College and Research Libraries Selected Reference Books of 1982-83 Eugene P. Sheehy his article continues the semi- annual series originally edited by the late Constance M. Win- chell. Although it appears un- der a byline, the list is a project of the reference departments of Columbia Uni- versity's Butler and Lehman libraries, and notes are signed with the initials of the in- dividual staff members. 1 Since the purpose of the list is to present 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 stan- dard works, continuations, and supple- ments is presented at the end of the arti- cle. Code numbers (such as AE213, CJ34) have been used to refer to titles in the Guide to Reference Books and its supple- ments.2 · BIBLIOGRAPHY Internationale Jahresbibliographie der Fest- schriften ... mit Verzeichnis aller Bei- trage, einem Autorenregister und einem Sachregister zu den Festschri£- ten. Jahrg. 1- , 1980- Osna- briick, Biblio Verlag, 1982- . An- nual. ISBN 3-7648-1276-1. At head of title: IJBF. Intended as a continuation of the forth- coming second edition of Otto Leistner's Internationale Bibliographie der Festschriften (1st ed. 1976; Suppl. AA27), which is to cover through 1979, this series will pro- vide annual listings of new homage vol- umes published throughout the world. In the first section, Festscrhiften are listed al- phabetically by name of the person or in- stitution honored; full bibliographical in- formation is given, together with a list of the contents. (A number of works are listed without contents notes; these are to be analyzed in future issues of the IJBF.) An "author index of the contributions" gives the author and title of each contribu- tion, with reference to the name of the honoree. Subject indexing is to the overall content of the homage volume not to the individual contributions; a subject index using English terms gives reference to the corresponding German headings. It seems unfortunate that so large a portion of the volume is devoted to repetition of the titles of the contributions when a sim- ple author index would have sufficed. Would that the space and effort expend- ed there had been directed toward de- tailed subject indexing of specific contributions!-E. S. Kenya National Bibliography, 1980- Nairobi, Kenya National Library Ser- vice, National Reference & Biblio- graphic Dept., [1983]- . Annual. KSh 95.00 in Kenya ($15.50 in U.S.A.). The subtitle of this new annual virtually says it all: "A classified subject bibliogra- phy of current publications produced in Kenya & foreign materials of interest to Kenya and/or written by Kenyans, ar- ranged according to the Dewey Decimal 1. Anita Lowry, Eileen Mcilvaine, Louise Sherby, Junko Stuveras; Lehman Library: Laura Binkowski, Diane Goon . 2. Eugene P . Sheehy, Guide to Reference Books (9th ed.; Chicago: American Library Assn ., 1976); Sup- plement (Chicago: American Library Assn., 1980); Second Supplement (Chicago: American Library Assn., 1982) . 43 44 College & Research Libraries Classification and catalogued according to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, with a full author & title index.'' The bibli- ography is based on publications received at the National Library under the legal de- posit act of 1962, supplemented by materi- als acquired by the library through pur- chase, gift, and exchange. Books, research reports, conference proceedings, pam- phlets, maps, first issues of new serials (and subsequent title changes) are in- cluded, together with selected audiovi- sual and nonprint materials. Foreign pub- lications of interest to Kenya and works by Kenyans published abroad are marked with an asterisk. The preface alludes to a proposed retrospective bibliography for pre-1980 imprints and to a possible cumu- lation of the annuals.-E.S. ARCHIVES Foster, Janet and Sheppard, Julia. British Archives; A Guide to Archive Resources in the United Kingdom. London, Macmil- lan; Detroit, Gale, 1982. 533p. $65. LC 82-18373. ISBN 0-8103-1126-7. Having first planned to cover nineteenth- and twentieth-century archi- val materials in specialist repositories, the editors soon noted the lack of an adequate subject index to other types of repositories and expanded their project to include all types of archives. The primary object of the resulting guide is to give a subject ap- proach to archival resources as "a start- ing point for the first-time user of archives." -Introd. It includes archives "in the widest sense of the word" which are made "relatively accessible" to any in- terested party. The 708 entries are essentially based on the replies to questionnaires sent to ap- proximately 750 libraries, with the amount of detail depending on the reply received. On-site investigation was not conducted. Besides the practical information such as address, telephone, opening hours, and the name or title of the person to whom an inquiry should be addressed, a typical en- try includes a note on the history of the in- stitution, collection policy, major collec- tions, nonmanuscript materials (photo- graphs, drawings, etc.), finding aids (in- January 1984 ventories, catalogs, indexes), facilities (reading room, photocopier, microfilm reader, etc.), and publications describing the holdings. Entries are arranged alpha- betically by name of city or town. There is a list of the archives by county, then by name of repository. The general index to collections is mainly an index by personal name; the ''key subject word list'' indexes the entries by very broad subject fields such as biochemistry, animals, classical studies, drama, Jesuits, ships, and ship- building. The guide also provides a select bibliography (p.521-22) and offers practi- cal advice to beginning researchers.