----------------------------Original message---------------------------- James, I just checked the Library of Congress Z39.50 server via our Cataloguer's Toolbox. Doing a search of the names thesaurus using either Arabian Gulf or Persian Gulf as a subject did not yield any results. Searching the book database under Arabian Gulf as a subject brought 0 records, while Persian Gulf retrieved 1,384 items with that as a subject heading or part of a subject heading. Alberta |=================================================================| | Alberta Auringer Wood, Maps, Data and Media Librarian | | Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, | | CANADA A1B 3Y1. phone: 709-737-8892; fax: 709-737-2153; | | Internet: [log in to unmask] | | web pages: http://www.mun.ca/library/maps | | http://www.mun.ca/library/media | | http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~awood | |=================================================================|