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Download full textLoken, Barbara; And Others – 1983
A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of direct mail appeals in a heart health campaign and to explore the effects of three appeal types (positive, negative, and informational) on knowledge levels and behavior patterns. Seven-hundred fifty randomly selected households were mailed brochures representing one of the three appeal types.…
Descriptors: Adults, Advertising, Behavior Patterns, Community Attitudes
Etkin, Cynthia – 1988
This update of a 1977 training manual is designed for use by student assistants in the government documents section of John Grant Crabbe Library at Eastern Kentucky University. A brief introduction is followed by: (1) floor plans of the library; (2) a description of the documents collection including types of works and classification systems; (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Government Publications, Higher Education
Fitzgibbons, Shirley; And Others – 1988
The purpose of this study was to document the educational activities being offered to citizens of all ages through Indiana's 239 public libraries. A mail questionnaire was distributed to every main library and branch in the state, requesting information on the kinds and numbers of education-related services and programs provided in 1987, and…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Information Sources, Library Role, Library Services
Hillman, Susan J. – 1988
To explore why school administrators have only a limited base of knowledge of the laws and cases affecting education, the Informational Resource Questionnaire (IRQ) was designed to study attitudes about legal knowledge. The IRQ focuses on school demographics, which resources administrators most commonly use to obtain both general and legal…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Goodwin, Bryan; Schroeder, Paul – 1987
This user's guide to conducting a preliminary search of the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database on CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read-Only Memory) begins by briefly describing the types of materials found in ERIC and explains the four steps common to the any computer search: (1) definition of topic elements and formation of concept…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
Soifer, Libby P. – 1988
This guide and annotated bibliography is designed to introduce sociology students to the basic research tools in their field that are available in the Fogler Library at the University of Maine. Brief explanations and examples are provided of the relevant Library of Congress subject headings and call numbers used in Fogler Library, as well as the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Libraries, Annotated Bibliographies, Higher Education
Reveron, Wilhelmina W. – 1988
A bibliography on bilingualism contains over 100 citations of articles, papers, monographs, and books in seven categories: theory, general issues, second language acquisition, communication disorders, assessment, treatment, and issues in education. (MSE)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Communication Disorders, Evaluation Methods
Reveron, Wilhelmina W. – 1988
A bibliography on Black Americans contains over 450 citations of articles, papers, monographs, and books in seven categories: culture (language and customs); normal speech and language acquisition (theoretical framework, mother-child interaction, language community, form, content, usage, cognitive development); sociolinguistics (issues, dialect…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Blacks, Cognitive Development, Communication Disorders
American Society of Journalists and Authors, Inc., New York, NY. – 1987
The first of two parts of this document presents a statement from the American Society of Journalists and Authors which briefly traces the history of censorship from the fourth century B.C. to the present. The second part is a list of resources on censorship and censorship-related materials that are available from the following First Amendment…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law
Conrad, Fran; Kayman, Lindsey – 1983
This guide is intended to assist workers in reducing their exposure to hazardous chemicals on the job. It describes a systematic preventive approach to hazardous chemicals that is based on the following steps: determining which chemicals are in use at a particular worksite (techniques for asking the company and steps to take if the company is…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Adult Education, Equipment Utilization, Hazardous Materials
Johnson County Community Coll., Overland Park, KS. Office of Institutional Research. – 1987
In April 1987, a telephone survey was conducted by Johnson County (Kansas) Community College (JCCC) to assess the opinions and perceptions of county residents concerning the college. A stratified sample of Johnson County adults was contacted, resulting in 818 completed and 5 partially completed interviews. An additional 168 respondents indicated…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Attitudes, Community Colleges, Community Surveys
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
Cooper, Harris; Ribble, Ronald – 1985
Three influences on the outcomes of literature searches undertaken as part of integrative research reviews were examined: (1) the degree of expertise of the searcher; (2) the amount of information available (i.e., keywords, bibliographics, abstracts); and (3) the cognitive characteristics of the searcher. Participants were presented with…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Information Needs
Bidelman, Kathy Gilden – 1985
This fact sheet provides a checklist for selecting a college. Student objectives and college characteristics are considered and 17 educational and personal interest areas frequently cited as important by students are listed. Other areas covered include: computer programs and guidebooks, sources for gathering information, applying for admission,…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Bound Students, College Choice, Decision Making
Hadley, Roger; Hamilton, Peter K. – 1982
A study explored the relationship between voters' involvement in political elections and their reactions to different media as sources of political information. Data were gathered from 246 telephone interviews conducted 1 month prior to the 1980 United States presidential campaign. Respondents were asked to (1) name political issues discussed in…
Descriptors: Elections, Information Sources, Mass Media Effects, Media Research
