The Tennessee Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) has implemented a computerized information retrieval system known as "Query," which allows for the retrieval of documents indexed in Research in Education (RIE), Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE), and Abstracts of Instructional and Research Materials (AIM/ARM). The document…

The thesaurus is divided into two parts. The first part lists descriptor terms under eight main areas of concern in foreign language instruction; the second lists terms alphabetically and includes "use" and "use for" notations. More that 500 descriptors are included. An introduction describes the work of the Information Center for Research in…

A data base of information related to computer applications in the many aspects of environmental design, started in 1967 and consistently updated, includes over 1,000 stored entries of article, book, conference paper, and unpublished literature titles. This bibliography provides architects, planners, consultants, etc. with an access to the data…

International comparisons of data on expenditure on education use purchasing power parities for currency conversion and adjustment for price differences between countries to allow for volume comparisons. The resulting indicators are commonly interpreted as differences between countries in input volumes to the education sector-teachers, materials,…

This Film News Index is an index to the 16mm nontheatrical film reviews and film history that were published in "Film News" over almost four decades, as well as an index to the location of the full reviews and articles in their original version. The Film News Index is composed of four sections: (1) Film Reviews, which provide film title,…

An instructional guide on how to use an index introduces this 15 year index to "The Goldfinch," a magazine of Iowa history for young people. The index includes persons and subjects that have appeared in the publication from 1975-1990. A list of the main topics featured in each issue also appears. (DB)

Five abstracting and indexing services covering the field of political science were examined in order to ascertain if a causal relationship exists between how they are structured and how effective they are in producing citations on a given topic. Using the topics of communism, democracy, elections, and revolution, two hypotheses were formulated…

The article describes the steps involved and some problems to avoid in filing materials according to AGDEX, a standardized numerical filing system for agricultural materials organized by agricultural enterprise areas and enterprise practices. (MS)

Examines the literature concerning custodial workload assignments, lists variables in the determination of workload, and constructs a Work Level Index to determine the relative amount of work necessary in a custodial operation. (Author/MLF)

The growth in production of concordances to the works of English writers and the use of computers in concording is described. A cluster concordance considered to combine the best features of computerized and manual concordance types is described. The need for more concordances to Russian literature is discussed. (RM)

The bibliographer has compiled a list of indexes published in the 19th and 20th centuries, covering reviews of general cultural interest, bulletins of major learned institutions concerning language or literature, and literary, critical and philological journals. Western European and North and South American countries are covered. (CK)

Designed to provide international coverage of current research in library and information science, this quarterly journal indexes investigations, studies, surveys, and evaluated innovations. Doctoral, post-doctoral, and research staff-level work, and in-house or action research from practicing librarians, information workers, archivists, and…

This study analyzes the 1980s upturn in per capita consumption of dairy products in the United States. The study found that per capita consumption of total dairy products in the United States first trended downward then stagnated for the two decades prior to the early 1980s. Per capita consumption of items such as whole milk declined, whereas…

World food production reached a record high in 1986, exceeding 1985's record by about 1 percent, despite declining food output in Latin America, the United States, Western Europe, and Oceania. World food production generally increased faster than population from 1977 to 1986. Production of agricultural commodities increased at an annual compound…

Reviews proposed congressional energy legislation and lists available sources of information on energy. (PF)