This bibliography lists books and articles discussing graphic aspects of human communication. References have been selected for their relevance to the design of self-instructional texts for the adult learner; for the most part, research on younger children, on non-text media, and on non-educational texts is not included. Items are organized into nine major headings, many of which have further subheadings: graphic communication, visual perception, visual instruction, quantitative data, diagrams, algorithms, typography, cartography, and notations, codes, and symbols. A list of 32 titles which are "recommended reading" is also included. (AA)