Maintains that academic historians are frustrated about their ability to reach different publics. Describes the National Park Service's public history activities. Concludes that exciting opportunities exist for academic historians in research and presentation of U.S. history. (CFR)

"Seven Rules for Social Research" teaches social scientists how to get the most out of their technical skills and tools, providing a resource that fully describes the strategies and concepts no researcher or student of human behavior can do without. Glenn Firebaugh provides indispensable practical guidance for anyone doing research in the social…

This study tracked the influence of explicit reflective instructional methods on cultural values, ethical and intellectual development, and the relationship of these with preservice teachers' views of nature of science (NOS). The researchers used the Views of Nature of Science Form B (VNOS B) to describe NOS views, the Learning Context…

This paper is a review of emerging occupational opportunities for librarians and information professionals. It is structured around three concepts: working assumptions; changing environments; and emerging job opportunities. In the first section, the six assumptions upon which this review is based are outlined. The second section begins with a…

This booklet is divided into two sections. Section 1, "A Few Words on Language, Courtesies, and Stereotypes," gives suggestions on speaking to and about people with disabilities. Principles of language use include: (1) put people first, not their disability; (2) avoid identifying a group of people as a disability category; (3) avoid…

Visualization is the process by which one is able to create and sustain mental images for observation, analysis, and experimentation. This study consists of a compilation of evidence from historical examples that were collected in order to document the importance and the uses of visualization within the realm of scientific investigation.…

Intended for individuals preparing for careers as information professionals, this fact sheet provides background information and discusses programs, areas of job opportunities, and specific positions. The information professional is described as competent in a subject area as well as in information collection and dissemination techniques; the…

Studies the problems faced by women wishing to enter a career in science. Tables reveal number of women in various science fields and median incomes for each of the areas. (CP)

Describes a lecture series at the University of Delaware in which faculty members from various universities impersonate early American scientists while they deliver lectures and recreate historic experiments. (MLH)

Reports on the work of the scientist Laplace in the field of cosmogony. Provides insight to thinking that led to five forms of a theory which ignored known astronomical facts. (CP)

Reports that the world is entering a post-industrialized state in which the chief raw product is information. Experimentation in which totally new products are formed is decreasing, being replaced by products which are synthesized from existing knowledge. Warns that the increase in scale that institutions and cities are encountering may result in…

Discusses the problem of assessing the responsibility of scientists when they engage in scientific debate regarding public policy. (MLH)

Discusses reasons for questioning the underlying assumptions of instruments designed to measure knowledge of the nature of science. Recommends that researchers recognize that conflicting models of science exist, and that each instrument related to these models must specify all philosophic assumptions. (MLH)

Describes a set of audiovisual materials entitled "Women in Science," which includes audiotaped interviews with six women scientists, accompanied by 35-mm slides and an article about each scientist. (MLH)

Presents the historical context of Schrodinger's contribution to quantum physics and the controversy in the physics community over the interpretation of his equation. (Author/GS)