College and Research Libraries


Research and Experimentation 
IN T H I S section G . Flint Purdy, librarian of Wayne University, introduces his first report on research and experimentation. 

One of the avowed objectives of College and Research Libraries is to foster inves-
tigation of the problems of college, university and reference librarianship. In line 
with that objective, we hope to keep you informed concerning pertinent research and 
experimentation, completed and in progress. T h e list presented below represents an 
embryonic beginning. W e are attempting to organize machinery for the periodic 
collection of complete information concerning projects under way or finished. W e 
solicit your aid in procuring such information. 

T h e list of studies which follows has been compiled from reports by libraries and 
library schools. Most of the studies listed have probably been completed and reported 
as theses. 

Historical and Bibliographical Studies 

Doneghy, Frances V. 
A study of the present reference value of 

eighteenth century English and American 
periodicals and of the extent and adequacy 
of existing indexes to them. (Columbia) 
Duncan, Ruth B. 

A history of the library of George Pea-
body College and its predecessors from 1789-
1909. (Peabody) 

Esterquest, Ralph T . 
The war-time attitudes and activities of 

American libraries, 1914-1918. (Illinois) 

Hoole, William Stanley. 
The Carnegie Corporation, the General 

Education Board, the Rosenwald Founda-
tion, and college and university libraries in 
the south, 1929-1939. (Chicago) 

Leek, Marjorie H. 
Media for studying contemporary book 

reviews in English literature, 1800-1850. 
(Columbia) 

Leonard, Ruth S. 
A bibliographical evaluation of the United 

States copyright records, 1790-1870, as 
illustrated by the copyright records of the 
United States district court of Massachu-
setts. (Columbia) 

Louisiana State University. 
An annotated bibliography of Louisiana 

pamphlets, 1860-1877, found in the collection 
of the Hill Memorial Library. (Author not 
reported) 

Minick, A. Rachel. 
History of printing in Maryland, 1791-

1800, with a bibliography of Maryland im-
prints. (Columbia) 

Ostrowsky, Clara. 
Study of American festive publications and 

a check list of festschrift holdings of libraries 
in New York City and possibly in the Li-
brary of Congress. (Columbia) 

Snodgrass, Isabelle S. 
A study of American musical periodicals, 

1786-1900. (Columbia) 

Reading Studies 
Baum, Elizabeth M . 

The reading interests of Beaver College 
alumnae as a means of guidance to under-
graduate reading interests. (Columbia) 
Bell, Martha S. 

A study of the records of all library loans 
(except loans from the reserved collection) 
made to a class of Randolph-Macon 
Woman's College students during four years 
in college. (Columbia) 

Jackson, Evalene Parsons. 
The attitudes toward the Negro race of 

southern white children as affected by read-
ing fiction. (Emory) 

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Killibrew, Ruth. 
Survey of periodical reading tastes and 

habits of junior college students (Kansas 
City [Kan.] Public Library) 

Reich, Evalyn. 
A technique for finding the relationships 

between the concerns and the reading of 
out-of-school young adults. (Illinois) 

Tiplady, Charlotte M . 
Reading and reading interests of alumnas 

of Hollins College, Va. (Columbia) 

A dministration 

Brindley, Mary E. 
A study of college and university library 

handbooks. (Columbia) 
Brown, George B. 

An investigation into relationships between 
librarians and law book publishers and book-
sellers. (Illinois) 

Brown, Helen M . 
A study of conditions contributing to the 

efficiency of student assistants in a selected 
group of college libraries. (Columbia) 

Coleman, L. Zenobia. 
What changes are needed in the organiza-

tion and administration of the college library 
to make it an effective instructional tool in 
a small liberal arts college which has adopted 
the new curriculum? (Columbia) 

Erlandson, Ruth M . 
An analysis of the questions asked at the 

information desk of the university library, 
as a basis for the preparation of a library 
handbook for students. (Illinois) 

Miller, Marvin A. 
Professional and non-professional work in 

the college library: a work analysis. (Co-
lumbia) 

Mount Holyoke College Library. 
"The average cost of books per volume 

by department ordering. Records to date 
cover three years and show variations of 
$1.75 for English to $7.97 for chemistry; 
and a general average of $3.45." 

Library information test. 

"A study of circulation by classes, cov-

ering the past twenty years in an attempt 
to learn the probability of circulating books 
purchased prior to 1920 as compared to 
more recent accessions. Of the books ex-
amined 24 per cent have not circulated since 
1920; of these 42 per cent were acquired 
prior to that date." 

Oberheim, Grace M . 
Measuring abilities of student assistants 

in the college library. (Columbia) 

Watson, Parepa R. 
A study of library reports in Negro col-

leges and universities. (Columbia) 

Book Selection 

Borneman, Helen I. 
Are the present methods of book review-

ing employed by historical periodicals suffi-
cient to enable the college librarian to make 
a wise choice in book selection? (Columbia) 

Doggett, Marguerite V. 
The extent to which book reviews in cer-

tain biological journals meet the need of 
college library book selection. (Columbia) 

Dunn, Sister Helen. 
What constitutes a minimum basic list of 

Spanish books for a Spanish curriculum in 
a four-year liberal arts college? (Colum-
bia) 

Falvey, Daniel P. 
A selection of philosophy books for the 

Catholic college library. (Columbia) 

Hepinstall, Frances. 
A study of the book selection methods 

used in the normal school and teachers col-
lege libraries of New York state. (Colum-
bia) 

Rogan, Marie J . 
An investigation of the book reviewing 

qualities of a selected list of journals for 
college library book selection in the field of 
English and American literature for 1938. 
(Columbia) 

Steele, Rea J . 
T o study the book reviewing adequacy of 

five professional periodicals in the field of 
higher education for book selection in the 
college library. (Columbia) 

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Reference Tools and Departments 

Cord, Madeline. 
History of the reference department of 

the University of Illinois Library. (Illi-
nois) 

Fisher, Elizabeth. 
Johnson's New University Cyclopaedia; 

its history and uses to be made of it today. 
(Columbia) 
Johnson, Elizabeth H. 

A study of Wallace's Dictionary of Cana-
dian Biography with a view to ascertaining 
its value as a basic dictionary of Canadian 
biography. (Columbia) 
Mclntyre, Helen. 

A comparative study of certain American 
and English dictionaries of quotations. (Il-
linois) 

Ross, Jean L. 
An historical and critical study of the 

National Cyclopaedia of American Biogra--
phy. (Columbia) 

Stubbs, Marian. 
A comparison of the biographical material 

in the Americana Annual and the New In-
ternational Yearbook, to determine the 
value of each in that field. (Columbia) 

Documents 

Ayrault, Margaret W . 
The handling of the processed publica-

tions of the federal government by the 
catalog departments of certain large public 
and university libraries. (Columbia) 

Boyd, Anne M . 
United States government publications, 

rev. ed. (Illinois) 

Cheney, Frances N. 
Historical and bibliographical study of 

the administrative departments of the state 
of Tennessee. (State documents) (Colum-
bia) 

Jackson, Eugene B. 
United States government publications of 

value to an engineering library. (Illinois) 

Reuss, Dorothy. 
Federal publications relating to the metro-

politan area of Cleveland. (Illinois) 

Saylor, Cerilla E. 
Official publications of the state of Mis-

souri. (Illinois) 

Technical Processes 
Bond, Ethel. 

