This book discusses modern scientific inquiry and examines the procedures of inquiry into human behavior used in the behavioral science disciplines. Psychologists look at the individual's adjustive procedures and the evolution of those adjustments within a species. Anthropologists inquire into the behavioral similarities and differences of human…

Presents a methodology for describing, analyzing, and evaluating the public service functions of serial file systems, and describes a user study conducted in a university departmental library to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of its system in enabling students new to the library to locate known-items in the serials collection. (CDD)

Describes how news magazines were used successfully as supplements to teach civic literacy, vocabulary, and writing to college level reluctant readers. Contains two sample exercises. (HOD)

This document is comprised of six issues (1996 through 1998) of a biannually-published journal featuring research studies, theoretical essays, and classroom practice articles about the development and education of kindergarten children. The spring 1996 issue contains the following: (1) "Portfolios and Young Children: A Natural Match"…

This document consists of the four 2002 issues of a newsletter that provides current information and research on leadership and administrative issues in early childhood education. The Spring 2002 issue examines Illinois' plan for universal access to preschool by expanding the existing early care and education infrastructure to incorporate Head…

The Magazine Division of the proceedings contains the following 6 papers: "Henry Luce's Anti-Communist Legacy: A Qualitative Content Analysis of U.S. News Magazines' Coverage of China's Cultural Revolution" (Daniel Marshall Haygood); "Gender Images in Global Versions of 'Gentlemen's Quarterly'" (Hong Ji); "Selling Silicon:…

This document is comprised of the six issues of volume 19 of "First Teacher," a periodical providing helpful activity ideas and information on child development for early childhood teachers and caregivers. The major topics for each themed issue are as follows: (1) Exploring Letters and Numbers, including flannel board activities, and number rhymes…

This document consists of the 11 issues of the Children's Defense Fund (CDP) Report published during 1996. Issues discuss concerns related to child advocacy and provide information on problems in children's lives in the United States. Regular sections in each issue are the editorial column "A Voice for Children," a status report on…

There has been a substantial growth in the number of scientific studies in education from the empirical and experimental points of view. The scientific method which for the past decade has been most prominently associated with investigations in educational psychology is also being applied with increasing success to costs and finance, buildings,…

The bibliography of education for the year 1908-9 is the second attempt of the United States Bureau of Education to cover the field of current pedagogical literature. One of the special features of the present bibliography is the list of national and state educational societies, which has been carefully annotated. References have also been made to…

College and university libraries, it is suggested, must cooperate as budgets dwindle and the need for more new periodicals escalates. A national periodical center modeled after the British National Lending Library is suggested, along with library automation at central storage libraries. (Author/MLW)

This bibliographic essay, directed toward school and college librarians, curriculum specialists, and teachers interested in the United Nations, lists sources of UN materials, basic books and periodicals for a library collection on the UN, classroom study guides, and references on the UN's specialized organizations, such as UNICEF and UNESCO. (SJL)

Reveals factors which foster sexual relationships between male professors and female students. Considers the journals commonly read by males and females and their impact on sexual attitudes. Discusses the issues of miscommunication, sexual harassment, and students' perceptions of sex roles on campus. Suggests ways of dealing with sexual…

The digitization of over a million journal pages dating back to 1886, and access via the World Wide Web, intended originally to free shelf space, is seen by some scholars as changing the nature of scholarship. It will also significantly improve access from smaller institutions with limited collections. (MSE)

Examines the distribution of elapsed time between published research papers and the literature they reference in quantitative business-oriented journals. Discovers that the distribution is better approximated by the generalized gamma, rather than the exponential distribution. Provides a ranking of journals based upon frequency of citations. (MJP)