Citation
Chalcraft, T. (2015), "Editorial notes and queries", Reference Reviews, Vol. 29 No. 7. https://doi.org/10.1108/RR-08-2015-0194
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Editorial notes and queries
Article Type: Editorial notes and queries From: Reference Reviews, Volume 29, Issue 7
Notes on key reviews in this issue
Climate Change: An Encyclopedia of Science and History (RR 2015/264). This is ABC-Clio title with 227 lengthy articles and appendices of reproduced documents. Although less international in coverage and focused on economic issues than the rival Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change (RR 2013/100) from Sage, it has the advantage of generally longer articles.
Cultural History of the Senses (RR 2015/247). An unusual and landmark work examining the sensory foundations of Western civilization in six chronologically arranged volumes from antiquity to the modern age.
Encyclopedia of British Literature 1660-1789 (RR 2015/257). A three-volume set with 340 lengthy entries provides more comprehensive coverage of eighteenth-century British literature than that available in general works on British literature, such as the well-regarded Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature (RR 2007/086).
Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology (RR 2015/245). It is a five-volume Wiley set with over 500 entries averaging six pages in length. Although clinical psychology is covered in many other encyclopedias of psychology and related areas, this is the first major work to offer specific treatment of the field in recent times.
Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research (RR 2105/251). Large-scale Springer set with over 1,000 contributors, covering quality of life and related concerns from both the behavioural/social sciences and health/health care perspectives.
Encyclopedia of the Roman Army (RR 2015/277). It provides the first encyclopedic treatment of the Roman military with wider and more in-depth coverage than the essay-based A Companion to the Roman Army (Blackwell 2007).
Forvo: All the Words in the World. Pronounced (RR 2015/258). Claimed to be the largest pronunciation site on the Internet, Forvo is also distinguished from some other sites offering pronunciations in that it uses volunteer native speakers for each word. At the time of review, it contained pronunciations for nearly three million words from 325 languages.
Mass Observation Online (RR 2015/252). It is the review of the Adam Matthew Digital digitized version of the Mass Observation archive held at the University of Sussex released in modules from 2007 and now complete.
Merck Manual: Consumer Version (RR 2015/267). From 2014, the Merck manuals are available in digital versions only to allow for continuous updating. This “consumer version” is derived from The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook.
Tony Chalcraft