Uniform headings for anonymous classics, 
sacred books, etc. (Illinois) 

Elmer, Minnie. 
An investigation of the catalogers' refer-

ence tools for music collections in large 
public and university libraries. (Colum-
bia) 

Gemmell, Hertensia. 
Methods used in the cataloging of serial 

publications of societies and institutions in 
small college libraries. (Columbia) 

Iskenderian, Yerchanik. 
A study in cooperation in the cataloging 

of serials in large public and university li-
braries. (Columbia) 

Jones, Helen J . 
How are secondary cards for different 

editions of the same books handled in the 
catalogs of a selected list of college and 
university libraries? (Columbia) 

Moore, Kay K . 
A study of the cataloging rules for entry 

of American colleges and universities, with 
recommendations applied to a directory of 
colleges, universities, teachers colleges, and 
normal schools in the middle Atlantic states. 
(Columbia) 

Mount Holyoke College Library. 
Techniques for reclassifying department 

libraries. 
Rushing, Naomi J . 

The organization, classification and cata-
loging, exclusive of subject headings, of 
books by and about the Negro as a special 
collection. (Columbia) 

Shubert, Esther Marian. 
Cataloging problems relating to anony-

mous classics concerning the King Arthur 
stories of Lancelot. (Illinois) 

Simon, Beatrice V. 
Manual on care and treatment of serial 

publications in college and research libraries. 
(McGill) 

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Vibbard, Dorothy A. 
An investigation of the treatment of 

"rush books" in catalog departments of pub-
lic and university libraries of more than 
200,000 volumes. (Columbia) 

Whitlock, Ruth L. 
Cataloging headings for the official pub-

lications of the state of Wisconsin. 
(Illinois) 

Miscellaneous 

Allez, George C. 
"A ten year study of the placement of 

the library school of the University of Wis-
consin. The thing in which we are inter-
ested in this study is to determine the field 
of influence of our library school, both 
geographically and as far as types of librar-
ies and positions are concerned. We hope 
to get from this study some information 
which will be helpful in the further revision 
of our curriculum." (Wisconsin) 

Beach, Robert. 
Book-extension work in eastern Kentucky; 

an historical survey and analysis, with spe-
cial reference to the contribution of the 
Berea College Library. (Columbia) 

Engle, Virginia. 
A study of the implications of the main-

tenance at Berea College Library of a spe-
cial collection on the southern Appalachian 
Mountain region. (Columbia) 

Harkins, Eleanor. 
A study of the activities of librarians in 

the university and in the senior colleges of 
the state of Mississippi. (Columbia) 

Manlove, Ruth T . 
The use which public and college and 

university libraries are making of the mo-
tion picture in adult education programs. 
(Columbia) 

Milczewski, Marion A. 
Personality rating of library school stu-

dents. (Illinois) 

Mount Holyoke College Library. 
The role of the library during the reading 

period. 

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Public Administration and 
Personnel Work 
LU C I L E L . K E C K calls attention to the following publications in the field of public ' administration and personnel work that are significant from the standpoint of the 
direction of large libraries because they develop or embody guiding principles of 
administration. 

Public Personnel Review. Published by 
the Civil Service Assembly of the 
United States and Canada. Chicago. 
Vol. I, No. I, April 1940. Quarterly. 
$5 a year. 
A new journal dealing with administra-

tive and technical problems in the field 
of public personnel administration. The 
first number contains articles by Leonard 
D. White, H. Eliot Kaplan and others. 

Progressive Office Management Policies. 
1939. 44P. $ 1 . (Office Management 
Series, No. 86.) 

Attitudes and Emotional Problems of 
Office Employees. 1939. 34P- 60c. 
(Office Management Series, No. 87.) 

Employee Selection; Salary Administra-
tion. 1939. 40p. 75c. (Office Man-
agement Series, No. 88.) 

Employee Rating; Regularization of Em-
ployment; Group Medicine. 1939-
47p. $ 1 . (Personnel Series, No. 39.) 
Four pamphlets of the American Man-

agement Association discussing various 
problems of office management and per-
sonnel. 

Davis, Hazel. Personnel Administration 
in Three Non-Teaching Services of the 

Public Schools. Bureau of Publica-
tions, Teachers College, Columbia 
University, 1939. 323P. $2.50. 
A study to determine whether or not 

approved personnel procedures in admin-
istration tend to be associated with 
evidences of adequate performance in the 
non-teaching services in the public schools. 
The book states a series of principles of 
personnel administration which have 
been developed in school administration, 
and observes that those city school systems 
which adopt such principles tend to be 
above the average in performance. 

Rathert, A . R. Public Employee Credit 
Unions. Minnesota State Federation 
of Teachers, April 1940. i8p. 10c. 

Michelmore, Laurence. University In-
Service Training for Public Employees. 
School of Public Affairs and Social 
Work, Wayne University, Detroit, 
1940. i6p. 20c. (Detroit Bureau of 
Governmental Research, Inc., Memo 
No. 165.) 
This is a record of the training of public 

employees in the Detroit area at Wayne 
University. 

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New Periodicals 
THE following annotated list of recently launched periodicals has been contributed by Carolyn F. Ulrich, chief, Periodicals Division, New York Public Library. 
Arkhitektura Radyans'koi Ukrainy. 

LArchitecture de l'Ukraine Sovietique. 
Organ of the Spilka Radyans'kikh Arkhi-
tektoriv. Poushkinskaiya I, Kiev, RSSU. 
No. I, Jan. 1939. Monthly. Approxi-
mately $3 a year. 

Text in Ukranian. Contains plans and illustra-
tions. 

Australian Jewish Historical Society. 
Journal and Proceedings. 2 Castlereagh 
Street, Sydney, New South Wales. Vol. 
1, No. 1, 1939. Frequency not given. 
10s. a year. 

Bill of Rights Review. Published by the 
Bill of Rights Committee of the Ameri-
can Bar Association, 31 Nassau Street, 
New York City. Vol. 1, No. 1, Summer 
1940. Quarterly. $1 a year. 

Its aim is " t o disseminate information generally 
concerning our constitutional liberties. . . . " I t 
contains a section, " N o t e s and C a s e s " which reviews 
"important current situations and decisions in the 
field of civil liberties. . . . " Among contributors 
a r e : Zechariah Chafee, J r . , Langdell professor of 
law, Sam Bass Warner, professor of penal legisla-
tion and administration (both at the H a r v a r d Law 
School), Charles A. Beard, noted historian and 
teacher, and John W. Davis, former ambassador to 
Great Britain and former president of the American 
B a r Association. Contains reviews of current books 
and articles. 

Chaski; organo de la Asociacion Peruana 
de Arqueologia. Published by the Museo 
de Arqueologia de la Universidad de San 
Marcos, Lima, Peru, Vol. 1, No. 1, Jan.-
Feb. 1940. Frequency and price not 
given. 

Contains maps of the sites of archeological research, 
photographs and detailed dimensional sketches of 
ancient dwellings, and illustrations depicting the 
decorative art of the early people as shown on vases, 
textiles, obelisks, etc. Includes book reviews and 
bibliographical notes. 

Ciencia; revista hispano-americana de cien-
cias puras y aplicadas. Editorial Atlante, 
S.A., Artes, 53, Mexico, D.F. Vol. 1, 
No. 1, Mar. 1940. Monthly. $3 a year. 

Designed f o r either the scientific worker or the 
lay reader who wishes to keep informed of the 
progress of science in all its branches. Contains 
abstracts, book reviews and bibliographies at the end 
of each article. 

College English. Official organ of the Na-
tional Council of Teachers of English. 
University of Chicago Press, 5750 Ellis 
Ave., Chicago. Vol. 1, No. 1, Oct. 1939. 
Monthly (Oct-May). $3 a year. 

Articles, criticisms, and surveys of interest both 
to the student and the teacher of college English. 
Contains reviews of books and periodicals. 

