College and Research Libraries EUGENE P. SHEEHY Selected Reference Books of 1975-76 THIS ARTICLE CONTINUES the semiannu- al series originally edited by Constance M. Winchell. Although it appears under a byline, the list is actually a project of the Reference Department of the Co- lumbia University Libraries, and notes are signed with the initials of the indi- vidual staff members. 1 Since the purpose of the list is to pre- sent a selection of recent scholarly and general works of interest to reference workers in university libraries, it does not pretend to be either well balanced or comprehensive. A brief roundup of new editions of standard works, contin- uations, and supplements is presented at the end of the column. Code num- bers (such as DE47, 2AA82) have been used to refer to titles in the Guide to Reference Books and its supplements.2 BIBLIOGRAPHY Allworth, Edward. Soviet Asia: Bibliogra- phies; a Compilation of Social Science and Humanities Sources on the Iranian, Mongolian, and Turkic Nationalities, with an F::ssay on the Soviet-Asian Con- troversy. (Praeger Special Studies in In- ternational Politics .and Government) New York, Pmeger, 1975. 686p. $35. 73-9061. "This bibliography of bibliographies aims 1. Patricia Ann Clark, Diane Goon, Rita Keck- eissen, Anita Lowry, Eileen Mcilvaine, Doris Ann Sweet, Barbara Wendell; Leh- man Library: Mary Ann Miller. 2. Constance M. Winchell, Guide to Reference Books ( 8th ed.; Chicago: American Library Assn., 1967); Supplement I (Chicago: American Library Assn., 1968); Supplement II (Chicago: Atnerican Library Assn., 1970 ); Supplement III (Chicago: American Library Assn., 1972). 356 I to present bibliographies in the humanities and social sciences, published in the Czarist Empire and its Soviet successor, and per- taining directly to the Iranian, Mongolian, and Turkic nationalities and the regions of Czarist Russia and the USSR associated with them" (Introduction). To accomplish his purpose, Professor Allworth has system- atically gleaned sources dating from 1850 to 1970, mainly separately published lists of bibliographies and bibliographies of bib- liographies appearing as serials, but in- cluding also encyclopedias, journals, and some Western-language guides. These are listed and described in the introductory es- say, "Sources and Methods for the Bibliog- raphy," which also offers a concise discus- sion of the state of the art. The body of the work is arranged first by the five main regions of the Czarist or Soviet East, then by five smaller territories and twenty-eight nationalities. Entries with- in each section are classed according to ten subject categories, and each is annotated as to languages of the entries and the text, number of entries, period covered, etc. An- notations are not evaluative, nor for those titles unverified by location in the Columbia University Libraries, necessarily complete. There is no index. This is an exemplary work and a pioneer- ing one which should indeed inspire "some- one [to1 prepare a list of bibliographies for the other Soviet Nationalities" -Professor All worth's hope and, no doubt, that of · many scholars and librarians.-M.A.M. Philippine Union Catalog. Jan./Mar. 1974- . Quezon City, Univ. of the Philippines Library, 1974- . 3 quarterly issues plus annual cumulation. Serving the double purpose of national bibliography and national union catalog for Philippine !Tlaterials, this new series super- sedes the Philippine Bibliography, 1963--72 f · Selected Reference Books of 1975-76 I 357 (Suppl. 2AA82); the 1973 gap will be filled upon publication of a Filipiniana Un- ion Catalog, 1968-73, which is in prepara- tion. An author listing with title and subject indexes, the catalog gives complete biblio- graphic citations for "Filipiniana materials including books, theses, music scores, pho- no-discs, tapes, microfilms, new serial titles and other materials, or reproductions of any of these forms. It also includes govern- ment documents and publications except individual acts, bills and ordinances" (In- troduction). Both current materials and old- er works recently acquired at cooperating libraries are listed. In addition to the U Di- versity of the Philippines Library and its many departments and branches, three oth- er libraries are represented in the early is- sues, and the cooperation of other institu- tions is encouraged.-E.S. BooK REVIEws Current Book Review Citations. v.1- , Jan. 1976- . Bronx, New York, H. W. Wilson Co., 1976- . Monthly (except Aug.), with annual cumulation. ·$75 a yr. The "spin-ofF' has become a familiar as- pect of the reference book field, and mat- ters of price, rearrangement of subject mat- ter, e.ase of use, etc., in relation to the par- ent work all weigh heavily in the acquisi- tions decision. While Current Book Review Citations may be regarded as a kind of spin-off, it is an "augmented" one: it not only brings together the book review cita- tions from all the other Wilson indexes, but adds refer~nces to all reviews appearing in the Booklist, Choice, School Library Jour- nal, and Library Journal. Thus, the field covered is reviews of "fiction and non-fic- tion, including science, law, children's and young adult titles" appearing in more than 1,000 periodicals-"the major literary, edu- cational, and other gener-al and specialized publications"--'Pref. Note. Quite apart from the advantage of being able to confine .one's search to a single compilation (and only the large general collections will have all of the Wilson indexes together on their shelves), problems posed by interdiscipli- nary topics and peripheral interests are ob- viated. An author (or other main entry) listing gives the full review citation, includ- ing the reviewer's name when known; this is followed by a title index. The full list of periodicals, with addresses and subscription prices, appears in the January issue only. With its broad coverage and frequency of publication, CBRC offers real competi- tion to the Book Review Index (Guide AA 314a), although there are certain variations in the lists of journals covered.-E.S. DICTIONARIES Latham, Ronald Edward. Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources. Prep. under the direction of a committee appointed by the British Academy. Lon- don, Publ. for the British Academy by Oxford Univ. Pr., 1975- . Fasc.1- ( In progress) Contents: Fasc.1, A-B. $44.50. Based on sources ranging from c550 to 1586, this important national dictionary "designed to present a comprehensive pic- ture of the Latin language current in Brit- ain from the sixth century to the sixteenth" covers: classical Latin as used by British authors; words and usages of postclassical Latin; and, with fullest treatment, words and usages distinctively British. Vernacular terms are excluded, as are personal and place-names. Layout of entries is similar to that of the Oxford Latin Dictionary ( Suppl. 