Parapsychology
New Sources of Information, 1973-1989
Rhea A. White

SUBJECTS
Health & Science
Reference » Health & Science

REVIEWS
"All academic libraries (and probably many public libraries) will find this a handy volume that receives a good amount of use." —G. Stein, CHOICE

DESCRIPTION
Here is the long-awaited continuation of the basic reference volume Parapsychology: Sources of Information (Scarecrow, 1973). More than double the size of the previous edition, the new volume updates older material that is still relevant and adds hundreds of new information sources, most of them annotated. New Sources also goes further than Sources in that, in addition to covering books, serials, and organizations, it contains a chapter describing sources of parapsychology information in general library materials, a chapter documenting U.S. government involvement in parapsychology, and a review of changes in the field since Sources was written. The list of dissertations and theses on parapsychology is nearly seven times larger, and the glossary has been greatly expanded. The current scientific status of parapsychology is dealt with in an appendix by leading psi researcher John Palmer, Ph.D. The indexing is lengthy and detailed and covers authors, titles, and subjects.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rhea A. White is a reference librarian at the East Meadow (NY) Public Library and edits the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research and her own journal, Exceptional Human Experience (formerly Parapsychology Abstracts International). She directs the Parapsychology Sources of Information Center and produces the PsiLine database system. She is enrolled in the doctoral program in sociology at SUNY Stony Brook.

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