Describes a study which sampled two card catalogs of varying sizes in order to find the percentage of personal authors who have only one entry, and discusses the implications of the results of the study for adoption of "Anglo-American Cataloging Rules 2" (AACR 2). (FM)

Describes features of the successful Soviet humor magazine "Krokodil" and concludes that the secret of its success is that it has evolved a strong, recognizable, appealing character over the years, maintaining its familiar identity while also being innovative and fresh. (GT)

Thirty-one journals pertinent to the physical educator and to the professional in the areas of motor learning, sport philosophy, sport sociology, sport psychology, and sport medicine are listed with a general note on the scope of each. (JMF)

Describes procedures involved in selecting and training staff members of a high school literary magazine and in preparing the magazine for publication. (GT)

Suggests that "Johnny Can Read" the popular magazines that Johnny wants to read, and encourages teachers to consider making such magazines a part of the reading program. (DD)

Describes events that indicate that even before 1910 business at times tried to sway the content of muckraking periodicals through the use of unethical and conspiratorial tactics. (GT)

A noncomputerized study of the journal title usage by the clients of the Extension Division of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Library showed that its validity increased in direct proportion to the number of relevant parameters. Such studies should include both numbers of requesters and numbers of requests. (Author)

Periodical prices by subject field. (LS)

No major differences were noted in samples of working and non-working wives from the United States and France. (KS)

Employs Jurgen Habermas' communicative action theory and concept of a lifeworld, alongside composition theory's use of community, to examine the effectiveness of guilt as a rhetorical strategy in two national environmental publications. Suggests that environmental groups should not rely on guilt as a rhetorical strategy because, outside their…

The lineage of developmental psychology has involved three waves of research in the 1890s (Hall), 1930s, and 1960s (Piaget). Over these years, a cooperative knowledge-building process arose, fostered by new journals in the 1930s, in which articles built upon one another and sustained or redirected trains of thought among a community of…

Reflects on the progress made in the history of education due to the decades of research as have been addressed in past issues of this journal. Focuses on the five articles in this issue as being helpful in providing an interesting range and a continuing development in education of history. (KDR)

Presents the 1997 U.S. Periodical Price Index sponsored by the Library Materials Price Index Committee of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association. Finds that the average price increased 9.9%, .9% below 1996's rate. Includes seven tables, a chart, and a summary sheet. (PEN)

Of the 423 Ohio fourth-grade teachers responding, 66% used AgVenture Magazine, a state publication, primarily in social studies classes. They had positive views of it as an instructional aid; overall, they used a limited number of external resources to teach about agriculture. (SK)

Using a Q sort, 39 older adults rated 40 magazine ads. They found offensive ads that stereotyped elders as out of touch, ridiculous, difficult, and unattractive. Stereotypes of real aging problems were deemed nonoffensive. In interviews, they expressed concerns about the harm such stereotypes can do. (Contains 37 references.) (SK)