Describes the concept of Information Based Education, provides a theoretical basis for investigating the role of information in education, and begins developing a classification scheme for documenting and distinguishing among information bases. Attributes of information associated with information resources, information skills, information…

Top 3 information sources identified in a survey of 109 extension agents were extension publications, specialists, and personal files. Electronic sources such as satellite programing and bibliographic databases were used infrequently, because of lack of access, user friendliness, and ready applicability of information. (SK)

Describes the results of a study that investigated career decision making by adolescents. Discusses theoretical frameworks for this study, describes information sources used by questionnaire respondents, and suggests ways in which the public library's role could be expanded. (Author/LRW)

Focuses on the perspective of managers when they receive and/or seek information in the oil and gas industry. Finds that managers (1) prefer to receive trade, product, and service information through multiple media; (2) perceive information received via multiple media to be comprehensible, credible, and relevant to their tasks; but (3) use rich…

Researchers examined consumer behavior regarding types and numbers of information sources consulted about credit cards and comparison of terms. Results showed that consumers have diverse patterns of information searching that cannot be captured by a global measure or a few single measures of search and strong interdependencies among some search…

Describes Project DL whose goal was to provide a Web site where diverse information sources on digital libraries are available. Discusses the Web site design at the University of Missouri-Columbia that includes three sections: digital library collections, digital library resources, and digital library Web sites. (Author/LRW)

Examines the revision practices of eight experienced instructional designers who were given the task of revising written instructional materials. Findings show that when the designers were provided with the commonly recommended sources of feedback data, they preferred to use their own knowledge as the primary data source for making revisions.…

This article introduces potential uses of the World Wide Web for marketing education, presents tips for navigating the web, and provides a sample of useful applications. Also provides suggestions for monitoring student use of the web. (JOW)

This study examined behaviors associated with sharing information found for others on the World Wide Web. A grounded theory approach was used to conduct interviews with four respondents that showed sharing information found for others on the Web is a natural information behavior supported by habituated email-based sharing strategies. (Contains 23…

Discusses electronic books and their impact on the publishing industry. Topics include a history of the book industry; downloadable ebooks; dedicated ebook readers; Web-accessible ebooks; print-on-demand books; advantages and disadvantages; copyright; ebook concerns in libraries, including licensing, lack of standards, bibliographic control, and…

Discusses extand paradigms (ISBN, ISSN, ISMN, and the emerging ISAN). Models a procedure for assigning ISONs (International Standard Object Number) to objects and their surrogates. Describes resources requisite to the construction of the ISON, and outlines the necessarily cooperative work ahead if an ISON is to become a standard for visual…

Discusses the use of documentary sources such as prospectuses to study further education. Illustrates the process in a study of college and university links in Scotland. (SK)

Discrepancies among informants' ratings of child psychopathology have important implications for diagnosis, assessment, and treatment. Typically, parents and children complete measures (e.g., self-report checklists, diagnostic instruments) to assess child dysfunction. Ratings gathered from these sources reveal relatively little agreement on the…

Background: Cervical cancer is primarily caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) and is the second most common cause of cancer-related mortality among women. Purpose: College women may be at risk for contracting HPV based on their sexual behavior. An exploratory analysis was conducted, following the release of the HPV vaccine, Gardasil[R], to (1)…

The education community offers a plethora of resources from which IDA practitioners can draw as they support their clients in asset-specific training. This paper presents an annotated list of internet resources on preparing for college. Most of these resources are for youth aspiring to go to college. The websites are broken down according to the…