1ft. I536 Shenandoah Dr., Seattle .2. v. 1, no. I, 
Summer I944· Quarterly. $I.so. 

Journal of Housing. National Association of Housing 
Officials, I3I3 E. 6oth St., Chicago 37. v. I, no. I, 
October I944· Monthly. $4. -(Membership only.,) 

Libertad Creadora; · Pubficada por los Amigos de 
Alejandro Korn, San Jose, I63I-45, Buenos Aires, 
Argentina. v. I, no. I, January-March I943· 
Quarterly. Price not given. . 

The Librar_y Chronicle. The University of Texas Li-
brary, [Austin]. v: I, no. I, Summer I944· Fre-
quency and price not given. 

Minerva; Revista Continental de Filosofia. Adolfo 
Morini~o, Arist6bulo del Valle I54, Buenos Aires, 
Argentma. v. I, no. I, May-June I944· Bimonthly. 
$4. 

Obstetricia. y Ginecologia Latino-Americanas. Calle 
Jose E. Uriburu I578, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 
v. 1, no. I, Feb . .28, I943· . Monthly. $6. 

Plastics. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company 540 N. 
Michigan Ave., Chicago I r. v. I, no. I, June I944· 
Monthly. $s.so. 

Polish Engineerit'U Review, (T~;chnik Polski.) Asso-
ciation of Polish Engineers in Canada, 3432 Drum-
mond St., Montreal, Quebec. v. I, no. I, January 
1944. Bimonthly. $3. 

Revista Argentino-Norteamericana de Ciencias Medicas. 
Ayacucho 576, Buenos Aires, Argentina. v. I, no. I, 
May I943· Monthly. $24. 

Revista Brasileira de M ed·icina. Editot.:a Guanabara, 
rua do Ouvidor I32, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. v. I, 
no. I, Monthly. $to. 

The Southwestern Journal. Langston University, 
Langston, Okla. v. 1, no. 1, May I944· Four issues 
a year. $r.so. 

Standards Review. The British Standards Institution, 
28, Victoria St., London, S.W. I. v. I, no. -I, May 
1944. Quarterly. 7s. 

Steel· Construction Digest. American Institute of 
Steel Construction, IOI Park Ave., New York City 
x7. v. I, no. 1, April 1944. Quarterly. Price not 
given. 

Televis,er; Journal cf Video Production, Advertising 
and Operation. The Television Workshop of New 
York, I I W. 42nd St., New York City 18. v. I, 
no. 1, fall I944· Quarterly. $4. 

Television. Frederick Kugel Company, 153 W. .23rd 
St., New York City II. v. I, no. I, spring I944· 
Quarterly. $3. 

Textile Technology Digest. Institute of Textile Tech-
nology, Charlottesville, Va. v. I, no. I, June I944· 
Monthly. Membership. . 

Tropical Medicine News. The American Society of 
Tropical Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave., New Orleans 
I3. v. I, no. 1, February I944· Bimonthly. Price 
not given. . . . 

The Ukrainian QuarterlY'. Ukrainian Congress Com-
mittee of America, P.O. Box 72I, Church St. Annex, 
New York City 8. no. 1, October 1944. Quarterly. 
$4. 

Universidad lnteramericana. Instituto de lnvestiga. 
ciones Sociales y Economicas. Boletin. Apartado 
3277, Panama, Republic of Panama. v. I, no. · I, 
February I944· Irregular. Price not given. 

Univer.sidad Nacional de Colombia; Revista Trimestral 
de Cultura Moderna. Edificio de la Rectoria, Ciudad 
Universitaria, Bogota, Colombia. no. I, October 
1944. Qparterly. Price not given. 

Voice of India. National Committee for India's Free-
dom, Portland Bldg., I 129 Vermont Ave., Washtng~ 
ton 5, D.C. v. I, no. t, September 1944. Monthly. 
$2. 

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