Compliance with International Standardization Organization (ISO) standards for the presentation of periodical publications was evaluated in 221 Spanish biomedical journals to determine the degree to which the standards are actually used, and to develop recommendations for improving standards and increasing familiarity with them among authors,…

Provides selected article titles and descriptive material drawn from the pages of the "Journal of the American Society for Information Science (JASIS)" and its precursor title, "American Documentation," dating from the beginning of the journal in January 1950 until the spring of 1999. Descriptions are arranged by subject and…

Contributes to scholarship on technology and society by examining portrayals of the information highway in a wide range of magazine articles. Finds that a sense of powerlessness pervades these narratives, which portray the world as autonomous economic forces toward which individuals must adjust their actions. Argues that these narratives close off…

When scholarly articles and clinical reports have scores of authors-what Cronin has termed "hyperauthorship"-the precise nature of each individual's contribution is often masked. A notation that describes collaborators' contributions and allows those contributions to be tracked in, and across, texts (and over time) offers a solution. A proposal…

Reviews articles written at various points in the history of the North Central Association (NCA), examining the relationship of the issues discussed in the past to current trends. Focuses on articles from the 1920s and 1930s and reviews the emphasis of the "NCA Quarterly" from the first issue in 1926 to the 1960s. (BCY)

Investigates the effect of journal self-citedness on "Journal Citation Reports" (JCR) rankings of library and information science and genetics journals using data from 1994 on CD-ROM. Results for library and information science indicate that the effect of self-citedness on both JCR impact factor and total citation rankings was minimal.…

Reports findings of an Indirect-Collective Referencing (ICR) investigation carried out in a representative sample of the elite physics journal literature, "The Physical Review," in the January 1997 issues of 44 source journals. Findings revealed ICR phenomenon present in all journals, that the quantity of non-indexed ICRs in this literature…

Concludes that the author's study of the once-popular but now largely forgotten periodical "The Youth's Companion" shows how children's literature can call forth in readers a powerful response--a personal, literary, critical and active response that is shaped by a text's purpose, promise, positioning of readers, and the enduring passion it…

Provides an annotated list of resources dealing with the theme of origins of life, the universe, and traditions. Includes Web sites, videos, books, audio materials, and magazines with appropriate grade levels and/or subject disciplines indicated; professional resources; and learning activities. (LRW)

Presents a guide for early childhood education professionals seeking to publish in the field. Provides information on 14 representative journals in early childhood education, noting each journal's audience, circulation, content, publishing requirements and characteristics. Offers suggestions and strategies from prolific authors in the field. (JPB)

Librarians, university press publishers, and scholars, find themselves at an unusually stimulating and challenging time in the history of these respective professions. The forces of technology, and privatization are changing the nature of their work environment, even as their fundamental mission remains, for now, the same. Committed as they both…

The Carolina Consortium came into being for one purpose: to conclude deals that would allow the sharing of both the costs and the content of a large number of academic journals from three major publishers--Wiley, Springer, and Blackwell. In just a few months--and without any central authority, funding, or administrative overhead--librarians from…

Introduction: In developing their professional competence, those who are interested in the practice of continuing medical education (CME) should recognize the knowledge base that defines their field. This study systematically identifies and organizes a list of books and journals comprising a core library (100 books/15 journals) for CME…

"Ebony Jr.!" was a very popular periodical magazine that targeted an audience of African American children from five to eleven-years-old, as it combined all the elements of popular culture, African-American history and an elementary school curriculum for them. With the passage of time, it became a relatively irrelevant and bland magazine, leaving…

As the strategic commitment to customer orientation has penetrated all aspects of corporate life, including business education, various publications (e.g., "Business Week") increasingly have been conducting polls that rank schools on criteria that include evaluations by their former students. These student evaluations reflect certain objective…