Book Review Digest


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Excerpts from and citations to reviews of more than 8,000 books each year, drawn from coverage of 109 publications. Book Review Digest provides citations to and excerpts of reviews of current juvenile and adult fiction and nonfiction in the English language. Reviews of the following types of books are excluded: government publications, textbooks, and technical books in the sciences and law. Reviews of books on science for the general reader, however, are included. The reviews originate in a group of selected periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and general science published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. - Publisher.







Technicalities


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History Lover's Guide to Houston, A


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Houston earned its international reputation as a hub for space flight and the oil industry. But visitors don't need to search out the secrets of the stars or the depths of the earth to experience the impressive legacy of the nation's fourth-largest city.







Interlibrary Loan Policies Directory


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Updating the fourth edition of 1991, this reference provides current information on the interlibrary loan policies of some 1,425 academic, public, and special libraries in the US, Puerto Rico, and Canada, for librarians who need to know in advance what types of material a particular library loans and what charges will be incurred. The arrangement is alphabetical by state, and within each state, alphabetical by name of library or institution. New to this edition are Ariel addresses, Internet addresses, and a number of new indexes including libraries that loan government documents, periodicals, microforms, computer software, newspapers, and media. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR