Journal articles from 1971-1973 on the metric system were categorized by type of content. Only 43 specifically related to education and teaching. Instructional materials and inservice workshops are increasing. Caution is suggested in the selection of the wide variety of materials becoming available. (LS)

One difference between articles published in general interest magazines and those that journalism students write for class assignments is the number of quotations used; too often students tell about some situation or person instead of letting their sources relate the information and opinions. In support of this observation are the results of an…

An Ontario university non-salary price index is presented that attempts to measure the impact of inflation on non-salary expenditure. Using 1970-71 as the base year (in which the index equals 100), the changes in prices of non-salary expenditures for 1976-77 are shown. The non-salary expenditures covered include books and periodicals, furniture…

The nations included in this guide are countries in Africa (non-Arab), Latin America (including Cuba, Mexico, and Puerto Rico), India, and Southeast Asia (including the Philippines). The organizations listed with descriptive information are either actively involved in Third World cinema, international cinema as a whole, or will serve as resource…

This is a guide to organizations and publications relevant to children and film/television aimed at elementary through high school levels. It lists key organizations with addresses, telephone numbers, and brief descriptions; and literature and films including books and pamphlets, selected periodicals, and filmographies. (VT)

This bibliography lists citations for 33 books and monographs; 57 pamphlets and periodical articles; and 16 dissertations, theses, and other unpublished sources on the Lumbee Indians. Entries are arranged under the above headings alphabetically by personal and/or corporate author, followed by title, imprint, and date of publication. (JPF)

This compilation lists research completed in the areas of health, physical education, recreation, and allied areas during 1975. It is arranged in three parts: (1) Index; (2) Bibliography; and (3) Theses Abstracts. In the first section, cross references are given for all of the listings in Parts II and III. References are arranged under subject…

This booklet provides a guide to archival and library collections related to the history of Hungarians in Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania. Information was obtained from churches, clubs, cultural and civic organizations, fraternal associations, libraries, special collections, and private collections. Descriptions of the holdings of 13…

Among the elements of the press most active in the "dry-wet" prohibition debate in the 1920s and early 1930s, was "Literary Digest," a weekly current affairs review. In addition to its regular impartial coverage of the week's actions relevant to prohibition, the "Digest" contributed three national straw polls on the…

This bibliography lists 260 articles reporting on research in which the use of pictures as experimental stimuli is central to (not incidental to) the researcher's hypotheses and in which internal imaginal processes are presumed to be activated, no matter what the nature of the experimental stimuli. The articles included are from the 1980 issues of…

In their study of the usage demands placed on journal collections in academic libraries, Allen Kent and coauthors have not adequately considered the long-term variability of those demands in their formulation of a cost-benefit model for the management of journal collections. Though resource-sharing and the matching of periodical acquisitions to…

An analysis of "Century" magazine from November 1919 to April 1920 reveals that women were most likely to be characters in a short story or serialized novels. The stereotypic portrayal of the American female in the nonfiction pieces as "schoolmarm,""silly school girl," or "wife/mother" seems strange when one…

A content analysis of selected issues of "Life" magazine was conducted to explore the way in which that magazine portrayed the black community in the United States. All 52 issues within each of eight years (1937, 1942, 1947, 1952, 1957, 1962, 1967, and 1972) were analyzed. Beyond tabulation of frequency and amount of coverage, each instance of…

Experiences of the editors of communication journals can be drawn on for tips on how to get articles published. The editor of "Communication Quarterly" makes the final decision on whether a manuscript should be accepted, accepted with revisions, or rejected. Since revisions are requested in the vast majority of cases, authors should be…