One of the new sources recently added to the Credo Reference database is “Key Concepts in Journalism Studies”. This is not only about journalism but also about TV, radio, computers and other forms of communicating news and information. All the answers to this brainteaser can be found in this title.
1. What name was given to the scandal exposed in 1972 by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein concerning improper practices by Republican aides of President Richard Nixon?
2. What is an “advertorial”?
3. In journalism, which month of the year is traditionally viewed as the “silly season”?
4. What is the world’s largest and most-used search engine?
5. Which phrase, defined by Chambers 21st Century Dictionary as “someone, especially in politics, who tries to influence public opinion by putting a favourable bias on information presented to the public or to the media”, entered British political vocabulary during the late 1980s?
6. Which television network was formed in 1990 by the merger of Rupert Murdoch’s Sky Television and its rival British Satellite Broadcasting?
7. In using computers and the internet, what does “HTML” stand for?
8. In 1957, the BBC news programme “Panorama” ran an April fool spoof about which food growing on trees?
9. According to John Reith, the first Director General of the BBC, what are the three fundamental purposes of broadcasting?
10. What was the surname of the agony aunt whose “Dear Ann” column was appearing in 1,200 newspapers around the world by 1993?
Find the answers here.
Image: “Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, full-length, dressed as the Yellow Kid, each pushing against opposite sides of a pillar of wooden blocks that spells WAR.” Find it on Credo Reference: http://www.credoreference.com/entry/abcconspir/yellow_journalism
Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World: Locations is the most authoritative reference work on the history and current practice of popular music ever published. It covers nation states and is organized according to continental regions. Each discusses the history, development and current practice of popular music in cities, districts, cross-border regions, nation states and diasporic communities around the world. Includes coverage of:
* The historical, geographical, demographical, political, economic and cultural context
* Genres for which the location is known or which have been important to the development and current practice of its popular music
* Significant venues such as theaters, dance halls, clubs and bars
* The role of the industry: music publishers, record companies/labels, recording studios, radio and TV
* The role of the state and government regulatory bodies
* The teaching and research of popular music in educational institutions
* Songs associated with the location
* Notable performers and other practitioners such as producers, engineers, technological innovators, record company heads, journalists, critics and scholars, songwriters, composers and lyricists.
A Dictionary of Literary Symbols, by Cambridge University Press. This is the first dictionary of symbols to be based on literature, rather than “universal” psychological archetypes or myths. It explains and illustrates the literary symbols that we all frequently encounter (such as swan, rose, moon, gold), and gives hundreds of cross-references and quotations. The dictionary concentrates on English literature, but its entries range widely from the Bible and classical authors to the twentieth century, taking in American and European literatures. For this new edition, Michael Ferber has included over twenty completely new entries (including bear, holly, sunflower, and tower), and has added to many of the existing entries. Enlarged and enriched from the first edition, its informed style and rich references make this book an essential tool not only for literary and classical scholars, but for all students of literature.
Make sure to check them out, and let us know if you there are new titles that you would like to see on Credo!
Anne Kail, our Oxford-based Sales Director, recently visited the Credo office in Boston, then spent a few days exploring New England. One place she stopped was Credo subscriber Brewster Ladies’ Library, in Brewster, MA.
The Brewster Ladies’ Library is a beautiful public library on Cape Cod, with an interesting history. It was founded in 1853 as a private subscription library in the home of Captain Mayo, a successful sea captain. The library is still located in the original building that was constructed in 1868. The Brewster Ladies’ Library eventually came to be the public library for the town of Brewster, but even today, it receives 30% of its budget from the Brewster Ladies’ Library Association. You can read more about the history of the library, and the evolution of their building, here: http://www.brewsterladieslibrary.org/about/history.php
Do you know of an interesting library, with a unique history or a story to tell? Let us know, and become our latest featured library!
One of the resources recently added to Credo Reference is the Encyclopedia of Intelligence and Counterintelligence by M. E. Sharpe. If you fancy yourself as a spy or secret agent, try to answer these questions which can all be answered from this title.
1. Central to justification of war against Iraq in March 2003 were assertions that Saddam Hussein was embarking on building WMD. What does “WMD” stand for?
2. In which city is the Lubyanka?
3. Which terrorist network has a name which is Arabic for the “Solid Base”?
4. Who led the Cuban Revolution that overthrew the dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959?
5. What was the name of the German encoding device whose code was broken by Alan Turing in World War II, which led to Allied victory in the Battle for the Atlantic?
6. Ian Fleming wrote the first James Bond novel in 1953. Was it called “Thunderball”, “Dr. No”, or “Casino Royale”?
7. The SOE was a UK intelligence organization. What did the letters “SOE” stand for?
8. Name three of the four zones into which Berlin was divided at the end of World War II.
9. In the 1930s, a group of four Englishmen from Cambridge University were famously recruited as Soviet spies. Name three of them.
10. “PURPLE” was a codename for a cipher machine introduced in 1939 by which people?
