Choice 评论
This ready-reference handbook presents a different approach to finding business information in printed materials (475 entries), in online databases (138 entries), and from selected government agencies and business organizations. It features a question-and-answer format with each question citing information sources(s) likely to provide the answer. This format works for the stated questions but does not help the reader develop a sustained information search. In one question, for example, readers are led to believe that the only sources of market share information are online, whereas important printed sources do exist. There is another, more serious, flaw. Although the book does not claim to be comprehensive, it neglects to list Diane Wheeler Strauss's Handbook of Business Information (CH, Jun'89), an important guide to business information. In addition, it is unfortunate that some useful business reference books published in 1989 also are not included, e.g., Howard R. Jarrell's Common Stock Newspaper Abbreviations and Trading Symbols (CH, Apr'90), or Manufacturing USA, ed. by Arsen Darnay (CH, May'90). Freed and Diodato succeed in pointing readers to mainstream business sources with the exhortation, "try this, it might have the answer"; however, their volume does not break into the ranks of the business information guide trilogy: Lorna M. Daniells's Business Information Sources (rev. ed., 1985; 1st ed., CH, Mar'77), Michael R. Lavin's Business Information (CH, Jun'87), and Strauss's previously mentioned Handbook of Business Information. With better and less expensive sources available, this book is not a priority for academic libraries. -P. P. Philbin, University of Vermont
《图书馆杂志》(Library Journal )书评
This is a very good reference tool for people working in the business world and for students. It is organized in four parts: the first two sections deal with printed business information sources. The last two divisions focus on electronic business information sources. This set up makes it an easy tool to use. For the librarian, however, the standard Daniell's Business Information Sources (Univ. of California-Berkeley Pr., 1985) would still be preferred for identifying the proper sources of business bibliographies. Highly recommended.-- Peggy Smith, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.