A study of journal citations was used to identify which of the writings published before passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 have continued to influence evaluation thought in education throughout the 1970s. Five classic articles were identified, and reasons for their continued influence are suggested. (Author/BW)

Describes the availability of United States government-produced audiovisual materials and discusses two audiovisual clearinghouses--the National Audiovisual Center (NAC) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Finding aids made available by NAC, NLM, and other government agencies are mentioned. NAC and the U.S. Government Printing Office…

Lists current bibliographies of special subjects according to both form and field. Sources cited were issued in the United States in 1979. (FM)

Proposes indexing technical information by function and attribute instead of indexing by subject to increase retrieval efficiency. Reasons for the lack of accurate and comprehensive technical product information in databases and the need for an improvement in reference services are discussed. (RBF)

Resource materials pertinent to the professional physical education and sport are cited. (JD)

Describes the origin and development of the NICEM (National Information Center for Educational Media) database and provides current information on bibliographic elements in the database entries, searchable indexes, searching, and search aids. Sample citations from NICEM subfiles are included. (JD)

Investigates the relationship between information science and the social sciences through a co-citation cluster analysis of a three-year cumulation of the Social Sciences Citation Index. The internal structure of information science clusters is discussed, as well as external linkages to fields of social science. Thirteen references are listed. (BK)

Results of an index of premorbid intellectual functioning in children were cross-validated. Using a clinically relevant sample of 76 nonimpaired and 23 organically impaired children, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised IQs predicted by the index were found to correlate at only minimal and nonsignificant levels with actual IQs. (Author)

Proposes that error rates in indexing using string index languages such as NEPHIS might be reduced at relatively low cost by having the indexer enter strings via a microcomputer system which could provide simple validation and feedback in the form of graphic displays of concept links. (Author/FM)

Describes the structure of the mechanisms and problems in the distribution and utilization of bibliographic data in United States libraries from 1876 to 1945, or from the founding of the American Library Association to the close of the precomputer age. (Author/LS)

Reviews the origins of post-coordinate searching and emphasizes that the focal point should be on the searcher, not on the item being indexed. Highlights include the history of the term information retrieval; edge notched punch cards; the "peek-a-boo" system; the Uniterm system; and using computers to search for information. (LRW)

FINDIT Version 2.20--a database-retrieval software application to assist researchers/users in locating references in the "Journal of Educational Measurement" and "Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice" from 1975 to 1988--is reviewed. The system includes a cumulative index of citations and search/retrieval software.…

Describes eight federal agencies which distribute technical reports, the indexes provided for these reports, and the implications for microforms librarians: National Technical Information Service; Government Printing Office; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Department of Energy; Environmental Protection Agency; International Atomic…

Reviews the problems involved in citation analysis and discusses the possible magnitude of error involved when these problems are overlooked or ignored. Problems identified include formal influences not cited, biased citing, informal influences not cited, self citing, different types of citations, variations in citation rate, and technical…

Presents an access method for temporal data called the Snapshot Index that reconstructs a past state of a time-evolving collection of objects. Previous approaches to temporal access methods are reviewed, and migrating data to write-once optical disks are discussed. (Author/LRW)