Contemporary Law Pamphlets; interna-
tional in scope. Published by the New 
York University School of Law, Wash-
ington Square East, New York City. Ir-
regular. $1 a pamphlet. 
Series 1 : General. No. 1, 1937. 
Series 2: Legal Philosophy. No. 1, 1939. 
Series 3: Comparative Law. No. 1, 1939. 
Series 4: Law and Business. No. 1, 1940. 
Series 5: International Law. No. 1, 1940. 
Series 6: Pending Legislation. No. 1, 1940. 

Current Thought; journal of progressive 
ideas. Published by Parimal Ghosh. C/o 
The Comilla Banking Corporation Ltd., 
4, Clive Ghat Street, Calcutta. Vol. 1, 
No. 1, Apr. i939(?) Quarterly. 14s. a 
year. 
An independent journal f o r discussion of social 

problems. Hindu editorial board. 

Design; an Australian review of critical 
thought. Published by John Gartner, the 
Hawthorn Press, 93 Tooronga Road, 
Hawthorn East, Victoria. No. 1, Jan. 
1940. Quarterly. 5s. a year. 

Attractive format and promising in scope. 

Documentary News Letter. Published by 
the Film Centre. 34 Soho Square, Lon-
don, in association with the American 
Film Center, New York. No. 1, Jan. 
1940. Monthly. 3d. a copy. 

Analyzes and reports on activity in the production 
of documentary films in Great Britain and other 
countries. Contains book and film reviews. 

Epigraphica; rivista italiana di epigrafia. 
Casa Editrice Ceschina, Via Gesu, 23, 
Milan. Vol. 1, No. 1, Jan.-Mar. 1939. 
Quarterly. L.100 a year. 

Contains articles on the study of ancient inscrip-

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tions, i.e. " R e s u l t s of the Revision of the T e x t of 
the Capitoline R e c o r d s , " " C a t a l o g u e of the Epi-
graphic Code in the Milan L i b r a r y , " " A n I m p e r i a l 
Inscription of R e a t e , " " T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Congress 
of E p i g r a p h y at A m s t e r d a m , 1 9 3 8 . " Contains bib-
liography, book r e v i e w s and illustrations. 

Espana Peregrina. Published by the Junta 
de Cultura Espanola, Dinamarca, 80, 
Mexico, D.F. Vol. i, No. i, Feb. 1940. 
Monthly. 10 pesos a year. 

R e p r e s e n t s exiled Spanish intellectuals who f a v o r 
Republican Spain. I n c l u d e s poems, essays, scientific 
and cultural works, and book r e v i e w s . 

Farm and Home Science. Published by the 
Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, 
Logan, Utah. Vol. 1, No. 1, Mar. 
1940. Quarterly. Price not given. 

Practical i n f o r m a t i o n derived f r o m experimenta-
tion on subjects connected with agriculture. Illus-
trated. 

Folios of New Writing. The Hogarth 
Press, 37 Mecklenburgh Square, London. 
Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring 1940. Irregular. 
5s. an issue. 
Continuation of Nezv Writing. A significant guide 

to modern literary trends in contemporary British 
prose and v e r s e . Published in book f o r m . 

Forestry Abstracts. Published by the Im-
perial Forestry Bureau, Oxford, England. 
Vol. 1, No. I, 1939. Quarterly. 20s. a 
year. 
A b s t r a c t s f r o m leading publications of all coun-

tries. A l s o includes a f e w original articles. 

French Digest; France in review. French 
Digest, Inc., 444 Madison Ave., New 
York City. Vol. 1, No. 1, Mar.-Apr. 1940. 
Bimonthly. $1 a year. 

T e x t in E n g l i s h with a section in F r e n c h . Con-
densations of c u r r e n t F r e n c h books and articles 
selected f r o m F r e n c h periodicals and newspapers. 
Pocket size. Illustrated. 

Indian Farming. Issued by the Imperial 
Council of Agricultural Research, Civil 
Lines, Delhi. Vol. 1, No. 1, Jan. 1940. 
Monthly. Rs. 6 a year. 

Replaces the bimonthly Agriculture and Livestock 
in India. T h e aim of the new magazine is to pre-
sent scientific i n f o r m a t i o n in a non-technical f o r m 
about I n d i a n agriculture and animal h u s b a n d r y . 
Contains book r e v i e w s and good illustrations. 

International Journal of Agrarian Affairs. 
Published by Oxford University Press, 3 
Magpie Lane, Oxford, England. Vol. 1, 
No. 1, Oct. 1939. Semi-annual. 3s. 
6d. a copy. 

E a c h number as a rule will deal with one general 
economic or social problem of agriculture. I t will 

discuss these problems on an international basis and 
f r o m all angles. 

Mental Health. Published by the Central 
Association for Mental Welfare, Child 
Guidance Council and National Council 
for Mental Hygiene. 24 Buckingham 
Palace Road, London. Vol. 1, No. 1, Jan. 
1940. Quarterly ( ?) iod. a copy. 

R e p l a c e s Mental Hygiene and Mental Welfare. 
Contains good book r e v i e w s . 

Modern Language Quarterly. University 
of Washington Press, Seattle. Vol 1, 
No. 1, Mar. 1940. Quarterly. $2 
a year. 
Scholarly studies in the E n g l i s h , A m e r i c a n , Ger-

manic, and Romance languages and literatures. Re-
v i e w s of current publications by p r o f e s s o r s f r o m the 
leading universities. 

Phylon; the Atlanta University review of 
race and culture. Atlanta University, At-
lanta. Vol. 1, No. 1, 1940. Quarterly. 
$1 a year. 
S u r v e y of the field of race and culture with 

special emphasis on the N e g r o race. Edited by W . 
E . B . D u Bois. Contains brief book r e v i e w s and a 
list of articles in periodicals. 

Psicotecnia; organo del Instituto Nacional 
de Psicotecnia. Plaza de Santa Barbara, 
10, Madrid. Vol. 1, No. 1, Oct. 1939. 
Quarterly. 15 pesetas a year. 

C o v e r s the field of applied psychology. Contains 
graphs, charts and book reviews. 

Public Personnel Review. Published by the 
Civil Service Assembly of the United 
States and Canada, 1313 East 60th Street, 
Chicago. Vol. 1, No. 1, Apr. 1940. 
Quarterly. $5 a year. 

Deals with the development and the improvement 
of administrative and technical problems in the field 
of public personnel administration. Contributors 
i n c l u d e : Leonard D. White, p r o f e s s o r of public ad-
ministration, U n i v e r s i t y of Chicago; A l b e r t H . Aron-
son, chief of state technical a d v i s o r y service of 
social security board. 

Quarterly Bulletin of Chinese Bibliog-
raphy. Published jointly by the Chinese 
National Committee on Intellectual Co-
operation and the National Library of 
Peiping, Kunming, Yunnan, China. New 
series Vol. 1, No. 1, Mar. 1940. Quar-
terly. English edition. $2 a year. 
T h i s is a r e v i v a l of The Quarterly Bulletin of 

Chinese Bibliography which ceased in Dec. 1937. 
" T h e purpose of the bulletin is to record recent 
advances in research as reflected in Chinese books 
and periodicals." Books, government publications 

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and periodicals are entered in Chinese and in Euro-
pean languages. There is also a section on European 
books translated into Chinese. 

Revista Mexicana de Sociologia. Published 
by the Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales 
de la Universidad Nacional, Republica de 
Cuba, 92, Mexico, D.F. Vol. 1, No. 1, 
Mar.-Apr. 1939. Bimonthly. 50c a copy. 

Contains abstracts and book reviews. Illustrated. 

Revue Baltique; organe de la collaboration 
des Etats Bakes. Published by the 
Estonian-Latvian-Lithuanian Co-operation 
Bureau, Tallinn. Vol. 1, No. 1, Feb. 
1940. Three times a year. 2.50 E K R a 
copy. Text in English, French and Ger-
man. 
Purpose is " t o be a connecting link between the 

Baltic peoples, to express their public opinion on 
their fundamental problems as well as current af-
f a i r s . . . " in the rapprochement of the Baltic 
States. 