2AE63), but with considerably longer quo- tations, because medieval sources are much less accessible than classical Latin texts. Words are grouped under key word spelled according to standard classical Latin. Given for each are: English definition, indication of etymology, and a number of quotations (dated and with exact reference) selected to illustrate earliest known usage if non- classical, and range of usage "not only in time but, where appropriate, over different districts . . . types of sources . . . forms . . . grammatical and semantic contexts" (p.xiii). The bibliography of sources for the com- plete Dictionary and a list of abbreviations and signs appear in this first fascicle. The preface recounts the long history of this great scholarly undertaking, and "a note on editorial method" states with clarity the scope, principles, arrangement, etc. A three- column page with a variety of typeface makes for a pleasing, readable text.-R.K. 358 I College & Research Libraries • July 1976 BIOGRAPHY Biographical Dictionaries Master Index. Ed. 1- , 1975/76- Detroit, Gale Re- search Co., 1975- . Biennial. (Ed.1: 3v., $65) 75-19059. With the publication of this index the publisher has endeavored to reduce, if not eliminate, the frustration often experienced by librarians and. library users while search- ing for current biographical information. Aided by computer technology, the editors have indexed over fifty biographical direc- tories covering a wide range of professions and geographical areas, and including nine of the eleven titles indexed in the Marquis Index to All Books, 1975. The majority of directories indexed include references to living persons only. . A BDMI entry consists of the biogra- phee' s name and birth date plus a code for the biographical directory in which a sketch may be found. A full explanation of the codes (title and edition information) ap- pears in the prefatory matter in v.1, and the title codes are printed on the end papers in each volume. One would prefer that full information about the codes had been print- ed in each volume, since coded information about editions of certain titles is not readily understandable. Because entries have been drawn from so many publications and no attempt has been made to standardize them, a biographee may be listed in a num- ber of ways. Names with prefixes and suf- fixes, compound surnames, names which may be written in direct or inverted order, and names which have been transliterated into the roman alphabet may be listed un- der ·any or all of the possible variations. Multiple listings allow the most convenient source to be chosen and, when several sources are available, comparison of the sketches can be made. However, repetition of the biographee' s name for each source directory listing neither adds to the utility nor enhances the readability of BDMI. The introduction seems to indicate that each succeeding edition of BDMI will con- tain an entry for every biographee in this first edition. Thus, those who do not appear in updated editions of the source directories will continue to be listed in new editions of BDMI with reference to the old edition of the source. One would assume that, at some point, paper costs and an ever-ex- panding list of biographees will warrant publication of retrospective editions or sup- plements rather than wholly new editions. -B.W. Who's Who among Black Americans. Ed. 1- , 1975/76- Northbrook, Ill. , Who's Who Among Black Americans, Inc., 1976- . $35. This new biographical dictionary lists some 10,000 living black Americans select- ed for inclusion on the basis of "position of responsibility held" and "the level of sig- nificant achievement attained in a career of meritorious activity" (p.xv). The fields of government, business, education, reli- gion, journalism, law, the arts, civil rights, sports, science, etc., are all represented in biographical sketches supplied chiefly by the individuals listed. The few accounts written by staff members are marked with an asterisk. Entries are of the "who's who" type, are in alphabetic order, and include name, occupation, place and date of birth, education, marital status, names of spouse and children, past and present positions held, memberships, military service, and address. A list of abbreviations is given, and there are indexes by geographical location and by occupation. No schedule of publica- tion is mentioned, but presumably, future editions will be issued.-R.K. PERIODICALS Edgar, Neal L. A History and Bibliography of American Magazines, 1810-1820. Metuchen, N.J., Scarecrow, 1975. 379p. $15. 75-11882. This work collates, from the magazines themselves and from standard sources like Brigham and Mott, bibliographical and his- torical information for more than two hun- dred publications issued in a period for which careful bibliographies are . often lack- ing. The .search lays a few ghosts and notes some corrections to U LS listings. Titles are arranged alphabetically and in- clude: all title changes, place, publisher, printer, type (i.e. , interest or coverage) , frequency, price, size, period of publication, availability in the "American Periodical Se- ries" microfilm collection or in a library, + r 1' Selected Reference Books of 1975-76 I 359 whether indexed, and (sometimes) reference to a significant book or article concerning the magazine. "Remarks" on the history and character of the journal conclude the entry. There is an appendix of titles excluded, which gives brief bibliographical informa- tion; a chronological list of the titles by beginning date; a register of printers, pub- lishers, editors, and engravers; and an intro- duction on the history of the American magazine. Readers should be aware that the book was completed in 1965 although published in 1975.