A course in basic information retrieval principles and use of online document retrieval systems is a curriculum requirement for undergraduate computer science students at Stockton State College in New Jersey. Contents of the course include both theory-oriented lectures and online search sessions using DIALOG. Eleven references are listed. (SW)

Presents an overview of computer based library networks, what they are and are not, and their advantages and disadvantages. (JEG)

This article describes the Annehurst Curriculum Classification System (ACCS), which classifies both learners and curriculum materials according to multiple characteristics, so that materials can be matched to the individual student. This retrieval system is adaptable to a card file, for single classrooms, or to computer retrieval for resource…

This is a 53-page cumulative index to the Journal of Geological Education. Ninety-three categories are included and the contents are intended to be more accessible to readers with the establishment of the standard subject matter indexing categories. (Author/SA)

The use of the telephone directory as a learning tool with learning disabled adolescents is described. A general information worksheet and a white and yellow pages worksheet are reproduced. It is explained that the exercises develop an important survival skill. (PHR)

Summarizes the development of the Computer-Aided Reference Services (CARS) division of the University of Utah Libraries' reference department. Development, organizational structure, site selection, equipment, management, staffing and training considerations, promotion and marketing, budget and pricing, record keeping, statistics, and evaluation…

Discusses the Vocabulary Switching System (VSS), an experimental, automated switching system, which specifically addresses the problems of heterogeneous database vocabularies and indexes and the difficulty these pose for users who wish to combine more than one database in a single online search. (CWM)

Examines the workings of the existing system of computer data bases for technical and scientific information in the United States and raises questions about developing a public national information network. (JMF)

Presents results of a study to determine a Superintendent of Documents (SuDocs) number search key to retrieve bibliographic records for United States Government documents from OCLC's On-Line Union Catalog. (CWM)

Describes MANIS, an information system for retrieval of interdisciplinary information in management, which maintains traditional classification but allows the user to combine terms of his choice, where choice is restricted to terms belonging to the systems of traditional classification. (CWM)

Two experiments tested the hypothesis that proactive interference over a series of Brown-Peterson trials results from a combination of the subject's failure to transfer information to a permanent memory state and failure to retrieve information from permanent memory. (Editor)

Discusses the problems encountered by elementary school children in retrieving information from a library catalog, either the traditional card catalog or an OPAC (online public access catalog). An alternative system of classification using colors and symbols is described that was developed in the Common School (Amherst, Massachusetts). (Author/LRW)

Describes the attempt by State University of New York at Stony Brook to create a Web page that guides students through researching legislative history. Provides explanations of unfamiliar terms, the library location of needed items, and direct links to important legislative sites. Surveys other similar and related Web pages that have recently been…

Discusses the SAGE project, a Biology II project in which students analyze a specific disease by utilizing Internet resources. Poses seven problems for students and includes solutions. (ASK)

A template for pictorial image description to be used by novice image searchers in recording their descriptions of images was tested; image attribute classes derived in previous research were used to model the template. Results indicated that users may need training and/or more guidance to correctly assign descriptors to higher-level classes.…