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,…

Describes a comparative survey of Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory and the Guide to Microforms in Print which indicated that the information on microform availability given by Ulrich's is not accurate. The results of the comparison are summarized in a table. (JL)

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…

Lists a selection of Canadian reference materials with annotations for 1978, together with a list of new editions. (CWM)

Two educational indexes' overlap of coverage is studied in terms of editorial policy, growth, and size of coverage, cover-to-cover vs. selective indexing, and the subject orientation of the periodicals concerned in order to compare two approaches to the same discipline. (Author/AP)

This selected bibliography of materials in the field of Asian Studies held by the Arkansas University library includes general and area specific atlases, bibliographies, catalogs and checklists, chronologies, current affairs publications, dictionaries, directories, encyclopedias and guides, handbooks, periodicals and periodical indexes, yearbooks,…

This government publication provides a partial listing of plant visits available to business groups, especially international visitors. Each listing gives a short description of the industry, the address, visiting hours, person to contact, and a telephone number. The list is arranged alphabetically by state and city. Included is an industry…

For the reference librarian, who has more to work with than ever before, a review of purposes and uses of general and specialized dictionaries, bibliographies, and indexes. (JS)

Provides an annotated list of the standard discographical reference works and other discographies which have appeared since the publication of the standard tools. Classical music and popular music are covered. Also included is a list of discographies and guides of use for music librarians engaged in developing or maintaining record collections.…

The results of a survey of the New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency (METRO) and selected Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member-libraries concerning the selection tools they use the most frequently in acquiring new materials are tabulated in this guide. The categories covered by the survey are based on the Library of…

This cumulative index merges information on 8,372 reference books and CD-ROMs that appeared in ARBA (American Reference Books Annual) from 1995-99. The first section is an author/title index. Entries contain the author's name or title of the reference work with ARBA year and entry number. The second section is a subject index that uses terms based…

Suggests reference tools and resources which can be used by reference librarians to help patrons locate information pertaining to the mass media, including films (cinema), television, radio; and archives of tape, film stock, production documentation; and script materials. (LLS)

Over 50 reference materials and periodicals relevant to anthropology are cited in this annotated listing. Anthropological topics include archaeology, educational anthropology, ethnography, linguistics, and human biology. Many of the materials began publication in the early 20th century and have continued to the present; several publications…

Listings of general and subject specific newspaper indexes, book review indexes, and serial bibliographies held by the Arkansas University library are provided. The general indexes include information on statistics, general literature, periodicals, and government documents. Subject specific indexes and bibliographies focus on the social sciences…

This guide is intended to help the user become familiar with a selected group of reference tools and resources related to bioethics. Bioethics can be defined as the study of ethical issues which arise in medicine and the life sciences. The literature in this field draws from both the sciences and the social sciences. The following types of…