<b>G.G. Chowdhury.</b> <i>Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval.</i> 3rd ed. London: Facet, 2010. 508p. alk. paper, $90 (ISBN 9781555707156). LC2010-013746.

Singapore. Chapter 14 describes Murray State University Libraries' implementation of the Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) in which librarians choose the Web sites that are included in the index. Section III.3 contains four chapters on new reference service models and marketing collections. Part III concludes with Section III.4, which focuses on staff training models, including a co-mentoring program at Baruch Col-lege's Newman Library. The editors mention in their Introduction that the reference renaissance " can be seen in the return to core values of service excellence in libraries and to the rising surge of innovative reference initiatives… " Based on the Reference Renaissance conference, the papers look at the way new information technologies have blended with traditional reference services in efforts to discover the " human process of questioning, contextualizing, and learning. " While the work serves as a good look at reference activities in 2008, in 2010 it misses the mark in the editors' aim to " reveal an exciting and unfolding reference landscape. " —Nicole Mitchell, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval by G.G. Chowdhury is designed for newcomers to the library profession who seek a broad overview of information retrieval (IR). In this third edition textbook, the majority of the content about concepts that drive IR technology remains the same as the previous edition with the addition of a few new concepts and technologies. Because of the broad nature of IR, most of the chapters only address the basics of IR and do not delve into detail. However, there are some large topics that are surprisingly absent in this text, such as the Resource Description and Access (RDA) cataloging standards which have been in development since 2005 to update the AACR2 standards. Social network tools like social tagging and reviews are also not covered—to be fair, Facebook was briefly mentioned. The average chapter is structured with an introduction at the beginning that consists of one or two paragraphs. A nice feature for the introduction is the last sentence, which clearly summarizes what readers can expect to find. Within the chapter, there is a logical progression of related topics. Many topics include bullet point lists that highlight the main points. The bullets may bother some readers because they are used so much, but this reviewer found it handy in most cases to quickly get to the meat of the topic. Chapters typically end with …