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98 College & Research Libraries 

are less likely to have their graduate work 
subsequently published. Richardson dis-
cusses this phenomena but does not ade-
quately explain it; perhaps further re-
search would indeed have yielded some 
significant insights and allowed his analy-
·sis to become something other than a 
statement of the obvious. 

In truth, this is not so much the sociol-
ogy of research in government informa-
tion as it is the sociology of library schools 
that either have a Ph.D. program or re-
quire a paper for the M.L.S. Most real re-
search is the output of working librarians 
who write articles and books, and they are 
not discussed here at all. The title of the 
book does not indicate that it will discuss 
only a very small, specialized realm of re-
search regarding government publica-
tions: theses and documents. It really ig-
nores the education half of the subtitle, 
failing to talk about introductory docu-
ments courses in library schools and their 
role as initiators of later interest in and re-
search on government publications. Ex-
cluding practitioners, it deals only with 
the publications of library school faculty, 
discussing them mainly in the context of 
their faculty adviser roles. In Chapter 3, 
"Influential Faculty Advisors," Richard-
son devotes a page to each of several indi-
viduals he calls 'I the top advisors in gov-
ernment publications. 11 What can one say 
about a chapter like this that fails to men-
tion either Peter Hernon or Charles Mc-
Clure but devotes a page to the author 
himself? 

Certainly those teaching in library 
schools will find the analysis of student/ 
adviser relationships interesting (al-
though they will probably not use the 

January 1988 

data, in Richardson's words, to "better 
understand the sociological context of 
their own work with students"). No 
doubt a potential Ph.D. student intending 
to write a dissertation dealing with gov-
ernment publications might wish to con-
sult this book before choosing an institu-
tion. But otherwise one would be 
hard-pressed to find a potential audience 
for this type of study. It is doubtful that li-
brary administrators and department 
heads will use the quantitative data to 
11 identify the strong schools and advisors 
who can provide them well-qualified can-
didates for government information posi-
tions," as Richardson envisions in his 
preface. This research is likely to be of in-
terest only to those having a very strong 
interest in the history of theses and disser-
tations dealing with government publica-
tions. Even those who savor anything writ-
ten about documents would be hard 
pressed not to admit that this is much ado 
about nothing. 

But we really should not fault Richard-
son too much. Quantitative analyses are 
de rigueur these days, and there is strong 
pressure from within the scholarly com-
munity to include some form of elabo-
rately formatted data in any work. Those 
working librarians not planning to return 
to library school and obtain a doctorate 
can always skip past the first third of the 
book and make use of the bibliography. 
Within its narrowly defined scope this 
compilation of research is exhaustive; it 

. fills a long-standing need and is an impor-
tant contribution to the professional litera-
ture of government publications.-Joel 
Zucker, Jerome Library, Bowling Green State 
University, Ohio. 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS 

American Literary Critics and Scholars, 
1800-1850. Ed. by John W. Rathbun and 
Monica M. Grecu. Detroit: Gale, 1987. 
406p. $92 (ISBN 0-8103-1737-0). LC 87-
11828. 

American Writers for Children since 1960: Pp-
ets, Illustrators, and Nonfiction Authors. 
Ed. by Glenn E. Estes. Detroit: Gale, 

1987. 430p. $92 (ISBN 0-8103-1739-7). 
LC 87-14352. 

Annual Register: A Record of World Events, 
1986. Ed. by H. V. Hodson. Detroit: 
Gale, 1987. 578p. $100 (ISBN 0-8103-
2053-3). LC 4-17979. 

Bartle, Barton K. Computer Software in Mu-
sic and Music Education: A Guide. Metu-



chen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1987. 266p. 
$22.50 (ISBN 0-8108-2056-0). LC 87-
16532. 

Bell, Barbara. Bibliography of Official Statis-
tical Yearbooks and Bulletins. Alexandria, 
Va.: Chadwyck-Healey, 1987. 270p. $85 
(ISBN 0-85964-124-4). LC 86-17191. 

Berge, Patricia, and Carol Lee Saffioti. Ba-
sic College Research. New York: Neal-
Schuman, 1987. 155p. $24.95 (ISBN 0-
55570-018-7). LC 86-33287. 

