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Ideal for researchers of every skill level, this book lists and describes resources, including almanacs, biographical directories, encyclopedias, indexes, compact disc products, databases, journals, newspapers, and news services.

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CHOICE Review

In this up-to-date, basic guide to researching the US Supreme Court, Martin and Goehlert (Indiana University) begin by discussing the types of legal sources and the development of a research strategy. The main text includes annotated lists of relevant primary and secondary sources and their finding tools. Researchers will find more information on how to use the finding tools in guides to legal research and government publications. Seven such works are suggested by the authors. Selected bibliographies of important works about the Supreme Court and works on each justice conclude the book. Appendixes include a chronological chart of Supreme Court nominations (1789-1991), a biographical list of the justices, and a ^D" More serious researchers of the Court should consult the authors' The United States Supreme Court: A Bibliography (CH, Jan'91), which contains a comprehensive bibliography of books about the Supreme Court and includes a subject index. However, the condensed version reviewed here is recommended for all undergraduate and public libraries. M. E. Wall formerly, Ashland Community College

Booklist Review

This selective annotated bibliography is divided into three sections. The first covers secondary sources on the Supreme Court such as biographical directories, legal and historical encyclopedias, and newspapers as well as finding aids (indexes, bibliographies). Relevant CD products and online databases are included. The second section deals with primary sources (digests of Court decisions, official government publications) and related guides and finding aids. The final section consists of a selective unannotated bibliography on the Supreme Court, with a separate subsection of entries for individual justices (up through Clarence Thomas). There are three brief appendixes: a chronology of Supreme Court nominations, thumbnail biographies of the justices (limited to the basic dates), and a glossary of common legal terms; author and title indexes conclude the book. Suggestions on developing a research strategy are offered in the introduction. The compilers, librarians at Indiana University, have produced a concise, up-to-date research guide that will be useful wherever the Supreme Court is studied. The annotations and other explanatory materials are informative and to the point and will be especially helpful to the novice researcher unfamiliar with the complexities of federal legal sources. Various finding aids and sources for the different elements of a legislative history are conveniently listed in one place. There are a few omissions. Project Hermes, which in early 1991 made the full text of Supreme Court opinions available to federal depository libraries within eight hours of release, is not discussed. The selected list of newsmagazines in the first section includes The National Review and The New Republic, but not The Nation. Only one of the several competing CD versions of the U.S. Government Printing Office Monthly Catalog is mentioned. But these are minor oversights; this guide will be a timely and valuable addition to academic and law library collections. (Reviewed Sept. 1, 1992)