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A highly useful collection-development tool for public, academic, and high school libraries. Reference Books Bulletin ...zeroes in on the areas of evaluation most important for library consideration, and at the same time provides a wealth of data that would be very difficult to collect independently...Podell's prose is clear, precise, and infused with frankness and not a little humor. This takes what could well have been pretty deadly reading and makes it entertaining as well as informative... Voya ...Public and undergraduate libraries. Choice This book is a reviewer's delight. Writing the review is as much fun as the author clearly had in writing the book. The literature of librarianship would be vastly improved if all authors would throw themselves into their work with the enthusiasm and zest Diane Podell has done with this work. Highly recommended for purchase for reference collections and general readers alike. Collection development officers will find this work a model of information and annotation. Collection Management ...an excellent guide for the non-specialist and not only provides reviews of a number of thematic atlases but also gives some pertinent advice on how to evaluate atlases for yourself. Reference Reviews ...unexpectedly interesting and useful. St Vincent's College

A highly useful collection-development tool for public, academic, and high school libraries. * Booklist * ...zeroes in on the areas of evaluation most important for library consideration, and at the same time provides a wealth of data that would be very difficult to collect independently...Podell's prose is clear, precise, and infused with frankness and not a little humor. This takes what could well have been pretty deadly reading and makes it entertaining as well as informative... * VOYA * ...Public and undergraduate libraries. * CHOICE * This book is a reviewer's delight. Writing the review is as much fun as the author clearly had in writing the book. The literature of librarianship would be vastly improved if all authors would throw themselves into their work with the enthusiasm and zest Diane Podell has done with this work. Highly recommended for purchase for reference collections and general readers alike. Collection development officers will find this work a model of information and annotation. * Collection Management * ...an excellent guide for the non-specialist and not only provides reviews of a number of thematic atlases but also gives some pertinent advice on how to evaluate atlases for yourself. * Reference Reviews * ...unexpectedly interesting and useful. * St Vincent's College * A highly useful collection-development tool for public, academic, and high school libraries. Booklist ...zeroes in on the areas of evaluation most important for library consideration, and at the same time provides a wealth of data that would be very difficult to collect independently...Podell's prose is clear, precise, and infused with frankness and not a little humor. This takes what could well have been pretty deadly reading and makes it entertaining as well as informative... VOYA ...Public and undergraduate libraries. CHOICE This book is a reviewer's delight. Writing the review is as much fun as the author clearly had in writing the book. The literature of librarianship would be vastly improved if all authors would throw themselves into their work with the enthusiasm and zest Diane Podell has done with this work. Highly recommended for purchase for reference collections and general readers alike. Collection development officers will find this work a model of information and annotation. Collection Management ...an excellent guide for the non-specialist and not only provides reviews of a number of thematic atlases but also gives some pertinent advice on how to evaluate atlases for yourself. Reference Reviews ...unexpectedly interesting and useful. St Vincent's College

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Diane K. Podell (BS, CCNY; MLS, CUNY; CAS, LIU) is Professor and Periodicals Reference Librarian at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, and an adjunct reference librarian at Queensborough Community College. She began her career as public librarian, and has also taught at the graduate library schools of Queens College, CUNY and Long Island University. She was a major contributor to Volume I of The United States (Facts on File, 1992), one of the Handbooks to the Modern World series.

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