Described are some of the resources generally available to social studies teachers from the various offices of local government. (RM)

Without spending any more time or energy compiling the bibliography, by simply making the specifications of our search available to the user, we would have greatly improved the instrument's utility and effectiveness for the user's search. (Author)

This "Catalog of ERIC Clearinghouse Publications" highlights more than 1400 education publications prepared by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses and currently in print and available. The titles are arranged by ERIC component and cover a broad range of subject areas in education. The major ERIC publication…

This document consists of the single 1999 issue and four 2000 issues of a newsletter to communicate the major developments within each sector of the child and youth indicators field. The newsletters feature regular sections on the community, state, and national scenes, and include sections of resources and data. The 1999 premier issue includes…

A professional adventure educator offers numerous resources about adventure-based learning, drawn from his book, "Teamwork and Teamplay." Organizational resources include libraries, the Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC), Kendall/Hunt publishers, the American Camping Association book store, Project Adventure, the Association for…

The majority of this publication is comprised of 13 feature articles covering a wide range of topics in the areas of educational technology and library and information sciences. Also offered are related abstracts found in the ERIC Database and the latest news at the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology, including the publication of…

This bibliography provides a list of references for developing curriculum on women. References are grouped in seven sections which address: (1) introduction to women as a subject of study (4 references); (2) scholarship on women (7 references); (3) rethinking the disciplines (23 references); (4) pedagogy (20 references); (5) advice and experience…

Discusses why magazines will continue to exist and serve specific publics in spite of spiraling costs and changing readership. (TO)

The present installment continues the updating service and supplements coverage contained in MMRI-1972. (Author)

Information transfer among scientists can be regarded as analoguous to a complex rate process highly dependent on the characteristics of the information forms. A general model is presented and an attempt made to quantify certain pathways. (25 references) (Author)

The rationale for developing a phone book collection is discussed and the procedures for building the collection are outlined. (SM)

Library group practice bears striking similarities to medical group practice, both in rationale and patterns of service. Library group practice is a means of enhancing professional achievement, improving rate of productivity in libraries, and thereby offering one way in which information can be marketed by libraries at an acceptable price. (8…

A summary description of the information retrieval course in political science which is taught by the author at California State University, Northridge, California is given for the benefit of librarians who are setting up similar courses. (4 references) (Author/NH)

The major British sources of information on refernce books are surveyed in order to give American librarians an insight into what is available of British origin, and possibly aid the book-selection of British material. (1 reference) (Author/NH)

The term discography is used here to define a wide range of related activities, problems, and products involved in the analysis, description, enumeration, and bibliographical control of the artifacts of recorded sound and the sounds preserved on and transmitted by those artifacts. (83 references) (Author)