THE RESEARCH HANDBOOK: A GUIDE TO REFERENCE SOURCES.

By AdrianA. Paradis '34. New York: Funk & Wagnails Company, Inc., 1966. 217 pp. $4.95.

Between the attractive covers of this book there is a variety of information. Some of the chapter titles will illustrate this: "How to Use a Library," "General Reference Tools," "How to Read Newspapers," "Understanding Tables and Charts," How to Read Maps," "Writing a Term Paper," "How to Pass a Test." High school pupils and college students are the intended audience of the text whose Introduction tells them: "The book will acquaint you with many of the reference tools and research techniques you need for high school and college, and will show you how to understand and use our news media, and how to make an intelligent information search and prepare a term paper."

Taken individually the chapters, such as "Business and Stock Market Reports, are helpful. Taken together, however, with the first three chapters on libraries they fall somewhat short of making a real "research handbook." High school pupils will probably find the book more informative than college students. The tone of the book and the lack of depth in approach much beyond the Readers' Guide level do not allow for the sophistication of many college freshmen nor for the expectations of their teachers. Less inclusiveness and more depth would perhaps balance the approach.

The nature of the information presented by Mr. Paradis would make his book most useful to a high school social studies class. This fact is borne out by the kind of organizations listed in the Appendix. They are arranged by their subject specializations and are given as suggested sources to whom the reader can turn when local resources are either unavailable or are insufficient.

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