Turnbull Library Record. Published by 
the Friends of the Turnbull Library, 
Wellington, New Zealand. Vol. 1, No. 1, 
Jan. 1940. Frequency and price not 
given. 
" I t will be the vehicle f o r more precise particulars 

of books, manuscripts and other records, and the 
publication of shoft texts of importance to the 
research worker in several fields." 

Void; la France de ce mois. Published by 
Societe Nouvelle Sequana, 33 rue de 
Naples, Paris. Vol. 1, No. 1, Feb. 1940. 
Monthly. $2 a year. 
Digest of current French literature. Contributors 

include: Georges Duhamel, Paul V a l e r y , Edouard 
Herriot, and J u l e s Cambon. 

Wood Technic with which is combined 
Hardwood Record. The Hardwood 
Company, 537 S. Dearborn Street. Chi-
cago. Vol. 1, No. 1, Jan. 1940. Monthly. 
$2 a year. 

A trade paper that contains good articles on 
processing wood and its uses. 

Zeitschrift fiir schweizerische Archaeologie 
und Kunstgeschichte. (Revue suisse 
d'art et d'archeologie. Rivista svizzera 
d'arte e d'archeologia.) Organ of the 
Verband der Schweizerischen Altertums-
sammlungen and of the Gesellschaft fur 
Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte. Verlag 
E. Birkhauser und Cie., Basel. Vol. 1, 
No. 1, 1939. Quarterly. Schweiz Fr. 10 
a year. 

Text in French, German and Italian. Scholarly 
treatment of subject, beautiful format and excellent 
illustrations. 

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Current Reference Aids 
CO M P I L E D by the Subcommittee on Current Reference Aids of the Association of College and Reference Libraries: Louis Shores, chairman; Frances Neel Cheney, 
secretary; Mabel L . Conat; Louis K a p l a n ; Charles F . M c C o m b s ; James T . Rubey; 
Harold Russell; Anne M . Smith. T h e list of "Selected Foreign Language Reference 
Books of 1 9 3 9 " has been compiled by M r . Kaplan. 

Where prices are not listed they were unobtainable. 

I. Reference Books, January i-July 1, 
1940 

016 General Bibliography 

Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manu-
scripts in the United States and Canada. 
Seymour De Ricci and W. J . Wilson, eds. 
Vol. I l l , Index. Wilson, 1940. 222p. $3. 

Historical Records Survey, Tenn. Check 
List of Acts and Codes of the State of 
Tennessee, 1792-1939; prepared by the 
Tennessee Historical Records Survey 
Project . . . Nashville, 1940. 2ip. Free 
(Special Publications Series, No. 5) 

Shaw, Charles B. A List of Books for 
College Libraries 1931-38. A.L.A., 1940. 
284P. $6. 

Wilcox, Jerome K , ed. Manual on the Use 
of State Publications. A.L.A., 1940. 
3 4 2 p . $ 6 . 

020 Library Science 

Association of Special Libraries and In-
formation Bureaux. Report. Associa-
tion, 1940. 5s. 
Contains " T h e Accessibility of British University 

Thesis Literature" by Dr. Luxmoore Newcombe; 
" T h e Imperial Institute as an Information Centre" 
by Sir Harry L i n d s a y ; "Authors' Abstracts as an 
Aid to Documentation" by Sir Gordon Fulcher; and 
"Microphotography in 1 9 3 9 " by Dr. Leonard Sayce. 

100 Philosophy and Psychology 

Ansbacker, H. L., ed. Abstract References 
of the Psychological Index 1894-1928. 
American Psychological Association Inc., 
Ohio State University, Columbus. Send 
orders to Abstract References, 25 Clare-
mont Ave., New York City. 

Thomas, Milton H. A Bibliography of 
John Dewey, 1882-1939. Columbia Uni-
versity Press, 1939. 246P. $3. 

200 Religion 
Barborka, Geoffrey A. Gods and Heroes 

of the Bhagavad-Gita; a brief description 
of the mythology of ancient India as con-
tained in the Bhagavad-Gita, including 
technical terms and explanations in the 
light of theosophy. Theosophical Univer-
sity Press, Point Loma, Calif. I56p. 75c. 

Vine, W . E. Expository Dictionary of New 
Testament Words. Lo-Ser. Oliphants, 
1940. 349p. ios. 6d. 

300 Social Sciences 
Appel, Livia. Bibliographical Citation in 

the Social Sciences: a handbook of style. 
University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 
1940. 30p. 60c. 

Boggs, Ralph S. Bibliography of Latin 
American Folklore. Wilson, 1940. 109P. 
$1.50. 

Finland. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The 
Development of Finnish-Soviet Relations. 
Harrap, London, 1940. 3s. 

Great Britain. Parliament. Royal Com-
mission on West Indies. West India 
Royal Commission 1938-39. Recommen-
dations. H.M.S.O., 1940. 6d. 

Keith, Arthur Berriedale. The Constitu-
tion of England from Queen Victoria to 
George V I . Macmillan, London, 1940. 
2v. 30s. 

League of Nations. Appeal by the Finnish 
Government. 6d. Supplementary Docu-
mentation Transmitted by Finland. 9d. 
Report of the Assembly. 6d. Allen & 
Unwin, 1940. 

400 Philology 
Stanislawski, J . English-Polish and Polish-

English Dictionary. Minerva Pub. Co., 
London, 1940. goop. ios. 6d. 

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500 Natural Science 
Appleyard, Rollo. The History of the In-

stitution of Electrical Engineers, 1871-
1931. Institute of Electrical Engineers, 
London, 1940. 18s. 6d. 

Camm, F. J., ed. A Dictionary of Metals 
and Their Alloys. Newnes, London, 
1940. 245p. 5s. 

The Chemists' Yearbook, 1940. E. Hope, 
ed. Chemical Publishing Co., Inc., New 
York, 1940. 1257P. $6. 

Karpinski, Louis C. Bibliography of Math-
ematical Works Printed in America 
through 1850. University of Michigan 
Press, 1940. 697P. $6. 

The Meteorological Glossary; 3d ed., in 
continuation of the weather map, pub-
lished by the authority of the Meteorologi-
cal Committee . . . 1st American ed. 
Chemical Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 
251 p. $3. 

Rice, C. M. Dictionary of Geological 
Terms (exclusive of stratigraphic forma-
tions and paleontologic genera and 
species). Edwards Brothers, Inc., Ann 
Arbor, Mich., 1940. 46ip. $6. Paper. 
(Planographed) 

Sherborn, Charles D., Comp. Where is the 
Collection ? An account of the 

various natural history collections which 
have come under the notice of the com-
piler between 1880 and 1939. Cambridge 
University Press, 1940. 148P. 3s. 6d. 

600 Applied Science 
The First Printers and Their Books; a 

catalogue of an exhibition commemorat-
ing the five hundredth anniversary of the 
invention of printing. Elizabeth Mongan 
and Edwin Wolf, 2d, comps. The 
Free Library of Philadelphia, 1940. 94p. 
50c. 

Hiinlich, Richard. Textile Fibres and Ma-
terials: their properties and identification, 
with special reference to rayon and staple 
fibre. A. J . Hall, trans. H. P. Curtis, 
ed. Skinner, London, 1940. 222p. 8s. 
6d. 

700 Art 
Brooke, Iris. Western European Costume. 

Seventeenth-mid-i9th century and its re-

lation to the theatre. Harrap, London, 
1 9 4 0 . 1 4 4 P . 18s. 

