This catalog provides short descriptions of major Division of Child and Family Development (DCFD) projects from Fiscal Year 2014. Multiple projects are described in the areas of child care, Head Start/Early Head Start, child welfare promotion, and the recognition of cultural diversity. An additional section features projects that fall into more…

As evidence supporting the benefits of family involvement in learning mounts, there is an increasing demand for evaluation of family involvement initiatives and for additional research to inform practice and policy. Those designing and implementing family involvement programs must be responsive to calls to bolster the quality of the evidence base…

All types of libraries and library related activities are covered. Narrative description is provided as a complement to updated statistical tables. Major topics include: the Wisconsin library network, library and media organizations, library education, library directory by county, federal library programs, academic library services, media…

This survey by the Arctic Environmental Information and Data Center at the University of Alaska identifies and describes information and data collections within Alaskan libraries and agency offices which pertain to fish and wildlife or their habitat. Included in the survey are descriptions of the location, characteristics, and availability of…

This statistical compilation, the latest in a series of annual directories intended to provide a comprehensive source of statistics on academic libraries in Texas, provides information on collection size, additions and withdrawals, government documents, microforms, audiovisual materials, serials, periodicals, student and faculty populations,…

This document provides brief nontechnical descriptions of the major computerized data tape files from the library of survey data which the National Center for Education Statistics of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement has been collecting for over 20 years. A total of 74 tapes are listed in the following…

Californians can earn college degrees or certificates or get job-related training at a variety of institutions both public and private, throughout the state. The variety of institutions, programs, degrees and other educational choices is wide. This Guide will help individuals identify options that suit their needs. This guide is divided into three…

Intended to help potential graduate students in communications choose the university that best suits their needs, this paper presents the results of a survey of universities offering programs in organizational communication. A general geographic and demographic description is included for each of the 18 responding universities. The survey…

Eighteen two-year junior and technical colleges, 35 four-year institutions, and 27 undergraduate/graduate institutions in Ohio were surveyed on the extent of bibliographic instruction in their libraries. Libraries are listed in this directory alphabetically by name of institution. Entries include address and information on enrollment, type of…

The directory first presents a geographic listing of graduate programs in the U.S. Next is a geographic listing for Canadian programs, followed by an alphabetical listing of graduate programs by degrees granted, a list of research specialties of doctoral programs in physics, astronomy, and related fields, a listing of areas of concentration of…

Data holdings of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems as of November 30, 1984, are described. For each set of data, the following items are included: name, originating organization, contact person for originating organization, frequency of issue, time span covered by the data, subject matter and scope of the data,…

A survey was conducted in May 1982 of all academic libraries in Illinois to elicit information regarding the provision of bibliographic instruction, user education, or library orientation to undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty members during the 1981/82 calendar year. Usable replies were received from 143 libraries (70% of those…

This directory lists National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) survey data tapes, as well as selected files from other organizations that are maintained for public dissemination from the NCES library. Each survey is processed as a unique data set and is sold as a separate entity unless otherwise noted. Information regarding standard copying…

One hundred forty-seven curriculum guides for special education are briefly described in terms of title, vendor/publisher, vendor/publisher address, development date, approximate price, number of pages, recommended exceptionality area(s), and recommended levels. Information was gathered from surveys sent to nearly 500 university, state department,…

A brief, non-technical synopsis of computerized data tape files available from the library of survey data collected over the last 20 years by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement's Center for Education Statistics is provided in this directory. The available data files are listed in the following broad…