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welcome addition to the "Monographs and Bibliographies in AmericanMusic" series. As the world focuses on the traditionally known majorcomposers in performance, teaching, and study, very little mentionoccurs of the abundant and worthy piano compositions of early Americancomposers. Ward (Univ. of Puget Sound) has expertly assembled thepiano literature of notable American composers and their works, fromColonial times through the 19th century. Included are collections,anthologies, and a seerion that Ward subjectively considers to be corerepertoire. An assessment of the skill level required-from beginner tovirtuoso-is identified for each entry, Each collection is accompaniedby an annotation, with commentary on editorial practices. 'This is animportant work for anyone researching and studying early Americanpiano music. Summing Up: Recommended. ** Graduate studentsthrough professionalsLpractitioners.-M. W WiLdman, Director ofLibraries, Cayuga Community CoLLege

48-2426 0 rigBretl, Kenneth M. Respiratory care lexicon: a pocket reference,[ed.] by Eleanor Donlon. College of DuPage, 2010, 262p ISBN9781932514339 pbk, $12.95

A disclaimer within this book states that it is nor intended as anabsolute guide for respiratory care clinical practice. 'The text fulfills thisprediction. Almost all of the terms, acronyms, and symbols can be foundin the glossary of a standard respiratory care textbook. Bred (College ofDuPage) indicates that this pocket reference can be used by respiratory,nursing, and other allied health practitioners, and that it explains termsthat the typical respiratory therapist docs not use on a daily basis. But thetext filils short by providing terms that are outdated and confusing. Many

048-2425 [Internet Resource]Books@Ovid. Ovid Technologies, Contact publisher for pricing.URL: http://www.ovid.com/

[Visited Oct'10] Offering hundreds of e-books, Boo!;;s@OVID is thelargest online collection of core clinical texts and handbooks covering allkey medical specialties and subspecialties. 'The database contains resourcessuch as Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Collections, Wiley-Blackwell e­Books, and the Jones and Bartlett Nursing and Patient Education Collec­tions. One particularly nice feature is that the books are linked to Ovid'sfull-text journals and bibliographic databases. Users may browse by subject,publisher, and tide, and search by keyword, author, tide, book name, orOvid's Natural Language Search. Libraries may purchase individual booksor various subject collections; the latest editions are available to subscribers.Another great feature is the Purchase Print Copy link, which allows users tobuy books from Lippincott's Online Medical and Nursing Store. Other da­tabases featuring health care e-books include the R2DigitaL Library <imp:LLwww.r2library.comLpublic!defaulr.aspx> (CH, Apr'08, 45-4135), STAT7Rej'<imp:L/www.stntret.com/» (CH, Jul'06, 43-6260), and AccessMedicine<imp:LLwww.accessmedicine.comL> (CH,Aug'10, 47-6601). Boo!es@Ouid is a crucial health science resource, but libraries should also considercomplementary e-book collections that feature core clinical reference textssuch as Harrison's Principles ofInternalMedicine, edited by A. S. Fauci et al,(l Zrh ed., CH, Sep'08, 46-0330). Summing Up: Highly recommended.

*** Upper-level undergraduates and above in nursing, allied health, andmedicine.-L. N Massengale, Uniuersity ofIllinois, Chictlgo

48-2424 ML128 2009-38232 CIPWard, Keith C For the parlor and the concert stage: a guide to re­cent collections of American piano music from the classicand Ro­mantic eras. Pendragon Press, 2010. 249p indexes afp (Monographs& bibliographies in American music, 21) ISBN 9781576471883 pbk,$48.00

Given the plethora of bibliographies devoted to European composersand piano works, this guide to collections of American piano music is a

to designers, educators, and students is the section Green-BuildingProjects and Sustainable-Design Case Studies, which features sustainabledesign works in a variety of building types. Greensource is comparableto BuiLdingGreen.com in its content, and the About Us section describesBuildingGreen as "editorial partners" with apparent responsibility for thenews section of GreenSource. 'The interconnectedness of these variousresources makes a critical review challenging, but certainly any list of keytitles on sustainable design would have to include Greencourcc. SummingUp: Essential. **** Lower-level undergraduates and above; generalaudience.-E. H. Teague, University of01y'gon

