Reference Reviews
| Discipline | Reference works |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1987–2018 |
| Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing (United Kingdom) |
| Frequency | 8/year |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Ref. Rev. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0950-4125 (print) 1758-7697 (web) |
| LCCN | 90644079 |
| OCLC no. | 310916705 |
| Links | |
Reference Reviews was a British academic journal published by Emerald Group Publishing which provided reviews of reference works with a target audience of librarians.[1] It was established in 1987 by Nick Moore (Birmingham City University),[2] aiming to provide "unbiased, comparative, and evaluative reviews" of reference materials, primarily British publications.[3] Its first issue was published in March that year by Parker Moore Ltd. and edited by Nick Moore.[4] The publication was acquired by the publisher Longman in 1988,[2] and later by Emerald (then known as MCB University Press).[1] Under its second editor Stuart James,[5] the journal went from publishing four issues a year to eight issues a year and also began to be provided on the Internet.[6] Its third editor, Tony Chalcraft, announced the end of the journal in its final issue in 2018.[5]
Categories
The journal reviewed dictionaries and encyclopedias of either a generalist or specialist nature.[1] Reviews of the specialist reference works were categorized under the following headers:[7]
- Philosophy and religion
- Social sciences
- Business
- Management
- Languages and literature
- Science and technology
- Leisure and sports[a]
- Geography
- Biography
- History
- Area studies
Notes
References
- ^ a b c Hartmann 2009, p. 410.
- ^ a b British Book News. National Book League. 1989. p. 622.
- ^ Library Times International: World News Digest of Library and Information Science. Future World Publishing Company. 1987. p. 72.
- ^ Education for Information 1987, p. 365.
- ^ a b Chalcraft 2018.
- ^ Duckett 2006, p. 440.
- ^ Bemis 2014, p. 217.
- ^ Katz 2012, p. 123.
Bibliography
- Bemis, Michael F. (2014-03-03). Library and Information Science: A Guide to Key Literature and Sources. American Library Association. ISBN 978-0-8389-1185-3.
- Chalcraft, Tony (2018-09-17). "Editorial note". Reference Reviews. 32 (7/8): 1. doi:10.1108/RR-10-2018-0139. ISSN 0950-4125.
- Duckett, Bob (2006-01-01). "Reference and information services". In Bowman, J. H. (ed.). British Librarianship and Information Work 1991-2000. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 437–451. ISBN 978-0-7546-4779-9.
- Education for Information (1987-10-01). "News". Education for Information. 5 (4): 359–365. doi:10.3233/EFI-1987-5425.
- Hartmann, R. R. K. (2009-11-30). "Keeping in Touch. A Survey of Lexicography Periodicals". Lexikos. 19: 404–422. doi:10.5788/19-0-446. ISSN 2224-0039.
- Katz, Linda S. (2012-12-06). Selecting Materials for Library Collections. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-39895-7.