College and Research Libraries 318 I College & Research Libraries • July 1973 Despite all these shortcomings the fact remains that Charles Berlin has performed well an important and much needed task. Jewish scholarship now has a valuable ref- erence tool. The world of learning is much indebted to Charles Berlin for it.-Sheldon R. Brunswick, Head, Near Eastern Office, University of California Library, Berkeley. Schutze, Gertrude. Information and Li- brary Science Source Book; a Supple- ment to Documentation Source Book. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1972. 492p. $12.50. The time lapse between preparation and publication is a drawback to this supple- ment, whose materials themselves reflect the same time gap. Both the author's pref- ace and the publisher's releases stipulate that the items summarized range from mid- 1964 through 1969, which of necessity re- stricts information in the items themselves to early in the year of 1969, allowing for preparation and publication. This informa- tion cannot be considered the most recent advances in the field. There is virtually no information on net- working. Due to the time lapse, there is no reference to FA UL, OCLC, NELINET, BALLOTS, CSLSI, or TIE. The user should note these limitations and search elsewhere for recent advances. A significant article on the Colorado Academic Libraries Book Processing Center, which was pub- lished in the Winter 1969 issue of Library Resources & Technical Services, well with- in the preparation period of this Supple- ment, is not included. References from both the author index and the subject index are sometimes diffi- cult to locate in the text. The author refer- ral may be to a name listed within an ab- stract. Indexing is not complete or entire- ly clear. SDI (Selective Dissemination of Information) systems are referenced in a group from pages 415-26, where they ap- pear in alphabetical author order under that heading, yet several articles on SDI are introduced in a separate section on Cur- rent Awareness. The distinction between Current Awareness and Selective Dissemi- nation of Information is blurred when an abstract states that a system "promotes cur- rent awareness-through SDI notifications" (p.410). Although emphasis is laid upon the in- clusion of the widespread use of computers in this supplement, the user is advised to consult additional sources with more de- tailed and precise subject entries and more comprehensive coverage of the material. In general, the clarity of the abstracts re- flects the care exercised in their prepara- tion. There is a generous amount of retro- spective information, particularly in the more stable fields of planning library facil- ities, noncomputer acquisition and catalog- ing techniques, and handling special types of materials. For those with limited access to the standard indexes and abstracts in the field of library and information sciences, this monograph could be of assistance.- Gloria Terwilliger, Director, Learning Re- sources, Northern Virginia Community Col- lege, Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia. Christ, John M. Concepts and Subject Headings: Their Relation in Informa- tion Retrieval and Library Science. Metuchen, N .J.: Scarecrow Press, 1972. 174p. One of the aspects so often criticized in library and information science by the users and designers of organized systems of in- formation is the inefficiency of subject re- trieval. Most of the criticism stems from personal frustration and not from any eval- uative investigation. Mr. Christ acknowl- edges this state-of-the-art and has devel- oped an investigation into the structure of the subject heading provided in academic library card catalogs. The study examines the meaning and function of headings in the area of social science, the main purpose being to determine the congruence b etween terminology in the social sciences and sub- ject headings used by libraries. The three specific objectives are: ( 1) to determine if key social science terms are connotatively similar to subject headings, ( 2) to deter- mine if such similarity, or lack of it, facili- tates retrieval, and ( 3) to determine if the degree of similarity varies for different types of social science terms. There are several secondary issues inb·o- duced which of necessity may affect the data and conclusions of the study. These include the nature and use of the academic library card catalog, how and why re- .. J