Best Books By Consensus 1986-87. Ed. by 
Chung I. Park. 1987. 48p. $4.25 (ISBN 0-
939670-19-4). LC 84-648497. 

Bibliography of Ancient Ephesus. Comp. by 
Richard E. Oster. Metuchen, N.J.: 
Scarecrow, 1987. 18lp. $22.50 (ISBN 0-
8108-1996-1). LC 87-12617. 

Bowker International Serials Database: Ul-
rich's International Periodicals Directory 
and Irregular Serials and Annuals. New 
York: Bowker, 1987. 636p. subscription 
$75/year. 

Brichford, Maynard, and Anne Gilliland. 
Guide to the American Library Association 
Archives. 2d ed. Chicago: American Li-
brary Assn., 1987. 12p. (ISBN 0-8389-
2048-9). LC 87-14533. 

Bull, Storm. Index to Biographies of Contem-
porary Composers. Metuchen, N.J.: 
Scarecrow, 1987. 878p. $62.50 (ISBN 0-
8108-1930-9). LC 64-11781. 

Business Biography Master Index. Ed. by 
Barbara McNeil. Detroit: Gale, 1987. 
630p. $180 (ISBN 0-8103-1499-1). LC 87-
19664. 

Business, Finance, Industry, and Trade Publi-
cations, Volume 1. Ed. by Denise M. Al-
lard and Robert C. Thomas. Encyclope-
dia of Associations: Assn. Periodicals. · 
Detroit: Gale, 1987. 494p. $60 (ISBN 0-
8103-2061-4). 

Centres & Bureaux: A Directory of Concentra-
tions of Effort, Information and Expertise. 
Ed. by Lindsay Sellar. 1st ed. Detroit: 
Gale, 1987. 214p. $110 (ISBN 0-900246-
47-2). 

Chandler, Ralph, Richard C. Enslen, and 
Peter G. Renstrom. Constitutional Law 
Dictionary, Volume 1: Individual Rights, 
Supplement 1. Santa Barbara, Calif.: 
ABC-CLIO, 1987. 140p. $26 (ISBN 0-
87436-484-1). LC 84-12320. 

Children's Literature Review: Excerpts from 

Recent Publications 99 

Reviews, Criticism, and Commentary on 
Books for Children. Ed. by Gerard J. 
Senick. v.13. Detroit: Gale, 1987. 307p. 
$80 (ISBN 0-8103-0348-5). LC 75-34953. 

Civil Engineering Practice. Ed. by Paul N. 
Cheremisinoff, Nicholas P. Cheremi-
sinoff, and Su Ling Cheng. v.l. Lancas-
ter, Pa.: Technomic, 1987. 814p. $165 
(ISBN 0-87762-529-8). LC 87-50629. 

Collinson, Diane. Fifty Major Philosophers: 
A Reference Guide, New York: Methuen, 
1987. 170p. $29.95 (ISBN0-7099-3466-1). 
LC 87-8929. 

Congdon, Kirby. Motorcycle Books: A Criti-. 
cal Survey and Checklist. Metuchen, N.J.: 
Scarecrow, 1987. 144p. $16 (ISBN 0-
8108-1985-6). LC 87-1641. 

Contemporary Authors: A Rio-Bibliographical 
Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, Gen-
eral Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, 
Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and 
Other Fields. Ed. by Deborah A. Straub. 
v.21. Detroit: Gale, 1987. 501p. $92 
(ISBN 0-8103-1975-6). LC 81-6400179. 

Contemporary Literary Criticism: Yearbook 
1986. The Year in New Authors, Prizewin-
ners, Obituaries, and Works of Literary Bi-
ography. Ed. by Sharon K. Hall. Detroit: 
Gale, 1987. 600p. $92 (ISBN 0-8103-
4418-1). LC 76-38938. 

Contemporary Theatre, Film & Television. 
Ed. by Monica M. O'Donnell. Detroit: 
Gale, 1987. v.24. $98 (ISBN 0-8103-2067-
3). LC 84-649371. 

Corporate Author Authority List: A Dictio-
nary of More than 40,000 Verified Main En-
tries for Documents Cataloged by the Na-
tional Technical Information Service. Ed. 
by Asta V. Kane. Detroit: Gale, 1987. 
v.2. 2,103p. $180/set (ISBN 0-8103-2106-
8). LC 83-647075. 