048-2423 [Internet Resource]Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of ReferenceSources in English Literary Studies. Modern Language Association.Annual academic subscription ranges from $120.00 to $350.00, withsubsequent annual update fees of $40.00 to $80.00.URL: http://www.mlalrg.org/

[Visited Oct' 10] TIle online version of james Harner's Guidereproduces and updates the introductory text and annotated entries ofthe fifth edition, whose Choice review (CH, Nov'08, 46-1230) effectivelydescribes the work's general plan. Semiannual additions and revisions,formerly noted on Harner's personal Web site, are now integrated intothe main entries and highlighted in a separate update. 'Ihe latest revisionincludes entries from 2010. Licensing is available only to institutionalsubscribers. The online Guide is attractively designed, using space anda variety of typefaces to distinguish bibliographic details, commands,"breadcrurnbs" that follow the arrangement of the printed work, andsupplemental information. In addition to updates, the online versionoffers several additional features, including links between cross-references;external links to a local library's catalog, to WorLdCrlt (CH, Nov'07,45-1183), and to GoogLe Books; a step-by-step series of suggestions tonovice researchers (The Research Process); and the capability to save andannotate searches within folders (My Projects).

Users may browse the Guidecategorically through a table of contentsor search via full text, author/ediror name, or title. Searches may useBoolean options, wildcards, or phrases. 'Ihe printed Guide's indexesretain some advantage over online access. For one thing, the name andtitle indexes in the printed version include items that are mentionedonly in the annotations or narrative; in the online version these maybe found only through a fl111 text search. "lhe printed Guide's subjectindex has been dropped from the online version, resulting in a loss ofthe index's gathering and filtering function. For example, a search under"paleography" in the printed guide yields three relevant titles. Searching"paleography" online yields 11 mentions of the word but finds none ofthe titles identified in the subject index. The online Guide is yet a furtherdevelopment to an essential and unique reference point for anyone in thefield. Summing Up: Recommended. ** Upper-level undergraduatesthrough facultyLresearchers.- W S. Brockman, Pennsyluania StateUniversity; University Pad: Campus

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commonly used medications arc absent Irom the guide. 'The book lades anexplanation of the pronunciation markings lor many of the words. A guide

ro these markings at the beginning of the text would have been a great help.Additionally, the commonly used abbreviations lack a pronunciation guide.Despite its convenient small size, students and practitioners are unlikely

ro pack this book when other pocket guides to actual practice techniques

and protocols would be immensely more useful. Summing Up: Optional.'* Students in two-year respiratory therapy programs.-R. G. McGee [r.,jfmnerl)!, \':(!alters State CommunityCollege

48-2427 S494 2010-19974 CIPEncyclopedia of biotechnology in agriculture and food, ed. byDennis R. Heldman, Matthew B.Wheeler, and Dallas G, Hoover. CRCPress, 2011. 746p bibl index afp ISBN 0849350271, $399.95; ISBN978084935027~$39995

Of the 175 entries in this hefty tome some 87 are directly related

to food science and technology; the others deal with plant and animalagriculture, including genetics, breeding, and crop protection. 'TI1eeditors relied on 267 expert contributors, 126 from the US, to deliver

these authoritative essays from the biotechnological realm and frontier.

Entries' average length is about four pages; half contain tables and/orfigures, and each lists appropriate and up-to-date references. 'The articles

are good choices and are superbly written and displayed in alphabeticalorder. The only criticism one could file against a compendium of this

nature is the omission of one's favorite topic(s). Among the subjectscovered are alcoholic beverages, bioacrive compounds in mushrooms,

cattle embryo transfer, dairy starter cultures, enzymes (6 entries),

Iunctional foods, genomics and genetic engineering (8 entries),herbicide-resistant crops, interspecies embryo transfer, lipases in foods,

metabolomics and genetically modified organisms, nutraceuticals (2entries), organic farming, the history of pesticides, stem cell research (2

entries), transgenic plants/animals (12 entries), vaccine production/plantsas biofacrories, weed science, xenotransplantation, yogurt microbiology,

and zygote intrafallopian transfer. Thls title is also available online.