Credo has recently created some great new instructional videos to give students and librarians a brief tutorial on how to use some of the features of our reference database. The first two videos are about using the Concept Map, which is our data visualization tool, and about using the Find a Book feature. Both of these Video Tips are short, around 2 minutes long, so they are perfect for someone who just needs a quick Credo tip. Check them out, and let us know what you think!
It’s been a great couple of weeks for new titles on Credo. Recently, we’ve added 8 more titles from great publishers, such as Edinburgh University Press, Continuum, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. and Collins. Check them out:
Philosophy of Science A-Z, from Edinburgh University Press. While philosophy of science has always been an integral part of philosophy, since the beginning of the twentieth century it has developed its own structure and its fair share of technical vocabulary and problems.
Philosophy of Science A-Z gives concise, accurate and illuminating accounts of key positions, concepts, arguments and figures in the philosophy of science from A priori/a posteriori to Elie Zahar. It aids understanding of current debates, explains their historical development and connects them with broader philosophical issues. It presupposes little prior knowledge of philosophy of science and is equally useful to the beginner, the more advanced student and the general reader. Readers will find in it illuminating explanations, careful analysis, relevant examples, open problems and, last but not least, precise arguments. Philosophy of science is a flourishing discipline and Philosophy of Science A to Z is a practical and imaginative way into and through it.
Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language, from Edinburgh University Press. Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language is a unique and accessible reference guide to the work of figures who have played an important role in the development of ideas about language. It includes eighty entries on individual thinkers in the Western tradition, ranging from antiquity to the present day, chosen because of their impact on the description or theory of language. Each entry explains the main ideas of the thinker, outlining their development and assessing their significance and influence. Brief biographical details place the subject in his or her cultural and historical context. No prior knowledge of either linguistics or philosophy is assumed; each entry concludes with suggestions for further reading of both primary texts and secondary sources, encouraging readers to find out more about the particular key thinker and the impact of his or her ideas. Thinkers included range from Plato and Aristotle, through Berkeley, Leibniz, Kant, Russell, Wittgenstein, and Austin, to Sacks, Kristeva, and Chomsky.
Key Ideas in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language, from Edinburgh University Press. This book offers introductory entries on ideas that have shaped the study of language up to the present day. Entries are written by experts in the fields of linguistics and the philosophy of language to reflect the full range of approaches and modes of thought. Each entry includes a brief description of the idea, an account of its development, and its impact on the field of language study. The book is written in an accessible style with clear descriptions of technical terms, guides to further reading, and extensive cross-referencing between entries. A useful additional feature of this book is that it is cross-referenced throughout with Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language (Edinburgh, 2005), revealing significant connections and continuities in the two related disciplines. Ideas covered range from Sense Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Logic, through Generative Semantics, Cognitivism, and Conversation Analysis, to Political Correctness, Deconstruction, and Corpora.
Great Thinkers A-Z, from Continuum. Great Thinkers, A-Z brings together short, accessible snapshots of the people who have shaped Western thought from the ancient Greeks to today. The snapshots, written by the world’s leading experts, describe a major thinker’s life and work with suggestions for further reading on each one. Covering philosophers as well as cultural and scientific thinkers – such as Foucault, Darwin, Einstein and Freud – who have had a major impact on philosophy, Great Thinkers, A-Z is the ideal book for anyone interested in the history of ideas and in contemporary thought.
First Ladies of the United States, from Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. Whether editing speeches and appearing on the campaign trail, presiding over White House renovations and social events, championing important causes, or functioning as the president’s most trusted adviser, first ladies have made significant contributions to the heads-of-state’s careers and to the nation. Yet, the accomplishments of those who have acted as the power behind the presidency have gone largely unreported and underappreciated. Systematically profiling each first lady from Martha Washington to Laura Bush, Watson offers the reader an intimate look at these women who have served the United States.
The chronologically arranged biographies examine each first lady’s early years and education, her family life, her presidential years, and her legacy. A short bibliography for each entry provides a selected list of additional sources. First Ladies of the United States is a convenient, well-researched, and thoroughly indexed reference, as well as an insightful account of the lives of forty-three women who have helped shape the course of U.S. history.
Great Victorian Lives: An Era in Obituaries, from Collins. The Times has recorded notable deaths from its beginnings (as The Daily Universal Register) in 1785, and by the middle of the 19th century obituaries were established as one of the glories of the paper. There was no attempt at comprehensive coverage, and nothing like the daily obituary page of modern times, but under the 36-year editorship of John Thadeus Delane (1841-77) the paper began to respond to the deaths of significant national and international figures in a style – and on a scale – that none of its rivals could match. Great Victorian Lives brings together obituaries from the Times of Delane and his successors, and shows how some of the leading personalities of the 19th century were viewed by a paper that was itself one of the defining institutions of the age.
Great Irish Lives: An Era in Obituaries, from Collins. For the first time, The Times brings together a unique collection of obituaries of Ireland’s most distinguished individuals from the last two centuries. The Irish have richly contributed to the world stage most notably in literature and politics but also in art, dance, music, film, religion, science and sport. The obituaries featured in this collection include: Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Lady Gregory, Thomas Moore, W.B.Yeats, Samuel Beckett, Charles Parnell, Michael Collins, Countess Markievicz, Eamon de Valera, George Best, Maureen Potter and Eamon Andrews. The obituaries are reproduced here as they were printed at the time. Ian Brunskill, the paper’s obituaries editor, has selected the subjects for inclusion with the assistance of Charles Lysaght, well-known Irish writer.