-J.S. Women Religious History Sources: A Guide to Repositories in the United States. Ed. by Evangeline Thomas. N.Y., Bowker, 1983. 329p. $65. LC 82-22648. ISBN 0- 835-21681-0. Building on the results of workshops and a survey sponsored by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, archi- vists have compiled a description of the document repositories of 569 orders of sis- ters, nuns, and deaconesses of the Catho- lic, Orthodox, Episcopal, Lutheran, Meth- odist, and Mennonite churches. The definition of an order suitable for inclu- sion was broad enough to cover active as well as contemplative orders: "any con- gregation/community of vowed women religious who had maintained a continuity over many years in the manuscript and ar- chival collections that document their cor- porate and individual contributions to Church and American society." -Pref. Most of the information was obtained through questionnaires, with a cross sec- tion of some forty repositories chosen for visits by the compilers. For each site a brief history is given, to- gether with address and membership (to- tal and present), followed by a description of the archival holdings and indication of any finding aids and whether photocopy- ing is allowed. There is a list of reference numbers at the end of each entry leading the user to an alphabetical list of found- resses and major superiors, with dates. Besides this biographical register, two other appendixes are included: a bibliog- raphy of biographies and histories- published, privately printed, or mimeographed-arranged alphabetically by keyword (e.g., Adorers, Benedictines); and a table of United States founding dates of orders, 1727-1977, with date, country of origin, first American location, and present location. There is a very useful index with topical, order name, and personal name entries; here one can find reference to all the en- tries for Elizabeth Seton or to those orders involved in social services or in nursing care during a particular war. The special- ized nature of the material-and the price-may make this excellent guide of interest only to research libraries and, of course, to similar archives.-E.M. DICTIONARIES Neaman, Judith S. and Silver, Carole G. Kind Words: A Thesaurus of Euphemisms. N.Y., Facts On File, [1983]. 320p. $16.95. LC 82-7391. ISBN 0-87196-426-0. According to the authors of this book, a euphemism is pretty much in the eye (or ear) of the beholder-a policy that enables them to collect all manner of slang, vulgar- isms, jargon, acronyms, etc., into thecate- gory of words that at least some people would rather use than the real name for something. This thesaurus is selective, concentrating primarily on euphemisms relating to the ''subjects we consider most basic to human thought and language- love, death, the human body. In selecting specific entries, we have considered such factors as: frequency of usage, historical interest, -richness of linguistic association, unusual color or flavor and social implications." -p. vii. The definitions are highly readable and are sensitive to nu- ances of usage and meaning and to rela- tions among euphemisms; the historical background, etymologies, and quotations are interesting and informative.-A.L. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS Official Publications of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1945-1980: A Select Anno- tated Bibliography. Ed. by Gregory Walker. London, Mansell (dist. in U.S. by H. W. Wilson), 1982. 620p. $64. LC 82-200730. ISBN 0-7201-1641-4. Selected Reference Books 45 In states where political, economic, and social activities are subject to strong cen- tralized control and single-party leader- ship, "official publications" are all the more significant to researchers because publications that compete with or critique the official line are virtually nonexistent. Walker and his colleagues have produced an indispensable guide to this literature. For purposes of this volume, the defini- tion of "official publications" has been in- terpreted very broadly to include those publications ''issued by or on the order of the established government or party au- thorities which intend to direct and regu- late the life of the country, which supply information believed to be necessary for its proper functioning, or which publicize and justify the policies of its rulers.''- Pref. Categories include constitutions, treaties, legislation, statistical sources, party documents, official statements, arid speeches. The compilation is not exhaus- tive; only the most important materials published between 1945 and 1980 are in- cluded. There is a chapter for each country and one devoted to international and multina- tional official publications. Each chapter, compiled by a specialist, begins with a brief outline of the major political and ad- ministrative developments of the postwar period. The citations are grouped under topical headings such as law codes, party documents, international relations, politi- cal, military, economic, social and cultural affairs, and leaders' works. Complete bib- liographic information is given, including an English translation of the title, and the annotations are brief but informative. En- glish, French, or German translations are noted when available. An author, editor, compiler, and title index concludes the work.-L.B. DISSERTATIONS Sluglett, Peter. Theses on Islam, the Middle East and North-West Africa, 1880-1978, Accepted by Universities in the United ' Kingdom and Ireland. [London], Mansell, [1983]. 