Summing Up: Highly recommended. *** Lower-level undergraduatesand above; general readers.-M. KrageJ; emeritus, Pcnnsyluania StateUniversity. University Pari, Campus

48-2428 QL415 2009-31135 CIPEncyclopedia ofTexas seashells: identification, ecology, distribu­

and history, by John W. Tunnell Jr.et al. with David W. Hicks andKimWithers. TexasA&M,2010. 512pbibl index afp ISBN 1603441417,$50.00; ISBN 9781603441414, $50.00

Adequately assessing rhe taxonomic treatment of such a diverse taxon as

the phylum Mollusca from a Texas-sizedcoastal region is very difficult. 'This

reviewer, in evaluating the quality of coverage for his specialty group, foundaccurate, up-to-date accounts of the 13 species within, all correctly identifiedto species. 'This was no small task, given current upheavals in molluscan

taxonomy; it bodes well for the remaining 900 mollusks included, of the

2,455 known hom the GulfofMexico. This book is based on but completelyOV(Th'"11s second author Jean Andrews's Sea Shells of the Texas Coast (CH,Mar'l2). Andrews treated only one-third as many species and omitted

mention of the reviewer'stocal group; this new publication highlights thekn()wledi;eof deeper water denizens gained in the intervening years.

This encyclopedia also builds on and amply supplements the recentmammoth GulfofMexico Origin, \':(/atm, and Biota, ed, by D. L. Felder

D. K. Camp (with overlapping authorship; CH, Dec'09, 47-1980).fine introductory chapter describes generalities of molluscan ecology

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and habitats along the 600-km Texas gulf coast. 'The volume reviews

and generously illustrates physical settings (river drainages, lagoons,

beaches, and mud Hats) along with biogenic habitats (sea grass meadows,

mangroves, oyster reefs, and deeper banks). Full-page plates show the

mollusks characteristic of each. 'The species accounts constituting most

of the book brieHy describe shell color pattern, shape, and sculpture,

grouped under headings that summarize anatomical and lifesrylc

characteristics of families. Excellent color photos 30-60 mrn in maximum

dimension illustrate most shells, and shell-less mollusks too. 'The shells

illustrated range over four orders of magnitude (0.35-600 mrn), so users

must heed the stated actual dimensions. '111e book is amply referenced,

and a glossary (and citation of a larger online one) clarifies jargon.

Summing Up: Highly recommended. *** Lower-levclundergraduatesand above; general readers.-A. j. Kobn, emeritus, University ofWashington

(148-2429 [Internet Resource]Family Drug Guide. Unbound Medicine. Available for individual pur­chase for $4,99, for mobile devices,URL: http://www.familydrugguide.com/

[Visited Oct'] 0] 'TI1e Family Drug Guide is an online, fee-based

resource designed to educate consumers on medications, including drug

facts, drug safety, cost comparisons and drug effectiveness ratings (for

classes of drugs), and drug and health news. Consumers may conduct

searches, browse topic indexes, and view sample topics at no charge.

For full-text access to all topics, however, individuals may purchase this

application for $4.99 for use on mobile devices (iPhone/iTouch/iPad,

Blackberry, or Android). Content is supplied by Unbound Medicine, a

health care knowledge management company, in conjunction with the

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists <1mp://www.ashp.org/>

and Consumer Reports Health <http://www.consumerreports.org/health/

home.htm» from Consumers Union, which also publishes Consumer

Reports. 'Ihe FamilyDrug Guide is comparable to other authoritative

resources that provide consumer health drug information, such as DrugDigest(CH, Od08, 46-0918), MayoClinic. com (CH, Od07, 45-0912),

and MedlinePlus (CH, Jul'06, 43-6562). The guide adds value, however,

by allowing users to locate, within one resource, not only drug facts

but also, in many cases, drug effectiveness recommendations and cost

comparisons, along with Federal Drug Administration consumer health

updates and FDA drug safety alerts. Also available is a My Meds drug

bookmarking tool for saving drug and health information to folders and

for tracking information on prescribed medications.