-R.K. French Periodical Index, 1973/74- . West- wood, Mass., Faxon, 1976-- Annual. (v.1: 606p.; $28) (Useful reference ser., 106) 75-28989. Comp. by Jean-Pierre Ponchie. Preface and table of contents in English and French. Although it may not be the dream-come- true that the title suggests, this new index should prove a useful complement to more comprehensive indexes such as the IBZ (Guide AF118) or a convenient alternate choice for smaller libraries with limited foreign-language periodical collections. In- tended as a guide to "up-to-date informa- tion concerning contemporary France" (Pref.) and meant particularly for student use, the 1973-74 volume indexes only sev- en periodicals: L'Express (overseas edi- tion), Le fraru;ais dans le monde, Le nouv- el observateur, Paris-match, Realites, Son- dages and Le monde hebdomadaire ( 1974 issues only) . Maclean's, ] eune Afrique, and Le monde de l' education are to be added in the 1975 volume (due "late summer" 1976). Indexing is under twenty-six sub- ject headings (arranged alphabetically ac- cording to the French form of the head- ing) roughly corresponding to the cate- gories used in popular weekly news maga- zines (e.g., business and economy, food, art, entertainment, environment, armed forces, medicine and health, religion, sports). Within categories the listing is chronological (except that the "people" sec- tion is alphabetical by name) ; titles are usually as they appear in the original pub- lication. Articles of at least a column or more are indexed.-E.S. LITERATURE Logan, Terence P. and Smith, Denzell S. The Popular School; a Survey and Bib- liography of Recent 'Studies in English Renaissance Drama. Lincoln, Univ. of , Nebraska Pr., [1975]. 299p. $15. 74- 81364. Similar to the various "reviews of re- search and criticism" published for the Modern Language Association of America (e.g., Frank Jordan's English Romantic Poets), this is the second volume in a new series "which in its entirety will provide a detailed · account of both the historical de- velopment and current state of scholarship on playwrights and plays from 1580 to 1642, exclusive of Shakespeare"-Pref. (The preceding volume is Logan and Smith's The Predecessors of Shakespeare, published 1973; a third volume will con- sider The New Intellectuals.) The present work is devoted to "dramatists who wrote primarily for the open-air public theaters, and anonymous plays first performed in such theaters." Scholars have contributed chapte~s on Thomas Dekker, Thomas Mid- dleton, John Webster, Thomas Heywood, Anthony Munday, Michael Drayton, and the anonymous plays. A final chapter takes the form of an annotated bibliography on "Other Dramatists." The general pattern of the essays is to first present biographical and general · works; then a discussion of criticisms of individual plays; and finally a section on the canon, giving attention to chronology of the plays, standard editions, apocryphal and nondramatic works, and textual studies. There are separate indexes of personal names and of play titles.-E.S. MOTION PICTURES Bowles, Stephen E. Index to Critical Film Reviews in British and American Film Periodicals, Together with: Index to Crit- ical Reviews of Books about Film, 1930- 1972. New York, B. Franklin, [1974]. 3v. in 2. $29.50. 74-12109. From approximately forty-two years of English-language writings on the film, Bowles has gleaned over 20,000 film re- views and more than 6,000 book reviews. He has attempted a fairly comprehensive rather than a selective or evaluative list of 360 I College & Research Libraries • July 1976 reviews, indexing twenty-seven major film journals (both current and defunct) as well as several other important review sources such as Filmfacts and the International Film Guide. Film reviews vary considerably in quality, but remain, as Bowles points out in his introduction, a potentially useful source of information and/ or analysis; and, of course, the critical work of many impor- tant film scholars and artists is represented in the reviews indexed here. The film reviews are listed under the film title most commonly used by the re- viewers, with cross-references from alter- nate titles; most of the review citations in- dicate reviewer's name (when known) , length of review, and extent of the credits provided in the review. Similar types of in- formation-i.e., reviewer, length, amount of publication information-are given for the book review citations, which are ar- ranged by title in a separate section. Di- verse approaches to this material are made possible by the five valuable indexes to "Di- rectors," "Film Reviewers," "Authors," "Book Reviewers," and "Subjects of Books about Film."-A.L. Garbicz, Adam and Klinowski, Jacek. Cin- ema, the Magic Vehicle; a Guide to Its Achievement. Metuchen, N.J., Scare- crow, 1975- . v.1- (In progress) 75-2183. . Contents: v.1, Journey One: The Cine- ma through 1949. 551p. $18.50. With the pompous claim that "the idea behind the book is completeness: we have tried to include all films which anyone seri- ously interested in the cinema would con- sider worth seeing" (p.xix), the authors an- nounce the scope of this new English-lan- guage dictionary of films; later they qualify that statement by excluding most films un- der sixty minutes long, most documentaries, and "short experimental films"-three groups which certainly contain a number of films "which anyone seriously interested in the cinema would consider worth see- ing"! Whatever one makes of such a naive claim to completeness, the facts are that this volume includes the authors' selection of approximately 450 films (my estimate) made throughout the world between 1913 and 1949. For each film, basic credits and technical information are followed by brief plot sum- mary and commentary, averaging about a page in length. Some major strengths and weaknesses of each film are pointed out, and an effort is made to place it within an appropriate context of other similar films, other films by the same director, historical situation, etc. Arrangement is chronological by year of production, and within years the films are listed in order of "relative quality" (as determined by Garbicz and .Klinowski; see p.xx). Titles used are those "most com- monly known in English-speaking coun- tries"; an "Index of Films" includes these titles, cross-references from original titles, and titles mentioned in the text but not given separate entries. There is also an in- dex of directors. Despite considerable overlap with George Sadoul's Dictionary of Films (tr. and updated by Peter Morris, 1972) in se- lection of films,' each work contains a num- ber of films from 1913 to 1949 not found in the other (presumably, future volumes of Cinema will, like Sadoul, cover post- 1949 cinema). To summarize a few other differences between test dictionaries: In general, Sadoul includes more "minor" films; Sadoul' s concise analysis is often sup- plemented by quotations from directors and other film scholars and by information on remakes and other versions; and, since Sa- doul covers more films in less space, his commentary is occasionally less extensive. -A.L. FINE ARTS Vanderstappen, Harrie A., ed. The T. L. Yuan Bibliography of Western Writings on Chinese Art and Archaeology. [Lon- don], Mansell, 1975. 