Newspapers

?Richard A. Schwarzlose in Newspapers: A Reference Guide presents a core' of the literature (books and monographs) that either competently summarize major newspaper topics or spotlight significant or interesting aspect of newspapering.' Both substance and availability were criteria for selection. All titles are in English and about American newspapers. Nine bibliographic essays cover topics in the history of the American newspaper from its beginning to the 1980s. The first three chapters are history-oriented in that they deal with the histories of newspapers and the people that worked for them before the twentieth century and in the twentieth century, respectively. The fourth chapter takes as its subject anthologies of newspaper writing, drawing, and paper design. Books about what goes into the production of a newspaper are the subject of Chapter 5, followed by chapters on Newspapers and Society.' Newspapers and the Law, ' and Newspapers and Technology.' The final chapter discusses references and periodicals about newspapers--bibliographies, newspaper checklists and indexes, annuals and directories, and periodicals. Two appendices: Selected Chronology of Newspapers and Major Research Collections. The essays are cogently written and highly informative. Each concludes with a listing of sources providing full bibligraphical information. Index. A fine guide on the subject, recommended for large libraries.?-Reference Book Review