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Simon, Hans-Reiner – 1986
Designed to provide students of information science with an introduction to British librarian Samuel Clement Bradford's 1934 findings about the scattering of information, this reader on Bradford's Law begins by discussing its use in calculating search procedures in printed bibliographies as well as in databases. The following additional materials…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographies, Bibliometrics
Peer reviewedDreher, Mariam Jean, Ed.; Guthrie, John T., Ed. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1993
The growing body of research investigating how people search for or locate information in a variety of materials is reviewed and extended. Although the nature of materials and the complexity of locating tasks varies in the seven articles, each aims to elucidate the conditions that affect search processes. (SLD)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Graphs
Download full textERIC User's Interchange, 1993
The Interchange newsletter is prepared semiannually by the staff of Access ERIC in order to communicate matters of interest to users of the ERIC database and of other ERIC products and services. The newsletter disseminates a broad spectrum of information pertaining to ERIC, including: price changes, microfiche products, ERIC Clearinghouse news,…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval, Information Services
Brandhorst, Ted, Ed. – 1983
The Interchange newsletter is prepared irregularly (approximately semiannually) by the staff of the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility in order to communicate matters of interest to users of the ERIC database and of other ERIC products and services. Initially, the focus was on computer-oriented users who were receiving the ERIC magnetic tapes…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval, Information Services
McMillan, Patricia; Kennedy, James R., Jr. – 1981
One in a series, this guide takes the college student through the steps involved in a thorough, systematic research of any topic in sociology. Beginning with the basics, the guide covers selecting a topic, locating an authoritative summary of the topic, taking clear notes, and narrowing the topic. Subsequent chapters cover the use of general…
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Guidelines, Higher Education, Indexes
Frick, Elizabeth – 1980
One in a series, this guide takes the college student through the steps involved in a thorough, systematic research of any topic in history. Beginning with the basics, the guide covers selecting a topic, locating an authoritative summary of the topic, taking clear notes, and narrowing the topic. Subsequent chapters cover the use of general guides…
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Guidelines, Higher Education, History Instruction
Hartman, Melissa E., Ed. – Imagine, 2000
These five issues of a magazine designed for highly gifted and talented secondary students address marine science, anthropology and archaeology, making the most of summer, medicine and health sciences, and the World Wide Web. Featured articles include: (1) "The Ocean's Call: How My Love for the Ocean Grew into a Career" (Jessica Schulman Farrar);…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acting, Anthropology, Archaeology