606p. £35. Begun by Dr. Tung-li Yuan and complet- ed, after his death, by Drs. Vanderstappen and Hsio-Yen Shih, this bibliography was originally conceived as a companion volume to Yuan's China in Western Literature (Guide DE47). The co-editors have ex- panded it into a comprehensive bibliogra- phy listing some 15,000 items. Included are books, exhibition catalogs, and journal ar- ticles written in English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian languages, Slavic languages, ' ' ,~ r t Selected Reference Books of 1975-76 I 361 French, and other Romance languages pub- lished between 1920 and 1965. Major con- tributions published before 1920 and China-related materials from Tibet, Mon- golia, Japan, and other surrounding areas are also cited. The bibliography is in two sections. The first is a listing of books and exhibition cat- · alogs; as an added feature, reviews of the books are noted when possible. The second part lists journal articles and special stud- ies. Both sections are arrange,d by a de- tailed subject classification devised by Dr. Shih. There is an author index to both sec- tions, plus lists of sources and collectors. The work lives up to the high standards one has come to expect in Mansell publications, but one feature is lacking: an alphabetical subject index. Although one can appreciate the editors' reasons, the omission is still re- grettable.-P.A.C. FoUND A noNs The Foundation Center Source Book. v.1- ' 1975/76- . New York, Foundation Center ( distr. by Columbia Univ. Pr.), 1975-- . Biennial. (v.1: 1034p., $65) 75-33481. "Documentation on large grant-making foundations: entity descriptions; policies, programs, application procedures; grants." -Title page. Designed to relate the needs of fund seekers to the activities of foundations and to assist foundations in making their pro- grams known- to a wider public" (Introd.), this new publication will provide a useful complement to the Foundation Directory. It brings together essential, up-to-date in- formation on the l:;trger U.S. foundations operating on a regional or national basis with a view to assisting grant applicants in determining whether a specific proposal falls within the scope of a given founda- tion's program. Foundations are listed al- phabetically, with the following information presented for each: ( 1) descriptive and fiscal data (based on the entry in the Foun- dation Directory, revised and updated as necessary); ( 2) statement of policy, pro- grams, application procedures, etc.; and ( 3) a listing of recent grants illustrating the current program.-E.S. SPORTS The Oxford Companion to World Sports and Games. Ed. by John Arlott. London, Oxford Univ. Pr., 1975. 1,143p. il. £8.50. 75-319716. Sports and games "which are the subject of national or international competition" are the primary concern of this new "Oxford companion." Board and table games, how- ever, have been omitted, as have ''blood sports" (bull-fighting is admitted because it is "a contest as distinct from a hunt" and because of the widespread interest therein) . The intention of the articles is to "help the reader to understand a sport when he watches it for the first time. The descriptive section explains how it is played-as dis- tinct from how to play it"-Pref. Detailed rules of each game are not printed, but a digest is provided, together with a diagram of the playing field, etc., as applicable. There are entries for individual sports fig- ures and champions, and for specific sport- ing events and competitions. Articles are unsigned, but a list of contributors is given; there are occasional bibliographic citations. -E.S." ETHNOLOGY Handbook of Mafor Soviet Nationalities. Zev Katz, ed. New York, Free Pr., [1975]. 4B1p. $25. 74-10458. "Census statistics indicate that over the seven decades separating the first Russian census from the most recent one, the num- ber of nationalities has tended to diminish as the smaller ethnic groups lost out to ma- jor ones closest to them culturally and ter- ritorially .... As a result the nationalities structure of the Soviet Union is becoming streamlined, the minor Soviet Nationalities growing leaner and the major ones fatter" -Introd. The intent of this book, then, is to present for each of the seventeen nation- alities in the USSR data and information in three areas: (1 ) general: economy, his- tory, demography, culture, etc.; (2) media: language data, local and foreign media, ed- ucational and cultural institutions; and ( 3) national attitudes : the factors forming them, views of scholars, and recent mani- festations of nationalism. The latter section 362 I College & Research Libraries • July 1976 is particularly concerned with the political relationships between the minorities and the Soviet authorities or the "Great Russian Majority." Each chapter is by a specialist, and each is supplemented by charts and references. There is an appendix of twenty-nine com- parative tables giving data on speakers of languages of major nationalities, urban- rural distribution by nationality and repub- lic, national development, sociocultural de- velopment, etc. This is a composite refer- ence work offering varied data and fascinat- ing description and analysis-historical, so- ciological, cultural, and political.-M .A.M. Hodge, William. A Bibliography of Con- temporary North American Indians, Se- lected and Partially Annotated with Study Guide. New York, Interland, 1976. 296p. $22.50. 75-21675. Addressed to professional anthropolo- gists, to those who deal with Indians in an official capacity, and to the interested lay- person, this classified bibliography lists al- most 2,600 items included for their signifi- cant ethnographic content, for their focus on current Indian activity, for their lack of wide circulation, or for the fact of their being unpublished. Examples of this last criterion are stated to be "state and. federal reports such as committee hearings, position papers, procedural guides, tribal govern- ment documents, etc."-Introd. A "study guide" summarizing the categories used precedes the main bibliography in which entries appear, alphabetic by author, under such topics as social organization, material culture, population dynamics, migration patterns, city living, economics, education, religion, etc. Full bibliographical details are given, and many items are annotated. En- tries include books, articles, documents, dis- sertations, master's essays, conference pa- pers, and museum publications, chiefly from the last fifteen years. There is an index of tribes, states, areas, and regional groupings, b:ut not one of authors. An introductory section, which incqrporates recommended background reading, is devoted to Indian life prior to 1875.