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Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 222-226

  Hartman, Donald K ^a   D'Aniello, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 33645969292     PISSN: 00990086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crln.67.4.7603     Document Type: Review

References (12)

1. William A. Katz, Introduction to Reference Work, vol. 1 (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1992), 316.
2. Marydee Ojala, "The Future of Directory Information," Online 29, no.5 (September/October): 38-39.
3. There is a rich literature, which either directly or indirectly explores the past (or past views of it) by using old reference materials. For some examples, search America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts. Some general insight on what is to be learned from the study of old reference materials is offered in Charles A. D'Aniello, "A Sociobibliographical and Sociohistorical Approach to the Study of Bibliographic and Reference Sources: A Complement to Traditional Bibliographic Instruction," in Conceptual Frameworks for Bibliographic Education: Theory and Practice, eds. Mary Reichel and Mary Ann Ramey (Littleton, Co.: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1987), 109-133.
4. For a valuable overview of the history of reference materials, which cannot help but suggest uses to which they might be put by contemporary scholars, see: Bill Katz, Cuneiform to Computer: A History of Reference Sources (Lanham, MD and London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1998).
5. The N. W. Ayer and Sons American Newspaper Annual (which went through various evolutions and corresponding title changes across its long history) is now available in digital form for 1869 to 1919 at www.loc.gov/rr/news/ news_research_tools /ayersdirectory.html; was last published in 1986;
6. and is continued by the Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media.
7. The actual quote reads: "Wouldn't it be fun if, all at once, everybody just forgot everything they knew?" George Carlin, When Will Jesus Pass the Pork Chops? (New York: Hyperion, 2004), 51.
8. An advertisement for backfiles of the Register (1905-1983) from Research Publications observes: "Covering the years 1905 to the present, this comprehensive reference tool is a valuable historic, social, and technical aid for researchers of American business, industry, and commerce." From American Quarterly 36, no. 1 (Spring 1984), U7 (unnumbered).
9. Print editions of Encyclopaedia Britannica continue to be published, along with the more current online resource. The enduring value of older editions is evidenced by the online searchable version of the 1911 edition.
10. Robert F. Sproull and Jon Eisenberg, eds., Building an Electronic Records Archive at the National Archives and Records Administration: Recommendations for a Long-Term Strategy (Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press, 2005), 19.
11. For an excellent general overview from an historian writing for other historians, see Roy Rosenzweig, "Scarcity or Abundance? Preservation in a Digital Era," The American Historical Review 108, no. 3 (June 2003): 735-62.
12. ReferenceUSA is an online directory of more than 12 million U.S. public and private companies.