Discusses organization in the USSR; the system of information publications; the holdings of the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION), together with their acquisition and use; technical processes employed by INION and the integral automated information system; international relations; and conclusions and proposals. (VT)

The solvent and chemical properties of liquid ammonia are presented. In a certain sense, ammonia is a more versatile solvent than is water because of its ability to solubilize, without reaction, highly negative or reducing species. (Author/BB)

This field was concerned with such problems as: floods, landslides, oil spills, waste disposal, and land reclamation in 1978. (BB)

Purpose was to determine what parents want and the degree to which they value psychoeducational reports prepared by school psychologists. The sample (N=44) consisted of parents whose children were seen as out-patients of the UCLA Learning Disorder Clinic. Results showed positive impressions regarding evaluations, usefulness, and content. (Author)

Indicates how annual reports can be used for class discussions, class demonstrations, and out-of-class writing assignments in business communications courses. (RL)

Political and technical difficulties of cataloging a collection of 5000 Islamic documents on science and astronomy are discussed. Much of the material in these manuscripts was compiled between the ninth and 15th centuries. (JAB)

Discusses recent research on cratering and meterorite impact on astral bodies. (MR)

Cary Potter was President of the National Association of Independent Schools from 1964-1978. As he leaves NAIS he gives his views on education, on independence, on the independent school, on public responsibility, on choice in a free society, on educational change, and on the need for collective action by independent schools. (Author/RK)

A critical analysis is made of selected portions of an ALA committee document on national information policy. The authors state that the "...document does not provide a conceptual foundation for anything. It is arrant nonsense and deserves to be repudiated as quickly and emphatically as possible." (JPF)

Questions are raised concerning the statistical methodology employed in the NILN. The author states that "better and more appropriate statistical methodology should be incorporated in future studies on library needs" and two alternatives are suggested. (JPF)

Reporting on the second symposium on "Amazonia: Extinction or Survival" (Madison, Wisconsin, 1978), this article summarizes papers presented on colonization, health, education, law, etc., and presents the symposium's six resolutions. (JC)

The residents of San Francisco's Chinatown demonstrate the consequences of a substantial number of economic and social ills reflecting the history of the Chinese-Americans and the orientation of American society towards them. (Author/MH)

Describes a conference-planning project for a report writing class and suggests assignments for teaching the writing of persuasive reports. (KS)

Concrete problems were significantly less difficult than abstract problems at both junior and senior high school levels, as previously observed at elementary school level. Factual problems were significantly less difficult than hypothetical problems at junior and senior high school levels, in contrast to elementary school results. (MNS)

Bibliographies of 180 recent studies of Canadian themes or by Canadian authors on human rights in Canadian education are alphabetically listed. The studies are also indexed by the following topics: children's rights; education; ethnicity; financial; language; migration; multiculturalism; racism; sexism; special education; and theory. (SLD)