147p. $28. LC 83-204503. ISBN 0- 7201-1651-1. More than three thousand British and 46 College & Research Libraries Irish theses at both the master's and doc- toral level are listed in this bibliography. Sections for "Islamic Studies," "Islam Outside the Middle East and North-West Africa," "Arabic Studies," and "Chris- tianity in the Middle East and North Africa since the 7th Century'' precede the geo- graphical sections with their topical subdi- visions. The introduction notes that "while the countries of the Middle East and North-West Africa, and the Mediter- ranean islands of Cyprus and Malta are covered as fully as possible, the rest of the Islamic world is only covered in so far as Islam and Muslims are concerned.'' There are author and subject indexes, but many of the entries in the latter are too broad to be really useful. Indication that a given item has been microfilmed for the Lending Division of the British Library (and thereby available for loan or further repro- duction) is a helpful feature.-E. S. BIOGRAPHY Logan, Rayford W. and Winston, Michael R., eds. Dictionary of American Negro Bi- ography. N.Y., Norton, 1982. 680p. $49.50. LC 81-9629. ISBN 0-393-01513-0. This welcome volume fills a gap in the subject of Negro biography. Inasmuch as the work is intended as a scholarly re- source, the emphasis for inclusion was historical significance of the biographee, not ''fame.'' The editors recognized that this significance could mean different things at different times, just as great achievements in the seventeenth century might be judged differently in the nine- teenth. Many of the biographees were not "national" figures, but rather achieved recognition on a local or regional basis. Only figures who died prior to 1970 are in- cluded. Article length is not necessarily in- dicative of importance but, rather, may re- flect the dearth of information available. Each entry includes a bibliography and is signed by the contributor.-L.S. LINGUISTICS Greimas, Algirdas Julien and Courtes, Jo- seph . Semiotics and Language: An Analyti- cal Dictionary. Tr. from the French by January 1984 Larry Crist [and others]. Bloomington, Indiana Univ. Pr. , [1982]. 409p. $35. LC 81-47828. ISBN 0-253-35169-3. The authors propose this rather ambi- tious work (original title: Semiotique) as a " 'dictionnaire raisonne', that is, a sys- tematic presentation, in the form of con- cise and up-to-date reflections, of all sys- tem(s) and/or process{es) ."-Pref. By defining the terms and concepts of con- temporary semiotic/linguistic theory and by indicating the relationships among them, the authors seek to contribute to the "elaboration of a rigorous conceptual metalanguage which is a necessary pre- liminary toward the establishment of any language theory as formal language.'' This is not a dictionary for the uninitiated, but one for scholars and advanced stu- dents of semiotic theories in linguistics, literature, and other fields. In it they will find detailed (and extremely dense) ana- lytical definitions, ranging in length from a paragraph to several pages, for the es- sential terminology of semiotics. The terms (referred to as "Head Words") are arranged alphabetically and are followed by the original French terms in parenthe- ses. A three-tiered system of cross- references within the body and at the end of each definition enables (indeed, re- quires) the reader to understand and in- terpret the terms in relation to one another within the broader theoretical framework proposed by the authors. An appendix of "French Head Words with English Equiv- alents" enables readers to find French terms in the dictionary under their English translations. A substantial selected bibli- ography completes the volume, which is both sturdy and handsome.-A.L. LITERATURE Thompson, George. Key Sources in Com- parative and World Literature: An Anno- tated Guide to Reference Materials . N.Y., Ungar, [1982] . 383p. $40. LC 82-40253. ISBN 0-8044-3281-3. Over the years, students of comparative literature have not been well provided with bibliographic guides. 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Moreover, "the topic of international rela- tions and influences is touched on only in reference to the influence of the classical literatures on later literatures" (Introd. ), and we are thrown back on works such as Baldensperger' s bibliography (Guide BD1) for that type of search. A section on comparative, general, and international literature is followed by chapters for classical, Romance, French, Italian, Hispanic, and German literatures, literature in English (the most extensive section of the book), other European liter- atures, Oriental literatures, and related fields. Methods of literary study and theo- ries of literary criticism are not covered. Among the types of reference sources cited are bibliographies and surveys of re- search (including many serial bibliogra- phies), handbooks, dictionaries of critical terms, literary encyclopedias, biographi- cal dictionaries, and literary histories. For some 160 individual writers, concor- dances and special indexes are cited. An- notations frequently compare the sources with similar publications, and reviews are cited selectively. There is an index of bibli- ographers, editors, compilers, etc., a se- lective index of titles and institutions, and an index of subjects.