A contextual age construct was developed and examined as transactional, life-position index of aging. The findings reflect the weak validity of chronological age as a unidimensional indicator of life-position and well-being. (Author/BL)

Describes a public library's newspaper index which provides unique genealogical and historical information, and supplements or replaces lost official records for local counties in the form of a printed index. The process of database design, staffing, software and hardware requirements, working with a programmer, and data entry are explained. (EM)

Describes the use of a database management system (DBMS)--dBaseII--to create an enriched title-based keyword index for a collection of news items at the Renewable Energy Resources Information Center of the Asian Institute of Technology. The use of DBMSs in libraries in developing countries is emphasized. (Author/LRW)

Investigates interrelationships among five citation measures which indicate citation frequency and citation immediacy in scientific and technical journals (number of cited items, cited-citing ratio, impact factor, decay index, immediacy index) and impact of three factors on these measures (difference of fields, number of articles, number of citing…

Describes the use of a microcomputer system to generate a personal database of books read by adding titles, displaying title/author information, and editing title/author information and discusses the system design, i.e., file structure (author index, book index, book, author), the main driver, function subroutines, and screen subroutines. (EJS)

Reviews information sources designed to assist the genealogical researcher with the arrival of his/her ancestors: "A Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists 1538-1825"; "Passenger and Immigration Lists Index"; "Philadelphia Naturalization Records." Examples provided include name entry, source citation, annotation, and…

Describes the work of the Centre for Catalogue Research at the University of Bath (England), some of which deals with visual factors affecting the design and performance of library catalogues and indexes. (FL)

Reviews the economic importance of applying computer technology to Chemical Abstracts Service database production from 1973 to 1983. Database building, technological applications for editorial processing (online editing, Author Index Manufacturing System), and benefits (increased staff productivity, reduced rate of increase of cost of services,…

Offers a rationale to justify compilation and publication of an annual summary of reading research reports. (AEA)

A report of several comparisons designed to measure the retrieval effectiveness of machined-aided indexing and manual indexing. (Author)

Circumstances of financial stress for a university are discussed, along with several methods for indicating the presence or absence of financial difficulty. (LBH)

This lesson plan helps students understand the role consumer demand plays in the market system, i.e., how interactions in the marketplace help determine pricing. Students will participate in an activity that demonstrates the concepts of demand, demand schedule, demand curve, and the law of demand. The lesson plan provides student objectives;…

The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) network is described, with directions to assist educators in using the information retrieval system. Further assistance may be gained by writing to addresses given in the article, or by use of the ERIC Instruction Package for Vocational Educators of the CEDAR Catalog. Both are described. (AJ)

The number of books by and about blacks has increased, but there has been no corresponding increase in the publication of reviews and indexes for these new books. Among other things, librarians should pressure reviewing media to index and review more books by and about blacks. (JB)

Reference materials necessary in a collection pertaining to the physical sciences are listed within broad categories. Description of each title accompanies its listing. (28 references) (Author)