Citation
Chalcraft, T. (2012), "Notes on key reviews in this issue", Reference Reviews, Vol. 26 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/rr.2012.09926eaa.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2012, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Notes on key reviews in this issue
Article Type: Editorial notes and queries From: Reference Reviews, Volume 26, Issue 5
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary (RR 2012/223). New twelfth edition published to mark the 2011 centennial of this standard reference work. Now includes over 240,000 words, phrases and definitions.
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Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology (RR 2012/211). Significant three-volume set from Wiley-Blackwell. Will complement the more general four-volume Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace (RR 2010/313).
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Encyclopedia of Pollution (RR 2012/230). Facts on File title in two volumes. US focus but provides a good general overview; especially useful for college and general library reference.
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Foreign Broadcast Information Services (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1941-1974 (RR 2012/201). Readex subscription database that extends the publisher’s earlier Daily Reports 1974-1996 database (RR 2009/201) to the inception of the US Foreign Broadcast Information Services in 1941.
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Historical Dictionary of the Civil War (RR 2012/243). New edition of one of the most significant reference sources on the US Civil War, especially military matters, from well respected authority Terry Jones.
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Know it All, Find it Fast for Youth Librarians and Teachers (RR 2012/203). A spin-off from Facet Publishing’s general Know it All, Find it Fast, which reached its third edition in 2008 (RR 2009/151). A review of a further offshoot title, Know it All, Find it Fast for Academic Libraries, is forthcoming.
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Ottemiller’s Index to Plays in Collections (RR 2012/235). A new eighth edition of this reference standard last published in 1988. Now covers until 2000.
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Oxford Encyclopedia of Books of the Bible (RR 2012/206). Two-volume print and online encyclopedia from Oxford University Press. Some, but not all, of the content also appears in Oxford Biblical Studies Online.
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World History in Video (RR 2012/244). Another Alexander Street Press streaming video database that makes heavy use of British Broadcasting Corporation content. A companion to American History in Video (RR 2010/095).
Tony Chalcraft