Recent studies on awareness have drawn attention to the fact that aphasia is a little known disorder to the public, in spite of all the publicity about this frequently occurring neurogenic language disorder. Being a very new concept, studies of awareness are rare in Turkey. This survey study assessed the extent of public awareness of neurological…

The website arXiv.org (pronounced "archive") is a free online resource for full-text articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, nonlinear science, and quantitative biology that has existed for about 15 years. Available directly at http://www.arXiv.org, this e-print archive is searchable. As of Jan. 3, 2007, arXiv had open…

Experiences in researching the documentation of the intelligence (codename Ultra) produced by breaking Enigma at Government Code & Cypher School, Bletchley Park, 1939-45, are described. The major problems are identified and shown to lie in the obscurity of the associated processes, disguised as they were within general bureaucratic…

A complete breakdown of all 1975 content of Educational & Industrial Television by subject, title, and column head. (Author/HB)

Manufacturers information on monochrome and color television monitors. (Author/HB)

Databases and clearinghouses useful in education are described in this publication. Section one, "Databases," contains one-page summaries of 54 databases of interest to educators, covering a variety of subjects, such as energy and environmental education, psychology, funding sources, language, special education, art, child abuse and neglect, and…

Examines the usefulness of subject and added entries as tools to gain access to information contained in items listed in the National Union Catalog. (Author)

Sources for tourist information from each of the states and U.S. territories, as well as the Canadian provinces, are provided for several categories of requests: (1) maps and general information; (2) camping; (3) fishing; (4) hunting; (5) state parks; and (6) general tourist information. (JAB)

The authors examine the way in which fourteen different agencies, some of them research institutes and government information departments, responded to three questions about alcohol and alcoholism that are very frequently asked of such agencies. (MJB)

Ways children can approach genealogical research are described, beginning with questionning older relatives and leading to libraries and census tract data. There is a certain romance and much pride in the lives of people who lived through great periods of history. (MT)

In researching her family history, a secondary teacher became aware of the many resources available in Philadelphia, e.g., the Philadelphia Free Library houses all censuses recorded, the Philadelphia Historical Society archives old maps. She later had students in her American minority groups course use these resources to trace their family roots.…

Lists publications and demonstration projects about, and universities conducting research and educational programs related to, the use of solar energy. (MLF)