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Porfilio, Bradley, Ed.; Hickman, Heather, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
This volume will be a valuable resource to instructors who teach in the fields of teacher education, social studies, educational leadership, social work, social, cultural and philosophical foundations of education, sociology, political science, and global studies as well as their students. Due to the volume's international focus, the authors also…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Political Science, Global Education, Altruism
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Christiansen, Lars; Stombler, Mindy; Thaxton, Lyn – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2004
In this report, we review social science and library studies literatures on librarian-faculty relations, and present a preliminary sociological analysis of these relations. We find an asymmetrical disconnection between both groups: Librarians and faculty identify a disconnection that keeps the two separated, but only librarians view this…
Descriptors: Librarians, Sociology, Teachers, Collegiality
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Winter, Michael F. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1988
Presents a list of 334 social theory monographs that was developed for collection evaluation in a major research library in a field that is not readily accessible through traditional subject headings or lists. The discussion covers preliminary bibliographic analysis and hints for use in smaller libraries. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Library Collection Development, Monographs, Scholarly Journals
Harkanyi, Katalin – 1982
This study reviews changes brought about by advances in computer and telecommunications technology and describes online searching of sociological databases. Social changes affected by electronic technology are discussed, and speculations are made concerning the future effects of this technology. Also discussed are changes induced by recent…
Descriptors: Computers, Databases, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval
Norton, Melanie J.; Kovalik, Gail I. – 1991
This annotated bibliography of approximately 270 items is intended for public librarians and lists the more recent (last 10 years) or more important written works and other resources in the field of deafness. Listings are grouped into the following categories: communication; culture/heritage; deafness--general works; education; employment;…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Books, Childrens Literature, Cultural Influences
Leavy, Marvin D. – 1986
Expected Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs) and assigned LCSHs for 161 books requested by faculty in sociology, anthropology, and social work were compared to gauge the likely success of an online subject catalog search for those works. For 80% of the titles checked, inspection of the ninth edition of "Library of Congress Subject…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Anthropology, Comparative Analysis