This guide updates Brain and Behavior (TB 79-3). Not intended to be a comprehensive bibliography, this guide is designed--as the name of the series implies--to put the reader "on target." Sections include: (1) introductions to the topic; (2) subject headings used by the Library of Congress, under which books on the brain can be located…

This guide lists information sources dealing with unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Not meant to be a comprehensive bibliography, this compilation is designed--as the name of the series implies--to put the reader "on target." Included are: (1) subject headings used by the Library of Congress, under which publications on this subject…

This Film News Index is an index to the 16mm nontheatrical film reviews and film history that were published in "Film News" over almost four decades, as well as an index to the location of the full reviews and articles in their original version. The Film News Index is composed of four sections: (1) Film Reviews, which provide film title,…

An instructional guide on how to use an index introduces this 15 year index to "The Goldfinch," a magazine of Iowa history for young people. The index includes persons and subjects that have appeared in the publication from 1975-1990. A list of the main topics featured in each issue also appears. (DB)

This guide describes suggested books and periodicals about deafness, available from some community libraries and the Wisconsin School for the Deaf library. The guide is divided into the following categories: fiction, drama, people stories, parenting, books for educators, periodicals and technical journals, and new titles. For each entry in the…

This bibliography contains 410 annotated citations, in French or English, of research reports, journal articles, monographs, and papers on aspects of language variation. Each citation includes basic bibliographic information, publication type, availability information, an annotation, content classifications, and descriptors. Listings are also…

In March 1984, the first issue of "Esprit," a semi-annual humanities magazine for the 56 two-year colleges in New York State, was published. The magazine seeks to confront the apparent decline of student interest in the humanities, community doubts about the relevance of the humanities, and the seeming indifference to the special truths…

Five abstracting and indexing services covering the field of political science were examined in order to ascertain if a causal relationship exists between how they are structured and how effective they are in producing citations on a given topic. Using the topics of communism, democracy, elections, and revolution, two hypotheses were formulated…

Addressed are issues and problems of definition that arose in establishing a new scientific journal. Specifically, the problems considered are those confronting the "Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology" (JADP) in its first 5 years of existence. The first matter of definition discussed is the editor's role. Ways in which editorial…

Concludes that the growth of paid subscription publications for college administrators reflects the extent to which it provides information used in decision making and other administrative functions. (RB)

Contains an annotated bibliography of articles published during the first quarter of 1975 in the areas of advertising, broadcasting, communication theory, journalism education, editorial policies, media criticism, and the law. (RB)

An algorithmic method for selecting quality journal articles is presented. The procedures are based on formalizations of existing evaluation mechanisms in scientific publication. (Editor)

Describes the New York Times Information Bank which indexes 66 journals and newspapers plus the New York Times, and has been called the "ultimate data bank." (PG)

The bibliographer has compiled a list of indexes published in the 19th and 20th centuries, covering reviews of general cultural interest, bulletins of major learned institutions concerning language or literature, and literary, critical and philological journals. Western European and North and South American countries are covered. (CK)