Gore, L. L., comp. Index of Addresses 
Made at the Western Arts Association 
Conventions, 1894-1939. Western Arts 
Association, Indianapolis, 1940. 144P. 

Greenwood, Frances A. Bibliography of 
Swimming. Wilson, 1940. 3o8p. $4.25. 

Kolodin, [Irving.] The Metropolitan 
Opera 1883-1939. 2d ed. Oxford Uni-
versity Press, 1940. 649P. $3.75. 

Mayer, L. A. Bibliography of Moslem 
Numismatics, India Excepted. Luzac, 
1940. H5p. 5s. (Oriental Translation 
Fund. New Series. Vol. 35) 

Nathan, George Jean. Encyclopedia of the 
Theatre. Knopf, 1940. $3. 
"Critical discussion of present day American 

theatre and people connected with i t . " 

National Association of Schools of Music, 
List of Books on Music. 2d suppl. The 
Association, B. C. Tuthill, Secretary, 3547 
Shaw Ave., Cincinnati. 15c. (Bull. No. 
I I ) 

Rickett, Edmond W. and Hoogland, Ben-
jamin T . Let's Do Some Gilbert and 
Sullivan; il. by W. S. Gilbert. Coward-
McCann, 1940. $2.50. 

800 Literature 
Chadwick, H. M. and N. K. The Growth 

of Literature. Vol. 3. Cambridge Uni-
versity Press, 1940. 945p. 35s. Vols. 1-3, 
J 9 3 3 - i 9 4 0 ( V o l . 1 , $ 6 ; V o l . 2 , $ 9 , o r 3 0 s . 
each) 
Scholarly study on comparative literature. 

900 History 
Adams, James T., ed. Dictionary of Ameri-

can History. Scribner, 1940. 6v. $60. 
Argenti, Philip P. Bibliography of Chios. 

From classical times to 1936. Oxford 
University Press, 1940. 836P. 42s. 

Ekwall, Elert. The Concise Oxford Dic-
tionary of English Place-Names. 2d ed. 
Oxford University Press, 1940. 57iP-
$ 5 . 7 5 . 

Fuller, John F. C. Decisive Battles; their 
influence upon history and civilization. 
Vol. 2. From Napoleon the First to 
General Franco. Eyre & Spottswoode, 
1 9 4 0 . 16s. 

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Milne, Alexander T . , comp. Writings on 
British History, 1936: a bibliography of 
books and articles 011 the history of Great 
Britain from about A.D. 450 to 1914, 
published during 1936. Cape, 1940. 
389P. I2s.6d. (British Historical So-
ciety.) 

Salvatorelli, Luigi. A Concise History of 
Italy. Oxford University Press, 1940. 
688 P . $ 5 . 

920 Biography 

Code, Joseph B. Dictionary of the Ameri-
can Hierarchy. Longman's, 1940. 425P. 
$ 3 . 7 5 . 
Biographical sketches of American Catholic bish-

ops, 1790 to date. 

II. Selected Foreign Language Reference 
Books of 1939 

(Serial publications, except those begun 
in 1939, are omitted. Prices given in for-
eign currencies are list; those given in 
American dollars are net.) 

Academie de medecine, Paris. Index bio-
graphique des membres, des associes et 
des correspondants . . . de decembre 1820 
a juillet 1939. Masson, Paris, 1939. 
145P. 81c. 

Academie des sciences, Paris. Index bio-
graphique des membres et correspondants 
. . . de 1666 a 1939. Gauthier-Villars, 
Paris, 1939. 476p. $1.38. Paper. 

Amsterdam. Universiteit. Bibliotheek. 
Catalogus van de Bibliotheca Danica en 
van de overige Deensche en Ijislandsche 
Werken aanwezig in de Universiteitsbib-
liotheek. Stadstdrukkerij, Amsterdam, 
1939. 524P. 

Anuario prensa argentina. Sindicato prensa 
argentina, Buenos Aires, 1939. 304p. 
$ 1 . 5 0 . 

Bandeira, M . Pequeno dicionario brasileiro 
da lingua portuguesa. 2d. ed. rev. Civi-
liza?ao brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro, 1939. 
1084P. $ 2 5 . 

Bibliografia medico-biologica. Rassegna 
generale mensile der libri e della stampa 
periodica italiana di medicina e biologia. 
Bibliografia medico biologica, Roma, 1939. 
No. 1-2 (in progress). L. 120 a year. 

Bibliotheque nationale. Catalogue general 

des manuscrits latins. Bibliotheque na-
tionale, Paris, 1939. T . 1 (in progress). 

Bohatta, Hanns. Bibliographie der Bre-
viere, 1501-1850. K. W. Hiersemann, 
Leipzig, 1939. 349p. M . 32. 

Bohatta, Hanns and Funke, W. Interna-
tionale Bibliographie der Bibliographie. 
Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main, 1939. 
L f g . 1 (in progress). $1.28. 

Bremond, Henri and Goyau, G. Manuel 
de la litterature catholique en France de 
1870 a nos jours. Nouv. ed. Spes, Paris, 
1939. 493P- 75c. Paper. 

Buchheit, Otto. Piidagogische Tagespresse 
in Deutschland von der Reichsgrundung 
bis zum weltkrieg, 1871-1914. Mit einem 
Anhang: Gesamtverzeichnis der deutsch-
sprachlichen padagogischen Presse 1871-
1914. Triltsch, Wurzburg, 1939. 258p. 
M . 6. (Zeitung und Leben, 57.) 

Buenos Aires (province). Ministerio de 
governo. Biblioteca. Catalogo metodico 
de la biblioteca. Taller de impresiones 
oficiales, La Plata, 1939. 346p. 

Carbia, Romulo D. Historia critica de la 
historiografia Argentina. Universidad de 
la Plata, L a Plata, 1939. 483P. $1.80. 
(Facultad de humanidades y ciencias de la 
education, de la Universidad de la Plata. 
Biblioteca humanidades, 22) Paper. 

Carnoy, Albert. Dictionnaire etymologique 
du nom des commune de Belgique, y 
compris l'etymologie des principaux noms 
de hameaux et de rivieres. Universitas, 
Louvain, 1939. T . 1 (in progress). 50 
fr. 

Cinti, Decio. Dizionario degli scrittori 
italiani classici, moderni e contemporanei. 
Sonzogno, Milano, 1939. 253P. L. 6. 

Codignola, Ernesto. Pedagogisti ed edu-
catori. illus., plates. Istituto editoriale 
italiano, Milano, 1939. 45ip- $6.10. 
(Enciclopedia biografica e bibliografica 
"Italiana," Serie 38.) 

Cosentini, Francesco. Code international du 
travail manuel et intellectuelle . . . Dunod, 
Paris, 1939. 339p. $2.40. Paper. 

Debes, Ernest. Columbus-Weltatlas . . . 
Erweiterte Jubilaums Aus. 118 Kt. S. 
mit 253 Haupt-und Nebenkt. 7. Aufl. 
Columbus, Berlin, 1939. 23ip. M . 48. 

Deutsche Liederkunde, Jahrbuch fiir Volks-
lied und Volkstanz. J g . 1. Voggenreiter, 

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Potsdam, 1939. 247P. M. 6.20 or 7.50. 
Deutsches Gynakologen-Verzeichnis. 2. 

Aufl. Barth, Leipzig, 1939. 58ip. M. 
28. 

Deutsches Stadtebuch. Handbuch Stadti-
sche Geschichte. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, 
1939. Bd. 1 (in progress). Subscription 
price, M. 120. 

Dictionnaire des lettres frangaises; moyen 
age. Publie sous la direction de Georges 
Grente. Beauchesne, Paris, 1939. Fasc. 
1 (Abilard-Athis et Prophilias). 93c. 

