RESOURCES ---- ---------- World Guide to Libraries, Fifth Edition, edited by Helga Lengenfelder, 1,030 pp., 1980, $225.00 from: Gale Research Company Book Tower Detroit, MI 48226 This remarkable volume, with its entries for 42,200 libraries in 167 countries, is not likely to be one.you'll use often, and it almost certainly is not one you'll want to buy for your personal bookshelf (yes, the price listed above is correct!). Nevertheless, if you, like many RAIN readers, have interests which are diverse, unusual or even bizarre, you may be thankful if your local librarian has the World Guide handy. Its massive index will point you to specialized library collections in 378 subject areas-including medieval archeology, paleobotany, Polynesian literature, Zoroastrianism and the chemistry of fats and oils! Some of the subjects not specifically noted (like solar energy, community development, appropriate technology and organic agriculture) are reminiscent of Ivan Illich' s observations (RAIN VI: 9, 5-6) about the alternative "counterfoil" research of recent years which has resulted in hundreds e>f volumes you won't find on many librarians' reference shelves. Fortunately, many of these volumes are on the shelves of the Rain Community Resource Center, so there may be occasions when you'll do well to bypass the 42,200 libraries listed in the World Guide and route your research questions our way. - JF ACCESS FOREIGN Science for Villages, $7/yr. individuals, $10/yr. institutions, available from: Editor Science for Villages 442001 Wardha, (M.S.) INDIA This four-year-old journal is published by a group of scientists and social workers who strive to be a link between the scientific community working in labs and the poor of de..: veloping countries behind th~ "doors of mud huts." Though it's not clear what segment of the poor they address (probably small farmers rather than the landless poor), Science for Villages has an interesting mix of spirituality MEDIA Publicity Is Power: A Media Handbook for Energy Activists, by Diane MacEachern, 1980, 32 pp., $2.00 from: Center for Renewable Resources 1001 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Rm. 510 Washington, DC 20036 May 1981 RAIN Page 19 and scientific integrity, envisioning the village as the "matrix" where "man could live closer to mother Nature and brother Man." The first featured article I read in SFV, ''Are Artificial Fertilizers a Panacea?" was a welcome sight. In plain English, and in a somewhat modest tone, the author refutes a recently published article in an Indian periodical which criticizes the use of organic fertilizers .. The SFV writer turns the argument around in support of organic farming with good effect. In the same issue there is a comparison of two gas plant systems-a urea plant and a bio-gas plant. The terminology used in describing both systems says a lot about the authors of this publication-they are clearly advocates of small-scale, labor-intensive systems. With its unusual mix of ideas, Science for Villages will be worth watching in the months ahead. -LS Need to learn some media skills fast? This booklet will take you only a few minutes to read, yet will give you enough key pointers to get you started-on press releases, interviews, free advertising, even ca,hle TV! Designed as a public relations handbook for energy activists, Publicity ls Power is a valuable tool for anyone learning how to work with the media. -MR
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