A Study of the relationship between the primary and secondary journal literature of a social science discipline is described in this working paper. Criminology was chosen as the subject area for study, because it forms a fairly clearly identifiable area of the social sciences, is fairly self-contained, and because it has some distinctive…

This issue of Communique has its lead article on campus unrest and its resolution in schools of changing ethnic composition. It also contains a description of a drug program which utilizes a puppet show. The regular features of the publication include write-ups on current happenings in the counseling field in addition to research abstracts from…

This revised directory of the information sources in the DDC Referral Data Bank (previously issued in October 1970 as AD-712 800 and in July 1971 as AD-724 700) consists of a compilation of computer printouts, each of which gives for a single activity detailed descriptive information on the mission, scope and services provided. Arrangement is by…

This bibliography on career education is divided into four sections: (1) selected references on career education, listing key documents focusing on the concept of career education; (2) journal articles, listing various articles from periodicals dealing with the career education concept and some of its components; (3) background references related…

The annual reports published by American private foundations give comprehensive information to grant-seeking researchers. The Foundation Center has compiled a directory of the names and addresses of the approximately 397 out of 25,000 foundations which publish annual reports. They have also reproduced some l,304 reports on microfiche. This…

Operating in a pilot region, Project Communicate established a comprehensive educational information system to support the adoption of innovative instructional practices in classrooms. It provided field consultants, individualized information service and information processing units in the state education agency (SEA). It provided for two major…

The article argues that pending federal legislation extending life of copyrights on written materials and instituting harsh penalties for violations of copyright law will inhibit teachers and others who use such materials for non-profit information dissemination. (CD)

Describes the SOCRATES Computer-Assisted Test Retrieval system available to the faculty and students of the California State University and Colleges. (Author/IRT)

Describes the expediency of searching the ERIC data base by computer. (MKM)

Represents an expansion of the 1977 United States reply to UNESCO's annual questionnaire that solicits information from each country for its bimonthly "Bibliography, Documentation, Terminology." Included are a National Bibliography, divided into media categories; current bibliographies, listed by subject; and a bibliography of…

A Minneapolis/St. Paul telephone survey revealed that most people interviewed relied on radio weather reports for weather information, that the amount of weather information retained from radio and television forecasts was minimal, and that most people were satisfied with television weather reports. (GW)

A multilingual terminology bank, a data base consisting of multilingual terminology which acts as a computerized dictionary, is accessible to translators on-line or through hard-copy printouts. Surveys, interviews, and reviews of the literature have been used to design a bank suitable for a small institution. Design specifications are discussed.…

Decisions regarding budget matters are complex; therefore, information sharing between the executive and legislative branches is helpful and necessary. Budget reforms have been initiated, but future trends indicate the need for flexibility and revision of information pathways. (MBR)

Describes the broad scope of publications and information content in both printed and computer-readable versions of Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI), including special characteristics, growth rates, and the use of CASSI as a union list. A discussion of the uses of CASSI which are possible through searching the computer-readable file…

One school librarian from the rural west, "Roughing It from Alaska to Oklahoma," and another from the urban east, "Back to Basics in New York," share some of their experience-tested ideas for maintaining effective instructional media centers with very little money. (JPF)