Digel, O. Deutschtum in Ubersee und in 
den Kolonien; ein Schrifttums-Verzeich-
nis. Volk und Reich, Berlin, 1939. 7ip. 

Documente und Urkunden zum Kriegsaus-
bruch. Birkhauser, Basel, 1939. Fasc. 1-3 
(in progress). 7.75 fr. 

Doutrepont, Georges. Histoire illustree de 
la litterature frangaise en Belgique. Pre-
cis methodique. illus. Didier, Bruxelles, 
1939- 378p. $1.35. 

Ehrencron-Miiller, H. Anonym-og Pseudo-
nym-Lexikon. Hagerup, K0benhavn, 
1939. H. 1-3 (in progress). 30 Kr., com-
plete. 

Ercole, Francesco. Risorgimento italiano. 
Istituto editoriale italiano, Milano, 1939. 
Vol. 1 (in progress). $6.10. (Enciclopedia 
biografica e bibliografica "Italiana," 
Serie 42). 

Ernout, A. and Meillet A. Dictionnaire 
etymologique de la langue latine. Nouv. 
ed., revue. Klincksieck, Paris, 1939. 
1184P. $11.25. 

Forster, Meta and Zappe, W. M. Robert 
Browning-Bibliographie. Niemeyer, 
Halle, 1939. 35P- M. 4. 

Franco, Alvaro. Dicionario ingles-portu-
gues, portugues-ingles. Bertaso, Barcel-
los, 1939. 671, 396 p. $2.50. 

Giraud, Jeanne. Manuel de bibliographie 
litteraire pour les vxie, xviie, et xviii" 
siecles frangais, 1921-1935. J . Vrin, 
Paris, 1939. 302p. $2.70. (Publications 
de la Faculte des lettres de I'Universite 
de Lille, II.) Paper. 

Grande encyclopedic de la Belgique et du 
Congo, illus., col. plates, maps. Wau-
thoz-Legrand, Bruxelles, 1939. T . 1 (in 
progress). $29.93, complete. 

Grosse Brockhaus. 2. vollig neubearbeitete 
Ausgabe, in zwanzig Banden und einem 

Atlas. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1939. Bd. 1 
(in progress). Subscription price, M. 20 
or 25. 

Guia economica de Bolivia. Anuario no. 1, 
ano 1939. Una enciclopedia de la eco-
nomia nacional. "Fenix," La Paz, 1939. 

Handbuch der Miinzkunde von Mittel-und 
Nordeuropa. Akademie Verlagsgesell-
schaft, Leipzig, 1939. Bd. 1, Lfg. 1 (in 
progress). Subscription price, M. 10.50. 

Handbuch der schweizerischen Volkswirt-
schaft. Herausgegeben von der Schwei-
zerischen Gesellschaft fur Statistik und 
Volkswirtschaft. tables. A. G. Benteli, 
Bern, 1939. 2v. 80 fr. 

Handbuch des deutschen Schrifttums; 
herausgegeben von Franz Koch, plates 
(part col.). Akademischer Verlagsgesell-
schaft Athenaion, Potsdam, 1939. Bd. 1, 
Lfg. 1 and Bd. 3, Lfg. 1 (in progress). 
86c per Lfg. 

Handschriften der Staats-und Universitats-
Bibliothek, Breslau. Harrassowitz, Leip-
zig, J939- Bd. 1, Lfg. 1 (in progress). 
M. 8 per Lfg. (Verzeichnis der 
Handschriften im deutschen Reich. Tl. 
1, Bd. 1.) 

Hebbe, P. M. Svenska lantbrukslittera-
turen, I. Almvist & Boktryckeri, Upp-
sala, 1939. 333p. $3.40. 

Herrle, Theo. Reclams Namenbuch; die 
wichtigsten deutschen und fremden Vor-
namen mit ihren Ableitungen und Be-
deutungen., 2. Aufl. Reclam, Leipzig, 
1939- 75P- 21c. 

International Institute of Agriculture. Bib-
liotheques agricoles dans le monde. . . . 
International Institute of Agriculture, 
Rome, 1939. 31 ip. $1.50. Paper. 

International Labour Office. Repertoire in-
ternational des organisations cooperatives. 
iome ed. International Labour Office, 
Geneva, 1939. i6op. 

Jiirgens, Adolph. Ergebnisse deutscher 
Wissenschaft. Eine bibliographische Aus-
wahl . . . der Jahre 1933-1938. Essener 
Verlagsanstalt, Essen, 1939. 782P. $8.75. 

Kern, Anton. Handschriften der Univer-
sitatsbibliothek Graz. Harrassowitz, 
Leipzig, 1939. Bd. 1, Lfg. 1 (in prog-
ress). M. 8 per Lfg. (Verzeichnis der 
Handschriften im deutschen Reich, Tl. 
2, Bd. 0 

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Kleberg, Tonnes. Svensk antiklitteratur. 
C. W. K. G., Lund, 1939. i58p. 4.50 
kr. (Skrifter av sv. Klassikerforb., 1) 

Klein, Karl K. Literaturgeschichte des 
deutschtums im Ausland. Bibliograph-
isches Institut, Leipzig, 1939. 4 7 5 P -
$5.25. 

Knaurs Welt-Atlas. Vollstandig neue 
Ausgabe, 1939. illus., maps (part col.), 
tables. Knaur, Berlin, 1939. 272, I75p. 
81c. 

Kost, Ewald and Gerdi. Juristisches Wor-
terbuch. Dieterich'schen Verlagsbuch-
handlung, Leipzig, 1939. 566p. $1.65. 

Krabbe, Wilhelm. Bibliographie. 3. Aufl. 
Einkaufhaus fur Buchereien, Leipzig, 
1939- 66p. 75c. (Veroffentlichungen der 
Berliner Bibliothekschule, H. 1) Paper. 

Lacroix, A. Inventaire des periodiques sci-
entifiques des bibliotheques de Paris. 
Masson, Paris, 1939. Fasc. 1-6 (in 
progress). 

Malatesta, Enzio. Armi ed armaioli. 
illus., plates. Istituto editoriale italiano, 
Milano, 1939. 436p. L. 85. (Enciclope-
dia biografica e bibliografica "Italiana," 
Serie 50) 

Medina, Jose Toribio. Bibliografia de la 
imprenta en Santiago de Chile desde sus 
origenes hasta febrero de 1817; adiciones 
y ampliaciones. illus., facsims. Uni-
versidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, 
1939. 14OP. 

Mertens, J . Dictionnaire idzing-f rangais 
suivi d'un aide-memoire f rangais-idzing. 
map. I. R. C. B., Bruxelles, 1939. 24OP. 
70 fr. 

Mexico. Universidad nacional. Instituto 
de biologia. Bibliografia de los trabajos 
. . . 1930 a 1937. Instituto de biologia, 
Chapultepic, 1939. 64P. 25c. Paper. 

Milan. Biblioteca della scuola di mistica 
fascista S. I. Mussolini. Bibliografia 
della civilta del Fascismo. Nicola, 
Varese, 1939. 177p. L. 5. (Dottrina 
fascista. Sonderheft, marzo-maggio, 
1 9 3 9 ) 

Minghetti, Aurelio. Ceramisti. illus., 
plates. Istituto editoriale italiano, Mi-
lano, 1939. 45ip. $6.10. (Enciclopedia 
biografica e bibliografica "Italiana," Serie 
4 0 

Miiller, Friedrich. Ortsbuch fur das Land 

Osterreich. Post und Ortsbuchverlag, 
Wuppertal-Nachstebreck, 1939. 142P. 
$2.85. 