-R.K. PoLITICAL SciENCE Cook, Chris. Sources in British Political History, 1900-1951. Comp. for the Brit- ish Library of Political and Economic Science. New York, St. Martin's Pr., 1975- . v.1- . 75-4012. Contents: v.1, Guide to the Archives of Selected Organisations and Societies. 330p. $15.77. In 1970 the British Library of Political and Economic Science undertook a survey of contemporary political archives in Great Britain in order to locate, preserve, and identify them for scholarly use. The pilot project resulted in the publication of Cam- eron Hazlehurst and Christine Woodland's 'Cuide to the Papers of British Cabinet Min- isters, 1900--1951 (London, Royal Histor- ical Society, 197 4) . This new volume is the first of a projected three-volume guide; ·suc- cessive volumes will deal with the papers of selected civil servants and all members of Parliament for the period. The survey was apparently conducted principally in English archives, since three appendixes give only brief notes on relevant archives in Northern Ireland and Eire, Scotland, and Wales. Moreover, since guides to the con- tents of the Public Record Office exi-st, no survey was made of collections there. Ref- erence to private papers was made only when no records were found in libraries and archives open to the public. Political parties, societies, trade unions, pressure groups, and other institutions in- fluential in contemporary British political life are entered alphabetically, with the ex- ception of combined entries for temperance, women's suffrage, syndicalist, and radical- right groups. A brief description of each or- ganization's history and purpose is followed by a survey of its papers (with some indi- cation of printed sources) and information on their location and availability. The text concludes with a list of addresses of li- braries and archives, followed by an index to the names of organizations and societies included. The utility of such a guide is ob- vious, and the high quality established by the Hazlehurst volume has been main- tained. Subject and individual name entries in the index would have made this guide even more valuable.-D.G. Norton, Philip. Dissention in the House of Commons; Intra-Party Dissent in the House of Commons' Division Lobbies, 1 ' l'i Selected Reference Books of 1975-76 I 363 1945-1974. [London, Macmillan, 1975] 643p. $36.93. Upon occasion, Wilding's Encyclopaedia of Parliament notes, a vote in the House of Commons "is carried to a division, which is a physical separation into two lobbies of those members wishing to vote for and those wishing to vote against a measure. . . . The division lists record the names of the members taking part in a division and the manner of voting, and they constitute an official record which is reproduced in Hansard." Until very recently, political sci- entists and historians have been more inter- ested in the dissent which takes place with- in a party before a vote is taken. With this compendium Norton hopes to direct inter- est ·toward the "cross-votes and other occa- sion of intra-party dissent which have taken place in the House of Commons' division lobbies from 1945 to 197 4. . . . In each case, the names of those members who voted against the whip are listed preceded by a short precis of the debate upon which the vote occurred, with particular emphasis upon the views (if any) by those who sub- sequently cast the dissenting vote [or ab- stained from voting]"-Introd. The text is extremely well written, providing cap- sule summaries of some of the major pieces of legislation as well as some of the more frivolous bills. Of great interest is the con- clusion, which points up the increase in in- tra-party dissent, especially from the back- benchers. There is a useful subject index and a members' index.-E.M. HISTORY AND AREA STUDIES American Studies Bibliography, 197 4- [London, Univ. of London, Institute of United States Studies, 1975- ] Micro- fiche (negative). Monthly, with annual cumulation. ( 1976 monthly issues with annual cumulation, £ 22; annual cumula- tion only, £ 11) The Institute of United States Studies was founded in 1965 to provide facilities for graduate study leading to the M.A. de- gree in U.S. area studies at the University of London. As part of this effort, the insti- tute has published directories of educators in the field and lists of theses in progress, and has established a union catalog of American materials in the University of London libraries. Its newest project is an ongoing bibliography of books on American studies selected from the British National Bibliography and the Library of Congress MARC tapes. Published monthly (and available only in microform) with an an- nual cumulation, the bibliography lists ma- terials in four sections: author, title, subject, and classified Dewey Decimal system. Com- plete cataloging information (including subject headings and Library of Congress and Dewey class numbers) is given for each entry. The institute advertises that "all books published anywhere in the world which are relevant to the study of the United States" are included, but an exam- ination of a number of 197 4 fiche showed no titles published outside the United States and the United Kingdom; similarly, · all titles were English-language works. The 1974 annual cumulation listed 20,000 books (some published with earlier imprints) and covered a wide variety of formats (e.g., government documents and thesis reprints) and types (fiction and poetry are included, but juvenile literature and periodicals are not). The fiche are computer-generated, nega- tive-image, standard four by six inches, with 24x reduction ratio. Each fiche is clearly marked at the top with date, sec- tion, and contents; an index to the contents of each appears in the lower right-hand cor- ner. Legibility is good. American Studies Bibliography can be ordered as monthly is- sues with annual cumulation, or as an an- nual cumulation only; individual sections may also be ordered separately. According to information from the institute, the 1975 annual should now be available; inasmuch as this review was based on the 1974 an- nual cumulation without access to the most recent monthly issues, the time lag for cur- rent coverage cannot be indicated.-D.G. Atiyeh, George Nicholas. The Contempo- rary Middle East, 1948-1973; a Selec- tive and Annotated Bibliography. Boston, G. K. Hall, 1975. 