Examined impact of social contacts on getting a job. Workers (n=720) were interviewed to discover source of information about their most recent job. Results showed that social contacts were most frequently used resources during job-getting process and that these personal contacts were used more often in some occupational environments than in…

Examined intentions of parents (n=187) of adolescents to seek help from nine sources for eight hypothetical parenting problems. Intention to seek help was function of problem type and help source. Parents declared intention to seek help from many sources; being most likely to seek help from spouses regardless of issue and from professional sources…

Examined rates of childhood sexual abuse, in 300 university counseling center clients, obtained through direct interview questioning, pencil-and-paper questioning, and client records. Found significant differences in prevalence rates between clients directly queried and clients from whom information was expected to arise during course of…

Analyzes the corporate annual report as a vehicle of information and usefulness to the institutional investor. Finds that 51% of institutional investor respondents ranked the annual report as the most useful and informative source of five distinct information sources. (SR)

Discusses the recent increase in information access to Russia and other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Russia, the area's only English language database, Internet resources, discussion groups, bulletin boards, electronic mail, and other information resources are described; and information on how to connect to network resources…

An adult-education course familiarized participants with online consumer resources. Beyond teaching the mechanics of Internet use, it showed how to use the Internet as a tool for consumer decision making. (SK)

Reviews research and practice in cross-language information retrieval (CLIR) that seeks to support the process of finding documents written in one natural language with automated systems that can accept queries expressed in other languages. Addresses user needs, document preprocessing, query formulation, matching strategies, sources of translation…

Examines the notions of aging, obsolescence, impact, growth, utilization, and related concepts in information science. Illustrates the influence of growth on aging, how aging rates can be corrected for growth, and the relation with impact measures. Presents mathematical results, practical calculations, and examples of these concepts. Gives a brief…

Responses from 53% of 2,300 British Columbia physicians were used to create a list of 375 educationally influential physicians. These opinion leaders will serve as resources for formal and informal continuing medical education. (SK)

Suggests one way to extend the impact of drama and theatre on primary, intermediate, and middle school students is to be aware of the books for children on the topic. Provides annotations of 13 well-written and skillfully illustrated books dealing with drama. (NH)

Describes the World Wide Web site called Classroom Connect. Notes that it gives easy access to Global Resources and Directory of Educational Sites (GRADES), which lists only "high quality" sites. Briefly discusses 17 sites listed by GRADES, and seven sections of the Classroom Connect site. (RS)

Suggests that teachers can help students to use the Internet wisely by using what they already know as reading teachers: help them to read with a purpose. Notes that students should have a purpose for their searches of the Internet. Lists "plusses" for teachers and learners (as well as cautions) regarding using the Internet in the…

Develops a method of rough retrieval, an application of the rough set theory to information retrieval. The aim is to: (1) show that rough sets are naturally applied to information retrieval in which categorized information structure is used; and (2) show that a fuzzy retrieval scheme is induced from the rough retrieval. (AEF)

Presents a model for representing and storing binary topological and directional relationships between 2-dimensional objects that is used to provide a basis for fuzzy querying capabilities. A data structure called an abstract spatial graph (ASG) is defined for the binary relationships that maintains all necessary information regarding topology and…

Examines basic issues of data mining using the theory of rough sets, a recent proposal for generalizing classical set theory. Demonstrates that a generalized rough set model can be used for generating rules from incomplete databases. Discusses the importance of rule extraction from incomplete databases in data mining. (AEF)