In addition to searching, users may browse the indexes Consumer

DrugInfo (by Alphabetic, Brand Name, Generic Name, and Therapeutic);

Consumer Reports Health (All Entries, Drugs, Conditions, Drug

Categories); and Drug and Health News (FDA recalls/safety alerts,

MedWatch Safety Alert RSS Feed, and What's New: Drugs RSS

Feed). The drug information pages all indicate when material was lastupdated. Additionally, when one views data on a specific drug, the

Content Manager allows keyword, advanced, or best evidence searches

in Unbound Medicine's version of MEDLINE, the world's premier

biomedical research database. However, this option may require search

skills beyond the capability of consumers who are unfamiliar with

MEDLINE or with the evidence-based approach to searching the medical

Iirerarurc. Information provided on the FmnilyDrug Guidesite is updated

regularly, with RSS feeds updated almost daily. Overall, this resource iseasy to use and navigate, and is an excellent source of reliable consumer­

oriented therapeutic drug information. 'The only exception would be

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2009-15655 CIPand space science, ed.2v bibl index afp ISBN

48-2434 QE5Kusky, Timothy. Encyclopedia of Earthby Katherine Cullen. Facts On File, 2010.9780816070053, $170.00

This encyclopedia, primarily designed for high school students andlower-division undergraduates, focuses on the content specified by theNational Science Education Standards (CH, Jun'96, 33-5683; see alsoNational Centerfor Science Education <lmp://ncse.com/>, CH, Sep'O1,39-0298), regarding Earth and space science concepts and topics,theories, subdisciplines, biographies of people who have made significantcontributions to these fields, and common methods and techniquesused in modern science. Kusky (China Univ. of Geosciences in Wuhan)

848-2432 [Internet Resource]Hacks/Hackers Survival Glossary, by Rich Gordon, Burt Herman,and Aron Pilhofer.URL: http://hackshackers.com/resou rces/hackshackers-su rviva 1­glossary/

[Visited Oct'10] This "crowdsourced" glossary of Web contentdistribution technologies is intended for journalists writing for anaudience of laypersons. It offers brief explanations of about 100 termsrelated to Web media, including devices (Il'hone, Android), contentmanagement systems (Django, Drupal), and concepts (semantic Web,wild). Hosted by the Hacks/Hackers community of journalists exploringnew technology, the glossary provides explanations that are not overlytechnical or overly detailed, and that may be reproduced under aCreative Commons share-alike attribute license. Included are a list oftechnical questions, with answers, and a column titled Latest Tweets.Journalists who need an accurate and reproducible quick explanation oftechnology will appreciate not having to construct a new definition everytime they reference a Web trend. Summing Up: Recommended. **Professionals/practitioners and general audience.-P Finley, University ofNevada, Las Vegas

848-2433 [Internet Resource]Khan Academy, by Salman Khan.URL:http://www.khanacademy.org/

[Visited Oct'10] Khan Academy, which began in 2006, is a free Website that currently features more than 1,600 short (10-20 minute) videosthat teach a variety of subjects, especially in math and science. Usersmay browse by topic using the headings Math, Science, Humanities andOther (consists of the subdivisions History and Finance), Test Prep, andTalks and Interviews. Louisiana-born creator Khan, a former SiliconValley investment manager with an MBA from Harvard, hopes that KhanAcademywill enable a free "world-class education." Khan narrates all thevideos using a blackboard and colorful writing. Endorsed by Bill Gates,whose children use the videos, and featured on CNN, NPR, and PBS,Khan Academy is used worldwide each month by more than 200,000students. 'TI1e videos are deliberately brief and concise. For example,the calculus module is divided into nearly 200 parts-very useful forstudents who want to review a concept or for those who need morerepetition for mastery. The simple format is refreshing when compared tothose of other graphics-dense educational sites. 'TI1is site is excellent forsupplementary instruction for science, technology, engineering, and math(STEM) students and educators at both the high school and college levels.Summing Up: Recommended. ** Lower-level undergraduates throughfaculty, two-year technical program students, and general audience.-PM Storm, Eastern Michigan University

