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Social sciences reference blockbuster.

Publication: The Australian Library Journal
Publication Date: 01-FEB-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Social sciences reference blockbuster.(The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources, vol. 2: The Social Sciences)(Book review)

Article Excerpt
The new Walford: guide to reference resources. Volume 2: the social sciences. Ed. by Ray Lester et al. London: Facet Publishing, 2008. 699 pp. 159.95 [p]. Hard cover ISBN 9781856044981.

The Social Sciences is the second volume in The new Walford. guide to reference resources (TNW), the currency of its content corresponding with mid-2007. Apparently the first volume is entitled Science, Technology and Medicine. TNW is published in a three-volume cycle and in its original form first appeared in 1959. In the preface to this volume, Chair of the Editorial Board Ray Lester observes:

...TNW Vol 2 principally is a carefully structured guide to examples of the various types of reference resource germane to communication...



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