-E.S. FILM STUDIES Magill's Cinema Annual, 1982- . Engle- wood Cliffs, N.J., Salem Pr., [1982]- . Annual. $33.25. ISSN 0-89356-400-1. The 1982 volume of this new series cov- ers selected films released in 1981 and ear- lier and serves as a supplement to Magill's Survey of World Cinema (1981, 6v.), con- forming to its format and style. As a year- by-year record of films released in the United States, Magill's Cinema Annual is much less comprehensive than the long- running Screen World (Guide BG134), which lists more complete credits and at- tempts to include all feature-length films released here; Magill's is quite selective and is particularly weak on foreign films (of which only nineteen are included for 1981). However, Magill's includes lengthy plot summary and commentary for each of Selected Reference Books 51 the films selected, plus a list of reviews in newspapers and popular periodicals. Ma- gill's indexes (not as complete as Screen World's) are by title, director, screen- writer, cinematographer, editor, art direc- tor, music, and performer. In. addition, Magill's has a subject index which is a unique and useful feature. The "Obituar- ies" section provides a considerable amount of information about film people who died during the year. The volume also includes lists and essays on various film topics; the award lists would be more useful if they were complete, and the es- says are aimed at a very general and unso- phisticated audience.-A.L. PHOTOGRAPHY Contemporary Photographers. Ed. by George Walsh [and others]. N.Y., St. Martin'sPr., [1982]. 837p. il. $70. LC82- 3337. ISBN 0-312-16791-1. The 650 photographers from around the world who are included in this hefty vol- ume were chosen ''to reflect the best and most prominent of contemporary photog- raphers (those who are living and those who have died in the recent past); photog- raphers from _ earlier generations whose reputations are essentially contemporary; and p1wtographers from the inter-war years and after who continue to be impor- tant influences." -p. vii. These are the photographers, both familiar and lesser known, whose work illustrates and de- fines the expressive potential of the photo- graphic medium . Drawing on an extensive network of ex- pert advisers and contributors as well as on library and museum resources and on the photographers themselves, the edi- tors have produced a scholarly reference source that combines biobibliographical information with critical assessment for each photographer . Each entry consists of a short biography, a list of individual exhi- bitions (including two- and three-person shows), a selected list of group shows, a selected list of public galleries and muse- ums having the photographer's work in their collections, a bibliography of books and articles by and about the photogra- pher, a signed critical essay, a reproduc- 52 College & Research Libraries tion of a representative photograph, and a personal statement (from those living bi- ographees who chose to contribute one). In addition, the "Notes on Advisers and Contributors" at the end of the volume provides brief biographical information on approximately 155 critics and histo- rians of photography. Future editions are projected at intervals of five years.-A.L. FOLKLORE Handbook of American Folklore. Ed. by Rich- ard M. Dorson. Bloomington, Indiana Univ. Pr., 1983. 584p. $35. LC 82-47574. ISBN 0-253-32706-7. This is not an encyclopedia or dictionary for ready-reference use. The late R. M. Dorson has assembled an impressive ar- ray of sixty-eight essays by sixty contribu- tors from all over America, providing ''an introduction to American folklore as it has been studied in America" (In trod.) in a work more suitable to be read from cover to cover than to be consulted for quick ref- erence. The outcome of a project conducted from 1976 to 1982 with the support of a grant from the Research Materials Pro- gram of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the volume offers a compre- hensive survey of folklore studies. The es- says are presented in four groups: topics of research, interpretation of research, methods of research, and presentation of research. Each essay averages ten pages in length, covers one aspect of folklore stud- ies (ranging from a particular type of folk- lore to a discussion of teaching graduate- level courses on folklore), and is generally well documented by bibliographic notes. There is a substantial bibliography (p.541-63) which covers the literature of the field up to about 1980 and is arranged under seven headings: American folklore bibliographies, American experiences, American settings, American forms and performers, interpretations, methods, and presentation. The book is fully in- dexed. This is a useful professional tool for the scholar and a good source for anyone wishing to inform himself of the state of the art in folklore studies.-J.S. January 1984 SOCIOLOGY The Encyclopedia of Alcoholism. Ed. by Rob- ert O'Brien and Morris Chafetz. N.Y., Facts On File, 1982. 378p. il. $40. LC 81- 12562. ISBN 0-87196-623-9. All aspects of alcoholi_sm, including the substance alcohol itself, the social institu- tions created to help treat alcoholism, and the physical and psychological symptoms of alcoholism are touched on in this con- cise volume. Articles vary in length from a single sentence (e.g., "substance abuse") to several pages (e.g., ''Alcoholics Anony- mous"); many include a short bibliogra- phy. References to articles dealing with terms used in the text and see also refer- ences are indicated by use of capital let- ters; cross-references from variant forms to the terms actually used are also in- cluded (e. g., ''National Prohibition Act see Volstead Act"). Charts and tables are used sparingly in the body of the work, but Appendix 1 comprises a major section of tables and figures on such topics as alco- hol education, blood alcohol content, and the numbers of arrests for drunken driv- ing. Appendix 2 contains a list of major in- formation sources on alcoholism in the United States and Canada as well as in some foreign countries. Following the ap- pendixes is a substantial bibliography of monographs on alcoholism, and there is a subject index. A very useful volume, ap- propriate for both the professional and the layperson.