Miiller, Giinther. Geschichte der deutschen 
Seele. Vom Faustbuch zu Goethes Faust. 
Herder, Freiburg, 1939. 494P- M. 12 or 
14.20 

Mummendey, Richard. Bibliographie der 
Gesamt-Zeitschriften-Verzeichnisse. B. 
Pick, Koln, 1939. 70p. M. 9.20. (Kol-
ner bibliographische Arbeiten, 4) 

Nachod, O. Bibliographie von Japon, 1906-
1935. ' K. W. Hiersemann, Leipzig, 1939. 
5v. M. 128.25. 

Neu, Wolfgang and Kummerlowe, Hans. 
Bibliographie der zoologischen Arbeiten 
iiber die Tiirkei und ihre Grenzgebiete. 
Harrassowitz, Leipzig, 1939. 62p. $1.67. 

Niklas, H. and Ader, F. Diingung und 
Diingemittel. Heling, Leipzig, 1939. 
472p. M. 36. (Literatursammlung aus 
dem Gesamtgebiet der Agrikulturchemie. 
Erg. Bd. zu Bd. 4) 

0ksnevad, Reidar. Frankrike i norsk lit-
teratur. En bibliografi. Norvege-France, 
Oslo, 1939. I 5 9 P - 10 kr. 

Olivares Figueroa, R. Nuevos poetas 
venezolanos (notas criticas). Elite, Car-
acas, 1939. i8op. Bs. 0.50. (Cuadernos 
literarios de la "Asociacion de escritores 
venezolanos," 16) 

Pazzini, Adalberto. Medicina; bibliografia 
di storia della medicina italiana. Istituto 
editoriale italiano, Milano, 1939- Vol. 1 
(in progress). $6.10. (Enciclopedia 
biografica e bibliografica "Italiana," Serie 
3 1 ) 

Quien es quien en la Argentina; biografias 
contemporaneas, ano 1939. Kraft, Buenos 
Aires, 1939. 456p. 24 pesos. 

Reichsgesetzblatt; systematische iibersicht 
uber 72. Jahrgange Reichsgesetzblatt 
1867-1938). i6.Aufl. Kohlhammer, 
Berlin, 1939. I32p. 86c. 

Ridolfi, R. Bibliografia delle opere del 
Savonarola. tables. Conti, Firenze, 
1 9 3 9 . 1 7 2 P . 

Riecke, E. Deutsches Dermatologen-Ver-
zeichnis. 2.Aufl. Barth, Leipzig, 1939. 
3 1 4 P . M. 25. 

Rost, H. Bibel im Mittelalter. Seitz, 
Augsburg, 1939. 428p. M. 18.50 or 22. 

Salvini, Roberto. Giotto; bibliografia. Pa-

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lombi, Roma, 1939. 415P. L. 65. (R. 
1st. d'archeologia e storia dell'arte. 
Bibliog. e cataloghi, 4) 

Sanchez Roig, M. Bibliografia de la prensa 
medica cubana, 1840-1885. "Propagan-
dista," Habana, 1939. 25p. 

Sanna, G. Bibliografia generale dell'eta 
romana imperiale. Nuova Italia, Firenze, 
1939. Vol. 1, Parte generale, Fasc. 1, p. 
1-123. $2.40. Paper. 

Schuh, Willi and Refardt, E. Schweizer 
Musikerlexikon. Atlantis, Zurich, 1939-
220p. 7 fr. (Schweizer Musikbuch, I I ) 

Schweizerischer Buchhiindlerverein Livres 
suisses. Schweizerische Landesausstel-
lung, Zurich, 1939. 232p. 

Schweizerisches Recht. Schweizerischer 
Buchhandlerverein, Frauenfeld, 1939. 
201 p. 85c. (Schweizerische Biicher-
kataloge) 

Seleccion bibliografia de obras alemanas en 
traduccion espanola y portuguesa. Ibero-
amer. Inst., Berlin, 1939. I 4 7 P -

Soenke, J . Reden des Fuhrers [Hitler] 
nach der Machtiibernahme. Eher, Ber-
lin, 1939. I92p. 79c. (Nationalsozial-
istische Bibliographie, Beih. 2) 

Statistisches Taschenjahrbuch der Welt-
wirtschaft, Produktion, Aussenhandel, 
Verkehr. Rodiger, Berlin, 1939. M. 
2.50. 

Strom, Hans. Worterbuch fur die Waf-
fen-Munitions- und Sprengstoffindustrie. 
Deutsch-englisch-franzosisch-italienisch-
spanisch. 2. Aufl. Strom, Suhl, 1939-
440p. M. 12. 

Stiimke, Hans. Bibliographie der interna-
tionalen Kongresse und Verbande. Bd. 1 : 
Medizin. Harrassowitz, Leipzig, 1939. 
281 p. $9. 

Svensk litteraturhistorisk bibliografi, 1900-
1935. Svenska litteratursallskapet, Upp-
sala, 1939. H. 1 (in progress). $1.14. 
(Skrifter utgivna av svenska litteratur-
sallskapet, 29: 1) 

Tuymelaar, C. T . and Lindock, J . van. 
Pseudoniemen uit Nederlandsche en 
vreemde Literatur. Born, Assen, 1939. 
64P. Fl. 1.40. 

Uva, Nicola. Educatori. Dizionario bio-
bibliografico dei moderni e contemporanei. 
Martini, Bari, 1939. 339p. L. 18. 

Van Huffel, A. J . Nederlandsche Schrij-
vers in Vertaling (van Marcellus Emants 
tot Jan Eekhout). Brill, Leiden, 1939. 
89P. 70c. 

Vilbig, F. Schrifttumsverzeichnis zum Lehr-
buch der Hochfrequenztechnik. 2. Aufl. 
Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig, 
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Wais, Kurt. Gegenwartsdichtung der 
europaischen Volker; herausgegeben mit 
104 Dichterbildnissen. Junker und Diinn-
haupt, Berlin, 1939. 567P. M. 14 or 16. 

Weis, Erwin. Bibliographie zur Geschichte 
der Vereinigten Staaten im Weltkrieg. 
Weltkriegsbiicherei, Stuttgart, 1939-
191P. (Bibliographische Vierteljahr-
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Zavatti, Silvio. Dizionario generale degli 
esploratori. Sonzogno, Milano, 1939. 
267P. 

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Publications of Interest to Adminis-
trative Officers of Higher Institutions 
TH E L I S T that follows has been compiled by Clara Esther Deering and Carrie E . 

Meares of Teachers College Library, Columbia University, to serve as a guide 
to the associations and publications in the field of higher education. It is a selected 
list of publications, regularly issued, which deal with problems of administration in 
colleges and universities. In the references to associations the name of the president 
is given first followed by that of the secretary. Unless an address is given for the 
association, communicate with the secretary in regard to securing proceedings or 
reports. T h e names of officers and the place and date of annual meetings of the 
associations are given in the United States Office of Education, Educational Directory, 
Part 4: Educational Associations and Directories (Bulletin No. 1 ) . 
Association Yearbooks, Proceedings and 

Reports 
American Association of University Profes-

sors. 
744 Jackson Place, Washington; M . H. 
Inghram, University of Wisconsin, Madi-
son; R. E. Himstead, 744 Jackson Place, 
Washington. 
Annual proceedings published in their Bulletin. 

American College Personnel Association. 
Helen M . Voorhees, Mt. Holyoke Col-
lge, South Hadley, Mass.; Harriet E. 
O'Shea, Purdue University, Lafayette, 
Ind. „ 
Proceedings. 

American College Publicity Association. 
Eleanor R. Mosely, Boston University, 
Boston; Russell Alexander, DePauw 
University, Greencastle, Ind. 
Annual report. 

American Student Health Association. 
Dr. Charles E. Shepard, Stanford Univer-
sity, Calif.; Dr. Ruth E. Boynton, Uni-
versity of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 
Annual proceedings. 

