This annotated bibliography lists almost 100 items. It focuses on materials on the social aspects of the history of medicine published after 1981 because there is no other bibliography that does so. The research design relies on the bibliographic method. The end-product is a systematic, enumerative bibliography. The guide includes 13 general…

The Saint Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center School of Nursing Library has a strong collection of nursing and nursing management journals. With the rising subscription costs of periodicals, it was necessary to evaluate the collection of periodicals. This study was done to evaluate the periodicals that the library has in paper form. The study…

This document provides primary references (mostly in English) on Chicano topics and a basic strategy for researching topics related to Chicanos. The document suggests beginning with dictionaries and encyclopedias as starting points for research. Journals are the best source for current information on a topic. Several indexes list references to…

As the literature of women's studies has grown, so has the number of journals that might be characterized as women's studies journals. Today between 100 and 200 English language women's studies journals are available. Access to many of them is limited because they are not indexed at all or inadequately indexed. Thus researchers and other readers…

Approximately 500 people participated in a study that examined the relationship between generalized uses-and-gratifications statements and specific magazine reading behaviors. The subjects responded to a telephone survey that elicited information concerning demographics, media usage, and reactions to 14 uses-and-gratifications statements that had…

This booklet provides brief descriptions of approximately 115 books, journals, looseleaf services, and reference materials pertinent to the thrift industry. It is noted that the bibliography can be used to establish a savings institution library or to update the collection of an existing one. Topics covered include finance, accounting, interest…

The leading article of the 1974 volume of this periodical reflects the development of the "general education" school in the USSR and the position of Russian in the ethnic schools. Various articles deal with problems of lexicography and teacher training for the ethnic schools. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Introduces the 1974 volume of the Slovak periodical Rustinar (for teachers of Russian), discussing its scope, content and purpose. Essays on language theory, stylistics, language teaching and the defining of teaching goals are reviewed. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Information is provided on state and regional language arts periodicals. (JH)

A study tested the applicability of gratifications research to magazines. Telephone surveys with 543 adults in a large western urban area ascertained their media usages and their agreement with 14 gratifications statements drawn from morphostatic research into the surveillance-diversion-personal identity triad in relation to newspaper and radio.…

A study focusing on the history of reading, or the uses of literacy, in the first years of the American republic examined the subscription list and content of "The New York Magazine; or, Literary Repository" for 1790. Data for the study were taken from the magazine's subscription list and from various biographical sources, such as the…

This booklet provides brief descriptions of approximately 180 books, journals, looseleaf services, and reference materials pertinent to the thrift industry. It is noted that the bibliography can be used to establish a savings institution library or to update the collection of an existing one. Topics covered include accounting, data processing,…

A study examined the advertising of Japan and the United States to determine if commercial messages reflect the cultural values of a particular society, thereby indicating the need for specialized campaigns. It was hypothesized that the majority of Japanese advertisements would use the traditional appeals of group, consensus, soft sell, veneration…

Increasingly, schools compete in an environment of limited resources. Sound public relations practices could serve as a vehicle to explain how the public's tax dollars are managed. This annotated bibliography focuses on public relations in schools with a special emphasis on the school business function. Over the last 5 years, seven journals were…