AIDS: A Multimedia Sourcebook

by John J. Miletich

Overview

Miletich provides a survey of information published between 1983 and 1993. Part One is a chronological listing of information which illustrates how information about AIDS has evolved annually and in which form this information appears. There are, for each year, up to 12 categories, ranging from books to videocassettes, government documents to atlases, conference proceedings to review papers. Selected annotations elaborate on this information. Part Two is an annotated bibliography about occupations at increased risk of contracting AIDS. Part Three consists of appendices. In addition the book contains a list of acronyms, and separate author and subject indexes.

With some 1200 items and with its international scope, AIDS provides information accessible to students and researchers from grade school onward. Information about publications devoted exclusively to AIDS, AIDS organizations in various countries, and an AIDS time-line illustrate that this book is intended for virtually any person concerned about AIDS.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313286698
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/09/1993
Series:	Bibliographies and Indexes in Medical Studies , #10
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

JOHN J. MILETICH is a Librarian who has experience in both a university library, University of Alberta, and a major Canadian company. He has published six earlier booklength bibliographies.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acronyms
AIDS Information
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
Occupations At Increased Risk For Aids
Health Sciences Professionals
Law Enforcement Professionals
Prostitutes
Appendices
Appendix A: Current Contents: Life Sciences
Appendix B: Dissertation Abstracts International
Appendix C: Government Reports Announcements and Index
Appendix D: Science Citation Index
Appendix E: Social Sciences Citation Index
Appendix F: AIDS Databases
Appendix G: AIDS Information on CD-ROM
Appendix H: Addresses of Database Producers
Appendix I: Addresses of Database Vendors
Appendix J: Addresses of Videocassette Distributors/Producers
Appendix K: Computers and the Fight against AIDS
Appendix L: Periodicals about AIDS
Appendix M: Sources of Funding AIDS Research in the U.S.
Appendix N: Libraries/Archives with Gay/Lesbian Information
Appendix O: U.S.—Other Selected Addresses
Appendix P: Canada—Other Selected Addresses
Appendix Q: United Kingdom—Other Selected Addresses
Appendix R: Addresses in Australia and New Zealand
Appendix S: Notable AIDS Deaths
Appendix T: AIDS Time-Line
Author Index
Subject Index

Editorial Reviews

A sourcebook that provides representative information about AIDS for the decade 1983-1992. Part I has ten chapters--each representing one year--organized into categories such as books, videocassettes, government documents, atlases, conference proceedings, and review papers. Part II consists of three chapters and focuses on certain people at increased risk of contracting AIDS: health science professionals, law enforcement professionals, and prostitutes. Part III has 20 appendices. They, in part, pertain to: paper indexes and abstracts, databases, CD-ROMs, periodicals, research funding sources, gay/lesbian libraries/archives, public figures who died from AIDS, and a time-line. Reproduced from typescript. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

There are several bibliographies of AIDS literature, including the comprehensive "AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) Bibliography for 1981-86" and its annual supplements from Whitson Publishing. This new one does not claim to be comprehensive. Even though there is no clearly stated criteria for inclusion, it appears that the majority of entries are intended for the layperson. Each of the first 10 chapters covers a year from 1983 to 1992. Within each year, citations are arranged as follows: books for professionals and the general public, including teenagers and children; chapters in books; government documents (mostly Canadian) and association publications; chapters in government documents and association publications; conferences, meetings, and symposia; review papers; encyclopedia articles; parts of annuals; poetry; atlases; dictionaries; and videos (including TV programs). Some of the entries for print resources are annotated, though very unevenly. There are no annotations for the videos The entries selected are a good representation of what was published. One wonders, however, why entries are needed for encyclopedias and why poetry was selected but not other forms of literature. Three additional chapters cover AIDS materials that pertain to health-science professionals, law-enforcement professionals, and prostitutes. Several appendixes provide lists of databases and CD-ROMs on AIDS, periodicals about AIDS, notable AIDS deaths, and a brief chronology This bibliography will not be very useful for students because of its idiosyncratic arrangement by year and format and its lack of annotations. It would have been more helpful to isolate those books specifically for teenagers and children. The mixture of materials for the general public with those for professionals means this book doesn't have a clear audience. Public and school libraries will prefer books such as "AIDS Crisis in America" ["RBB" Mr 15 93] and "AIDS Information Sourcebook" (3d ed., Oryx, 1992). This one is only for comprehensive collections.

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