Describes video display terminals which are used to capture and preserve the ideas of writers, to translate them into a language appropriate to a computer, and to give the journalist more complete control of the way a story will appear in print. (JM)

ESL (English as a Second Language) teachers should aim at teaching communicative competence. Inviting native speakers is a way to stimulate conversation. Cue cards and rubber stamp pictures are useful overhead projector is a versatile and dynamic aid. (CFM)

Reviews four periodicals with multicultural emphases: (1) "Theater," which contains articles about multicultural theater; (2) "The Diversity Factor," which considers institutional exclusion of some groups; (3) "Native Wind: Good News for Native People," a newspaper providing information about Native American…

Presents suggestions to increase familiarization with the topic index of the "College Mathematics Journal" and points out some ways in which instructors can profit from this information to supplement textbooks. Examples are given of ideas for class enrichment, student exploration, and application. (DDR)

Presents an annotated list of best articles on young adult literature from 1912 to the present. Divides the articles into sections on the rationale for young adult literature, the dimensions of young adult literature, using young adult literature in the classroom, and censorship and the young adult novel. (TB)

Offers an appraisal of the 'Schoolmaster', a weekly journal started by a group of teachers, and a former editor of the news journal, Thomas James Macnamara. States the 'Schoolmaster', under Macnamara's direction, provided a means to draw teachers into the policymaking process and brought public notoriety to its editor. (KDR)

Describes the four largest sources of publicly available resources, illustrated with a pie chart: government documents, books, periodicals, and the Internet, with the Internet being the smallest of the four. Adds to this the unpublished information inside individual minds. Discusses how to steer students away from using only the Internet in…

In two years, HighWire Press at Stanford University (California) has revolutionized online scientific publishing; electronic journals are reaching readers faster, are easier to search, and are entering new foreign markets. The largest scientific publishers will put about 200 journals online in 1997. Other changes foreseen include immediate rather…

Explores how discrimination based on differences in skin complexion and physical characteristics among African Americans is conveyed by the mass media. Shows that blacks in advertisements have lighter complexions and more caucasian features than those in editorial photographs, and that the females have lighter complexions than their male…

The author/founding editor of "Educational Management & Administration" reviews the first seven volumes of the journal, highlighting its founding by the British Educational Administration Society in 1991. He describes the journal's setting up, production of its first edition, and subsequent development from bulletin to journal. (20…

Describes the weeding process for children's magazines in a public library. Highlights include circulation statistics; cost effectiveness; online availability; shelving magazines by subject to try and increase their use; and a chart that lists reasons to keep and reasons to cancel subscriptions when weeding a periodical collection. (LRW)

Reviews the literature dealing with the selection and evaluation of CD-ROM discs. Materials described include printed directories, product directories in journals, and reported methods of disc evaluation. Existing reviews of CD-ROM products are also cited, including reviews of databases, dictionaries and directories, products for library technical…

Described is a study conducted to measure trends in the coverage of environmental issues by popular magazines during 1961-86. Suggested that coverage increased during this period and that environmental articles have become more mainstream. (CW)

Discusses procedures used to evaluate and enhance the journal's effectiveness. Presents survey methods and information on membership perception, results, a background discussion, and recommendations for changes. Tables on production and subscription data, survey attitudes of department heads and reviewers, and topics for review articles are…

Reports a study focusing on the relationship between frequency of exposure to sexually explicit magazines and the frequency of sexual and hostile-aggressive fantasies. Finds no significant relationships for "Playboy" readers, but "Penthouse" readership was best predicted by the interaction of sexual and hostile fantasies. (MS)