This Environmental Terminology Index or Thesaurus was developed to help meet the urgent need for world-wide communication on practical as well as basic environmental problems. This working draft of the Index includes terms in the areas of physical sciences, social sciences, earth sciences, biology, and ecology. This edition of the thesaurus…

A series of computer programs to handle natural language retrieval and analysis in a manner analogous to that of a statistical package is discussed. The document presents an overview of several language analysis projects currently underway, and of several research approaches to problems in language analysis. The manner in which the Language…

The International Bureau of Education's (IBE) thesaurus lists descriptors for retrieving information in the field of education from computerized data banks. The largest section is an alphabetical array of descriptors and identifiers, with French equivalents. These are cross-referenced with "use" and "use for" terms as well as…

Presents arguments supporting microcomputers as unprecedented tools for controlled vocabulary development and generation of references for small-scale indexing, illustrating the arguments through discussion of the experience of developing a controlled vocabulary for environmental studies. Some detailed aspects of system and program design are…

This article presents the estimation of a synthetic economic wellbeing index using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The DEA is a multidimensional technique that has its origins in efficiency analysis, but its usage within the social indicators context is particularly appropriate. It allows the researcher to take advantage of the inherent…

A complete breakdown of all 1975 content of Educational & Industrial Television by subject, title, and column head. (Author/HB)

Zimdex is a system for indexing information stored on audio cassettes, thereby gaining quick access to the information. (AG)

The contribution of social science data archives to social science research is described and the results of a survey of 133 such archives are reported. A directory of 40 archives is given. (PF)

A research project carried out a survey of operational software designed to produce printed subject indexes and measured the human and machine costs of producing such indexes. (PF)

Forty-four English language anthologies are included in this index and guide to Canadian poetry. The introduction discusses the selection of the anthologies and the function of the index. The book contains (1) a guide to Canadian poetry anthologies that includes biographical sources, history, and criticism; (2) a selective list of Canadian poetry…

In this 16th annual study, the cost of periodicals is shown to be up 13 percent over last year, the cost of serial services 8 percent. (PF)

The index records 5,417 theses and dissertations accepted for higher degrees of the universities of Great Britain and Ireland but it does not include higher degrees awarded solely in respect of published work, nor does it include titles of dissertations submitted by candidates for Academic Postgraduate Diplomas awarded by the University of London.…

This first issue of a quarterly checklist of local government publications provides a comprehensive guide to the government documents resources of the territory. Under the provisions of the new Depository Law, U.S. Virgin Islands Act No. 3955 (a copy of the Act is contained herein), each government agency must deposit at least ten copies of each…

The cross-referenced index to doctoral dissertations in business education is based on listings and summaries of doctoral studies as they appeared in the major publications in the field of business education for the last 75 years. The index is divided into four parts: (1) a researcher/author index (76 pages) supplying typical bibliographic data…

As an aid for the descriptive cataloging of monographs, this pamphlet provides guidelines for using Chapter 6 of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR), which covers this facet of cataloging practice. A table of contents to Chapter 6 is provided, followed by an alphabetical index of the terms and processes involved in descriptive cataloging…