Current Biography International Yearbook 2002 Available to Purchase

The well‐known firm of H.W. Wilson has for many years published the annual Current Biography (to be reviewed in the next issue of Reference Reviews) which is now complemented by the first issue of a companion series that will include people living outside the USA, thus allowing the original to concentrate on American personalities. Although it is not stated in so many words, the series appears to differ from most other biographical compilations in featuring new subjects every year, rather than repeating the same entries with updates. This system permits much longer entries than are usual: the 200 subjects...