New Reference Additions:

The APA Dictionary of Psychology, the first dictionary published by the American Psychological Association, defines psychological concepts, processes, and therapies. In addition, it includes descriptions of psychological tests and biographies of well-know psychologists.

USA in Space lists significant space projects in the American space program. It is an update of Magill's Survey of Science published in 1989.

Interesting Web Sites:

Uniform Crime Reports
www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
The FBI web site lists extensive crime statistics for 1995 to 2005. Classical Music Resources on the Web
www.resourceshelf.com/2006/07/02
This web page evaluates classical music search capabilities of the major search engines.

Stumper for September:

How many children did Freud have and what are their names?

Answer: 6: Sophie, Mathilde, Anna, Oliver, Martin, Ernst
Source: Freud: A Life for our Time by Peter Gay, page 394.

Doreen Morse, of the Reuben Hoar Library in Littleton, found the information using the Google search "Freud's Family Tree." The answer was found at the Carter-Jenkins Center. Thanks, Doreen.

Stumper for October

I have a letter that is signed by a famous actor. Do you know where I can have the signature verified?

Until next month,
Eleanor Sathan
Regional Reference Librarian
esathan@mhl.org