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Titles appearing in Reference — Research Book News — February 2008
Arrangement is by title.

Beyond the internet; successful research strategies.

Chernow, Barbara A.
Bernan Press, ©2007    135 p.    $19.95    LB2369
978-1-59888-173-8

The Internet is a vast font of information but it doesn't provide researchers access to the many primary sources not yet digitized. Reference book editor Chernow (who teaches publishing at New York U.) offers tips and techniques for meeting research challenges through library collections, government records, private collections, and interviews. Personal project examples shed light on doing historical and genealogical research. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Who needs to know?; the state of public access to federal government information.

McDermott, Patrice.
Bernan Press, ©2007    292 p.    $19.95    JC598
978-1-59888-050-2

With a background in both library science and political science, McDermott has worked for many years on issues of government-held information and privacy policy. Here she examines the provision of government information in electronic form, for example over the Internet, and portents of change in the wrong direction in the role and importance of access to public information. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)