-L.S. Shearer, Barbara Smith and Shearer, Ben- jamin, F. Periodical Literature on United States Cities; A Bibliography and Subject Guide. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Pr., 1983. 574p. $49.95. LC 82-24211. ISBN 0-313-23511-2. The compilers have brought together a most useful selection of citations to '' 4, 919 periodical articles on the 170 United States cities having a population of 100,000 or more." -Pref. From Akron, Ohio, to Youngstown, Ohio, cities are listed alpha- betically in the main body of the work. The bibliography includes articles published from 1970 to 1981, selected on the basis of the value of the information and its proba- ble availability nationwide. Therefore, ar- ticles published only locally and those of limited value are excluded. Articles are grouped in eight categories (general, ar- chitecture and the arts, education and the media, environment, government and politics, housing and urban development, social and economic conditions, and transportation), but not all categories ap- pear for each city. Categories listed for a given city are merely indicative of what was published on those topics during the period covered. A listing. of cities by states (with entry numbers in the bibliography), an author index, and a subject index com- plete the volume. Future editions with ex- panded coverage would be most welcome!-L. S. Smith, John David. Black Slavery in the Americas: An Interdisciplinary Bibliogra- phy, 1865-1980. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Pr., 1982. 2v. (1,847p.) $95. LC 82-11736. ISBN 0-313-23118-4. Black Slavery in the Americas is a major new bibliography whose focus is "slav- ery's institutional features in the Ameri- cas'' (Introd.) and whose cited sources em- phasize various aspects of slave life as seen from the slave's point of view. Cov- erage includes all of the Americas-North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean-and there are important chap- ters on slavery reference sources and on the historiography of slavery. Volume 1 is mainly concerned with slavery in the vari- ous geographic locations (e.g., Canada), while volume 2 concentrates primarily on the lives of the slaves (e.g., ''Conditions of Slave Life," "Slave Religion"). The bibli- ography contains more than fifteen thou- sand citations from all disciplines but is limited to English-language materials written from 1865 to 1980. A special effort was made to include hard-to-find materi- als such as conference papers, essays, and master's theses. Political writings on slav- ery have been excluded, as have refer- ences to fiction, poetry, and drama. In ad- dition to the topical chapter arrangement, there is a detailed subject index and an au- thor index. Recommended for all college and university libraries.-L.S. Selected Reference Books 53 POLITICAL SCIENCE Goehlert, Robert U. and Martin, Fenton S. The Parliament of Great Britain: A Bibliog- raphy. Lexington, Mass., Lexington Books, 1983. 209p. $24.95. LC 82-47920/ r83. ISBN 0-669-05700-2. Researchers in British politics and his- tory have been gifted with this very useful bibliography "on the history, develop- ment, and legislative process of Parlia- ment" (Introd. ), listing English-language books, edited volumes, original essays in compilation, journal articles, research notes and review essays, and disserta- tions and theses completed in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. Except for dissertations and theses, only published materials are included (and any published form is preferred to the type- script dissertation or thesis). Excluded are materials on the Cabinet, the Prime Minis- ter, and the Constitution; biographies and government documents are only selec- tively included. Arrangement is topical within ten divi- sions (''Origins and Development of Par- liament, II "Pressure on Parliament, II "Reform of Parliament," etc.), preceded by a section entitled "Reference Works." A very useful introduction clearly states what is included, which sources were used to compile the bibliography, and where researchers can turn for references in those areas not treated; it also discusses some of the most important sources, such as directories, dictionaries of parliamen- tary terms, works on the legislative pro- cess, and compilations of election statis- tics. The volume ends with good author and subject indexes, the latter including an arrangement for chronological periods under some of the broader terms.-E.M. Political Parties of Europe, ed. by Vincent E. McHale. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Pr., [1983]. 2v. $95. LC 82-15408. ISBN 0-313-21405-0. These two volumes constitute the sec- ond installment of ''The Greenwood His- torical Encyclopedia of the World's Politi- cal Parties," . a series which aims "to provide a comprehensive reference guide 54 College & Research Libraries to all significant parties in various world regions through brief biographical sketches [of the parties], covering such ba- ses as date and circumstances of founda- tion; evolution of ideology and program; evolution of organization, including splits, mergers, associations, and alli- ances; and impact on government and society.''-Pre f. The earlier portion of the series, Political Parties of the Americas (1982; 2v.) covered Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies. This European segment is wide-ranging in its coverage, treating thirty-nine dis- tinct party systems: tiny states such as An- dorra and Liechtenstein are included; the formerly independent Baltic states of Esto- nia, Latvia, and Lithuania are accorded treatment separate from the Soviet Union; there are three chapters for Germany (i.e., Historical Germany, East and West Ger- many); and there is a chapter for the Euro- pean parliament. Country sections are signed by contributing scholars, and an introductory essay and bibliography pre- cede the alphabetical listing of each coun- try's parties. Full information on a party . (meant to be current to 1982) appears un- der the standard English form of the name; cross-references from vernacular and alternate party names and abbrevia- tions are provided. Tables showing party distribution of seats over time are usually included for each country. Useful appen- dixes and a general index complete the work.