Selected periodicals suitable for a young adult collection are listed, and activities are suggested for integrating these periodicals into the school curriculum and/or public library program. Compiled by graduate and undergraduate students in the fields of library science and teacher education, this list provides complete bibliographic information…

This bibliography includes books and journal articles concerned with environmental education on the elementary and secondary levels. Complete bibliographic information is included for each entry along with general and specific descriptor codes. These letter codes describe the resources according to primary objective of listing (sourcebook,…

A study was undertaken to portray the levels of productivity of reading professionals for the past seven years, to determine the productivity ratings of institutions based on publications in reading journals and presentations at National Reading Conferences, and to identify the most productive individuals in terms of publications in reading…

The resources in this bibliography are predominantly written from an Asian American point of view. They were compiled in an attempt to counter misconceptions and "faulty scholarship" that has prevailed in Asian American studies. The bibliography is divided into six areas. Each section is prefaced by a brief historical and contemporary perspective…

A content analysis of issues of "Ladies' Home Journal" drawn from the early 1960s and from the mid-1970s was conducted to determine if fiction and advertising in the magazines had shown any response to the women's movement and if there was a difference between fiction and advertising in their response to that movement. A total of 12…

The 59 books annotated in this issue are arranged under five headings: infant schools; junior schools; secondary schools; adult literacy work; and apparatus, games, and kits. The books for school-age children are further subdivided into reading and language development, fiction, and nonfiction. Each entry contains a subjective readability rating…

A trend analysis was conducted to determine the characteristics of news articles, editorials, and advertisements about tobacco that appeared in the magazines "Newsweek,""Time," and "U. S. News and World Report." Nine time periods in three intervals were studied: 1959-1961-1963, 1965-1967-1969, and 1973-1975-1977. An…

This bibliography contains entries in the following areas: (1) bibliographic guides, bibliographies, and checklists; (2) encyclopedias, language dictionaries, glossaries, literary dictionaries, handbooks, histories, and manuals covering literature and performing arts; (3) sources of critical reviews; (4) checklist and indexes to journal articles;…

This report is a compilation of data on mass media consumption by Finns. It describes the results of a survey conducted using 1162 Finnish-speaking respondents, 12 years of age or older. It also compares these results with those collected from earlier studies. Radio is in 98% of Finnish homes and is listened to 1 hour and 45 minutes per day, a…

These statistical tables provide data on the university library members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) concerning their collections, including microforms and periodicals, as well as personnel, expenditures, and number of Ph.D.'s awarded and Ph.D. fields. Summary statistics show the high and low data for each of the above categories…

This 25-page annotated bibliography describes the legal reference materials in the special collection of a medium-sized public library. Sources are listed in 12 categories: cases, dictionaries, directories, encyclopedias, forms, references for the lay person, general, indexes, laws and legislation, legal research aids, periodicals, and specialized…

This guide to microform collections and resources at Milner Library is intended to alert users to available research potential on microform and to aid in the location and use of these materials. Included are (1) collections based on previously published bibliographies; (2) holdings of libraries; (3) collections of books, periodicals, newspapers,…

This study investigated the attitudes of college administrators in the Southeast toward different types of publications when an academician is considered for promotion. An instrument was designed around 10 selected avenues of publication including nationally, regionally, and institutionally refereed journals, national and regional magazines read…

A comparison of photographs in four German magazines published from 1926 to 1933 with photographs appearing in "Fortune" and "Life" from 1930 to 1938 reveals specific patterns and techniques by German photographers, who later emigrated to the United States, that served as models for "Life" and for subsequent American…

THE MOST BASIC AND ELEMENTARY REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCES ON ADULT EDUCATION ARE PRESENTED. INFORMATION INCLUDES ADDRESSES, DATES AND FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION, AND COSTS FOR STANDARD REFERENCES, PERIODICALS, AND ABSTRACTING SERVICES. SOME FOREIGN PUBLICATIONS ARE ALSO INCLUDED. (PT)