[Yulpub] Fwd: Book reviews in Readers Guide Retro and Art Index Retro

[Suzanne Lorimer]

Someone inquired on the Wilson list today about the indexing of book 
reviews in Art Index Retrospective, and the answer below applies to Readers 
Guide Retrospective as well.  I pointed out that the current database 
descriptions of the Wilson databases linked from within their indexes have 
nothing to say about the inclusion or exclusion of book reviews.  Here's 
the answer I got from Bernie Seiler, Wilson's Product Manager:

"Thank you for your suggestion to add book review coverage to our database 
descriptions.  That is an excellent suggestion and very timely.  We are 
beginning the process of reviewing and updating all of our database 
descriptions and will keep your suggestion in mind."

-Sue

>  Thank you for your followup question about book reviews prior to 1971 in 
> the Art Index Retrospective database.
>
>Apparently, keyboarding for book reviews prior to 1971 was not done for 
>Art Index Retrospective database (or, for the Readers' Guide Retrospective 
>database, as well) because of the difficulty in actually identifying the 
>document types. What has already been done is likely to be the last effort 
>in this regard.  Short of re-keying all of the volumes from before 1971 
>with an eye to identifying the book reviews, there would not be anything 
>else we could do.  Beginning in 1971-2 the departments for both databases 
>began to identify book reviews and printed them in a separate section of 
>the bound volumes (in the back of the book). Last year we went back and 
>keyboarded those back of the book sections from 1971 to 1982, the 
>conclusion of retro coverage. Those are the book reviews that are now in 
>Art Retro & RDG Retro.
>
>Again, thank you for your followup question.
>
>Bernie Seiler
>-----Original Message-----
>From: H.W. Wilson's List [mailto:HWWILSON-L at LISTSERV.HWWILSON.COM]On
>Behalf Of askart
>Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 10:57 AM
>To: HWWILSON-L at LISTSERV.HWWILSON.COM
>Subject: Re: [HWW-L] Book reviews in Art Index Retrospective
>
>
>Hello--
>Thanks for your explanation.
>
>If you're looking for more work ;-) I'd
>point to the earlier book reviews...
>for example
>********************************
>100%
>
>Art Retrospective
>
>
>Title: Early Netherlandish painting, its origins and character
>Personal Author: Panofsky, Erwin
>Journal Name: Connoisseur
>Source: Connoisse 54) p. 266-8
>Publication Year: 1954
>ISSN: 0010-6275
>Language of Document: English
>Subject(s): Painting, Dutch; Painting, Flemish
>Document Type: Feature
>Update Code: 19990912
>Accession Number: 195415203731062
>Article Link: http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml
>E195415203731062%3C/an%3E
>*********************************************
>
>In the paper Art Index 1953-55, this
>citation is indexed as a review.  Online
>its doc type is feature.  I don't know
>if there's a way to extract these and
>correct the doc type.  But it would be nice.
>
>Again, thanks for your response and
>for adding the 1971+ cites.
>Best,
>--Linda
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Seiler, Bernie" <bseiler at HWWILSON.COM>
>Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2005 4:01 pm
>Subject: Re: [HWW-L] Book reviews in Art Index Retrospective
>
> > Dear Ms. Duychak:
> >
> > Thank you for posting your listserv message.
> >
> > We are happy to report that about 25,000 citations for book
> > reviews were added to the Art Index Retrospective database towards
> > the end of last year.  Your observation is correct that 1971
> > represents the first year that book reviews appear in the
> > database.  The addition of all book reviews has now been
> > completed.
> >
> > If you have other questions, please do not hesitate to let us know.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Bernie Seiler
> > Product Manager, WilsonWeb
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: H.W. Wilson's List [mailto:HWWILSON-L at LISTSERV.HWWILSON.COM]On
> > Behalf Of askart
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 1:38 PM
> > To: HWWILSON-L at LISTSERV.HWWILSON.COM
> > Subject: [HWW-L] Book reviews in Art Index Retrospective
> >
> >
> > Hi--
> > Can someone tell me if citations for
> > book reviews are currently being added
> > to AIR?
> >
> > I did some tests a year or so ago
> > because of a student assignment...and
> > book reviews definitely were not there
> > then.
> >
> > I'm finding them back to about 1971
> > or so now.  What's up?  Are all the
> > citations in the print volumes now
> > online back to a specific date?  Or
> > are specific journals only there?
> > Are you folks planning to enter everything?
> > etc.
> >
> > Thanks for any update you can provide.
> > --Linda Duychak
> > Art Reference Librarian
> > Kohler Art Library
> >

Suzanne Lorimer
Coordinator of Reference Services
Research Services and Collections Department
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