664p. $49. 74-19247. The basic European-language literature on the history, politics, social conditions, education, and economic conditions of the Middle East, the Maghrib (North Africa), I I - ---------- --- -- --------' 364 I College & Research Libraries • July 1976 Turkey, and Iran is arranged by geograph- ical area and by country in this extensive bibliography. Some Arabic, Turkish, and Persian works are included if necessary for complete coverage; works on Israel are in- cluded only as they bear on the Arab-Is- raeli conflict (for which there is a special section) ; and a section on arts and letters lists -items chosen for social and political relevance rather than for "intrinsic literary or artistic value." Monographs and journal articles of the period 1948-73 plus a small number of pamphlets are listed. The short annotations are mainly descriptive; they sometimes state the author's conclusions or term a work "scholarly," "informative," "sensitive," etc. The index is essential for its cross-ref- erences from variant spellings of names to the Library of Congress form used in the entries, and for access to entries which may seem misplaced (e.g., an item on slavery under "general works" or one on food and inflation under "history") . All told, how- ever, this is a useful tool for students of the contemporary Middle East and for the be- ginning researcher.-M.A.M. A Bibliography of English History to 1485: Based on the Sources and Literature of English History from the Earliest Times to about 1485 by Charles Gross. Ed. by Edgar B. Graves. Oxford, Clarendon Pr., 1975. 1103p. £20. 76-355448. Issued under the sponsorship of the Roy- al Historical Society, the American Histor- ical Association, and the Mediaeval Acad- emy of America. Librarians and researchers can be very pleased that Gross' Sources and Literature of British History ... (2d ed., 1915; Guide DC119) has been so thoroughly revised and updated. Professor Graves and his com- mittee of scholars have remained faithfu] to the purpose of Gross, emphasizing source material "and direct commentaries thereon, older standard or seminal studies in books and articles, and recent writings, especially those which set forth new or con- troversial interpretations or include modern specialized bibliographies, . . . and auxil- iaries to the study of history and the aids to historical research"-Pref. The bibliography concentrates on Eng- lish history from Roman times up to the be- ginning of the Tudor period when Conyers . Read's Bibliography of British History, Tu- dor Period (2d ed., 1959; Guide DC110) commences. "Like the previous editions, it includes for the pre-Norman period some fundamental studies on Welsh and Irish his- tory; but it comprises for the period from 1066 to 1485 only those studies about non- English areas which relate directly to Eng- land .... No attempt has been made to in- clude Scottish history." Format remains much the same, but the arrangement has changed from a primarily chronological presentation to a more topical one. Some of the section headings reflect the shift of interest toward economic and cultural his- tory: e.g., urban society; intellectual inter- ests; agrarian society; special jurisdictions (which include sections on forests, the Pal- atinates, and the Jews) ; scholars, mystics, and their works. Availability of reprint or microform editions is indicated, but one wishes that the compiler had also noted the existence of pertinent microform series (e.g., the titles cited in' Pollard and Red- grave's Short Title Catalogue, or the "Rolls series") or had pointed out that the Public Record Office and the Bibliotheque N a- tionale have issued lists of their collections which may be purchased on microfilm. As long as one is carping, one wishes that Appendix D of Gross, "Chronological Tables of the Principal Sources," had been included and updated. Also, there are sev- eral bibliographies which could have been added to aid students working in special- ized fields-e.g., the Crusades bibliogra- phies of Atiya and Mayer, or the Bibliog- raphie internationale de l'humanisme et de la Renaissance. But these are minor com- plaints, and limited space is a hard task- master. The scope, the headnotes, and the annotations, plus the detailed index make this bibliography a joy to use.-E.M. A Guide · to the Sources of United States Military History. Ed. by Robin Higham. Hamden, Conn., Archon Books, 1975. 559p. $27.50. 75-14455. Nineteen bibliographical essays on vari- ous military topics have been contributed Selected Reference Books of 1975-76 I 365 by noted scholars for this volume. Follow- ing the editor's general introductory essay, each successive chapter deals with a nar- row field within the broader scope of the book. ·while the basic breakdown of topics is chronological (e.g., "The Navy in the Nineteenth Century, 1789-1889), atten- tion is also given to such matters as "Mili- tary and Naval Medicine." Civil War cover- age was deliberately limited because of the sheer bulk of material and the existence of other guides. Urging the historian to reach beyond traditional manuscript and printed sources, the editor discusses picture sources in his introductory chapter, and P. K. Lun- deberg's final essay, "Museums as Historical Resources," continues the theme, surveying repositories of artifacts and other nonprint material, noting existing printed guides and catalogs as well as appropriate secondary writings. Each essay begins with a discussion of general monographs and bibliographies, then proceeds to more discrete subtopics, citing articles and dissertations as well as books. Attention is given to archival sources and their printed guides, and suggestions are made regarding areas that need further research. At the end of each chapter is a list of all titles mentioned, with complete bib- liographical information. Although, as one might expect, there is some unevenness and overlap as a result of the composite nature of the work, these weaknesses are outweighed by the advan- tages of having an expert's appraisal of the field with which he is most familiar. Au- thor, title, and subject indexes would have greatly enhanced the reference value of the work, but unhappily none is included. N ev- ertheless, anyone contemplating a research project in U.S. military history would be well advised to reach for this volume first. -D.A.S. NEw EDITIONS AND SuPPLEMENTS The British Library's Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired 1951-1955 (Lon- don, British Museum Pubis., 197 4. 6v.) comprises some · 175,000 entries and closes the gap between the 1946/50 and 1956/ 60 volumes of the British Museum's Subject Index (Guide AA68; Suppl. 