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Download full textDevelopment Communication Report, 1984
A variety of articles address the use of communications in development, including (1) "Policy Considerations in Global Telecommunications" (Sandra Lauffer); (2) "Sharing Information for Rehabilitation in the Third World" (M. Miles); (3) "Growing More Rice in Sierra Leone: Baseline Survey Guides Media Campaign" (Gary…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Communications, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Bleiler, Richard, Comp.; Plum, Terry, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 1999
This SPEC Kit, published six times per year, examines how Association of Research Libraries (ARL) libraries have structured themselves to identify networked information resources in the market, to evaluate them for purchase, to make purchasing decisions, to publicize them, and to assess their continued utility. In the summer of 1999, the survey…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Networks, Information Sources
Education Week, 1995
Four articles from this special report examine the charter school movement and whether it has the staying power to change American schooling. The articles are: (1) "Declarations of Independence" (Mark Walsh), which discusses the Boston Renaissance and Marblehead charter schools in Massachusetts, among others; (2) "Laws of the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Change, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Simon, Hans-Reiner – 1986
Designed to provide students of information science with an introduction to British librarian Samuel Clement Bradford's 1934 findings about the scattering of information, this reader on Bradford's Law begins by discussing its use in calculating search procedures in printed bibliographies as well as in databases. The following additional materials…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographies, Bibliometrics
Brown, Brett, Ed.; Smith, Berkeley, Ed. – Child Indicator: The Child, Youth, and Family Indicators Newsletter, 2001
This document consists of four issues of a quarterly newsletter to communicate the major developments within each sector of the child and youth indicators field. The newsletters feature regular sections on the community, state, and national scenes, and include sections of resources and data. The Spring 2001 issue includes articles on the results…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Children, Data Collection
Purbrick, Becky, Ed. – Child Rights Information Network Newsletter, 1996
These two newsletter issues communicate activities of the newly formed Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) and report on emerging information resources and activities concerning children and child rights. The January 1996 issue describes the history of CRIN, provides updates on the activities of projects linked to CRIN, and summarizes…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Child Welfare, Children, Childrens Rights
Strahm, Sharon, Ed. – Econ Ed & the Fed, 2001
This Fall 2001-Spring 2002 newsletter provides resources and information to educators, particularly economics, history, social studies, and business educators, throughout the western district of the Federal Reserve System. The goal of the newsletter is to highlight new Federal Reserve teaching materials and resources, including Web sites,…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Economics, Economics Education
Dabbs, Patricia – Consumer Guide, 1996
This document is designed to help locate World Wide Web sites relating to education. It briefly describes what the World Wide Web is, what computer and telecommunications resources are needed for optimal access to it, how it works, how a Web Browser works, and what types of information are available on the Web. In particular, the resources…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Educational Research, Electronic Publishing, Elementary Secondary Education
Bauman, John – Material Writers Newsletter, 1996
Intended for writers of instructional materials for teaching English as a Second Language (ESL), the list describes word lists and language corpora that may be of use in creating, simplifying, and refining vocabulary content in ESL materials. The sources are dated from 1944 to the present, and include a freeware computer program. Some limited…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Information Sources, Instructional Materials
Bibliographie Moderner Fremdsprachenunterricht, 1998
The four issues of the 1998 bibliography, published in German, contain annotated listings of materials of interest to modern foreign language teachers. Introductory sections give instructions in the design and use of the bibliography, and a list of relevant periodicals, publishers, and institutions is provided. Subsequent sections include:…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Information Sources, Instructional Materials, Language Research
Kupper, Lisa, Ed. – NICHCY News Digest, 1993
This special issue focuses on needs of parents of children with disabilities. In the first article, "You Are Not Alone," Patricia McGill Smith considers the emotions that many parents of exceptional children experience and offers a perspective for living and coping with the impact of disability upon the family. The second article,…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Coping, Disabilities, Emotional Adjustment
Maxwell, Terrence A., Ed. – Open Forum, 1998
This newsletter features innovations in resource management and information technology to support New York State government. The newsletter contains the following six sections: (1) "Electronic Commerce: Government Services in the New Millennium" -- examining the need for government involvement in electronic commerce policy and…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Management, Information Networks, Information Processing
Purbrick, Becky, Ed. – Child Rights Information Network Newsletter, 1997
These three newsletter issues communicate activities of the Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) and report on information resources and worldwide activities concerning children and child rights. The January 1997 issue profiles CRIN members in Costa Rica, Tanzania, Germany, and Switzerland; and provides updates on the activities of projects…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Child Welfare, Children, Childrens Rights
Smigielski, Alan – Art to Zoo: Teaching with the Power of Objects, 1997
This issue of "Art to Zoo" examines the "mysteries" surrounding the Internet and offers simple "pointers" on how to access the Smithsonian's teaching materials. Many of the materials are available online. Articles include: (1) "What is the Internet?"; (2) "Connecting to the Internet"; (3) "Internet Shopping List"; (4) "Internet Terms"; (5) "A…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Educational Facilities, Elementary Education, Information Networks
Crews, Kimberly A. – Population Education Interchange, 1987
A Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) may be comprised of one or more counties, can cross state lines, and must contain a city or urbanized area of 50,000 or more people. The population of the whole county (or counties) is included in the MSA even if part of the county is rural. A Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) must have over…
Descriptors: Geography, Information Sources, Instructional Materials, Metropolitan Areas
