This paper examined the task of inquiry into unknown words by providing a description of eight tools for such inquiry followed by implications for instruction and research. (Author/RK)

Describes the uses and the tools of the Educational Resources Information Center for the benefit of English students and teachers. (RB)

Defines three types of public policies for information management, formulated according to secret, private, and public knowledge. (Author/PF)

A discussion of library research support by diverse federal agencies, with and without matching funds from state, local, or foundation sources. Also lists information sources for library research. (LS)

Libraries must provide more than the usual reference services by taping community information sources such as social agencies, religious organizations, local clubs and societies, local businesses, and residents who have special knowledge. The library must also take an active, rather than passive, role in delivering information. (LS)

A survey of 65 newspaper editors and 64 television news directors was conducted to examine policies concerning unnamed sources and unattributed information in news stories, and to measure the effects of the incident in which a "Washington Post" reporter fabricated a major story and claimed that she had granted her sources…

A toll-free adult education information and referral hotline provided information and referral services to approximately 1500 adults in Region IX in Texas from September 1980 to June 1981. Adult education co-ops and testing centers forwarded pertinent program information (class schedules, General Educational Development testing information) to the…

This resource guide is a product of a research project whose goal was to create entrepreneurship training components for use in vocational instructional programs at the secondary level. Designed to accompany the 36 instructional modules, this resource guide lists all entrepreneurship materials identified during the literature review phase of the…

This guide for evaluating microcomputer instructional software includes a hardware/software interface analysis sheet which can be used to determine if the software being evaluated is compatible with the hardware on which it will be used. Also provided is an instructional software evaluation form for use in making judgments about (1) specific…

This expanded listing of dissertations on ecology and the environment updates those previously listed in the 1972 publication. It covers the period from 1970-1976. In combination, these two works list more than 5,500 dissertations covering such topics as pollution, conservation, pesticides, radiation, wastes, and birth control. In addition to the…

This completely revised and updated edition of the bibliography of the same title, published by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Library in 1971, is a selective, partially annotated list of publications and periodical articles issued since 1970. In cooperation with HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research, the most…

The plight, as well as the possibilities, of the aging in today's and tomorrow's world can best be perceived within a framework of the changing relationship between the information and communications systems of society and older persons. Unlike the elders in stable societies, who have traditionally served as repositories of information, the aging…

Databases and clearinghouses useful in education are described in this two part document. The first section contains one-page summaries of 55 databases of interest to people in education. The types of information provided by the various databases are indicated, including bibliographies, funding information, statistics, government publications and…