Day, Alan J. Peace Movements of the World. 
Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx, 1987. 400p. $74.50 
(ISBN 0-582-90268-1). 

Deutscher Biographischer Index. New York: 
Saur, 1987.1,730p. (ISBN 3-598-30435-
8). 

Dewey, Patrick. Essential Guide to the Li-
brary IBM PC. Westport, Conn.: Meck-
ler. lllp. $19.95 (ISBN 0-8873-6037-8). 
LC 85-10535. 

Egan, David R., and Melinda A. Egan. 
Russian Autocrats from Ivan the Great to 
The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty: An An-



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notated Bibliography of English Language 
Sources to 1985. Metuchen, N.J.: Scare-
crow, 1987. 548p. $49.50 (ISBN 0-8108-
1958-9). LC 86-26003. 

Einstein, Daniel. Special Edition: A Guide to 
Network Television Documentary Series 
and Special News Reports, 1955-1979. Me-

. tuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1987. 1,069p. 
$87.50 (ISBN 0-8108-1898-1). LC 86-
6599. 

Encyclopedia of Associations: Geographic and 
Executive Indexes. Ed. by Karin E. Koek 
and Susan Boyles Martin. v.2. Detroit: 
Gale, 1987. 828p. $210 (ISBN 0-8103-
2691-4). 

Encyclopedia of Associations: National Orga-
nizations of the U.S. Ed. by Karin E. Koek 
and Susan Boyles Martin. v.l. (3 parts). 
Detroit: Gale, 1987. 2,666p. $230 (ISBN 
0-8103-2690-6). LC 76-46129. 

Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology. 
Ed. by Leslie A. Shepard. Detroit: Gale, 
1987. 1,617p. $77 (ISBN 0-8103-0196-2). 
LC 84-3990. 

Financial Planners and Planning Organiza-
tions Directory. Ed. by Steven Wasser-
man, Jacqueline Wasserman O'Brien, 
and Judy Popp. Detroit: Gale, 1987. 
605p. $150 (ISBN 0-8103-4397-5). LC 87-
21259. 

Fraser, Robert. The World Financial System. 
Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx, 1987. 582p. $95 
(ISBN 0-582-90278-9). 

Hauer, Mary G., and others. Books, Li-
braries, and Research. Dubuque, Iowa: 
Kendall Hunt, 1987. 266p. $15.95 (ISBN 
0-8403-4292-2). LC 87-80154. 

Index to Bibliographic Description of Rare 
Books. Comp. by David M. Rich. Provi-
dence, R.I.: John Carter Brown Library, 
1987. 15p. (ISBN 0-916617-28-9). 

Jagoe, John R. Export Sales and Marketing 
Manual. Minneapolis, Minn.: Export 
USA Pubs., 1987. 320p. $295 (ISBN 0-
943677-00-9). LC 87-19952. 

Kim, Choong Han and Robert David Lit-
tle. Public Library Users and Uses: A Mar-
ket Research Handbook. Metuchen. N.J.: 
Scarecrow, 1987. 384p. $29.50 (ISBN 0-
8108-2021-8). LC 87-13126. 

Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800. Ed. by 
James E. Person, Jr. Detroit: Gale, 1987. 
539p. $92 (ISBN 0-8103-6105-1). LC 83-
20504. 

January 1988 

Marshall, Marion B. Public Finance: An In-
formation Sourcebook. ·oryx Sourcebook 
Series in Business and Management. 
Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx, 1987. 290p. $39.50 
(ISBN 0-89774-276-1). LC 87-11191. 

Martin, Samuel E. The Japanese Language 
through Time. New Haven, Conn.: Yale 
Univ. Pr., 1987. 962p. $55 (ISBN 0-300-
03729-5). LC 87-50521. 

Milestones in Science and Technology: The 
Ready-Reference Guide to Discoveries, In-
ventions, and Facts. Ed. by Ellis Mount 
and Barbara A. List. Phoenix, Ariz.: 
Oryx, 1987. 152p. $29.50 (ISBN 0-89774-
260-5). LC 87-12352. 