1AA12). The new compilation employs the more specific forms of subject headings introduced with the 1956--60 volumes. A single index for the 1961-70 period is in preparation. "More than 2,600 specialized and profes- sional journals, about 800 of which appear for the first time" (Introd.) are included in the third edition ( 1975) of the Directory of Publishing Opportunities (Chicago, Mar- quis Academic Media, 1975. 850p. $44.50). Entries in this guide for scholars and contributors to professional journals are now arranged under sixty-nine subject fields. Designed as an ongoing supplement to the Encyclopaedia Universalis ( Suppl. 2AD7), a new yearbook entitled Univer- salia (Paris, Encyclopaedia U niversalis, 1974. 196F) has now appeared. The 1974 volume covers "les evenements, les hom- mes, les problemes en 1973," offering a chronology for the year; a selection of es- says on recent developments and problems; a section of alphabetically arranged articles on events, countries, personalities, and spe- cial topics; and a section of statistical data. Fascicle 5 of the Oxford Latin Diction- ary ( Suppl. 2AE63) has now been pub- lished (Oxford, Clarendon Pr., 1976). It covers through the word "pactum" and keeps the work very much on the an- nounced publication schedule of one fas- cicle every two years. The "second supple- mented edition" of Harold Wentworth and Stuart Berg Flexner's Dictionary of Amer- ican Slang (New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1975. 766p. $12.95) again reprints the ba- sic vol4me which first appeared in 1960 (Guide AE72) and adds a revised supple- ment which includes all the material from the 1967 supplement (see Suppl. 2AE9), together witli "about 1,500 new slang terms and definitions that have become current since then." The supplement has its own appendix of word lists and selected bibliog- raphy. Entries for approximately 57,000 current periodicals are included in the sixteenth edition of Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory (New York, Bowker, 1975. 2,289p. $50). It updates and expands the information in the fifteenth edition and its 1974 supplement, and includes a number 366 I College & Research Libraries • July 1976 of new features: e.g., information about microfilm availability; a separate "Index to Publications of International Organiza- tions"; and an "ISSN Index." A three-col- umn page permits the presentation of all this additional information within the sin- gle-volume format. Newspapers in Microform, 1973 (Wash- ington, D.C., Library of Congress, 1975. 208p. $11.25) is the first annual supple- ment to Newspapers in Microform, 1948- 1972. With separate geographical lists for the United States and for foreign countries (plus a combined title index), the annual series supplements both the United States and the Foreign Countries volumes of the parent work. In addition to . reporting on new titles, it lists additional library loca- tions for numerou~ items previously report- ed. METRO (New York Metropolitan Ref- erence and Research Library Agency) has published A Union List of Selected Micro- forms in Libraries in the New York Metro- politan Area as its "Miscellaneous Publica- tion" no.8 (New York, METRO, 1975. 322p. $22.50). The list not only provides locations for nearly 700 major microform series and unique or unusual items, but in- cludes descriptive notes and references to finding aids or indexes for many of the se- ries. In the revised edition of the Lutheran Cyclopedia (St. Louis, Concordia Pub. House, 1975. 845p. · $24.95), the number of entries has been increased, various ar- ticles have been reworked, new biblio- graphic references supplied, and a special effort made "to improve objectivity"- Pref. Although the previous edition ( 1954; Guide BB169) was prepared under the aus- pices of the General Literature Board of the Lutheran Church, this revision does not mention official church sponsorship; coop- eration of various church affiliates is noted, however. The second edition of Contemporary Poets of the English Language ( Suppl. 3BD59) is entitled simply Contemporary Poets (London, St. James; New York, St. Martin's, 1975. 1,849p. $35) and appears under the editorship of James Vinson. Not only have entries from the earlier edition been augmented and updated, but the work represents a somewhat different selection (i.e., some poets have been dropped, and a great many new names have been added) . An appendix offers articles on nineteen poets "who have died since 1950 but whose reputations are essentially con- temporary." Frederick Ungar and Lina Mainiero are the editors of a fourth volume of the En- cyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century ( Suppl. 2BD9). Termed "Supple- ment and index," the new volume (New York, Ungar, 1975. 462p. il. $48) is made up largely of biographical/ critical sketches of figures (from various decades of the twentieth century, not merely newly estab- lished writers) not appearing in v.1-3, but some new topical entries are also included. An analytical index to v.1-4 is also includ- ea(p.412-62). Criticisms have been updated on approx- imately one-third of the authors included . in the original three-volume set of Temple and Tucker's Modern British Literature ( Suppl. 1BD42), and forty-nine other writ- ers who have gained critical· attention since 1965 have been added in a supplementary volume (designated as v.4 of the set; New York, Ungar, 1975. 650p. $25), compiled and edited by Martin Tucker and Rita Stein. Bibliographies appearing at the end of the volume also serve to update the basic set. Three new sections have been added in the third edition of the · Guide to Play Se- lection (Urbana, National Council; New York, Bowker, 1975). 292p. $5.95) com- piled by the NCTE Liaison Committee with the Speech Communication A,ssocia- tion and the American Theatre Association: a guide to play production, and separate sections for musical plays and plays by Mro-Americans. A new topical index and a "players index" (arranged by number and sex of players required) are also included. About 850 plays are described. Last ap- pearing in a 1968 edition followed by a 1971 supplement, A. G. S. Enser's Filmed Books and Plays is now available in a new cumulative edition (London, Andre Deutsch, 1975. 549p. £8.50) covering the period 1928-74. Ruth W. Gregory is the editor of a third edition of Anniversaries and Holidays (Chi- I ~ 1 ~ · H Selected Reference Books of 1975-76 I 367 cago, American Library Assn., 1975. 