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by George M. Eberhart

• American Film Music: Major Composers, Techniques, Trends, 1915-1990, by William Darby and Jack Du Bois (605 pages, November 1990), examines the scores for hundreds of films from Birth of a Nation (1915) to Top Gun (1986) and analyzes how the music relates to onscreen activities. The book includes discussion of such trendsetting works as Max Steiner’s King Kong (1933, an early instance of music carrying a significant portion of onscreen action), Bernard Herrmann’s Psycho (1960, with its unusual, high, scraping, stringsonly support of the famous shower scene), and Alex North’s A Streetcar Named Desire (1951, the first essentially jazz-oriented score), as well as remarks on the work that followed within the resulting trends. Discussions are enhanced by musical notations of significant themes and motifs. Chapters on fourteen individual composers working largely within the United States are given perspective by summary chapters on the silent and early sound years, the decades from the 1930s to the 1980s, and the work of composers outside the U.S. Complete filmographies are given for the major composers. A close reading of this book will give the casual moviegoer a greater appreciation for film music. Copies may be ordered for $55.00 from McFarland & Co., Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640. ISBN 0- 89950-468-X.

• Consilia: A Bibliography of Holdings in the Library of Congress and Certain Other Collections in the United States, by Peter R. Pazzaglini and Catharine A. Hawks (154 pages, September 1990), provides the first published list of consilia—legal analyses of specific cases written by medieval and Renaissance jurists on the European continent—in the LC Law Library and the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. The book also serves as a union list of consilia, covering collections at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, UC-Berkeley, and the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. Whether based on actual or conjectural cases, these collections of consilia were intended to promote the highest professional application of the law and often became, depending upon the skill and reputation of the jurist, authorities themselves. The bibliography contains a placename glossary and index to guide readers from ancient Latin names for place of publication to current spellings and designations; an author/editor index with name variants, listing the changing forms of the names of celebrated consilia authors; and a substantial list of references to the literature about consilia. Copies are available for $19.00 including postage and handling from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402-9325. SuDoc 030- 000-00217-2.

• The Consortium of Rhode Island Academic and Research Libraries (CR1ARL) Union List of Serials (2d ed., 1990) includes 45,990 titles, 69,924 holdings statements, and a keyword index. It replaces the first edition, published in 1983, which did not include the holdings of the University of Rhode Island. Copies are available on microfiche. The cost, including postage, is $35.00 within Rhode Island and $50.00 out of state. All orders must be prepaid, with checks payable to the Brown University Library. Send orders to Steve E. Thompson, Serials Department, Rockefeller Library, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912.

• Current Cookbooks: A Selected List of Methods and Cuisines, by Christine Bulson (44 pages, October 1990), has been published as number 9 in the Choice Bibliographical Essay Series. An annotated bibliography of 250 titles in print, this guide is arranged by topic (cuisines and cooking techniques). A preface includes a short bibliographic history of cooking. Copies may be ordered for $12.00 from Choice, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06457. ISBN 0-914492- 08-X.

• The Federal Data Base Finder, by MatthewLesko (571 pages, 3d ed., September 1990), is a directory of free and fee-based databases and files available from the U.S. government. Databases are listed alphabetically within each department or agency, along with an address and telephone number of who to contact, stock number, and description. A casual browse through this resource will yield information on such databases as the Mourning Dove Data Base, the Gravesite Reservation System, the Federal Employee Attitudes Survey, the Weather Modification Reporting Program, and Parachute Jump Areas. A thorough index complements the director. A copy may be purchased for $125.00 from Information USA, Inc., P.O. Box E, Kensington, MD 20895. ISBN 1- 878346-03-2.

• Guide to the Writings of Pioneer Latin- americanists of the United States, edited by Martin H. Sable (159 pages, May 1989), identifies individuals bom between the years 1700 and 1910 who are or were engaged in prominent activities concerned with Latin America in general or any of its nations or regions. For each entry, the editor has given the full name, profession, employer, and two sample publications. An introduction, which includes a history of Latin American studies, was written by A. P. Nasatir, research professor of history emeritus at San Diego State University, who began teaching in the United States in 1928. This guide was previously published in 1988 as Volume 7, Number 1/2 of Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian. Copies are available for $29.95 from the Haworth Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. ISBN 0-86656-899-9.

• Historical Atlas of Canada: Vol. ILL Ad- dressing the Twentieth Century, edited by Donald Kerr and Deryck W. Holdsworth (197 pages, October 1990), graphically depicts the growth of the country between 1891 and 1961. Sixty-six fullcolor, double-page plates feature a wealth of detailed maps, drawings, graphs, charts, and tables illustrating every aspect of Canadian history. Like its predecessor, Vol. I: From the Beginning to 1800, this atlas packs more information per square centimeter than any other reference book except maybe the OED. Where else can you find a comparison of tourist accommodations on Vancouver Island in 1929 and 1959, or a colorful chart of male and female enrollment in Canadian universities by subject (including library science) from 1881 to 1961? The volume is divided into two parts. First, the Great Transformation, from 1891 to 1929, a period of dramatic change in Canada’s economy and population. The topics include the expansion and consolidation of railways, financial institutions, resource development, settling of the prairies, the sea and livelihood in Atlantic Canada, prairie agriculture, World War I, migration, schooling and social structure, religious adherence, recreational land, labor and strikes, and organized sports. Second, the Crisis and Response period, from 1929 to 1961, devotes several plates to the Great Depression, then moves on to World War II, farming and fishing, retailing, society in the north, population changes, the urban system, education, social insurance, the changing workforce, and national broadcasting.

