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- From: brock@ucsub.Colorado.EDU (Steve Brock)
- Subject: Review of The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition
- Date: 10 Apr 1995 20:18:15 GMT
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- THE CONCISE COLUMBIA ENCYCLOPEDIA, THIRD EDITION, edited by Paul G.
- Lagasse. Columbia University Press, distributed by Houghton
- Mifflin Company, 215 Park Avenue South, N.Y., NY 10003, (800) 225-
- 3362, (617) 227-5409 FAX. Illustrated, maps. 987 pp., $49.95
- cloth. 0-395-62439-8
-
- Reviewed by Steve Brock
-
- In my capacity as a book reviewer, I use many reference works,
- not only to verify facts for reviews, but to answer questions posed
- by readers (just yesterday, a reader inquired about the year of
- publication of "Little Women"). The reference I use most for
- substantiation and inquiry is "The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia."
- Now out in its third edition, the encyclopedia contains 17,000
- cross-referenced entries embracing subjects such as embryo biopsy,
- mach, Pequot (Indian tribe), search warrant, and war crimes. The
- volume is especially strong in its presentation of biographical and
- geographical material.
- An adequate addition to the reference collection of public and
- academic libraries, "The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia" is best
- placed on the desks of offices and homes, places where researchers
- will eternally be seeking the crux of the matter. Grade: A-. A
- multimedia version of the encyclopedia is included on Microsoft's
- "Bookshelf" CD-ROM.
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