Discusses the pros and cons of pornography as an information source and of its inclusion among library materials. Attitudes towards pornography, particularly those of librarians, are examined; however no conclusions or recommendations are drawn. (RAA)

Lists citations and describes activities under five broad headings: (1) national institutions; (2) national bibliography, which includes books, government publications, periodicals, theses, maps, music, audiovisual materials, micropublications, and standards; (3) current bibliographies of special subjects, including area studies, children's…

Discusses various sources of anesthesia literature that warrants the attention of medical librarians in their services of acquisition and reference and includes a list of serials in anesthesiology and related fields. (FM)

Describes the career of Barry Moser, focusing on his work with children's books. Includes an annotated bibliography of 44 books illustrated by Moser; one written and illustrated by him; four that he retold and illustrated; and a list of sources for biographical information about Moser. (LRW)

Describes recent work to provide a filtering service for readers interested in medically related news articles from online news sources. The first task is to filter out nonmedical news items; the remaining articles are then assigned MeSH headings for context and then further categorized by intended audience level. (Author/LRW)

This issue presents selected papers from a World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/EURO) consultation (Munich, West Germany, May 8-10, 1989) which explored the creation of a metadatabase for European environmental health information systems (EEHIS). Topics discussed include environmental monitoring programs, environmental…

Addresses the question of why previous articles and studies on the value of information have failed to provide meaningful techniques for measuring that value. The discussion covers four principle causes for confusion surrounding the valuation of information and draws conclusions about the value added model of information. (seven references) (CLB)

Media's role in influencing public opinion can be used in environmental education. Magazine features such as permanence, comprehensiveness, plurality of sources, and cost- effectiveness give them potential for raising public awareness. Key items in media selection are diversity of information, time relevance, and accuracy. (SK)

Presents an annotated list of 200 alternative environmental periodicals. The list's scope includes animal welfare, vegetarianism, sustainable agriculture, conservation, renewable energy, and antinuclear activism. (MDH)

Describes how to make a home page for the World Wide Web using HTML (HyperText Markup Language) and a browser. Punctuation and tags are explained; an online address for useful information on Web browsers, HTML editors, graphics, and other help is given; and addresses for various Internet sites are included. (LRW)

Discussion of the Internet as a source of information focuses on the question of whether the Internet provides a representative subset of the known body of knowledge and information. Highlights include the knowledge comparison function; and the significance of information equivalence as a basis for setting goals for Internet research policy. (LRW)

Reviews issues surrounding ethical determinations of the credibility of online materials. Highlights include the volume of Web material; the self-sustaining nature of the Internet; the speed of growth and dispersion of information available; recognizing credible sources; and defining credibility, including timeliness and comprehensiveness. (LRW)

This article presents the opposing opinions of Dean Shareski and Carol Ann K. Winkler regarding the collaborative, anonymous collections of online information, such as Wikipedia. Dean Shareski, an educational consultant with the Moose Jaw Public School Division (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada), contends that Wikipedia might be the best example of…

A report of preliminary findings and analysis from student discussion groups held on 7 U.S. campuses in Fall 2008, as part of Project Information Literacy. Qualitative data from discussions with higher education students across the country suggest that conducting research is particularly challenging. Students' greatest challenges are related to…

In two experiments, undergraduates' evaluation and use of multiple Internet sources during a science inquiry task were examined. In Experiment 1, undergraduates had the task of explaining what caused the eruption of Mt. St. Helens using the results of an Internet search. Multiple regression analyses indicated that source evaluation significantly…