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With over 150 abstracted reviews of recent European reference books, the
latest issue of Reference Reviews Europe/IFB Abstracts (1996, nos. 2/3)
focusses on reference materials pertaining to works from France and
Italy, especially literary dictionaries, guides, and bibliographies. There
are also reviews of a wide range of other reference books of interest to
American college and university libraries, including works about women
composers, a French dictionary of twentieth century fashion, and an
English-language "Who Was Who" in linguistics, published in Germany.
As always, you will also find a number of titles specifically relevant to
the interests of art librarians. RRE/IFBA's homepage can be reached at
http://www.library.upenn.edu/ifba.

Please note that these abstracts are now cumulated in an annual in print
format, REFERENCE REVIEWS EUROPE ANNUAL. An order form is provided by the
Web version.

RRE/IFBA is beginning to receive favorable attention in the library
press. In its December issue, C&RL NEWS describes it as "very substantial ...
both attractive and utilitarian ... Reference librarians, acquisitions
librarians, and serious students of European culture will want to visit
this site often." And the current issue of AMERICAN LIBRARIES (December
1996) includes REFERENCE REVIEWS EUROPE ANNUAL in its "Librarian's Library."