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The volume opens with an uncredited nine-page essay, "America and the World: 1976^-1995," and concludes with an index. The format is the same as that of the parent work, with alphabetically arranged entries that can be easily understood by the general reader. There are no illustrations or biographical entries. All entries are signed by one of the 340 contributors, and most conclude with brief bibliographies. Unfortunately, the supplement continues the parent work's tradition of failing to give page references to journal-article citations. Cross-references to other articles in the main set and elsewhere in the supplement are given at the end of entries with a boldface DAH: and SUPP:, respectively. The Board noted one omission: though there are see references to the Computers and Electronic Mail entries at the end of the Internet article, there is no reference to the World Wide Web entry.
Articles range in length from less than a column (Eating Disorders) to just over four pages (Soviet Union, Relations With). There are individual entries for all states as well as for major cities. Articles that have been updated include Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Human Rights, and Unemployment. Brand-new entries include Gulf War of 1991, Set-Asides, Video Games, and Waco Siege. Some entries, such as Roe v. Wade, cover topics that actually came within the time frame of the original set but have since grown in importance.
Articles are quite up to date. The Baseball entry, for example, details the August 1994 strike. Educational and Intelligence Testing refers to the notoriety of The Bell Curve. The Board did spot some omissions in the Pulitzer Prizes entry. Though the article notes the number of 1995 prizes, it fails to note Edward Albee's third prize for drama in 1994 and also omits Eugene O'Neill's 1922 prize in the same category.
Overall, the supplement is just as reliable a work as the master set, and every library owning the original will definitely want to update it with these volumes.
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