Thirty-five accredited library schools responded to a questionnaire distributed in 1974 to collect comparable data on library collections, personnel, and budgets. The resulting directory provides information on each school of library science. The listing for each school includes information on its library collections, staff, and interlibrary loan…

The National University Extension Association provides a directory of library extension services at member institutions. The listing is alphabetical by state and then by college or university within each state. Information given includes library or division name, address, telephone, supervisor, staff, library organization, special extension…

The twenty-first edition of the Bowker Annual serves as an almanac, handbook, and fact finder for the library and publishing fields. The first section, "Reports from National Associations and Agencies," summarizes the 1975 activities of 14 organizations. The second part, "Developments in Librarianship and Publishing," features articles on the…

Describes steps taken to improve usage of a public library young adult collection: (1) a survey of students' reading interests and needs; (2) analysis of the collection; (3) comparison of survey results with the collection; and (4) selection of additional titles. An annotated bibliography, the questionnaire, and survey results are appended. (11…

The information sources on education which are listed were selected from the holdings of the Arkansas University library. Abstracts and indexes, bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks, dissertation and thesis sources, and style manuals are listed by material type. The ERIC indexes and thesaurus, and sources for statistical data…

The 35 pathfinders in this collection provide selected information about information sources at the J. Paul Leonard Library for the following subjects: Biography; Book Reviews; Broadcasting; Business; Chemistry; Cinema; Computer Science; Corporations, Stocks and Industries; Costume and Fashion; Current Events and News Sources; Economic Censuses of…

The information sources on Indians of North and South America which are listed were selected from the holdings of the Arkansas University library. Materials are grouped by type, including bibliographies, biographies, catalogs and directories, documentary histories, laws and treaties, encyclopedias and guides, handbooks and sourcebooks, microfilm,…

The nature of criminal justice as a discipline and types of statistics it requires are discussed. Also included are descriptions of bibliographic sources of criminal justice statistics literature (criticizing methods used in gathering and presenting data and reporting statistics) and reference sources to primary sources of statistics. Sixteen…

This introductory guide to basic library research tools in the field of criminal justice was compiled for use by students at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice as part of the Library Instruction Program. Included are chapters on devising a search strategy; the use of the card catalog; encyclopedia and dictionaries; indexes and abstracts;…

This theme issue contains nine articles that address the AIDS epidemic and examine information resources available to libraries. Highlights include a personal narrative by a person with AIDS; an updated bibliography of materials published since 1987; periodical indexes; information in Sweden and the Netherlands; ethical and legal issues;…

This interdisciplinary guide to public policy for adult education has four objectives: (1) to provide both information about the supply of federal information on the topic and assistance with searching federal sources; (2) to build a basic understanding of federally produced information on an interdisciplinary topic; (3) to introduce the…

Intended for researchers in nursing and health-related disciplines, this guide provides an annotated listing of 115 health science reference sources found in the libraries of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. An introduction to library research covers use of the card catalog, the serials holdings list, and Library of Congress call numbers.…

This bibliography describes dictionaries of the English language appropriate for grades K-12, as well as for college and college-bound students and unabridged dictionaries for reference use. Entries were selected from those materials submitted by publishers which received favorable reviews by educators. Information on each includes citation, price…

This annotated bibliography includes reference sources pertaining to business, economics, and management that are located in the libraries of the Portland and Gorham campuses of the University of Southern Maine. Specific reference sources are listed under the categories of: (1) indexes and abstracts; (2) dictionaries and encyclopedias, including…

The first of two volumes provides information about data resources available at the Henry A. Murray Research Center of Radcliffe College, a multidisciplinary research center that is a national repository for social and behavioral science data on human development and social change; topics of special concern to women are collection priorities. The…