246p. $10.50) , a revision of the 1944 work by Mary E. Hazeltine (Guide CF25) . "The total number of entries is 2, 736 as com- pared with 1,764 in the second edition" (Pref.), and covers holidays observed in 152 countries. Among the changes and revisions to be noted in the "Bicentennial edition" of Rich- ard B. Morris' Encyclope.dia of American History (New York, Harper & Row, 1976. 1,245p. $25) are the additional coverage for minorities, ethnic groups, and women; the new section for mass media; new sub- sections for film and dance; and the expan- sion of the biographical section to include 500 sketches of notable Americans. Supple- mentary material from the previous edition ( Suppl. 1DB6) has been integrated into the body of the work, ·and the whole is up- dated through 1973. New chapters on Finland, Greece, and Luxembourg have been added in the re- vised and updated edition of Daniel H. Thomas and Lynn M. Case's useful direc- tory (Guide DC3) now entitled The New Guide to the Diplomatic Archives of West- ern Europe (Philadelphia, Univ. of Penn- sylvania Pr., 1975. 441p. $10). There are also new subsections dealing with the ar- chives of the International Labour Organi- sation and the International Telecommuni- cation Union. John Merriman Sims is the editor of the 1952-54 volume of Writings on British History (London, Univ. of Lon- don, Inst. of Historical Research, 1975. 346p. £ 14). It conforms to the scope and arrangement of the preceding volume of the series ( 1949-51, also published 1975) and, like that volume, includes a "Select list of books published . . . on British history since 1939." What better way to celebrate the nation's Bicentennial than with a new edition of Historical Statistics of the United States? Now subtitled Colonial Times to 1970, this indispensable compilation (Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1975. 2v. $26) has been revised and expanded to present more than 12,500 time series. It includes, with rare exceptions, all the series shown in the 1960 publication and its 1965 supplement (Suppl. 1CG6). The "Bicentennial edition" follows the general plan of the previous edi- tion, though there has been some regroup- ing of material within chapters. In addition to the increased number of statistical tables presented, a few sections now include some data ;eries below the national level. PROGRESS IN BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION, Volume 1 edited by MICHEL HERSEN, RICHARD M. EISLER, and PETER M. MILLER II •••• The need for review publications to distill the truly significant contributions from the super.fluous and present the material in a way that is balanced and thought-provoking is obvious~ The editors of this book have set themselves· the task of not only providing a review but continuing to do so on an annual basis. " .... All of the authors deserve to be com- mended for their enthusiasm with regard to their topics and the completeness of their re- views. " .... One can only hope that the level of excellence demonstrated here can be main- tained on an annual basis, as the editors pro- pose."-American Journal of Psychiatry, March 1976 11 • • • • The editors have selected what they considered the best and most recent informa- tion on the clinical use of behavior modifica- tion and have done a rather commendable job .... Progress in Behavior Modification is well documented and deserves the attention of the serious student."-:-Choice, March 1976 Volume 1/1975, 368 pp., $19.501£10.70 ISBN: 0-12-535601-2; a/so available in Library Edition with Microfiche, $25.001£13.75 ISBN: 0-12-535674-9; Microfiche only, $15.00/£8.25 ISBN: 0-12-535675-7 Volume 211976, 384 pp., $19.001£10.45 ISBN: 0-12-535602-1; a/so available in Lib.rary Edition with Microfiche, $24.501£13.50 ISBN: 0-12-535676-5; Microfiche only, $14.00/£7.70 ISBN: 0-12-535677-3 HANDBOOK OF PERCEPTION, Volume 5: SEEING edited by EDWARD C. CARTERETTE and MORTON P. FRIEDMAN "The fifth of a 10-volume handbook of per- ception which aims to give a precis of the state of knowledge in every area of percep- tion .... All the chapters are excellent sum- maries by the foremost authorities on the areas in question .... The book is accessible to any student who has had a good course on perception but will prove to be helpful even to the practicing scientist as a critical evalua- tion of the state of the art and of possible future trends."-Choice, January 1976 Volume 5/1975, 527 pp., $28.50/£15.70,· subscription price, $24.25 ISBN: 0-12-161905-2 THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF BARGAINING AND ·NEGOTIATION by JEFFREY Z. RUBIN and BERT R. BROWN "This is a very successful effort ... 'to pre- sent an extensive overview and analysis of the research in this area [bargaining and negotia- tion].' The claim to comprehensiveness is fair as the phenomenon of bargaining and negotia- tion is viewed from the perspective of the issues, social components, physical situation, individual personality differences, and inten- tional and language characteristics. The bibli- ography is extensive, and an excellent index accompanies the text. ... The clarity of writ- ing and style of organization make the book useful for undergraduate as well as advanced instruction. Overall, this is probably the most valuable single volume on the subject now in print."-Choice, March 1976 1975, 359 pp., $16.501£9.10 ISBN: 0-12-601250-4 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ANIMAL LEARNING by N. J. MACKINTOSH " .... The Psychology of Animal Learning is so impressive both in size and quality that it is likely to be the definitive secondary source in the field for many years. " .... Though his own specialty is discrimi- nation learning, Mackintosh does equally well dealing with other areas, as well as exploring the interrelations among areas. The 619 pages of text and over 1, 700 references devoted to this limited range of topics contrast with the 476 pages of text and possibly 1,400 refer- ences that Kimble used to cover a similar range of topics plus motivation, theories of reinforcement, the history of conditioning, and applications to, personality. · The thoroughness of Mackintosh's coverage of his limited range of topics is thus unlikely ever to be sur- passed.''-American Journal of Psychology, March 1976 1974, 730 pp., $18.50/£8.00 ISBN: 0-12-464650-6 N.B.: Postage plus 50¢ handling charge on all orders not accompanied by payment. Prices are subject to change without notice. ACADEMIC PRESS, INC. A Subsidiary of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers 111 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10003 24-28 OVAL ROAD, LONDON NW1 7DX )~