The Key Word Out of Context (KWOC) Index was successfully used to provide the public with a greater degree of accessibility to the document collection with a minimal degree of cost and staff effort. (Author/NH)

A brief article on periodicals issued by companies and other organizations which are available to libraries on a complimentary basis. (MM)

The kinds of material presently being collected on Canadian higher education, their accessibility, and main problem of bibliographic control were surveyed in 1981. Canadian higher education materials involved material on or about higher education (particularly Canadian higher education) that was (1) produced by institutions, organizations,…

The bibliographic access available for periodicals in the field of theology and religion is evaluated. (MM)

To increase access to the media collection at the Madison Area Technical College (Wisconsin) a computer-produced key work index was created using an International Business Machine (IBM) 360 model 40 computer and a duplicating facility with offset capability. A standard 80 column IBM card was used reserving columns 1-9 for the media item number,…

This guide, compiled to assist interlibrary loan and reference staffs in finding special holdings of libraries in the state of Washington, is divided into several sections. Institutions responding to the special collections information request are listed alphabetically in one section, with each entry containing institution address and phone…

This document is a subject index to the microform (microfilm, microfiche, superfiche, COM, micro-opaques) collections of the Pattee Library of Pennsylvania State University. Collections are listed under both general and specific subject headings and are identified by main entry, title, and microform call number. (JD)

LISTINGS ARE GIVEN IN ELEVEN CATEGORIES. THEY ARE--(1) GENERAL, (2) ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, (3) HIGH SCHOOLS, (4) SPECIAL SCHOOLS, (5) PLANNING AND DESIGN, (6) ECONOMIC ASPECTS, (7) SPECIAL FACILITIES, (8) FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT, (9) SERVICES, (10) FIRE PREVENTION, AND (11) BIBLIOGRAPHY. COPIES OF SHORTER ARTICLES IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY MAY BE OBTAINED…

Reviews developments in the bibliographic control of serial information, and in current awareness publications that may aid the serials librarian. (MF)

Japanese bibliographies of library literature are reviewed and the history, scope, content and form of bibliographies and indexes covering writings from 1868 to the present are discussed. (Author)

Each of the three guides provides brief instruction in the use of specific indexes for locating desired items in the respective collections. The scope of each collection is described, and then a step-by-step approach, using examples, takes the reader from the selection of a topic in an appropriate index to the location of relevant items in the…

This bibliography of newsletters, periodicals, and indexes useful to adult educators includes periodicals held at Bird Library and the Clearinghouse of Resources for Educators of Adults (CREA), both at Syracuse University; newsletters held by CREA; and indexes held by Bird. The bibliography is divided into four sections: (1) the Bird Library…

This second edition of Black Periodicals and Newspapers is a guide to the holdings and locations of more than 600 periodical and newspaper titles relating to black Americans which were received before February 1979 in the libraries of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and in the Library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The guide…

The fact that so many notions and principles set forth by Panizzi are still in evidence today is proof of his great contribution to present day cataloging. The comparisons made of the two sets of rules point out many contrasts and similarities. But even more significant is that, while reading the comparisons, one is constantly reminded of the…

In increasing numbers microform publishers are engaged in reproducing valuable and extensive collections of books, documents and manuscripts that would otherwise be impossible for most libraries to acquire due to their scarcity and cost. The availability of these collections and the difficulties encountered when using them prompted the development…