Great Military Lives: Leadership and Courage – from Waterloo to the Falklands in Obituaries, from Collins. The Times for over 150 years has been providing the most respected and perceptive verdicts on the lives of outstanding individuals. The Times Great Military Lives is an authoritative and fascinating collection of obituaries depicting the great military commanders of the 19th and 20th centuries, from Wellington to Fieldhouse.
We’ve recently added 4 great new titles to Credo Reference, 3 from M.E. Sharpe and one from Collins.
Great Lives: A Century in Obituaries, from Collins. Obituaries are about lives, not death. The lives of the exceptional individuals, from Lord Kitchener to Pope John Paul, collected in the book are first drafts of history which to a remarkable degree have stood the test of time. As these extracts show, they offer a revealing history both of the times in which they lived and of the changing Times.
The Underground Railroad: An Encyclopedia of People, Places and Operations, from M.E. Sharpe. The culmination of years of research in dozens of archives and libraries, this fascinating encyclopedia provides an unprecedented look at the network known as the Underground Railroad–that mysterious “system” of individuals and organizations that helped slaves escape the American South to freedom during the years before the Civil War. In operation as early as the 1700s and reaching its peak with the abolitionist movement of the antebellum period, the Underground Railroad saved countless lives and helped alter the course of American history.
This is the most complete reference on the Underground Railroad ever published. It includes full coverage of the Railroad in both the United States and Canada, which was the ultimate destination of many of the escaping slaves. The Underground Railroad: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations explores the people, places, writings, laws, and organizations that made this network possible. Entries detail the families and personalities involved in the operation, and sidebars extract primary source materials for longer entries. This encyclopedia features extensive supporting materials, including maps with actual Underground Railroad escape routes, photos, a chronology, genealogies of those involved in the operation, a listing of Underground Railroad operatives by state or Canadian province, a “passenger” list of escaping slaves, and primary and secondary source bibliographies.
Encyclopedia of World trade from Ancient Times to the Present, from M.E. Sharpe. Trade has defined relationships between cultures and countries from prehistoric times to the present. From the caravans of the ancient world, to the search for new trade routes during the age of discovery, to the development of interconnected markets and the global economy, trade has been a defining force in world history. This is the definitive reference on the history of trade in all time periods. It traces the historical and contemporary interaction of trade, commerce, and culture in fascinating detail.
Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition in the Transatlantic World, also by M.E. Sharpe. The struggle to abolish slavery is one of the grandest quests–and central themes–of modern history. These movements for freedom have taken many forms, from individual escapes, violent rebellions, and official proclamations to mass organizations, decisive social actions, and major wars. Every emancipation movement–whether in Europe, Africa, or the Americas–has profoundly transformed the country and society in which it existed.
This unique A-Z encyclopedia examines every effort to end slavery in the United States and the transatlantic world. It focuses on massive, broad-based movements, as well as specific incidents, events, and developments, and pulls together in one place information previously available only in a wide variety of sources. While it centers on the United States, the set also includes authoritative accounts of emancipation and abolition in Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
The Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition provides definitive coverage of one of the most significant experiences in human history. It features primary source documents, a map of the transatlantic slave trade, illustrations, cross-references, a comprehensive chronology and bibliography, and covers a wide range of individuals and the major themes and ideas that motivated them to confront and abolish slavery.
A few weeks ago, John, Anne and Mike visited Westminster Reference Library in London. Mike writes: “We met with four of the Westminster team: Susanna Barnes, Michael Lightowlers, Nicky Smith and Owen Grey, all of whom were very generous with their time and ideas. The conversation covered the different challenges that face the libraries and the online resources providers in their shared aim to promote and increase usage of online resources.
We started by looking at the promotional materials that Westminster finds most valuable to use inside the library which included labels for book jackets that are available online and markers for bookshelves that highlight titles that are also online. We learned about the new targets for increased usage; these targets are not yet nationwide, but it’s thought that they will come, making it all the more important for online providers to develop innovative and dynamic methods to support libraries. And so we shared a sneak preview of Credo’s new plans (more soon!) for driving usage into the libraries from outside.
Westminster has created a great promotional video to highlight their collections and services. Check it out!
The Wesminter librarians had lots of good content suggestions: more Bi-linguals other than ‘the usual’, e.g. Russian, Japanese, Punjabi, Slovak, etc. For the Law category, the Nutshell series goes on the wish-list, and for Entertainment and Sport – the Guinness Who’s Who of Sport and SkySports Football Year Book.
Remember, the Credo collection is built up by requests from you, the librarians. What would you like to see included in Credo Reference? Let us know! You can see what’s in the current pipeline here: http://corp.credoreferene.com/forthcoming.
This week: Journalism
