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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- At 12:53 PM 7/2/98 EDT, Janice Kuta wrote: "That's why we are reaffirming our identity as Grove's Dictionaries, a name which has always guaranteed the highest level of quality." i'd quibble: the name doesn't GUARANTEE quality, it IMPLIES quality. the dictionary of music and musicians has been the standard resource for more than a century; the dictionary of art is a class act, too (and this small land-grant college library was lucky to be able to afford it), but let's wait and see about that "guarantee." and let's see if electronic access to the dictionaries is priced at levels that libraries like mine (in states like mine) can afford, in our efforts to serve our undergraduate users. ls. **************************************************************************** larry schwartz, humanities librarian a perfectly normal person is north dakota state university rare in our civilization. p. o. box 5599 --Karen Horney fargo, nd 58105-5599 701-231-9651 701-231-7138 (fax) web presence: http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/hum.html