To help reduce the needs of educational administrators, policy analysts, and evaluators for original research, this bibliography identifies 65 public data resources that provide current and historical information relevant to educational policy issues. For 15 primary sources the document provides the title, full bibliographic reference, and an…

A study was conducted to examine the causal predictors of mass media development in 105 underdeveloped countries for various lengths of time to determine if there were consistent relationships among the dependent and independent variables regardless of the time lag. The study also sought to determine how mass media developed during the 29-year…

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…

A cross-sectional sample of 704 adults was interviewed in a study examining the processes that relate demographic predictors to media use and effects. It was hypothesized that primary groups influence what an individual should attend to and know about public affairs, and that the individual perceives the primary group to "prescribe" the…

A learning resources center has three roles: storage and retrieval of learning media, creation and production of learning materials, and instruction and advice in the utilization of the facilities available. The design, purpose, and staffing of a resources center are discussed in detail in this article. (DS)

An information source for media production listing motion pictures, slides and filmstrips, transparencies, television and videotaping, and three-D products. (HB)

The locus of operation for management and support of linking agents in Florida is the Teacher Education Center (TEC), with the linkage strategy being the Florida Linkage System (FLS). FLS is a problem-solving model being field tested in eight TECs incorporating twenty-eight site schools, through an R&D utilization project funded by the…

Any state-level postsecondary education agency could perform its job more effectively through discriminate use of the available technology of informational and analytic planning approaches. The paper attempts to increase an awareness of how data, analytic techniques, and their product information should be used to assist state-level academic…

Pursuant to Section 204 of House Resolution 988, 93rd Congress, this annotated inventory of the internal information resources of the U.S. House of Representatives is part of a larger project intended to study the information needs and problems of the House in relation to existing institutions and services. Categories of information covered in…

The author provides a macroview of the educational linking agent from the perspective of the National Institute of Education (NIE) and discusses the learning emerging from the Research and Development Utilization (RDU) Program of NIE concerning the uses of linking agents. The growth of NIE interest in the linking agent role is discussed.…

The Journal Supplement Abstract Service (JSAS) is a demand publication service developed to serve the following functions: (1) provide ready access to diverse materials unavailable through existing jorunals; (2) make available to a small sized, specialized audience items that are valuable to them; (3) encourage creation of materials not normally…

The use of the supervisor as a source of information for subordinate decision makers was investigated using 72 eligibility workers in a county welfare agency. Results showed work group supportiveness to be highly associated with the frequency of use and the value attached by subordinates to the supervisor as an information source, but…

A telephone survey of 206 adults was conducted to test hypotheses concerning past information seeking, source preference, and media consumption. Subjects who had obtained information from "expert" institutional sources were found to have greater drug knowledge and interpersonal communication experience. Higher Print consumers had greater knowledge…

This document contains abstracts from 28 exemplary vocational guidance and counseling projects funded in Virginia during the 1980-81 school year. Of the projects included, nine are designed to increase vocational guidance and counseling for adults, ten are developed to increase vocational guidance and counseling services for handicapped persons,…