Volume 33 Nº 4 - November 1997

Reviews

Coordinated by Gary Gorman

What Else Shoud I Read? Guiding Kids to Good Books vol. 2
Matt Berman. Libraries Unlimited, Englewood, 1996.
215 pages, soft. ISBN 1563084198. US$29, available from James Bennett Library Service.

Twentieth Centure Children's Writers 4th edn
Laura S Berger. St James Press, Detroit, 1995.
1272 pages, hard. ISBN 1558621776. US$161.

Light 'n Lively Reads for ESL, Adult and Teen Readers: A Thematic Bibliography
La Vergne Rosow. Libraries Unlimited, Englewood, 1996.
341 pages, soft. ISBN 156383655. US$48, available from James Bennett Library Service.

Don't Surf: Effective Research Strategies for the Net
Maureen Henninger. University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 1997.
138 pages, soft. ISBN 0868404802. US$15.

Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chicago, 1997.
CD-ROM, video, manual. ISBN 0852296541. US$299.

Focus on the Child: Libraries, Literacy and Learning
Judith Elkin, Ray Lonsdale (eds). Library Association Publishing, London, 1996.
278 pages, hard. ISBN 1856041093. US$94, available from James Bennett Library Service.

From Bushveld to Biko
Jay Heale. Grabouw/Bookchat, Cape Town, 1996.
48 pages. ISBN 0958388164. SA Rand 18.

Managing the Internet in the School Library
Elspeth Scott. SLA Guidelines. School Library Association, Liden, 1997.
19 pages, soft. ISBN 0900641819. £5, available from Liden Library, Barrington Close, Liden, Swindon SN3 6HF, UK.

The Internet and the School Library Media Specialist: Transforming Traditional Services
Randall M MacDonald. Greenwood Professional Guides in School Librarianship. Greenwood Press, Westport, 1997.
208 pages, hard. ISBN 0313300283. US$39, available from DA Information Services.

Standard Cataloguing for School and Public Libraries 2nd edn
Sheila Inter & Jean Weihs. Libraries Unlimited, Englewood, 1996.
278 pages, hard. ISBN 1563083494. US$39, available from James Bennett Library Service.

Web Sites That Work
Roger Black with Sean Elder. Adobe Press, San José, 1997.
237 pages, hard. ISBN 1568303467. $69.95, available from Prentice Hall Australia.

Dig That Site: Exploring Archaeology, History and Civilization on the Internet
Gary M Garfield & Suzanne McDonough. Libraries Unlimited, Englewood, 1997.
134 pages, soft. ISBN 1563085348. US$30, available from James Bennett Library Service.

Establishing a Secondary School Library Policy
Elspeth Scott. SLA Guidelines. School Library Association, Swindon, 1996.
12 pages, soft. ISBN 0900641754. £4, available from Liden Library, Barrington Close, Liden, Swindon SN3 6HF, UK.

School Library Automation in Australia: Issues and Results of the National Surveys. 2nd edn
Ken Dillon (ed.). Topics in Australian Teacher Librarianship, N° 1. Centre for Information Studies, Wagga Wagga, 1997.
12 pages, soft. ISBN 08949060380.

Information Technology in Schools: Implications for Teacher Libraries. 3rd edn
Margaret Butterworth (ed.). Australian Library and Information Association, School Libraries Section (WA Group), Perth, 1997.
156 pages, soft. ISBN 1863424970. $25 ($20 to ALIA members), available from ALIA WA Branch, PO Box 258, Cannington 6107.