the difficulty that some may find in searching the MEDLINE database.Nevertheless, help screens are available, and detailed instructions indicatehow to download and install this drug guide. Health science librariesmaintaining a list of recommended Internet resources should note thata considerable amount of FamilyDrug Guide's information is free at itsWeb site. Summing Up: Highly recommended. *** Health careconsumers, students, and practitioners.-D. Timm, Louisiana StateUniversity Health Sciences Center-Shreveport

848-2430 [Internet Resource]FAOSTAT, from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UnitedNations.URL: http://faostatJao.org/

[Visited Oct' 10] FAOSTAT is an online database providing a broadarray of statistics on food and agriculture. It covers data from 210countries and territories plus international statistics. Over a million time­series records are featured, officiallygoing back to 1961, but with greatercoverage of the past 15 years. Until recently, a limited amount of datawas open to interested parties, but the most substantial information wasavailable only through a paid subscription. As of July 1, 2010, access iscompletely free; however, users must register first to take full advantageof the site. Specific areas include food supply and food security, foodproducts (with balance sheets), agricultural trade, forestry and fisheriesdata, land use and irrigation, use of fertilizers and pesticides, and othercensus data. The data come from individual countries and regionaldevelopment organizations. Of the one billion-plus data points, 40million are updated annually and some are updated daily.

To ensure accuracy, several data quality conferences have been heldon monitoring and assessing the information. Records are available inArabic, Chinese, English, French, and Spanish. To facilitate use of thedatabase, the site offers a user manual, glossary of concepts/definitions,and an important Support/FAQ page, which includes questions andanswers on how to register, provides guidelines for using FAOSTATversus national data, and presents conversion factors. 'Ihis is the definitivesource for international statistics on food and agriculture. SummingUp: Essential. **** Lower-level undergraduates and above; generalaudience.-N Kobzina, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley

48-2431 HV5017 2009-37200 CIPGold, Mark S.The encyclopedia of alcoholism and alcohol abuse,by Mark S.Gold and Christine Adamec. FactsOn File, 2010. 359p biblindex afp ISBN 0816077096, $75.00; ISBN 9780816077090, $75.00

This title by Gold (Univ. of Florida College of Medicine) andmedical writer Adamec is one of several new additions to the Facts OnFile "Library of Health and Living" series, which currently includes some50 titles. As with other volumes in the set, entries are arranged A-Zand are typically one to two pages long. However, several entries in thisvolume run for eight pages or more. Most of the longer entries closewith a reference list. Sources cited are primarily journals and governmentdocuments. A 19-page bibliography is featured, and appendixes includeseveral statistical tables. Additional tables appear with many entries.The introduction provides a very helpful historical overview of alcoholuse and abuse in the US. It is indexed along with the A-Z entries. Thisencyclopedia's coverage ranges from causes of alcoholism to diagnosis,treatment, and related social issues. Many of the entries cover psychiatricconditions that commonly occur together with alcoholism. SummingUp: Recommended. ** Lower-level undergraduates and generalreaders.-S. L. Knight-Davis, Eastern Illinois University

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included . Sum mi ng Up: Optiona l. * G enera l readers and lower-levelundergraduates.-j. C. Stachacz; Wilkes University

8 48-2435 [Internet Resource]The Vegetarian Resource GroupURL: http://www.vrg.org/

[Visited O d IO] The Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG) is a Web siteby and for people interested in being vegetarian or vegan. It is maintained

by a nonprofit organ izat ion dedicated to promoti ng vegetarianism thro ugheducation, in part through publi catio n of Vegetarian journal, which is

written by mem bers. Art icles are biased toward vegetar ianism but aremostly well balanced about the pros and cons ofavoid ing meat. Thegroup claims health professionals and others in its mem bership. Someinforma tion on the site has a d~te , whereas other sectio ns are und ated ;

overall the site appears to be upd ated regularly. The information rangeswidely. encompassing food service, ingredients. recipes, and ot her specifics

of the vegetar ian/vegan lifestyle. The site featu res some cookbooks for saleand offers some free inform ation bulletins. It will appeal to those interestedin a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle. Users will find that other sites offer much ofthe same information , bu t that reliability varies. Amo ng those that readers

can count on for high-quality infor mation are the National AgriculturalLibrary's Foodand Nutrition Inft rmation Center <lm p://fnlc.nal.usda.gov/ »

