Discusses an official publication of the National Urban League, "Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life," first published in 1923. The purpose of "Opportunity" was to objectively present facts of Negro life through an analysis of social questions, to provide a basis of understanding and to encourage interracial cooperation in the…

A descriptive study of professional periodicals most commonly read by a sample of Minnesota elementary school teachers. (DD)

Comments that a previously published educational research article did not include sufficient background information about previous research. (MLH)

Storage and financial considerations prompted a reshelving study of 300 scientific review titles which found that about half of all titles at Pennsylvania State University were used at least once and that periodicals were used more often than monograph series. As a result, periodical titles were incorporated into the journal collection and series…

The results of a content analysis of volumes 18-22 of the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development are presented and related to findings of five and ten years earlier. Analysis showed a tendency toward increased variety of quantitative techniques and a wider inclusiveness of reported groups. Trends are identified along with issues for…

Presents an interview with Randolph A. Smith, the editor of the journal "Teaching of Psychology." Covers topics, such as his background, his thoughts on issues related to the journal, his teaching experiences, and the relationship between his teaching and editorial post. (CMK)

Focuses on library collection development in the area of women in sports. Discusses Title IX, selecting titles, and prominent publishers in the field; and includes an annotated bibliography that includes encyclopedias, history, athletes, how-to books, coaching, general sports, magazines, and Web sites. (LRW)

Reviews the benefits of library work (and some cautions) before describing four assignments that exploit library resources: a business report assignment; a professional journal assignment; a style manual format assignment; and an international business communication assignment. (SG)

Summarizes the debate within magazine journalism education over how much attention to devote to "service journalism," which encompasses informative, how-to articles. Surveys readers of "Angus Journal," a beef industry journal. Suggests a reader preference for service articles over news and human interest content. Reviews the…

Interviews Eliot Wigginton, a ninth-grade English teacher who led his Rabun County, Georgia, students to collect oral history for their magazine, "Foxfire." Now he and his staff members have set up nine regional networks for teachers desiring to test his instructional model in various K-12 settings. (MLH)

Assessed frequency with which journals "Family Process" and "Journal of Marital and Family Therapy" focused on problems of aging in family context from 1976-1985. Found neither journal covered later life family issues to any appreciable degree. Concludes that elders in marital and family relationships constitute new frontier for extension and…

University-based education researchers have continued to flood the professional literature with pretentious and obscure language. Many "new" discoveries are old ideas cloaked in unfathomable jargon. A survey of 500 classroom teachers disclosed a clear preference for jargon-free language. More extensive monitoring is needed. Includes 19…

Explores the ways in which librarians keep up to date through the use of professional literature. Several current awareness services--bulletins, newsletters, table of contents services, bibliographies, and book reviews--are described, and the role of the popular library press is discussed. It is concluded that a more coherent current awareness…

Compares the coverage of women's studies titles contained in "Feminist Periodicals: A Current Listing of Contents" with three general table of contents services (Current Contents, UnCover, Contents First), and evaluates the coverage of these titles within these services. Found that some subject areas, such as women's studies, require the…

Offers a brief analysis of citation practice in 25 American sociological journals, in an attempt to explore claims that citation may show gender bias. Findings suggest that there is gender bias in citation in sociology, and hypotheses are offered to explain the phenomenon. (JKP)