-E.S. LAW Blandford, Linda A. and Evans, Patricia Russell. Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1980: An Index to Opinions Arranged by Justice. Millwood, N.Y., Kraus Internat. Pubns., [1983]. 2v. (1,126p.) $85. LC 82-48981. ISBN 0-527- 27952-8. "Sponsored by the Supreme Court His- torical Society."-t.p. This is the first reference source to index cases before the Supreme Court by the in- dividual Justice, thus saving the user ate'" dious search through United States Reports. The index is arranged chronologically by dates of service for each Justice, from January 1984 James Wilson in 1789 to John Paul Stevens in 1975, with coverage through the Octo- ber 1979 term, which ended September 18, 1980. Opinions for each Justice are ar- ranged in seven groups: the three stan- dard categories of Supreme Court decisions-majority, concurring, and dis- senting opinions; opinions announcing judgment for plurality opinions where there is no single Court opinion; separate opinions, including those that are both concurring and dissenting in part; opin- ions as Circuit Justice, which include those published in sources other than United .States Reports from 1926 to 1969; and statements made to the reporter of the de- cisions. Complete references to the texts in the Reports are given for all opinions. Two appendixes provide some bio- graphical details on individual Justices (place and date of birth, service on the Court, death date), as well as a table of succession of the Justices showing a chro- nology of years of active service on the Court. There is also an alphabetical list/in- dex of Justices. No attempt was made to distinguish opinions by subject matter, except in the case of the recurring death penalty statement of Justices Brennan and Marshall. The compilers have provided unique and valuable access to Supreme Court history and its decisions for nearly two hundred years; historians, political scientists, and legal researchers will wel- come their meticulous work.-D.G. HISTORY Cook, Chris and Stevenson, John. The Longman Handbook of Modern British His- tory, 1714-1980. London & N.Y., Longman, 1983. 380p. £12.95; $25. LC 81-23621. ISBN 0-582-48581-9. This is a curious book. On the one hand it is meant as a handbook ''bringing to- gether a wealth of chronological, statisti- cal and tabular information which is not to be found elsewhere within the confines of a single volume.''-Pref. On the other, it is a syllabus including "those facts, figures and statistics that we believe are most needed for courses in later modern British history." The chronologies, definitions, and tables are organized into four divi- sions: "Political History," "Social andRe- ligious history," "Economic History," "Foreign Affairs and Defence." These sections are followed by capsule biogra- phies, a glossary of terms, and a bibliogra- phy treating thirty-four broad topics (e.g., Pitt and Fox, the Industrial Revolution). For each of these huge areas, the compil- ers give a selected list of primary and sec- ondary works, along with essay topics and a paragraph suggesting approaches to presenting the topic. A brief description of a section may serve to show the variety of information presented. The ''Social and Religious His- tory'' section is subdivided for popula- tion, education, social reform, housing, women, press and broadcasting, crime and police, labor, etc., and each subsec- tion begins with a chronology of major events (''The development of the police,'' "Major popular disturbances and demon- strations") and tables of statistics ("Com- mittals of indictable offenses 1805-1856,'' "Crimes known to the police 1857-1978," "Numbers transported to Australia ... , " "Traffic offenses 1900-1970," etc.). Many of the tables are reprinted from other com- pilations such as Trends in British Society Since 1900 (1972) or Abstract of British His- torical Statistics (Guide CG132) or from other books and articles, but some tables . cite no source at all. For libraries lacking the standard sources for British history, this compila- tion could be quite useful; for research li- braries it could be handy for quick refer- ence, but more as an "extra" than a necessary purchase. As a study guide it would seem to work very well, and there is a paperback edition, which is available at a more affordable £6.95 ($13.95).-E.M. King, David James Cathcart. Castellarium Anglicanum: An Index and Bibliography of the Castles in England, Wales, and the Is- lands. Millwood, N.Y., Kraus Internat. Pubns., 1983. 2v. (lxviii, 676p.) il. $150. LC 81-20812. ISBN 0-527-50110-7. The fruit of years of research is pre- sented in this inventory of all castles of En- gland and Wales, including possible and vanished castles as well as extant ones. King's inventory also encompasses "all Selected Reference Books 55 serious fortification-including town walls, fortified monasteries, and defences of other secular and religious communities-built in the period between the date of the first recorded castle (which at present stands at 1051-2) and the death of Henry VIII in 1547."