Interviewed mature and teenage mothers to assess their knowledge of infant development and their child development information sources. Results indicated that education, age, and type of occupation affect mothers' expectations for infant development and their information sources; teenage mothers lacked substantial information. (NRB)

Explores effectiveness of age-paced parent education newsletters to help new parents make a successful transition to parenthood. The majority of recipients reported newsletters promoted their self-confidence as parents, improved their knowledge of child development, and increased their ability as effective, nurturing parents. (NRB)

Compares the intellectual fecundity and publishing rates associated with various principal modern languages and the character of library systems used to bank and lend this intellectual capital. The problem, principal languages and recorded text, sources of data for bibliolinguistics, and book production by language and nation are discussed.…

Reports on consumers' use and perception of information sources. The focus is on the use of information when making a purchase decision; what sources consumers have used for a variety of products, what sources they might use, and how helpful they feel nonbiased sources in particular would be. (CT)

Concludes that government spokespersons, ranking politicians, and leaders of organized groups have better access to Canadian TV news outlets than do other people. (FL)

Concludes that daytime serials are a major source of information about mental illness and that the image of such illness presented in the serials is distorted and inaccurate. (FL)

A bibliography of 278 publications and articles concerning professional ethics in dentistry and dental hygiene, developed by the Professional Ethics in Dentistry Network, is presented. (MSE)

Concludes that press coverage of the FDA's food irradiation proposal failed to give the public the information necessary for an informed decision on the process. (FL)

Describes sources of job listings in online industry including "New York Times,""Boston Globe,""Washington Post,""Los Angeles Times,""Wall Street Journal,""National Business Employment Weekly," and hints on methods for reading and responding to ads and placing them. Sample advertisements…

Discusses sources of scholarly information including libraries (focusing on shared cataloging and information retrieval systems), nonbook materials, data archives, and commercial databases. Also discusses computing information and integration, the latter considering quality control, terminals, communications, user interfaces, and long-term…

Concludes that Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the pattern of press-government relations with his organized publicity system. (FL)

Surveyed 209 adults over age 50 regarding use of mass media for fashion information. Results showed an inverse relationship between frequency of use of mass media for fashion information and fashion alienation. Frustration was expressed with regard to finding suitable clothes in stores and keeping up with fashion changes. (JAC)

Reviews four major criticisms of media coverage of social science--oversimplification, premature closure, lack of concern with the methodological and theoretical competence of the social science reported, and biased selection--and concludes they are largely justified. Argues that such shortcomings are explicable, given the structure and operating…

Examines several points in the cycle of publication of scientific research results--informal presentations, conference presentations, technical report literature, journal articles, abstracts, scientific reviews, treatises, textbooks--and recommends search strategies for locating needed references in a library. Eight references are listed. (EJS)

Concludes that the editorial presentation of a story can have significant effects on an audience's perceptions of a story's target. (FL)