Association of American Colleges. 
19 W . 44 Street, New York City. Meta 
Glass, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, 
V a . ; Guy E. Snavely, 19 W . 44 Street, 
New York City. 
Annual proceedings, published in the March issue 

of their Bulletin. 

Association of American Universities. 
F. K. Richmyer, secretary, Cornell Uni-
versity, Ithaca, N . Y . 
Journal of Proceedings and Addresses, University 

of Chicago Press. (Annual) 

Association of College Unions. 
J . E. Patrick, Indiana University, Bloom-
ington; Paul B. Hartenstein, University 
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 
Annual report. University of Pennsylvania, Phila-

delphia. 

Association of Colleges and Secondary 
Schools for Negroes. 
Rufus E. Clement, Atlanta University, 
Atlanta; L. S. Cozart, Barber-Scotia Jun-
ior College, Concord, N.C. 
Annual proceedings. 

Association of Governing Boards of State 
Universities and Allied Institutions. 
S. J . Galvin, Sheffield, Iowa; D. W . 
Springer, 209 Woodward Building, Wash-
ington. 
Proceedings. 

Association of Land-Grant Colleges and 
Universities. 
J . A. Burruss, Blacksburg, V a . ; Thomas 
Cooper, University of Kentucky, Lexing-
ton. 
Proceedings. 

Association of Urban Universities. 
Eugene A. Colligan, Hunter College of 
the City of New York, New York City; 

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Roscoe M. Ihrig, Carnegie Institute of 
Technology, Pittsburgh. 
Annual proceedings. 

Carnegie Corporation of New York. 
522 Fifth Avenue, New York City. F. 
P. Keppel, 522 Fifth Avenue, New York 
City; R. M. Lester, 522 Fifth Avenue, 
New York City. 
Annual report. 

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement 
of Teaching. 
522 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 
Walter A. Jessup, 522 Fifth Avenue, 
New York City; H. J . Savage, 522 Fifth 
Avenue, New York City. 
Annual report. 

College Entrance Examination Board. 
431 W. 117 Street, New York City. R. 
M. Gummere, Harvard University, Cam-
bridge, Mass.; G. W. Mullins, 431 W. 
117 Street, New York City. 

Annual report. 

Conference of Negro Land-Grant Colleges. 
R. B. Arwood, Kentucky State College, 
Frankfort; William H. Bell, Alcorn A. 
and M. College, Alcorn, Miss. 

Annual proceedings. 

Eastern Association of College and Univer-
sity Business Officers. 
G. D. Crofts, University of Buffalo, Buf-
falo; H. S. Ford, Massachusetts Institute 
of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 
Minutes of the annual meeting. 

Eastern Association of College Deans and 
Advisers of Men. 
Frank G. Lankard, Drew University, 
Madison, N . J . ; Edward M. Twitmyer, 
Girard College, Philadelphia. 

Annual proceedings. 

Eastern College Personnel Officers Associa-
tion. 
Emory E. Grayson, Massachusetts State 
College, Amherst; L. Alice Ramsay, 
Connecticut College, New London. 

Proceedings. 

Middle States Association of Colleges and 
Secondary Schools. 
William W. Comfort, Haverford Col-

lege, Haverford, Pa.; Karl G. Miller, 
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 

Annual proceedings. 

National Association of Collegiate Deans 
and Registrars in Negro Schools. 
A. L. Kidd, Florida A. and M. College, 
Tallahassee; S. Herbert Adams, Johnson 
C. Smith University, Charlotte, N.C. 
Annual proceedings. 

National Association of Deans and Advisers 
of Men. 
James F. Findlay, University of Okla-
homa, Norman; F. H. Turner, Univer-
sity of Illinois, Urbana. 

Annual proceedings. 

National Association of State Universities 
in the United States of America. 
A. G. Crane, University of Wyoming, 
Laramie; H. G. James, Ohio University, 
Athens. 
Annual transactions and proceedings. 

National Education Association. American 
Association of Teachers Colleges. 
Charles C. Sherrod, State Teachers Col-
lege, Johnson City, Tenn.; Charles W. 
Hunt, State Normal School, Oneonta, 
N.Y. 
Yearbook. 

National Society for the Study of Education. 
Bess Goodykoontz, Federal Security 
Agency, United States Office of Educa-
tion, Washington; Guy M. Whipple, Clif-
ton, Mass. 
Yearbook, Public School Publishing Co., Bloom-

ington, 111. 

National Society of College Teachers of 
Education. 
Louis A. Pechstein, University of Cincin-
nati, Ohio; Fowler D. Brooks, DePauw 
University, Greencastle, Ind. 
Yearbook. 

National University Extension Association. 
B. C. Riley, University of Florida, 
Gainesville; W. S. Bittner, Indiana Uni-
versity, Bloomington. 
Annual proceedings. 

Northwest Association of Secondary and 
Higher Schools. 
B. K. Farnsworth, State Capitol, Salt 

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Lake City, Utah; Paul S. Filer, 322 
Columbia Building, Spokane, Wash. 
Annual proceedings. 

Southern Association of Colleges and Sec-
ondary Schools. 
P. A. Roy, Loyola University, New Or-
leans, La.; Shelton Phelps, Winthrop Col-
lege, Rock Hill, S.C. 

Annual proceedings published in their Quarterly. 

Supervisors of Student Teaching. 
Edith E. Beechel, Ohio University, 
Athens; J . W. Carrington, State Normal 
University, Normal, 111. 
Annual proceedings. 

Periodicals 

American Teacher. Published by the 
American Federation of Teachers, 506 
S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago. George T . 
Guernsey, ed. 9 issues. $2.50 a year. 

Association of American Colleges Bulletin. 
Published by the Association of American 
Colleges, 19 W. 44th Street, New York. 
Guy E. Snavely, ed. 4 issues. $3 a 
year. 

Bulletin of the American Association of 
University Professors. Published by the 
American Association of University Pro-
fessors, 744 Jackson Place, Washington. 
R. E. Himstead, ed. 5 issues. $3 a year. 

College and Research Libraries. Published 
by the American Library Association, 
520 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago. A. F. 
Kuhlman, ed. 4 issues. $3 a year. 

College Publicity Digest. Published by the 
American College Publicity Association, 
Midland College, Freemont, Neb. W. E. 
Reck, ed. Monthly. $2 a year. 

Educational Record. Published by the 
American Council on Education, 744 
Jackson Place, Washington. C. S. Marsh, 
ed. 4 issues. $2 a year. 

Journal of Higher Education. Published 
by the Bureau of Educational Research, 
Ohio State University, Columbus. W. 
W. Charters, ed. 9 issues. $3 a year. 

Journal of the American Association of Col-
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American Association of Collegiate Regis-
trars. M. E. Gladfelter, ed. Publication 
office: 450 Ahnaip St., Menasha, Wis. 4 
issues. $3 a year. 

Journal of the American Association of 
University Women. Published by the 
American Association of University 
Women, 1634 Eye Street, N.W., Wash-
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Journal of the National Association of 
Deans of Women. Published by the De-
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issues. $2.50 a year. 

Junior College Journal. Published by the 
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Quarterly Review of Higher Education 
Among Negroes. Published by Johnson 
C. Smith University, Charlotte, N.C. H. 
L. McCrorey, ed. 4 issues. $2 a year. 

Southern Association Quarterly. Published 
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and Secondary Schools. Duke University 
Press, College Station, Durham, N.C. 
Holland Holton, ed. 4 issues. $4 a year. 

School and Society. Published by the Sci-
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for the Advancement of Education, Inc., 
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year. 

Teacher-Education Journal. Published by 
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