-p.lix. Arrange- ment is by county, subdivided by category (extant castles, strong houses, rejects, walled towns, etc.) within which is a de- scription of each building. Even though each edifice is accorded only a paragraph, quite a bit of information is presented: name, location on an ordnance map, brief description, history as culled from con- temporary and other sources, present condition if appropriate, concise bibliog- raphy of secondary sources. For each county there is a general statement on the types of castles, etc., as well as a statistical count of each category of building. Short, useful essays on the definition, character, and distribution of castles, and a survey of past efforts to record castles in England introduce the catalog. The vol- umes end with a glossary, a bibliography of secondary literature published through 1979, and name and place indexes. Draw- ings and maps are scattered throughout, and twenty-three photographic plates are grouped at the end of V.2. Historians, ar- chaeologists, art and literary historians will bless King for his painstaking work; tourists may find the volumes of interest for planning a vacation or study trip.- E.M. Studying the Presidency. Ed. by George C. Edwards III and Stephen J. Wayne. Knoxville, Univ. of Tennessee Pr., [1983]. 312p. $19.95. LC 82-17472. ISBN 0-87049-378-7. Expressing the view that study of the United States presidency is only just com- ing into its own, the editors have here brought together a series of essays by vari- ous hands suggesting methodology and offering advice to the researcher embark- ing on work in this field. The volume is in two sections: (1) "Approaches and Analy- ses" and (2) ,·Data Sources and Tech- niques," the latter providing chapters on information sources (including online databases), the use of legal sources, mak- 56 College & Research Libraries ing the most of presidential libraries, and tips on interviewing presidential aides. This is an interesting and informative guide for a fairly specialized area.-E.S. NEW EDITIONS, SUPPLEMENTS, ETC. Some eighteen hundred terms from the fields of book publishing, book manufac- turing, bookselling, the antiquarian book trade, and librarianship are defined in the sixth edition of The Bookman's Glossary (N.Y., Bowker, 1983. 223p. $21.95). Com- piled under the editorship of Jean Peters, it is ''the first book from the Bowker Book Division to use an electronic text manage- ment system in its editing and composi- tion" (Pref. ), and future editions can be produced from the database created by that system. The Concise Oxford English-Arabic Dictio- nary of Current Usage, edited by N. S. Do- niach (London, Oxford Univ. Pr., 1982. 461p. £6.95) is "a shortened and up-dated form of the 1972 Oxford English Arabic Dictionary [Guide AD156], ... designed - to meet the needs both of the Arabic speaker who is learning English and of the English speaker who is learning Arabic." -Pref. Similarly, Harrap's Shorter French and English Dictionary (London, Harrap, 1982. 798p . £9.95) is "a con- densed version of Harrap's New Standard French and English Dictionary [rev. ed., 1980. 2v.] withacertainnumberofmodifi- cations and additions to bring the text fully up to date."-Pref. Langenscheidt's Condensed Muret-Sanders German Dictionary: German-English, edited by Heinz Messinger (Berlin, Langen- scheidt, 1982. 1,296p. $70) is based on the German-English part of the four-volume Muret-Sanders published 1962-75 (Guide AD332). This hefty volume "is by no means simply the result of a systematic halving of the larger dictionary," but in- volved "a word-for-:-word scrutiny and careful sifting of the original material."- Pref. There are about fourteen thousand entry words. With thepublicationofV.22(Wi-Zy), the Personal Name Index to 'The New York Times Index,' 1851-1974, compiled by Byron A. January 1984 Falk, Jr., and Valerie R. Falk (Verdi, Nev., Roxbury Data Interface, 1976-83) is now complete. Plans have been announced for a first supplement, which will not only in- dex the 1975-79 volumes of the New York Times Index, but will include names that were missed in the earlier volumes or that had not yet been published in the printed volumes of that index at the time the Falk compilation (see Suppl. AF10) began to ap- pear. "Public Documents: An Overview" is the new first chapter of the third edition of Joe Morehead's Introduction to United States Public Documents (Littleton, Colo., Libraries Unlimited, 1983. 309p. $28.50). The work has undergone a thorough revi- sion and updating since the 1978 edition (Suppl. AG5). The latest volume in The Cu- mulated Indexes to the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States series is that covering the term of Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981 (Millwood, N.Y., Kraus Inter- national Pubns., 1983. 391p. $65) . It cumu- lates the indexes from the individual vol- umes of the Carter papers as published in the government-sponsored collection (see Guide AG40), adding see and see also refer- ences as needed. More than sixteen hundred organiza- tions are listed and described in the sec- ond edition of The Directory of Religious Or- ganizations in the United States (Falls Church, Va ., McGrath, 1982. 518p. $75). Unlike the 1977 edition, this volume ex- cludes religious orders and is concerned only with general organizations- departments of national churches, profes- sional associations, volunteer groups, government agencies, businesses, and fraternal societies that have a religious purpose. Organizations are listed alpha- betically; information includes religidus affiliation, principal officer, address, statement of purpose and activities, founding date, membership, publica- tions, etc. An index to types of activity would have been helpful. Arabic Linguistics : An Introduction and Bibliography by M. H. Bakalla (London, Mansell, 1983. 