New adolescent patients (N=150) at a large urban clinic were interviewed to determine what events or advice led to their decision to approach a family planning clinic for the first time. The roles of pregnancy scares, advice from significant others, and situational factors in motivating service use are presented. Program implications of these…

Surveyed adolescents on their patterns and preferences for health care. The majority usually receive medical care from a private physician. Girls consulted physicians more frequently than boys. As the age of the respondent increased, the proportion visiting pediatricians decreased. A significant proportion of adolescents with health concerns do…

Describes the Information Market Indicators survey that monitors online vendors, database producers, and specific databases in terms of the revenues generated and number of connect hours of usage. Highlights and facts relative to calendar years 1982 and 1983 (usage, revenue data, vendor databases, database producers, classes of users) are…

Interviewed 88 community elderly about seeking help for psychiatric symptoms. The results showed low past professional utilization, perceptions of low future utilization, an overwhelming preference for general physicians as treatment providers, and a very low opinion of the effectiveness of mental health professionals. (JAC)

A study of the characteristics of personal collections of a sample of authors drawn from the general fields of the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, and the relationship between the size and composition of their collections and the location of works referred to in certain of their recent papers. (Author)

There is evidence which suggests that users' attitudes toward on-line interactive retrieval systems may be multi-dimensional. Because this earlier work was based upon factor analysis of the data, it was essential that a replication be attempted. To this end a previous study with a new population of users was repeated. (2 references) (Authors/SJ)

A simple means of estimating patron use is described. Over a year's time about 100 observations were obtained which were extrapolated to produce estimates of library use by hour, day of week, month, and university term. (Author)

Scientists and social scientists do not differ to any large extent in their information seeking behavior. However, the extent of use of different methods and the degrees of problems created do vary and account for the differences in the information seeking behavior of scientists and social scientists. (27 references) (Author/SJ)

Classification numbers of books were matched to a classified profile of the university teaching program descriptions. Books with numbers which match the course profiles receive greater use. (10 references) (Author/SJ)

The report which presented the results of A Study of Reference Services and Reference Users in the Metropolitan Atlanta Area:'' a descriptive study of the reference services of selected libraries and of selected users of those services is summarized. (Author/NH)

The author maintains that the first concern of any library is to determine the information needs of the users it serves and to then consider technology to meet these needs rather than fitting library services to technological devices installed without information objectives in mind. (AA)

A simple survey method is outlined, whereby readers record the non-availability of books known to be held by the library. The survey has been installed at four university libraries, but the results from only one library are considered. (3 references) (Author/NH)

A summary of the results of a study made to determine what differences, if any, exist in the use of books selected by different methods (librarian, faculty, blanket-order approval plans) in academic libraries. (Author/NH)