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Overview
This new addition to the ARBA In-depth series provides focused help for your health and medicine collection development needs. Critical reviews of quality reference titles by subject-experts cover general and specialized titles in the areas of medicine, nursing, pharmaceutical sciences, and nutrition.
The reviews have all appeared in the last six editions American Reference Books Annual, the long-trusted source of reliable reviews of recent reference publications. Author, title, and subject indexes, as well as a contributor list, are provided. This is an essential reference tool for the reference librarian, collection development specialist, scholar, researcher, and patron in the area of health sciences.
Synopsis
North American subject and reference specialists present 473 reviews selected from the American Reference Books Annual (ARBA), 1997 through 2003. Following the ARBA organization schema of atlases, bibliographies, dictionaries and encyclopedias, sourcebooks and so forth, they present annotations in the medical and allied health specialty areas, including alternative medicine, men's and women's health, dietetics, and pharmaceutical sciences. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Library Journal
This is a compilation of 473 reviews of medical and health titles selected from the unabridged American Reference Book Annuals, 1997-2003. While the critical reviews include comparisons with similar works, consumer health librarians tend to rely on more up-to-date selection tools such as the Brandon/Hill selected lists (www.mssm.edu/library/brandon-hill) in nursing, allied health, and other health specialties. This latest addition to the "ARBA In-Depth" series is most useful to librarians who are building a special collection, adding depth of coverage, or filling in gaps in appropriate subject fields. Margaret K. Norden, Marymount Univ. Lib., Arlington, VA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.