Describes the World-Wide Web (WWW), a network information resource based on hypertext. How to access WWW browsers through remote login (telnet) or though free browser software, such as Mosaic, is provided. Eight information sources that can be accessed through the WWW are listed. The address of a listserv reporting on Internet developments is…

Discusses four essential criteria to assure the development and use of appropriate instructional evaluation systems in mathematics teaching: (1) make mathematics a priority concern, (2) consider teachers' beliefs and dispositions, (3) use multiple data sources, and (4) make effective use of time. (MKR)

Provides an annotated bibliography of 67 recent sources of information to help grant seekers find appropriate funding sources. Highlights include how to write grants; grant sources for general and specific subject areas; and electronic resources, including commercial, academic, and federal resources. (LRW)

Provides brief descriptions of Gopher, Veronica, Jughead, and Archie, four free tools designed to locate electronic information resources on the Internet. Basic directions for using each of the four tools are provided. (KRN)

Explores conceptions of leadership from the perspectives of practitioners and scholars and discusses the role of librarians in leading others to sources of knowledge for understanding leadership. Highlights include how leaders are selected, the relationship between leaders and followers, evaluating leadership quality, and leadership from the…

Explores what children know about finding and using information books and observes what these children actually did when involved in information finding tasks. Finds that schools and teaching do have an effect in this area but that there was a gap between what children said about how they would use information books and what they actually did. (RS)

Presents four activities that illustrate what can be done to introduce children to the use of organizational devices that help the children use nonfiction books effectively. (RS)

Major categories of national higher education data are outlined and descriptions and sources are provided for over 50 databases. Categories include institutional descriptors, enrollments/completions, student demography, student longitudinal data, financial aid, institutional financial support, tuition/fees, faculty/staff salaries and benefits,…

A majority of 42 business students surveyed preferred the World Wide Web over traditional library-search tools. They perceived Internet information to be more trustworthy than that found through other strategies. Time was a critical factor in their choice of information tools. (SK)

Details the use of established evaluation criteria that help identify quality Internet resources. The research process involves locating information based on resource type. Although this survey focuses on the Holocaust, the process is universal. (AEF)

The Internet has made the Holocaust denial movement, or revisionist ideas and research, more widely available than ever before. The major revisionist and refutation sites and documents available on the Internet today are examined. (Author/AEF)

Discusses the publication of biomedical journals on the Internet. Highlights include pros and cons of electronic publishing; the Global Health Network at the University of Pittsburgh; the availability of biomedical journals on the World Wide Web; current applications, including access to journal contents tables and electronic delivery of full-text…

Deals with the formation and operation of the Canadian Council for Geographic Education (CCGE). Discusses its operations, programs, publications, key personnel, and how to join the council. Programs discussed include The Great Canadian Geography Challenge, the CCGE Teacher Network and newsletter, Geography Awareness Week, and summer institutes for…

Elaborates on a theoretical framework for analyzing the operation of the official classification system within the mental health professions. Uses the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (DSM) to explicate agency in structuration theory and structuration theory to illuminate the structure/use of the DSM. (Author/AEF)

Presents a bibliographic essay surveying research and literature on the United States Supreme Court. Divides literature on the Court into six categories: (1) constitutional interpretation; (2) general and period histories; (3) biographies; (4) case studies; (5) judicial process; and (6) reference works. Includes a four-page bibliography. (DSK)