Provides an index to Robinson, Shaver and Wrightman's "Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes" (1991) that is designed to supplement the table of contents and facilitate the efficient location of information about a particular instrument. A guide to the index is included. (two references) (EA)

Traces the development of "The Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms" from its roots as a term list through six editions to a sophisticated searching and indexing tool, and describes the process for determining controlled vocabulary and forms of display. Features designed especially to assist novice users and nonpsychologists are also…

Describes use of the Curriculum Development Library, the first set of which contained 905 curriculum guides on microfiche with hard copy indexes, in the Education Library of the University of Missouri, St. Louis. The publication is briefly described, and its advantages, disadvantages, and improvements are discussed. Eleven references are cited.…

Methods for determining core anthropological journals are reviewed, including basic lists, user studies, and citation analysis. Merits and limitations of each method are assessed. Twenty-six references are cited. (EJS)

Describes H. W. Wilson's information retrieval system which provides access to such familiar printed indexes as "Social Sciences Index,""Humanities Index,""Education Index," and "Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature." Use of this flexible system is explained and illustrated. (CDD)

This annotated bibliography lists 35 primary journals devoted to personnel management and industrial psychology in such categories as human resource planning, employee training, compensation, and employment law. History of the field, journal selection, journal specializations (for practitioners and academicians), journal indexing/abstracting,…

Concentrates on four specialized indexes that are devoted exclusively to personnel and human resources topics: "Personnel Literature,""Personnel Management Abstracts,""Human Resources Abstracts," and "Work Related Abstracts." A concluding section compares strengths and weaknesses of these publications to three broader indexes: "The Business…

Outlines use of multiple database searching in the behavioral sciences, focusing on the first two steps of the search strategy process--analyzing the information problem and selecting databases. User needs (comprehensiveness, currentness and type of relevant material) and searcher resources (efficiency) are analyzed. A table outlining resources…

Identifies research tools comprising a wide variety of materials from many disciplines which are available for exploring changes in educational aspirations among twentieth century females in the United States. A comprehensive list of these tools is provided and problems involved in accessing and using them are discussed. (EJS)

Provides guidelines for locating alcohol research information and building library collections on alcohol. Resource organizations, including government agencies, research institutions, and publishers, are identified and several access tools are described. The future directions of alcohol research and its dissemination are discussed. (Author/EM)

Discusses problems encountered in creating a subject thesaurus for the "Ethnographic Bibliography of North America" that is adequate for both print and CD-ROM formats. Topics discussed include postcoordination versus precoordination of terms; precision and recall; natural language versus controlled vocabulary; free-text searching; and…

Describes secondary information services for sociological literature in English, French, and German, pointing out gaps and overlapping of contents. Results of studies on users' needs, steps taken by international organizations toward expanding a database of references, and three models for such integrated services are outlined. Sixty-nine…

A brief history of "Psychological Abstracts" describes the development of this index over its nearly 100-year history. The various concerns and problems of both the publisher and users of the psychological literature are reported, and present and future solutions are discussed. Appended is an 18-item annotated bibliography. (Author/EJS)