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By: UNKNOWN ISBN: Publisher: Springer Release Date: Bioscience book rank: 60063
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By: Douglas R. Glasnapp, John P. Poggio ISBN: 0673186687 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Release Date: March, 1998 Bioscience book rank: 5650428
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By: Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council ISBN: 0309062489 Publisher: National Academies Press Release Date: 27 August, 1998 Bioscience book rank: 6049944
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By: Julie Rehmeyer ISBN: Publisher: Thomson Gale Release Date: 05 February, 2007 Bioscience book rank:
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By: Anna-Karin Andershed ISBN: 0387224173 Publisher: Springer Release Date: 07 January, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 3496612
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By: Jack Rudman ISBN: 0837353394 Publisher: National Learning Corp Release Date: 01 January, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 3328720
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By: UNKNOWN ISBN: Publisher: Millin Publishing, Inc. Release Date: 31 July, 2005 Bioscience book rank:
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By: Ed Cohen ISBN: Publisher: Western Michigan University, School of Social Work Release Date: 01 August, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 5456573
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By: Allen Kent ISBN: 0824720652 Publisher: CRC Release Date: 29 October, 1999 Bioscience book rank:
| Many articles in this 2. edition are just reprints of articles from the 1 edition. It is a real problem that the articles are not dated or have otherwise been indicated whether they are new in this edition (from 2003) or have just been reprinted without updating from the first edition which was published in 73 volumes from 1968 until 2003. (Vol 1-33 A-Z; Vol. 34+35 = Index; Vol 36-73 = supplements)
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<br />For example, the article "Philosophy of Science" was pubished in 1977. It is reprinted in the 2nd edition without any changes in content (only typographical changes such as two columns). In the 2nd edition we are misinformed that this entry is "Print Published: 05/20/2003 | Online Published: 06/23/2003". The readers are thus misled concerning what they are reading. This is tru for many articles, I guess much more than 50%.
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<br />The only way you can tell whether the article is revised or updated is by looking at the references and see if new references are included - in most cases they are not (alternatively, of course compare the articles in the two editions page by page).
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<br />Both the first edition and the second edition have a heavy emphazis on specific libraries in specific countries and is weak in theoretical and conceptual issues.
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<br />When this is said, it should be said that there are many important articles in this work and it is an obvious advantage that it is available online and the papers available as pdf-files. I have now read usefull articles that I would not have read if I had to make paper copies from the old edition. |
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By: Richard B. Chase, Sriram Dasu ISBN: Publisher: Harvard Business Review Release Date: 05 January, 2008 Bioscience book rank: 282184
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