National Faculty Directory, 1988: An Alpha-
betical List, with Addresses, of Approxi-
mately 660,000 Members of Teaching Facul-
ties at Junior Colleges, Colleges, and 
Universities in the United States and at Se-
lected Canadian Institutions. Detroit: 
Gale, 1987. v.4. 4,248p. $500 (ISBN 0-
8103-0499-1). LC 76-14404. 

Newson, Adele S. Zora Neale Hurston: A 
Reference Guide. Boston: Hall, 1987. 90p. 
$28 (ISBN 0-8161-8902-1). LC 87-8616. 

Pacific Basin: An Economic Handbook. Ed. by 
Euromonitor Publ., Ltd., 1st ed. De-
troit: Gale, 1987. 204p. $80 (ISBN 0-
86338-139-1). 

Powell, Antoinette Paris. Bibliography of 
Landscape Architecture, Environmental 
Design, and Planning. Phoenix, Ariz.: 
Oryx, 1987. 356p. $74.50 (ISBN 0-89774-
250-8). LC 87-5739. 

Powell, Russell, and James R. Powell, Jr. 
Core List of Books and Journals in Science 
and Technology. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx, 
1987. 135p. $35 (ISBN 0-89774-275-3). 
LC 87-10970. 

Printing and Publishing Evidence: Thesauri 
for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections 
Cataloguing. Ed. by the Standards Com-
mittee of the Rare Books and Manu-
scripts Section. Chicago: ACRL, 1987. 
28p. $7.50 (ISBN 0-8389-7108-3). 

Proceedings of the American Society for 
Composites-Second Technical Conference. 
Ed. by Technomic Publishing Co. Lan-
caster, Pa.: Technomic, 1987. 583p. $75 
(ISBN 0-87762-569-7). LC 87-50951. 

Psychware Sourcebook 1987-88. Comp. by 
Samuel E. Drug. Detroit: Gale, 1987. 
457p. $85 (ISBN 0-933701-11-X). LC 87-



10176. 
Rosenburg, Kenyon C. A Basic Classical 

and Operatic Recordings Collection for Li-
braries. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 
1987. 269p. $27.50 (ISBN 0-8108-2041-2). 
LC 87-12747. 

Schlachter, Gail Ann. Directory of Financial 
Aids for Women, 1987-1988. Redwood 
City, Calif. : Reference Service Pr ., 1987. 
375p. $39.95 (ISBN 0-918276-06-X). 

Sellen, Betty Carol, and Patricia A. 
Young. Feminists, Pornography, and the 
Law: An Annotated Bibliography of Con-
flict. Hamden, Conn.: Shoe String, 
1987. 205p. $25 (ISBN 0-208-02124-8). 
LC 87-2915. 

Something about the Author: Facts and Pic-
tures about Authors and Illustrators of 
Books for Young People. Ed. by Anne 
Commire, v.49. Detroit: Gale, 1987. 
310p. $68 (ISBN 0-8103-2259-5). LC 72-
27107. 

Something about the Author Autobiography 
Series. Ed. by Adele Sarkissian. v.4. De-
troit: Gale, 1987. 398p. $65 (ISBN 0-

Recent Publications 101 

8103-4453-X). LC 86-641293. 
Sozialstrategien der Deutschen Arbeitsfront. 

v.1. New York: Saur, 1987. 460p. (ISBN 
3-598-31572-4). 

Thackrah, John Richard. Encyclopedia of 
Terrorism and Political Violence. New 
York: Routledge & Paul. 310p. $35 
(ISBN 0-7102-0659-3). LC 87-4304. 

Trade Unions of the World. Comp. by 
F. John Harper. Detroit: Gale, 1987. 
503p. $90 (ISBN 0-8103-2193-9). 

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism: Ex-
cerpts from Criticism of the Works of Novel-
ists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Story Writ-
ers, and Other Creative Writers Who Died 
between 1900 and 1960 from the First Criti-
cal Appraisals to Current Evaluations. Ed. 
by Dennis Poupard. v .24. Detroit: Gale, 
1987. 686p. $92 (ISBN 0-8103-2406-7). 
LC 76-46132. 

Who's Who in Science in Europe: A Biographi-
cal Guide in Science, Technology, Agricul-
ture, and Medicine. Ed. by Longman 
Group. Detroit: Gale, 1987. v.3. 2,880p. 
$695/set (ISBN 0-582-90114-6). 

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