Describes the development of environmentalism in the United States as presented in literary works and through prominent early American thinkers up to Earth Day 1970. (MCO)

Presents what the author believes to be some of the most important environmental books published since Earth Day 1970. Discusses each selection and how it provides the historical background, basic information, and appreciation necessary to understand the character of our environmental dilemma and our need to address it. (MCO)

Analyzes the themes presented in nine selected Nigerian female-authored novels written in English for young adolescents. Examines characterization in these novels to see whether there are elements of sex stereotyping, and discusses the novels' suitability. (SR)

Discusses the connection between editors and teachers. Describes the author's editor, who focuses on helping authors meet the expectations of gatekeepers. Discusses how professional writing teachers might use the author's editor as a teaching model (helping students write for actual audiences and teaching more about the text-production process),…

Discusses the importance of children's books translated from other languages into English and describes a study conducted to identify characteristics of successful translated children's books. Languages, genres, and subject areas are discussed; successful authors, publishers, illustrators, and translators are identified; and a bibliography of 131…

Publication guidelines for early childhood journals are reviewed, and suggestions for prospective contributors are offered. Topics covered include publication opportunities, audience, journal content, publication format, and the review process. A two-page table summarizes information on specific journals. (LB)

Describes a study that examined three major international library science journals to investigate the nature and trends of library and information science research in Africa from 1990 through 1992. Highlights include status of authors, gender, affiliation, country, types of research, types of cited documents, subjects covered, and most cited…

Authorship patterns for medicine department chairperson were analyzed for the period 1979-90, a period when authorship criteria were widely debated. Results indicate that medical journals' changes in definition of authorship did not decrease the number of articles for which the chairperson were last authors and significantly increased the number…

Two articles originally published in the 1970s are reprinted. The first argues that the American writer no longer knows what is expected of him and has difficulty engaging in conversation with the reader. The second examines the work and teaching of Joseph Brodsky, a Russian poet, while in the United States. (MSE)

Discusses six picture books by John Burningham. Notes in particular the construction of childhood and the relationship of child and adult, in which adults are able to control children in a physical sense but have no jurisdiction over their imaginative lives. (SR)

Describes the functions of book and periodical indexes and characteristics of varieties of book indexes. Problems related to periodical indexing including indexing policy, indexing language, depth of indexing, authors' names, titles, the physical form of indexes, indexes to single volumes of periodicals, and cumulative indexes are discussed.…

Describes a study that addressed three issues in the provision of distance education at the University of Tasmania: the nature of the instructional designer/academic author relationship; perceptions of the role of the instructional designer; and institutional factors perceived by authors as impeding the development of quality instructional…

Provides commentary from several scholars within the Princeton University community on the significance of Toni Morrison's literary work and the reaction to her being awarded the Nobel Prize. Some scholars address the meaning of the Nobel Prize to a major American university seeking greater diversity. (GLR)

Reviewers (n=126) of behavioral journals were asked to evaluate identical manuscripts according to their usual criteria. Half the manuscripts were supposedly written by men and half by women. Male reviewers did not evaluate male- and female-authored manuscripts differently, but female reviewers accepted significantly more female-authored than…

The editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine discusses considerations in medical research integrity and publication, including the issues of research methodology, readership interest, article selection, editing, honesty, the author's responsibility, announcements of research to the mass media, and previous publication. (MSE)