This paper is an attempt to help professionals to use technical research literature. Three different methods of using research are identified and the advantages and limitations of each are discussed. Professionals frequently try to apply research directly to practical situations but the most useful method is to apply research indirectly by going…

Annotated list of organizations and periodicals concerned with innovative education. (PG)

The use of an on-line information retrieval system by the scientists themselves is described. MEDUSA was designed to allow physicians to interrogate the MEDLARS data base. A Brief description is given of the system and details of an experiment to test its effectiveness. (8 references) (Author)

This empirical study has examined by chi-square procedures the relationship between educational level of students and the degree to which they will endorse various sources of information concerning drug problems. (Author)

Primary purpose of evaluation is to cause educators to look at the process and the product of education and to utilize evaluation data as a corrective tool. (Authors)

The American Council on Education has a data bank, the Cooperative Institutional Research Program, that offers aid to educational researchers. (PG)

The question of how a scholar can be induced to take advantage of computer technology and capabilities in his search for information is the subject of this paper. Students accept on-line bibliographic searching more readily than research workers. (6 references (Author/SJ)

The primary message of the SIG/BSS panel discussion at the 1971 ASIS annual meeting was the need to probe more deeply into the utility of knowledge for decision-making and to shift priorities toward making data more usable to policy-makers than to collectors and disseminators. (17 references) (Author/SJ)

The study indicates that librarians and audiovisual directors can provide inservice training to teachers which meets their individual needs and which results in fuller use of materials owned by the school (Author/MM)

Library collections must be organized in a sequence that will best aid the user. (MF)

The conceptual approach to learning strives to arrange the best environment and materials possible for learning and simply allows it to happen. Basic to the provision of such a vital teaching learning" climate is the thoughtful identification of statements acceptably usable in structuring such a curriculum. (Author)

This paper discusses some of the more recent major user studies and examines their methods, findings, and conclusions. The appendix includes a brief bibliography of bibliographies of user studies. (Author/MF)

Information scientist's preoccupation with complex and sophisticated systems has prevented them from thinking about society's everyday information problems. (Author/MF)

The appropriate guidance use of technology is not just one of designing machines but rather of discovering how to use technology to realize counselors' personal and societal goals in particular settings. The future of guidance could well depend on the capacity of the counseling profession to utilize technology effectively. Followed by comments by…