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McNeil is a geologist with a long career of field exploration and other work for corporations and government agencies, both US and foreign. Although the information found in her dictionary can be gleaned from any number of sources, there is no other single volume that combines the wealth of knowledge found in this work. Areas covered by this work encompass the disciplines of ecology and the environment, geography, geology, geophysics, oceanography, and meteorology. Definitions are concise but informative, and they are indexed geographically and by subject. A bibliography is included. Although this dictionary will supplement any reference collection, it is probably most appropriate for undergraduate and public libraries. Especially those libraries with small earth science reference collections, or tight budgets, may want to purchase McNeil's volume rather than separate dictionaries for each discipline. -J. C. Stachacz, Dickinson College
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This paperbound dictionary of terms in the fields of ecology, energy, environment, geography, geology, oceanography, meteorology, and mineralogy is priced comparably with the one-volume hardcover Cambridge Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences ( LJ 5/15/82; o.p.) and McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Earth Sciences ( LJ 7/84; $46.95). Unlike Cambridge's lengthy signed articles, McNeil's 50- to 150-word entries cover the facts succinctly, and ``special emphasis has been given to the Southern Hemisphere since it has often been underrepresented.'' The volume contains two indexes, one listing geographical names and a second listing general subjects, plus appendixes illustrating the geological time table and the periodic table of conversion. McNeil's bibliography of books and journal articles published through 1990 is exhaustive, indicating the amount of research and scholarship on which the dictionary's entries are based. While somewhat technical, most entries are not over the heads of undergraduates or laypeople. The limited subject focus makes this an appropriate choice for large public or academic library reference collections needing an up-to-date reference work offering more detailed coverage of earth science than a multivolume science encyclopedia provides.-- Laurie Tynan, Montgomery Cty. Norristown P.L., Pa. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.