This new edition of a French library school text appears just one year after publication of the first edition, and it is still a work in progress. The authors both teach library science in France, and the book is basically a collection of teaching scripts and lectures. The new edition is 50 pages longer; the section on databases was expanded from 3 pages to12 and contains sample Internet searches (that could easily have been included in the 1995 edition). It is clear that this is less a well-rounded and well-thought-out work than a text meant for instruction. Apart from its references to Walford, Sheehy, and LISA, the work contains only French-language resources. [sh/sd]

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The Reference Sources Handbook. Ed. Peter W. Lea and Alan Day. 4th ed. London: Library Association Publishing, 1996. xviii, 446 p. 24 cm. Former title: Printed Reference Material and Related Sources of Information. ISBN 1-85604-177-8 (pbk.): £42.50

This new edition of the English-language standard for library information and research materials departs from its former print-oriented focus (the 3rd ed. in 1990 was titled Printed reference material and related sources of information) and now includes non-print information resources. As with earlier editions, some of the chapters have been renamed or combined-though in seemingly random order. This edition contains 16 chapters, down from 20 in the 3rd edition. Ten are written by the same authors, and six by new ones. The single completely new chapter is "Reference Publishing" by Bob Duckett which discusses digital resources on an equal footing with the traditional print media, and which contains a section on "publishers' promotion" which is especially recommended. As with earlier editions, authors have been given virtual free reign over the content of their chapters, and this reviewer laments the lack of a comparable reference work focusing on German resources. [sh/sd]

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Guida alla bibliografia internazionale [Guide to International Bibliography]. Andrea Martinucci. Milano: Editrice Bibliografica, 1994. 288 p. 24 cm. (Bibliografia e biblioteconomia: Fuori collana) ISBN 88-7075-380-8: Lit. 60,000

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Guida alle ricerche bibliografiche: dalla biblioteca alle banche dati, alle reti telematiche [Guide to Bibliographic Research: From the Library to Database and Telematic Networks]. Elena Giacanelli Boriosi and Diana Ascari. 1st ed. Bologna: Zanichelli, 1995. x, 254 p. 16 cm. ISBN 88-08-09120-1: Lit. 20,000

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Corso di bibliografia: guida alla compilazione e all'uso dei repertori bibliografici [Bibliography Course: Guide to the Compilation and Use of Bibliographies]. Rino Pensato. 3d ed. Milano: Editrice Bibliografica, 1995. 227 p. 21 cm. (Bibliografia e biblioteconomia, 28). ISBN 88-7075-422-7: Lit. 30,000

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Informare in biblioteca [Giving Information in the Library]. Aurelio Aghemo. Milano: Editrice Bibliografica, 1992. 163 p. 21 cm. (Bibliografia e biblioteconomia, 43). ISBN 88-7075-308-5: Lit. 25,000

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Il reference in biblioteca: guida ai servizi d'informazione [Reference in the Library: Guide to Information Services]. Carla Leonardi. Milano: Editrice Bibliografica, 1995. 202 p. 21 cm. (Bibliografia e biblioteconomia ; 49) ISBN 88-7075-432-4: Lit. 30,000

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Pubblicazioni ufficiali italiane [Italian Government Publications]. Vilma Alberani. Roma: Associazione Italiana Biblioteche, 1995. 91 p. 17 cm. (Enciclopedia tascabile, 7). ISBN 88-7812-029-4: Lit. 12,000 (Editrice Bibliografica, Via Vittorio Veneto 24, I-20124 Milano)

The Guida alla bibliographia internazionale is a bibliography of bibliographies and national catalogs, compiled for the Italian library school student. Theory and method of bibliography, normally included in such texts, are not covered. National bibliographies of France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and the U.S. are included. Aside from the very general bibliographies, there is a heavy emphasis on old books, from incunabula through the 19th century. The backward-looking nature of this bibliography is further emphasized by the fact that the new electronic formats, e.g., CD-ROM, online databases, and Internet access, are omitted. Though it presents a good, solid introduction to the older bibliographies, it would hardly serve to prepare the library school student for today's library world.

The Guida alle ricerche bibliografiche is much more up-to-date. Its audience is the college student learning her way around the library. A short introduction to using the library is followed by chapters on bibliographies, on digital library resources, and finally, practical advice for using all of these resources in research. There is no index to the titles, but a handy glossary of library terms id provided.

The gap left by the omission of bibliographical theory and method in the Guida alla bibliographia internazionale, above, is filled by Rino Pensato's Corse di bibliografia, which is apparently a popular text, since it is now in its third edition since 1987. Like the aforementioned Guida, it is compiled from the author's library school lecture notes. The three chapters, "What is Bibliography", "Compiling a Bibliography," and "Using Bibliographies" are followed by an extensive literature list of books and articles on the topic (chiefly by American authors, but also including French, German and Italian ones). Unfortunately, this list stops with publication year 1990, which for a 1995 imprint is unacceptable.

Two further publications in the same series deal with reference service in the American sense. Informare in biblioteca traces the history and development of reference service in the U.S. and contrasts it with the equivalent services in Italy. The chapters on "question and answer" and communication between information seeker and information provider are very American, as is the literature list.

Carla Leonardi actually uses the English word in her title, Il reference in biblioteca. This volume is an annotated bibliography of about 600 titles- systematically grouped under theory, method, and practice-that was submitted as the author's 1994 dissertation. In addition to the English-language books and articles on this topic, this volume contains a separate twenty-page annotated chronological listing of Italian publications.