This booklet identifies materials and organizations that provide information on learning disabilities. An overview describes learning disability identification procedures and eligibility for special education or related services in Colorado. The pamphlet then provides an annotated list of 9 general books on learning disabilities, 10 books for…

State of the art access to the literature of women's history is reviewed in this paper, including the issues of publication, bibliographic control, indexing services, and electronic databases. The problems of intellectual access to women's history in online databases are discussed in terms of: (1) characteristics of the subject itself; (2)…

A study examined cable access centers--studios established by cable television systems for the use of community groups, institutions, and individuals--in order to identify the characteristics of those used frequently. Data were gathered from 119 respondents concerning 34 access centers in major metropolitan areas in the United States. The findings…

Reviews the studies of researchers who have attempted to identify the sources of drug information, both professional and commercial, utilized by physicians, discussing relationship between physicians' sources and the choice of drugs and severity of conditions being treated. Also notes new sources of drug information being considered by the Food…

A survey of economics teachers indicated that textbooks, books on applied economics, and daily newspapers were the most important sources for lesson content. For journal availability see SO 504 303. (DE)

Examines court decisions concerning the right of news reporters to withhold the identities of confidential sources in civil libel proceedings. (RB)

Research studying the responses of 1,018 prefreshmen men and 901 prefreshmen women reveals moderate relationships between the SVIB occupational categories and the OAIS temperament and learning styles scales. By examining the relationship between these two inventories, counselors can become more sophisticated in the use of these instruments with…

A study was conducted to find out how the topics of the Nineteenth Amendment and women's suffrage were handled at the time by news publications in rural areas. Several components were used to carry out the objective: one was to investigate newspaper coverage of the amendment and in addition broaden that search to include women's suffrage; another…

This guide is a preliminary tool to be used to introduce online ready reference searching of government documents. The first half includes basic guidelines for determining whether a question warrants a ready reference search, selecting appropriate databases, and searching techniques; administrative notes and procedures; and guidelines denoting the…

The guide is intended to provide admissions directors, academic deans, institutional planning officers, and faculty with access to government sources of information concerning college enrollment management. Sections provide information on: using the guide; additional government document information sources; using government documents; acquiring…

This paper describes the use of educational research and development resources by practitioners within the National Education Association's Mastery in Learning Project (MIL), a 5-year national second wave reform effort. Four research questions were addressed: (1) What are practitioners' information needs over time in the context of research-based…

Treating the camera as an information technology, this essay shows how the camera is a powerful theoretical disquisition on the nature of form, realism, and scientific vision. The first section presents a history of form, separate from matter, as something collectible in a library or museum. The second section discusses the photograph as a rival…

The six issues of Handi Helps presented here focus on specific issues of concern to the disabled, parents, and those working with the disabled. The two-page handi help fact sheets focus on the following topics: child sexual abuse prevention, asthma, scoliosis, the role of the occupational therapist, kidnapping, and muscular dystrophy. Each handi…