You’ll find this two-volume work in larger public and academic libraries. It serves as a guide to more than 18,500 “special libraries, research libraries, information centers, archives, and data centers maintained by government agencies, business, industry, newspapers, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and societies” in various fields. Of particular interest to information junkies is the 80-page subject index which lists 6 sources for fairytale research; 7 sites that house information on propaganda; 6 libraries on terrorism. Each entry lists the name, address, phone, chief librarian, and information about the staff, subjects, size of collection, the actual holdings, the number of subscriptions, and any special services such as reference service for the public—which the U.S. National Oceanic &