741p . $44) is a revised and greatly enlarged edition of the compiler's Bibliography of Arabic Linguistics (1975; Suppl. BC25). It lists about fifty-five hun- dred items in some twenty languages, with separate sections for Occidental and Oriental materials. There is a subject index and indexes of authors, editors, transla- tors, and reviewers. The Continental Novel: A Checklist of Criti- cism in English, 1967-1980 by Louise S. Fitzgerald and Elizabeth I. Kearney (Me- tuchen, N.J., Scarecrow Pr., 1983. 496p. $29 .50) continues the listings in the com- pilers' earlier volume of similar title (Guide BD201) which covered 1900-66. There are again sections for the French, Spanish and Portuguese, Italian, German, Scandina- vian, and the Russian and East European novel. More than thirty-three hundred items of scholarship from the 1959-79 period are cited and annotated in ''The Seventeenth Century Supplement" (Syracuse, Syra- cuse Univ. Pr., 1983. 460p. $65), which forms volume IliA of A Critical Bibliography of French Literature (Guide BD708). Edited by H. Gaston Hall, the volume supple- ments the Edelman/Brody volume of CBFL, and entries are numbered sequen- tially with that work. Owing to various de- lays and subsequent editorial decisions, ''the user may be less assured that exclu- sions for 1977-78 are deliberate than for earlier years, while partial coverage of 1979 is offered for future convenience and not for completeness." -Introd. Despite that disclaimer, the new addition to the "Cabeen" series is most welcome. The London Stage, 1910-1919: A Calendar of Plays and Players by J. P. Wearing (Metu- chen, N.L Scarecrow Pr., 1982. 2v. $65) is the third series of similar calendars by the compiler, the earlier volumes having cov- ered 1890-99 (see Suppl. BG12) and 1900-09 (publ. 1981). This work provides a chronological listing of 3,278 productions at thirty-nine London theaters, giving in- formation such as genre of the play, au- thorship, length of run, details of cast, production staft and references to first- night reviews. There is an index of titles and a general index of names of authors, actors, proprietors, etc. About thirteen thousand screen person- alities (mainly American, British, French, and German) who died during the 1905-82 period are accorded entries in the Selected Reference Books 57 third edition of Evelyn Mack Truittt' s Whp Was Who on Screen (N.Y., Bowker, 1983. 788p. $65). A typical entry includes dates and places of birth and death, a brief iden- tifying statement, and a list of films (with dates) in which the person appeared. The ''on screen'' of the title is in earnest: direc- tors, scriptwriters, etc., are included only if they actually appeared in a film or films. It may be disappointing to find that most of the figures (on enrollment, fi- nances, etc.) in the long-awaited twelfth edition of the American Council on Educa- tion's American Universities and Colleges (N.Y., W. de Gruyter, 1983. 2,156p. $99.50) date from 1980, yet this is und~r­ standable in view of the magnitude of the task of compilation. The volume brings to- gether a wealth of information on 1,728 in- dividual institutions, along with surveys of undergraduate, graduate, and profes- sional education (incorporating numerous useful lists and tables), and extensive ap- pendixes relating to earned doctorates. Revision of some earlier tables as well as updating of continuing series makes the second edition of Historical Statistics of Can- ada (Ottawa, Statistics Canada in joint sponsorship with the Social Science Fed- eration of Canada, 1983. unpaged. $60; $72 outside Canada) all the more wel- come. Edited by the late F. H. Leacy, the volume follows the pattern of the 1965 edi- tion (Guide CG101) but has "more dis- tinctly identified sections on Vital Statis- tics and Health; Social Security; Minerals; and Energy." -Pre f. Unfortunately there were publication delays, and most series end in 1975, with only a few carrying the record through 1976 or 1977. Index to Periodical Articles on South African Political and Social History Since 1902, com- piled by P. W. Coetzer and J. H. Le Roux (Boston, G. K. Hall, 1982. 616p. $69.95) forms V.3 of Bibliographies on South African Political History (Suppl. 2CJ101). Arrange- ment is by broad topics, with author and subject indexes. Emphasis is on South Af- rican periodicals, but relevant articles from a wide range of European and Amer- ican journals are listed. Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-1981 by Roderic Ai Camp (Tucson, Univ. of Ar- izona Pr., 1982. 447p. $35) is a revised and 58 College & Research Libraries expanded edition of the compiler's 1976 volume of similar title (Suppl. CJ127). Completely reset and using a double- column page of slightly larger size, the new work not only adds some 450 new bi- ographies, but introduces significant changes and updatings in many of the 900 original sketches. Robert H. Becker's revised and enlarged fourth edition of The Plains and the Rockies: A Critical Bibliography of Exploration, Adven- ture and Travel in the American West, 1800-1865 by Henry R. Wagner and Charles L. Camp (San Francisco, John Howell-Books, 1982. 745p. $150) describes January 1984 some eighteen hundred issues and edi- tions of nearly 690 individual works. Structure (i.e., by year, then by author) and numbering of the earlier editions (Guide DB82) have been retained. The new edition of the Concise Dictionary of American History (N.Y., Scribner, 1983. 1, 140p. $60) is an abridgment of the eight- volume Dictionary of American History (1976; Suppl . DB36). It offers condensed versions of more than six thousand arti- cles found in the parent set, retaining the essential information and adapting it to ready-reference use.-E.S.