Reviews of Reference books, highlights of essential titles and newer resources from Library Journal.
Short Takes By Savannah Schroll Guz, formerly with Smithsonian Lib., Washington, DC - 06/15/2009
Bentley, Elizabeth Petty . County Courthouse Book . 3d ed. Genealogical . Jun. 2009. 322p. ISBN 978-0-8063-1797-7 . $49.95. REF A fully revised update to the 1996 edition, this exhaustive compilation of local government offices is arranged alphabetically, first by state name. Bentley (Directory of Family Associations) then subdivides each state alphabetically by county.
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New from IGI Global By Savannah Schroll Guz, formerly with Smithsonian Lib., Washington, DC - 06/15/2009
Intelligent Data Analysis: Developing New Methodologies Through Pattern Discovery and Recovery . IGI Global . 2009. 360p. ed. by Hsiao-Fan Wang . ISBN 978-1-59904-982-3 . $180. REF This highly specialized resource explores the software and algorithms capable of mathematically analyzing inconclusive or "fuzzy" data, mining for meaningful patterns, assisting in the unambiguous classification of...
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Reference 06/15/2009
Performing Arts The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music . 2 vols. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group . 2009. 1216p. illus. bibliog. maps. index. ISBN 978-0-415-97293-2 . $350 with CD; Online: Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online REF This title condenses the well-known and monumental ten-volume scholarly survey of the same name into two relatively slim volumes.
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Reference 06/01/2009
Religion Melton, J. Gordon . Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions . 8th ed. Gale Cengage . 2009. 1418p. illus. maps. index. ISBN 978-0-7876-9696-2 . $380; Online: Gale Virtual Reference Library REF Methodist minister Melton here organizes America's known 2300-plus religious groups into 24 distinct families, adding 200 entries to this latest edition of his work.
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A Rough Road Ahead By Carol Tenopir - 06/01/2009
As libraries and the institutions that fund them prepare their 2010 budgets, things look grim. Both the Association of Research Libraries and the International Coalition of Library Consortia have issued statements calling on scholarly publishers to work with libraries to find common ground on materials pricing in a prolonged period of economic downturn.
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Ex Libris Launches bX Article Suggestion Tool Edited by Josh Hadro - 06/01/2009
Just before the Ex Libris Users of North America (ELUNA) meeting May 6—8 in Richmond, Ex Libris announced the general availability of its bX article recommendation service. The service takes its cues from "Web 2.0—type" applications, offering related article suggestions based on aggregate usage data collected from participating institutions that already use Ex Libris's SFX link reso...
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Games, Gamers, & Gaming Liz Danforth, MLS, game developer March 16, 2009 Why Games?
So here’s the core question: do games belong in libraries? Or perhaps you&rsquo... More
Design Institute 2007 December 11, 2007 at Chicago's Harold Washington Library Center:Design Institute 2007
Learning Gardens New York's GreenBranches program links the library to the street.
Green Picks: LBD May 2007 Want to reduce your library's carbon footprint? Join the Cradle-to-Cradle revolution. Helen Milling shares the green products her firm is using.
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