College and Research Libraries census reports, congressional hearings and committee prints, court cases, and serial set items. As might be expected, heavy and moderate users of the library are more likely to use documents than are limited users of the library. Hernon discovered that there is no difference in the use patterns of faculty in bachelor's , master's, or doctoral programs. Economists and political scien- tists are much more likely to make frequent use of documents than historians or sociologists. Regardless of discipline , federal publications are of greatest interest, fol- lowed by international and United Nations documents , state documents , foreign docu- ments , and finally, local documents. Faculty locate documents primarily through citations in the general literature, bibliographies in subject fields , mailing lists of government agencies , and contact with colleagues . Most faculty preferred informal methods of introducing students to docu- ments and, interestingly , 28.3 percent of the respondents never mentioned docu- ments to their students. Two reasons are offered for not using documents. First, many nonusers believe government agencies publish little of value in their specific field. Second, many non- users find the problems associated with identifying and accessing documents over- shadow any potential value of the docu- ments themselves. Librarians have long debated the effect of various document classification schemes on document use, and the debate is likely to continue, as Hernon reports that "there is no statistically significant difference between frequency of use and the type of classifica- tion scheme employed" (page 103). Hernon provides a unique and valuable insight into faculty use pattern of docu- ments. Originally a dissertation, the re- search is thorough and well designed; how- ever, the book could benefit from additional editing, as it still reads as if it were a disser- tation . In addition , Hernon's definition of some categories is questionable. Heavy li- brary use, for example, is defined as twenty-plus library visits per year, which seems somewhat low. Finally , one last caveat: "Frequency of faculty use of the li- brary's documents collection is not a good indicator of the use by faculty members of Recent Publications I 263 government publications in general" (page 88). Faculty frequently obtain documents through agencies, colleagues, and other channels. A welcome addition to the literature, Use of Government Publications by Social Scien- tists should be read by all documents librar- ians and librarians responsible for social sci- ence collections.-David R. McDonald , Stanford University Libraries , Stanford California. Grolier , Eric de. The Organization of In- formation Systems for Government and Public Administration. Documentation, Libraries and Archives: Studies and Re- search, 8 . Paris: UNESCO , 1979. 163p. $8. ISBN 92-3-101595-8. (Available from : UNIPUB, 345 Park Ave. South, New York , NY 10010.) This UNESCO-funded study describes and compares information systems for gov- ernment and public administration (ISGPAs) that are intended to aid decision makers. The scope of the work is international and is THE FOUR BIBLIOGRAPHIC UTILITIES: A Comparison by Joseph R. Matthews A 97-page report with 77 pages of appendices which include copies of the current contracts and price lists. In Library Technology Reports November/December 1979 Volume 15 Number 6 Single issue price $40.00 Library Technology Reports American Library Association 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611 264 I College and Research Libraries • May 1980 based on the assumption that better gov- ernmental information systems will produce better decision making. The major point that is stressed throughout the work is "public authorities of developing countries should accord very high priority to planning and introducing modern information sys- tems . . . which could help make their gen- eral approach to economic and social plan- ning much more effective" (page 12). The purpose of the book , then , is to provide guidance for planners who are attempting to develop ISGPAs for their governments . Of the four chapters in the book, the first and the third will have the least interest for information scientists and librarians in the United States. The first provides a historical background to the development of ISGPAs and the third describes a number of ISGPAs in various countries throughout the world. But the meat of the book is contained in chapter two, which describes the flow of in- formation in an ISGPA, and chapter four , which suggests how to plan for the im- plementation and development of an ISGPA. Use of models and incorporation of sources throughout these two chapters add to their value. The author stresses that an ISGPA must have unique information characteristics depending on the specific na- ture of the country it is to serve. From time to time, the author lapses into more of a philosophical commentary rather than de- tailing specific guidelines or procedures that one might follow to initiate an ISGPA. Such is especially true in chapter four , where more detailed information in a step-by-step approach would assist the author to better accomplish the stated purpose of the book. However , the content in these two chap- ters , and especially the second, is a useful basic summary of information-processing characteristics and variables. Unfortunately, a large portion of the in- formation that is contained in the volume cannot be retrieved because (1) there is no subject, author , title index; (2) there is no CJ/'u. 9.