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The research and publication of this handsome three-volume series has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, with substantial assistance from the Government of Ontario, the Bank of Montreal, and other donors from the private sector. A third volume on the 19th century (Vol. II) is in preparation. Volume III costs $95.00 and may be ordered from the University of Toronto Press, 340 Nagel Drive, Buffalo, NY 14225. ISBN 0-8020-3448-9.

• Oral History Index: An International Di- rectory of Oral History Interviews, edited by Ellen S. Wasserman (434 pages, September 1990), is an alphabetical index to more than 30,000 oral history transcripts held at nearly 400 oral history centers in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Israel. The listings were compiled from questionnaires mailed to 1,300 special collections, archives, libraries, historical societies and museums. The first section contains a list of interviewees, with the date of the interview, a brief keyword description of the subject, and an alphanumeric code identifying the center holding the interview. The second section is a guide to the research center codes. The index may be ordered for $145.00 from the Meckler Corporation, 11 Ferry Lane West, Westport, CT 06880. ISBN 0-88736-349-0.

• The Student Voice ‚ 1960-1965: Periodical of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, compiled by the staff of the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project (252 pages, July 1990), reprints the entire run of this civil rights, student activist newspaper with headquarters in Atlanta. The Student Voice contained news of student sitins, marches, bombings, beatings, police violence, and reports on the activities of SNCC field secretaries who helped launch mass mobilizations of black communities in the South. The newspaper covered in detail much of the civil rights news that was neglected by the major media. A detailed index provides access. Copies are available for $125.00 from Meckler Corporation, 11 Ferry Lane West, Westport, CT 06880. ISBN 0-88736-323-7.

• UFOs in the 1980s„ by Jerome Clark (234pages, August 1990), is the first in a projected three-volume encyclopedia that will cover the personalities, cases, and organizations that have been significant in the study of the UFO phenomenon. Prominent themes and theories are covered in considerable depth. An introductory essay provides some background for readers approaching the subject for the first time. Copies may be ordered for $65.00 from Omnigraphics, Inc., Penobscot Building, Detroit, MI 48226. ISBN 1-55888- 301-0.

• Using OCLC: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Libraries, by Robert T. Warwick and Patricia E. Jensen (145 pages, August 1990), has been designed as an instructional workbook for library school students or librarians who are unfamiliar with the Online Union Catalog and Cataloging Subsystem of the OCLC Online System. The book provides the fundamentals of searching, creating, modifying, and inputting records. Examples and exercises accompany each section for reinforcement and practice, with correct answers as an appendix. Copies may be ordered for $35.00 from Neal-Schuman Publishers, 23 Leonard St., New York, NY 10013. ISBN 1-55570-037-3.

• Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality, by Paul Barber (236 pages, September 1990), examines vampire folklore with the intention of discovering how people in preindustrial cultures looked at the processes and phenomena associated with death and the dissolution of the body. Written with good humor and keen scholarship, the book contains chapters on “Hands Emerging from the Earth,” “Body Disposal and Its Problems,” and “Down to a Watery Grave.” Barber exhumes the many differences between the vampires of folklore and the vampires of film and literature, making his research a handy companion-piece to Bram Stoker and Anne Rice. The book may be ordered for $27.50 from Yale University Press, 92A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520. ISBN 0-300-04126-8.

• Women’s Studies: A Guide to Information Sources, by Sarah Carter and Maureen Ritchie (269 pages, September 1990), contains 1,076 entries on a variety of topics in women’s studies, including the arts and media, black women, law and politics, mind and body, and travel and leisure. The listing includes publications from 1978 to 1989, with all major women-centered English-language reference works, both monographic and serial, included. A large section on “Women in the World” covers international perspectives on women, much of it in non-English languages. Copies may be ordered for $39.95 from McFarland & Co., Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640. ISBN 0-89950-534-1.

• Workstations and Local Area Networks

for Librarians, by Kieth C. Wright (153 pages, August 1990), will help those who are faced with moving from standalone computers into a networked environment. Specific chapters cover library goals and objectives for a local area network; planning and managing the user workstation area; management uses for networks; public uses; technical services uses; ergonomic selection and placement of workstations; and network topology and communications parameters. Each chapter concludes with a reading list for further information, and appendices list manufacturers and network characteristics. The book costs $25.00 (ALA member price, $22.50) and may be ordered from the ALA Order Department, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. ISBN 0-8389-0538-2.