This bibliographical guide to the resources for advanced study and research in the libraries of the United Kingdom and Ireland provides a record of all published library catalogs, all checklists of specialized collections in libraries; calendars of manuscripts and archives; exhibition catalogs; articles descriptive of library collections; guides…

Research findings indicate improved high school library collections and instruction links to improved college library use and student success. Students with access to an online catalog cited a greater number of periodicals in their research; and those taught by a teacher-librarian about how to locate and use information scored better on high…

Prepared to inform and update Boston College faculty and administrative personnel on the impact of automation and resource sharing on the Boston College library system and the services it provides, this report contains sections on: OCLC and its interlibrary loan subsystem; the consortia in which the Boston College libraries participate; present…

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…

Describes the special collection on deaf people and deafness in the Gallaudet University Library (Washington, DC). Topics include periodicals; cataloging; the classification system and subject headings developed for the collection; online catalogs; online periodical indexes; deaf reference; archives; and the World Wide Web home page. (Author/LRW)

This bibliography lists materials on coal mining and related resources contained in the library of Southeast Community College (Kentucky). The guide is organized in six sections. The first section lists reference materials and is annotated. The second section lists books. Subject headings include coal miners, mines, and trade; mine safety; mineral…

This survey of California libraries was conducted to gather information on the use of the California Union List of Periodicals (CULP), a microfiche finding list for serials held in all kinds of libraries statewide, exept for those held by major academic institutions. Returned by 391 of 696 libraries in October 1980, the survey questionnaire was…

The Associated Colleges of the Midwest Periodical Bank is a service which provides interlibrary access to periodical literature in the Chicago metropolitan area. By maintaining a dedicated collection of the most heavily requested periodicals and having access to the collections of all cooperating libraries, the Periodical Bank can provide…

The journals which 35 academic and special libraries in Massachusetts consider to be their education periodicals are listed alphabetically. Only those publications commonly known as journals are included except for the annuals, irregular serials, and monographic series which are indexed in either the "Current Index to Journals in…

This publication is a guide to the holdings and locations of 129 newspaper and periodical titles relating to Hispanic American history and culture which were received before August 1979 at the library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and at the libraries of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. It includes older titles which have…

In January 1972, the New England Library Information Network (NELINET) conducted a survey of serials lists and the need for further union list coverage in the New England region. The survey was an outgrowth of a meeting of librarians concerned with serials access in the region held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in December, 1971. On the basis…

Reviews 1979's publications in the field of serials acquisition, including identification and bibliographic control, union lists, and the proposed creation of a national periodicals center. A list of references is provided. (FM)

Included in this user's guide to the Jones Microtext Center at Dartmouth College are instructions on how to locate and use items in the microtext collection and descriptions of the center's holdings and other services. The types of microform are defined, and the use of both the card and serials catalogs are explained. These various collections,…

The work completed under this contract constitutes one phase of the Medieval India Bibliographical Project. This phase consisted of the systematic compilation of a bibliography of works in the Hindi and Urdu languages concerned with the premodern history of Islamic domination of the Indian subcontinent. The purpose of this research was to list…