AEGiS-BKREV: How to Find Information About AIDS

How to Find Information About AIDS

Harrington Park Press/The Haworth Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. 290p., index. 290p., index. (Haworth Medical Information Sources). ISBN 1-56024-140-3, 0-918393-99-Xpbk. $29.95, $14.95pbk.
2nd ed., edited by Jeffrey T. Huber. 1992.

This handbook/directory is one of the better guides on locating information pertaining to AIDS. It is very well organized with each chapter covering a particular source of information: Organizational Resources; Health Department; Research Institutions, Grant Funding Sources, Federal Agencies, and Education and Training Centers; Hotlines; Electronic Sources of Information; Print Sources of Information; and Audiovisual Producers/Distributors. Each of these chapters contains names, addresses, telephone numbers, annotations when necessary, and other pertinent information that helps the user locate a source for AIDS services. Especially useful is the chapter covering the electronic sources. Here each is described and provides producer, availability, coverage, update frequency, print counterpart and other data. There is a fairly comprehensive bibliography of books, journals, newsletters, other print sources that would serve as a core collection for any library needing AIDS materials.

As with any book that has directory information, that part of the book is the most useful immediately following publication. So many agencies and task forces change names, disband, or just disappear that this information needs to be updated on a yearly basis. However, the major agencies continue and their addresses and telephone numbers will be just as useful now as later. The Hotlines are very useful. This is an excellent reference work providing a multitude of sources for persons doing AIDS research. It is also a useful book in any hospital setting, clinic, or agency where telephone numbers are needed or addresses. Dr. Huber has done an excellent job in putting together this book. It is similar to this reviewer's AIDS Information Sourcebook, but goes beyond just the directory and bibliography aspect. Huber's book is recommended for all libraries and agencies as well as any hospital-related facility. (H. Robert Malinowsky)

Keywords: Information Services, Directories, Bibliography

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