Eleven recent major reports on the status of American education are listed and their availability noted. Other synopses, related materials, and individual and organizational information sources are also outlined. (MSE)

Discusses several aspects of software evaluation, suggesting that software should fit into an existing course and that students and faculty colleagues should be involved in the evaluation process. Also provides sources of evaluation guides, actual educational software evaluations, and software awareness materials. (JN)

Sociology resources housed in the campus library potentially offer valuable support for a department's instructional efforts. Provided is a strategy for (1) evaluating an existing library collection; (2) correcting extant deficiencies; and (3) maintaining the balance and quality of the collection on an ongoing basis. (Author/RM)

What then is the principle of selection operative in the mind of the historian as he sifts among the documents and records, choosing this source of evidence as vital to this study, and that record as irrelevant? Article considered the dramatically diverse ways that the practicing historian defined the "hard" evidence for historical thought.…

Described is the "Dictionary of Occupational Titles" (DOT), a system for classifying job information, and explained is its usefulness for handicapped students. (SBH)

Indexes of quality of life, a popular media description of some social indicators, represent a multidisciplinary summary of characteristics people value. As such, they offer a unique resource to the curriculum worker concerned with identifying goals. A survey of characteristics listed in quality of life indexes was made and compared with a list of…

A college president suggests the need for provision for institutional archives and periodic histories of colleges and universities. Boards of trustees might establish such archives, including such items as reports, catalogs, news items, photographs, advertisements, programs, contracts, records of athletic events, faculty publications, etc. (LBH)

This list contains the Government of Guam documents issued from 1981 through 2004. It is based on the author's book, Government of Guam, 1981-1995: an Information Source published by the University of Guam's Micronesian Area Research Center, 1997; with additional titles put out by the Government of Guam up to 2004. The list provides information on…

Organizations are looking at ways to manage their information resources. Both the capture and the use of data created by the organization have come under scrutiny. Part of the concern comes from their desire to enhance the business process and part comes from the explosion of data available to any organization. In this context the role of…

The research paper teaches college students how to use basic research skills that are needed for gathering information and writing papers in a variety of courses as well as methods used for lifelong learning, both on and off the job. The last decade of technological development has resulted in new choices in resources for research, particularly…

This paper is a citation analysis of 16 Master's theses which were submitted to the Department of English-Kent State University from 1985 to 1995. Each citation from the 16 theses was analyzed along the following criteria: gender of citation author; format of citation (book, article within book, journal article, thesis, dissertation); nature of…

This guide to Missouri State Government documents is intended to help information professionals and the general public locate electronic state information in a timely fashion. Only state agencies are included, with a few exceptions where deemed appropriate. The guide is divided into two sections. The first is an alphabetical keyword/title index.…

The Internet is an important resource for K-12 global education teachers. Developments over the past two decades have increased the media exposure of nations and interactions among them in politics, trade, education, science, medicine, entertainment, and athletics. Good global education curriculum encourages understanding of cultural differences…

This directory provides 1700 listings and evaluations of poetry publishers--300 more than in the previous edition--along with complete submission and contact information. Listings include both domestic and international markets, from mass circulation and literary magazines to small presses and university quarterlies, and contain complete profiles…

This report, based on visits to Vietnamese libraries and archives between 1987 and 1997, examines the largely unexplored corpus of Vietnamese textual resources in research institutions and libraries there and elsewhere, the associated problems of bibliographic control, and issues of preservation. The following topics are addressed: the history of…