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They Also Wrote: Evaluative Essays on Lesser-Known Popular American Songwriters Prior to the Rock Era. By William E. Studwell. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow, 2000. 440p. alkaline $69.50 paper (ISBN 0-8108-3789-7). www.scarecrowpress.com. [...]

A Dictionary of Cinema Quotations from Filmmakers and Critics. Comp. and ed. by Stephen M. Ringler. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2000. 248p. alk. paper. $45 (ISBN 0-7864-0849-9). www.mcfarlandpub.com. In A Dictionary [...]

Stranger Than Paradise: Maverick Film-makers in Recent American Cinema. By Geoff Andrew. New York, NY: Limelight Editions, 1998. 374p. $38 (ISBN 0-87910-277-2). www.timelight editions.com. Geoff Andrew, British film critic and [...]

Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema, rev. ed. By Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Pub., 1999.658p. $75 (ISBN 1-57958-146-3). www.fitzroydearborn.com. According to the National Film Development Corporation, Ltd. Web [...]

Cyndi's List: A Comprehensive List of Forty Thousand Genealogy Sites on the Internet. By Cyndi Howells. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub., 1999. 858p. $49.95 paper (ISBN 0-8063-1556-3). Web site: www.GenealogyBookShop.com. Cyndi's List: [...]

Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-56. By Buck Rainey. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1999. 321p. acid free $95 (ISBN 0-7864-0449-3). Web site: www.mcfarlandpub.com. Film enthusiast and prolific writer Buck Rainey's [...]

Encyclopedia of Journalism. Edited by Christopher H. Sterling. Los Angeles: Sage, 2010. 6 vols. Acid-free $795 (ISBN: 978-0-76192957-4). E-book available (ISBN: 978-1-412-97204-8), $995. This six-volume set edited by Christopher H. [...]

Woodstock: An Encyclopedia of the Music and Art Fair. By James E. Perone. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2005. 230p. acid free $69.95 (ISBN 0-313-33057-3). James E. Perone, music historian, associate professor [...]

American Icons. Ed. by Dennis R. Hall and Susan Grove Hall. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2006. 3 vols. alkaline $225 (ISBN 0-275-98421-4). American culture scholars and pop culture junkies rejoice! American [...]

Ed. by Chad T. Kimball. Health Reference Series. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 2002. 658p. acid free $78 (ISBN 0-7808-0248-9). This new title in Omnigraphics's popular and respected Health Reference series is a [...]

2d ed. By Kurt Ganzl. New York: Schirmer Books, 2001. 3 vols. $295 (ISBN 0028649702). www.schirmer.com The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre (Schirmer, 1994) by Kurt Ganzl, a former performer, [...]

By David M. Inman. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2001. 3 vols. alkaline $255 (ISBN 0-7864-1041-8). www.mcfarlandpub.com As its title indicates, this reference work by David M. Inman, a syndicated television Q&A [...]

This “Siteseeing” column provides reviews of general reference and subject specific Web sites recommended by selected reference librarians. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

“Siteseeing” column provides reviews of selected Web sites on entertaining and parties. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This “Siteseeing” column provides reviews of selected crime and criminal justice Web sites. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This “Siteseeing” column provides reviews of selected sites on the topic of 15 of the author's favorite print magazines that have Web sites. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This “Siteseeing” column provides reviews of selected Web sites. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This “Siteseeing” column provides reviews of selected sites on the topic of Movies. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This “Siteseeing” column provides reviews of selected sites on the topic of Food and Drink. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This “Siteseeing” column provides reviews of a wide range of subjects. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This "Siteseeing" column provides reviews of Awards sites. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Without question, the WorldWide Web continues to gain popularity as a reference tool. The intent of Siteseeing, this new IRSQ column, is to provide reference librarians with a descriptive list of potentially useful Websites to utilize during reference encounters. The sites may be serious, humorous, or quirky, but all are guaranteed to provide an added ''site'' to the reference librarian's repertoire. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Academic librarians rely heavily on the Internet and e-mail to perform many of their job duties. This article is both a lighthearted and serious list of 25 things academic librarians can do when they cannot connect to the Internet or their e-mail. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]