(C H, Oct'03, 4 1-0957) and an American D ietet ic Association group'sVegetarian Nutrition <http://www.vegetariannutrition.net/>. Additio nally,both these sites offer more scho larly inform ation. VRG is for those seeking

lifestyle information rather than scholarly research mater ial. Summing Up:

Recom mend ed. ** General audience.- N. Duran, TexasA&M University

848-2436 [Internet Resource]Web of Science. Thomson Reuters.Cont act publish er for pricing.URL: http:/ /thomsonreuters.com/

[Visited Oct' 10] The focus of th is review are the W'tob ofSciencedatabases Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences CitationIndex (SSCI), and Artsand Humanities Citation Index (AHCI). Alsoavailable (not reviewed here) are ConferencePlvceedings Citation Index, IndexChemicus, and Current Chemical Reactions. SCIE, SSCI, and AHCI indexover 10,000 journal titles. prim arily English- language ones and includingopen access titles. Each varies in terms of available back files, with SClE

having the largest back file-to 1900. SSCI back files extend to 1955, andAHCI's to 1975. Updat ed weekly. the databases overlap somewhat withother d iscipline-specific databases; however, their interdisciplinary nat ureand unique search features make them useful additions to a library 's list of

electro nic resources. Ge neral searching is straightforward. Th e interfaceprovides basic field searching (topic. autho r, title, pub licat ion name, year,crc.); complex searching using operato rs can be don e duri ng the search

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a particular rime period may choose an era, e.g., the Roaring Twenties(1921-28), or a presidential era, e.g., Abraham Lincoln (1861-65).

Researchers may also limit their search ro an array of primary resourcesincluding lcucrs, advertisements, and a variety of announcements.

Covering more than a century and a half, this collection ofTel's uniqueperspectives and rich historical context surrounding the African American

experience. Summing Up: Highly recommended. *** Upper-divisionundergraduates through professionals; general readers.-L A. Ganster.University ofPittJ/JU1;gh

848-2438 [Internet Resource]American History (Academic Edition). ABe-CLIO. Annual academicsubscription begins at $439.00, based on FTE/institution type; bun­dled savings available.URL: httpv/www.abc-clio.corn/

[Visited Oct'] 0] ABC-CLlO's online encyclopedia American History(Academic Edition), not to be confused with the public library version

American HistOJY, is a new addition to a crowded marketplace of onlineacademic encyclopedias, many of which are ABC-CLIO products. This

database gets high marks in terms of aesthetics and usability. 'The pagesare nicely arranged with plenty of white space. And academic institutions

that subscribe to other ABC-CLIO online encyclopedias will be ableto save money on the subscription price and move between the various

online products using a simple drop-down menu located on the left sideof the page. Content can be accessed in three ways. 'The first is a Quick

Search box on the landing page. Another access point is a link to an

Advanced Search page, which lets users narrow a search by era or variouscontent categories. 'The final (and easiest) way to access content is via

the Eras tab, which rakes users to a page with several publisher-definederas. 'These divisions, which begin with the pre-American-Revolution

exploration and conquering of America, closely mirror the eras mosthistorians use and arc further subdivided. Entries in these sections are

short and concise, do a good job of being as neutral as possible, andcontain links to materials used and citations.

