This study tested sex stereotyping of occupational roles as a determinant of source credibility. The two main independent variables involved sex of communicator and occupation of communicator. Occupations, analyzed only in terms of whether or not the occupation could be considered typically a "man's" or a "woman's" field, were…

Compiled at the Jim Dan Hill Library of the Univeristy of Wisconsin-Superior, this unannotated bibliography of information and review sources includes sections on: general guides to books and nonbook materials; review indexes; comprehensive bibliographies; films and tapes; maps, prints, charts, and microforms; slides; filmstrips, and…

The information provided in this book is divided into five major sections: (1) Science and Society; (2) Nature and Function of Science Information; (3) Primary Information Sources; (4) Secondary Information Sources; and (5) Management of Science Information. Each major section contains five or more articles by different authors with each article…

This document comprises a list of periodicals, references, and sources recommended by the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development for a "core" collection of information resources useful in meeting the information needs of those concerned with personnel and training in educational research, development, diffusion, and…

The need for familiarity with media and materials other than periodicals and books is particularly urgent in the fields of science and technology. As part of the course requirement for Resources in Science and Technology at Drexel, each student found and annotated five non-book source materials pertinent to this field. These sources were then…

This document is part of a series designed to help adult home economics education supervisors and instructors meet the consumer-homemaking needs of the low-income adult learner. The information contained in this part provides idea starters for developing ways to make more effective instructional presentations. Various methods and techniques…

The National Referral Center (NRC) and its many services to the scientific and technical community are discussed in some detail as a preamble to a proposal of a cooperative arrangement between NRC and the American Geological Institute (AGI), its supporting societies, and all geoscientists in a combined effort to enlarge and maintain a…

The Information and Referral (I&R) Service of the Health and Welfare Council of Central Maryland, Inc. is a threefold operation. First, it is a professional casework service in providing its clients information on, and referral to, appropriate community services in the health, welfare, recreation, employment, education, and related human service…

This volume is intended to serve as a guide to the literature and other sources of information related to the study and teaching of reading. Source materials cited include dictionaries, handbooks, guides, directories, bibliographies, recurring reviews, abstracting and indexing publications, journals, conference proceedings, associations, and…

This publication lists, by major institution, 32 population information resources in the United States. Each entry provides name and location of center or library, person in charge; date established; number of staff; size of collection and acquisition rate; area of specialization; publications circulated; services offered, and whether or not the…

A Study of the relationship between the primary and secondary journal literature of a social science discipline is described in this working paper. Criminology was chosen as the subject area for study, because it forms a fairly clearly identifiable area of the social sciences, is fairly self-contained, and because it has some distinctive…

This issue of Communique has its lead article on campus unrest and its resolution in schools of changing ethnic composition. It also contains a description of a drug program which utilizes a puppet show. The regular features of the publication include write-ups on current happenings in the counseling field in addition to research abstracts from…

This revised directory of the information sources in the DDC Referral Data Bank (previously issued in October 1970 as AD-712 800 and in July 1971 as AD-724 700) consists of a compilation of computer printouts, each of which gives for a single activity detailed descriptive information on the mission, scope and services provided. Arrangement is by…

This bibliography on career education is divided into four sections: (1) selected references on career education, listing key documents focusing on the concept of career education; (2) journal articles, listing various articles from periodicals dealing with the career education concept and some of its components; (3) background references related…

The annual reports published by American private foundations give comprehensive information to grant-seeking researchers. The Foundation Center has compiled a directory of the names and addresses of the approximately 397 out of 25,000 foundations which publish annual reports. They have also reproduced some l,304 reports on microfiche. This…