Many Internet guides are available to assist librarians as they help patrons find the information they are looking for. Facet Publishing, based in the United Kingdom, provides a series of Internet guides for various librarians published under the name Know it All, Find it Fast. Heather Dawson of the London School of Economics Library has now written a guide for academic librarians in this series. The Know it All, Find it Fast series is specifically known not only for its vast cross-references of A-to-Z subject matter but also for its three approaches to finding information for each subject—Typical Questions, Points to Consider, and Where to Look. Each question has specific and very useful information on how to help patrons find the information they are looking for (and librarians will learn how to look more efficiently and effectively, thanks to these three approaches and the information they contain).

Know it All, Find it Fast for Academic Libraries contains ready-reference information for more than 100 subjects chosen for their particular importance to academic libraries, such as copyright, electronic resources, census research, government publications, medicine, nursing, and history. Area studies, such as Women’s Studies and Latin American Studies, can also be found in this volume. In addition, the author provides for each subject an expansive, detailed, and very well organized list of Internet sites. Some print reference materials are included too, but the book devotes most of its references sources to Internet resources.

The book is a valuable reference source of British and international information for the academic subjects covered. Some American web sites and other materials are mentioned, but an academic librarian looking mainly for American reference material in this volume will be disappointed. Perhaps it would be worthwhile for the publisher to consider printing an American edition of this book.

Nevertheless, with its unique format, Know it All, Find it Fast for Academic Libraries is a valuable and useful ready-reference source due to the number and variety of subjects it covers; a patron will not leave empty-handed when librarians use this book for reference assistance. Highly recommended.