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respect of information of direct relevance to his daily work. The whole is made readily accessible by lists of documents at the beginning of each part and by a comprehensive index at the end of the volume.

John E. Pemberton Librarian, University College at Buckingham, U.K.

A Bibliography of United States Government Bibliographies 1968-1973, by Roberta A. Scull. Pierian

Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1975. 353pp, index. LC card 75-4281. ISBN o-87650-055-6.

At $12.95 per copy, many will find Scull’s bibliography a welcome newcomer to a field occupied by only two other such compilations: Cumulative Subject Guide to U.S. Government Bibliographies

19241973, Carrollton Press, currently selling for a somewhat prohibitive $620.00 per seven volume set; and Alexander Body’s Annotated Bibliography of Bibliographies of Selected Government Publications

and Supplementary Guides to the Superintendent of Documents System, Western Michigan University, which, as Scull has been guided to note in her introduction, is quite selective.

Scull’s bibliography was originally designed as an informative publication, intended for use by the faculty of Louisana State University. However, subsequent national demand brought about the decision to publish a cumulative edition. Scull reports that the year 1968 was chosen as the beginning date because of the potential difficulty for the user in purchasing or borrowing earlier publications, and because of the possible lack of relevancy of earlier material, and finally because of the difficulty in attempting a one man (or one woman) assimilation of more than six years of material with as much comprehensiveness as

was planned for this work.

The Monthly Catalog of Government Publications was the primary source used to identify material in this work. In addition Scull has included material from Congressional Information Service Annuals,

Government Research Reports Announcements, Nuclear Science Abstracts, and Scientific and Technical

Aerospace Reports. Scull notes in her introduction that complete coverage was attempted only from the Month/y Catalog; however, she fails to include an explanation of the criteria followed for selection of bibliographies from the sources other than the Monthly Catalog.

Scull’s work cites approximately 1250 entries. Each entry is for a work that was designed to serve as a bibliography; no attempt is made here to include bibliographies that appeared as a part of a larger document. Each entry is arranged under a subdivision of 18 broad subject categories. Within each

subdivision the entries are arranged in alphabetical order by corporate authors. Each entry includes extensive bibliographic information, including corporate authors, title, persona1 author, date of publication, pagination, price, (as given in the issue of the Monthly Catalog, or other sources, in which the document appeared) availability note, and appropriate stock number, su dot number, LC Card number, and NTIS number. In addition most entries are followed by a good informative abstract, which often indicates the number of entries in the bibliography, the arrangement of material, and subject matter covered. Scull’s annotations are certainly one of the stong points of her work.

Scull has included a directory of issuing agencies and addresses for those publications noted as being available from the issuing agency. The list includes cross references from defunct to operational names and addresses for those agencies that had undergone a change since the publication of the bibliography cited in Scull’s work. More than likely some names and addresses have been changed since Scull completed her bibliography, nevertheless the directory may still prove helpful.

A subject index that incorporates distinctive titles directs the user to specific bibliographies. An interesting comparison, and hopefully a helpful exercise for the acquisitions librarian, was made

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by noting the number of entries included under each major subject category of Scull’s bibliography. The fewest entries, excluding the category MISCELLANY, are those for HISTORY and LITERATURE

AND THE ARTS with 36 and 56 respectively. The greatest number of entries were found for the categories ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE combined with ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND PLANNING, POLITICAL SCIENCE, and MEDICINE AND HEALTH with 114, 105, 191

respectively.

Marc Galbraith Federal Documents Librarian,

Kansas State Library, Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A.

Educational Documentation and Information, Bulletin of the International Bureau of Education.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: IBE, Paris/Geneva, 4 issues yearly, available from UNIPUB, Box 433, Murray Hill Station, New York, NY 10016, $10.00.

Excellent additions to the collection of any professional library in the university or college or to the professional library in the school are these publications of the United Nations Educational, Scientific

and Cultural Organization. Surveyed for the writing of this review, in particular, are: No. 1881189, 3rd/4th quarter, 1973, Education and Mental Health, No. 191, 2nd quarter, 1974, Evaluation of

Achievement in Socialist Countries of Eastern Europe and No. 195, 2nd quarter, 1975, Trends and

Innovations in Teacher Education.

The issue on Evaluation of Achievement in Socialist Countries of Eastern Europe, prepared by the Directorate for Educational Information, Academy of Educational Sciences of the German Democratic Republic is a select bibliography, a work of joint authorship by the academies of educational sciences, central educational research institutes and other institutions concerned with the science of education in the People’s Republic of Bulgaria, the Czechoslavak Socialist Republic, the German Democratic Republic, the Hungarian People’s Republic, the Polish People’s Republic, the Socialist Republic of Roumania and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The bibliography is a real contribution to the complexity of the problems of measuring and evaluating achievement and does strengthen the links between the various countries’ national research programs. In addition, it makes use of the USSR’s knowledge and experience in the educational field.

The issue on Education and Mental Health is basically a select bibliography, as well. The introduction to the issue details the work of the World Health Organization (WHO) library, its services and its collection. It is now one of the largest collections of current medical and public health literature in the world. A reference service is available on request and the WHO is responsible for collection, maintenance and bibliographic monitoring of all documents and printed publications issued by WHO and its regional offices. The issue lists WHO publications by type, discusses documents and reference works by subject area. National distributors of UNESCO publications are listed at the end of the issue.

The issue on Trends and Innovations in Teacher Education is a valuable bibliography covering all parts of the world. It is organized by area and has an author index. Since the future extension of innovation in teacher education relies on information and exchange networks, as well as on research and appraisal activities, it is a real contribution to know what is going on in all parts of the world. The arrangement is by area of the world, by countries and individual institutions. There is annotation in

some cases. The issue mentions the contributions of the various international organizations, including the Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession.

Dorothy Taggart Wellington Sr. High School,

Wellington, KS 67152, U.S.A.