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INDUSTRY SURVEYS. Standard & Poor's. New York, quarterly, $1,197MO; loose-leaf, $2,225.00, ISSN: 01964-4666. (Also available on CD-ROM for $2,250.00 or via the Internet same price.) Reviewed by Judith M. Nixon

U.S. INDUSTRY & TRADE OUTLOOK ′98. Published jointly by DRI/McGraw-Hill Standard & Poor's, and U.S. Department of Commerce/International Trade Administration. $69.95, ISBN 0-07-032931-1. Reviewed by Judith M. Nixon

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN INDUSTRIES: NON-MANU-FACTORING INDUSTRIES, 2nd edition. ISBN 0-7876-0147-0. Reviewed by Judith M. Nixon

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN INDUSTRIES: M ANUPAC-TURING INDUSTRIES, 2nd edition. ISBN 0-7876-0146-2. Reviewed by Judith M. Nixon

Heil, Scott and Terrance W. Peck (Eds.). Detroit, MI: Gale Research, Inc., 1998, $520.00 for both volumes; $260.00 for each volume. Reviewed by Judith M. Nixon

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EMERGING INDUSTRIES. Malonis, Jane A. and Holly M. Seiden (Eds.). Detroit, MI: Gale Research, Inc., 1998, $249.00, ISBN 0-7876-1863-2. Reviewed by Judith M. Nixon

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GLOBAL INDUSTRIES. Sawinski, Diane M. and Wendy H. Mason (Eds.). Detroit, MI: Gale Research, Inc., 1996, $395.00, ISBN 0-8103-9767-6. Reviewed by Judith M. Nixon

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY (B&l). Beachwood, OH: Responsive Database Services, Jan. 1998, Web-based database with daily updates. Academic pricing for B&I on the Web is as follows for: 1-3 Concurrent Users $4,500lyr; 4 Users $5,250lyr; 5-8 Users $6,000/yr; 9-12 Users $7,500lyr. B&I is available through the following vendors: DIALOG, DataStar, KR-OnDisc, B&I on-the-Web (offered Data Downlink), OCLC FirstSearch, OneSource.com, Chest (in the UK), PointCast. Reviewed by Hal P. Kirkwood

WALKER's MANUAL OF UNLISTED STOCKS, 2nd ed. Lafayette, CA: Walker's Manual, 1997, $85.00, ISBN: 0-9652088-8-5. Reviewed by Brent Alan Mai

LODGING, RESTAURANT, AND TOURISM INDEX THE CD-ROM VERSION (1985-1997). Geahigan, Priscilla C. (Ed.). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, $450.00lyear with quarterly updates, ISBN 117-1597-2605. Reviewed by Priscilla C. Geahigan