'111e Idea Exchange section expands the Analyze section found in thenonacademic version of this online encyclopedia. In the nonacademic

AmericanHistory, Analyze features articles with an intentionally strongerpoint of view. 'I11is section highlights the "key question" of a specific era,

offers suggested questions for studying the era, and gives readers more

resources on a specific ropic. In the AcademicEdition, the Idea Exchangesections vary in the materials they offer, with the addition of video, audio,

and other digitized sources of information to the entries derailing newerhistorical events. Idea Exchange sections begin with a historical question,such as "Should Ford Have Pardoned Nixon?" followed by signed

scholarly essays that cover various aspects of the argument. Beyond thevaluable content and scholarly sources these sections contain, the essays

also allow students a chance to study how scholarly arguments are writtenby professionals within the field of history. American History (AcademicEdition) is a high-quality, visually appealing, low-cost addition to ABC­CLIO's online encyclopedias. Summing Up: Highly recommended.

*** Lower-levcl undergraduarcs and general readers.-G. johnson,GO/lemon State University

848-2439 [Internet Resource]Bibliography of British and Irish History Online. Brepolis. Annualacademic subscrip. is about $890 (3 simultaneous users) to $1,280(unlimited access); contact publisher for other options.URL: http://www.brepolis.net/

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or afterward, [rom the search history. T() assist with selection of names(author, abbreviated tide, ctc.), the system includes finding aids to search orbrowse h)r a given name. 'This is especially imporranr for publication namesfor cited reference searches.

Cited reference searching is bidy easy, via a list that allows searchersto select citation variants to improve result accuracy. As noted above,the ability to search or browse for standardized tide abbreviationsimproves search accuracy. 'These citation indexes were once the only

option for cited reference searching. Resources like Scopus <hnp://www.info.scivcrsc.corn/scopus/» (CII, Jul'05, 42-6232) and Google Scholar(CH, Jul'07, 44-5957) also provide it. Inclusion of cited references inthe databases provides the basis for Web ofScience's "related references"feature: references arc ranked as related based on the number of referencesthey share with the initial reference. In practice, however, the number of

shared references seems to be less indicative of relatedness than the ratioof shared references to total references. Users can reline search results byusing hedges-subject areas, document types, years, languages, and more.In addition, search results can be analyzed by author name, institution,

funding agency, ctc., resulting in a ranked list of the selected facet ofanalysis. Users can create free accounts in which to save searches and setup search alerts. Additional resources that can be added on the Web of

Knowledge platform include BIOSIS Previews,]oumrt! Citation Reports,and many more. If these databases arc included in a library's subscription,links are available to sec the references therein. Unfortunately, searchresults cannot be refined to exclude references that arc also found inother databases. Users can exporr database references in many formats,

including those for bibliographic management software like EndNote(CH, Feb'08, 45-2929), ProCite, and Relworks. Summing Up:Recommended. ** Upper-division undergraduates through faculty/researchers.-j. M. Miller, UnioersityoiToledo

848-2437 [Internet Resource]African American Newspapers, 1827-1998. Readex. For academiclibraries, Readex offers a one-time tiered purchase price with an an­nual maintenance fee.URL: http://www.readex.com/

[Visited Oct'] 0] As parr of Rcadex's Americas HistoricalNewspaperscollection, Aji-iclilz-Anlericrm Neiospapcrs, 1827-1998 provides full-text

access to 270 historically significant African-American newspapers fromacross the US. 'lhe collection content is drawn from the Wisconsin

Historical Society, Kansas State Historical Society, and the Library ofCongress. With the selections guided by james Danky, editor ofAji-iam­American Newspapers and Periodicals: A National J3ib!iogmphy (CI-J, Feb'OO,37 -3(82), students and laculry will discover firsthand reports of major

events and issues such as the Civil War, presidential elections, business andtrade, the arts, and religion. Influential publications include the ClcuclandGtlzette (Cleveland, OH), the Neu. York Age (New York, NY), l.Union(New Orleans, LA), and The \'J(ltishin,gtrm Bee (Washington, DC). Additionoff'i,:edomsjournf/I, the first newspaper owned and operated by AfricanAmericans, was under way as this review went to press.

Researchers can access newspapers in a variety of ways. Searchfeatures arc srraighrforward. In addition to searching a newspaper's fulltext, headline, or title, researchers may select newspapers from a regionon a map or hom a list of state names. 'lhose seeking articles relevant to