Case Western Reserve University added training in MEDLINE analysis to its health sciences librarianship program in 1974, with help and some funding from the National Library of Medicine and with the cooperation of the Cleveland Health Sciences Library. MEDLINE was introduced at a 2-1/2 day intersession in January, and a MEDLINE module was included…

The role and place of the machine in scientific and technical information is explored including: basic trends in the development of information retrieval systems; preparation of engineering and scientific cadres with respect to mechanization and automation of information works; the logic of descriptor retrieval systems; the 'SETKA-3' automated…

Developed for counselors and students, this handbook contains descriptions and occupational trends of over 700 occupations which are categorized according to: (1) professional and related occupations, (2) managerial occupations, (3) clerical and related occupations, (4) sales occupations, (5) service occupations, (6) skilled and other manual…

Using frequency, range, availability, and coverage as objectively weighted indices of utility in the development of a basic French vocabulary list, the authors describe the technical procedure used in this study and list the resultant first 153 words according to the four indices and the utility rating. Weighting factors for each index, based on…

This index contains information on 456 computer-assisted instruction (CAI) programs and projects developed by 51 organizations. The information was obtained from correspondence, annual reports, technical reports, and questionnaires which were sent to the producers of the program. The material is organized to list: the name of each program or…

This bibliography of materials, resource aids, and bibliographies for storytellers and storytelling is the result of a study by the Storytelling Materials Survey Committee of the Children's Services Division. In addition to surveying library school curricula, the committee collected and evaluated materials (including books, periodicals, pamphlets,…

Documents that relate to rural education and small schools and have been indexed and abstracted in "Research in Education" through September 1969 are compiled in this bibliography. Over 300 publications are cited, most of which were published after 1965. The citations include a wide variety of resource materials (research and program reports,…

The increasing convergence between film and television has brought about a need for an encyclopedia linking the two media. The volume covered here is devoted to the area of technology, to film and to television individually, and to the interrelationships which have developed between them. A historical framework is also provided, as is a survey of…

Because neither information system--MEDLARS and ERIC--serves practitioners of continuing education for health manpower satisfactorily, a basic list of terms was compiled from the literature and oral usage of the field and then compared with the MEDLARS and ERIC thesauri. The Project Master list contains 1,577 terms of which 71 percent are in the…

Medsirch (Medical Search) is an information retrieval system designed to aid in preparing examinations for medical students. There are two versions of the system: a sequential access file suitable for shallow indexing with a broad choice of search terms and a random direct access file for deep indexing with a restricted range of choices for search…

This bibliography lists professional books and instructional materials, concerning aspects of career education, for Delaware's Occupational-Vocational Education Model, at Milford, Delaware. Entries are arranged alphabetically by title under these categories: (1) Educational Theory, including theories relating to career development, child…

This book deals with properties of vocabularies for indexing and searching document collections; the construction, organization, display, and maintenance of these vocabularies; and the vocabulary as a factor affecting the performance of retrieval systems. Most of the text is concerned with vocabularies for post-coordinate retrieval systems, with…

The two units of the instructional package included in this document are: Introduction to Serials Indexing and Abstracting Services and Introduction to Reports Indexing and Abstracting Services. The unit on serials is limited to periodicals. It discusses the factors to be considered when choosing an abstracting and indexing service to use for…

This compilation presents over 300 resumes of instructional materials in home economics education, which have appeared quarterly in "Abstracts of Instructional Materials in Vocational and Technical Education" (AIM), Fall 1967 throug Fall 1971. Resumes cover a wide range of fields and occupations, such as child care occupations, consumer…

This paper describes the need of educators for small-area data on low-income populations, how it has been met in the past ten years, and some of the steps that have been taken to improve the effectiveness of the data for federal purposes. The first section concentrates on how concern for the low-income pupil is translated into a quantitative…