This compilation of broadcast journals and periodicals is a result of a questionnaire survey which attempted to determine the extent and nature of articles published by journals or periodicals which relate to radio and television broadcasting. The 109 responses, as well as the 19 returned by the post office and the 27 non-responses are listed by…

The PictureAustralia service is a collaboration between cultural agencies to bring their digital pictorial collections together at the one web site, hosted by the National Library of Australia. It was developed through the identification of a need for a national image discovery service. The key to the service is its cross-sectoral nature,…

A number of libraries in Europe are involved in the development of Internet subject gateways--services that aim to help users find high quality resources on the Internet. Subject gateways such as SOSIG (Social Science Information Gateway) have been available on the Internet for some years now, and they offer an alternative to Internet search…

Despite the efforts of an array of Federal, State, and private agencies, the spectre of fraud in higher education is increasingly common. The logical arena for corrective action is the states. It is they who hold the authority to charter, license, and in essence permit America's more than 1,000 private degree-granting institutions to exist. But…

Defining programed instruction as a self-contained learning package allowing students to work at their own rate without teacher assistance, this directory contains descriptions of approximately 80 such programs of interest to journalism instructors. Each description contains the title, author, and form of the program; the level for which it is…

To help organizational communication scholars locate appropriate financial support, this paper classifies organizational communication into nine major categories, and notes 13 national agencies and organizations that provide research money for projects in one or more of those classifications. The paper also discusses some general principles to…

This paper presents the most important concepts and techniques to use in successfully searching the major World Wide Web search engines and directories, explains the basics of how search engines work, and describes what is included in their indexes. Following an introduction that gives an overview of Web directories and search engines, the first…

To help teachers cope with the proliferation of software and software sources, a number of resources are available to aid in the evaluation and selection of educational software. For instance, both the "Educator's Handbook and Software Directory" and "Swift's Directory of Educational Software, Apple II Edition" provide listings…

Papers on rare and precious books which were presented at the 1986 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Compiling of 'The Union Catalogue of Japanese Old Books'--Investigating and Research of Old Books of Japanese Literature and Its Microfilming" (Yasuo Honda, Japan); (2) "The Rare and…

This paper presents some of the efforts currently being made to develop mechanisms that can organize World Wide Web resources for efficient and effective retrieval, as well as programs that can accommodate multiple languages. Part 1 discusses structural approaches to organizing Web resources, including the use of hierarchical or…

In view of the recent deregulatory developments in the United States' telecommunications industry, it is useful to reassess the issue of consumer videotex, especially as it relates to the implementation of electronic directory services. The success of the French videotex network Minitel relies on 10 principles: (1) cost of terminals; (2) no-frills…

Microcomputer assisted instruction for the vocational education of special needs students is in the formative stage. Computer programmers do not understand educational processes well enough to produce effective software, while the majority of special needs educators lack computer training. Special needs educators need to use existing knowledge in…

During the past 10 years of collecting school data, the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) has received a 100 percent response rate from member schools, according to this overview of enrollment trends and statistics reporting in Catholic schools. The data are compiled into a yearly directory, "Catholic Schools in America,"…

The paper presents an overview of enrollment in college-level geography courses from 1949 to 1978 and predicts enrollment trends for the near future. All data are based on the Directory of College Geography of the United States. First published in 1949, the directory lists all college and university departments offering geography, the size and…

This report of a conference cosponsored by the National Rehabilitation Information Center and the Clearinghouse on the Handicapped provides background on the need for a network system to make effective use of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) funded information services, defines and explains networking concepts and terminology, and…