A study was conducted over a two-year period to investigate the idea-generating strategies of six professional writers and their implications for students. Because finding an idea that leads to a journal or newspaper column is so important to a writer, an attempt was made to learn ways professional writers establish working plans and develop a…

When constructing the theoretical or conceptual framework for their research, researchers often rely heavily on a "core" set of periodicals within their discipline for articles relevant to their topic. In this study, an analysis of citations in 265 graduate student research papers, theses, and dissertation was conducted to identify the…

An off-line system to purchase, renew, claim missing issues, and maintain cost figures, current lists, and subscription histories of periodical holdings. (LS)

Discusses new focus and format of the Personnel and Guidance Journal and relate this new focus to changes needed in counseling research. (EJT)

A survey made of 24 years of this journal revealed that there were 85 physics course or laboratory reports; the majority (59) were produced in the last four years. Few contained extensive evaluation reports; only two achieved national status. (Author/MLH)

Reprinted from "Scholarly Books in America (American University Press Services, Inc.), 8(January 1967) : 7-10.

This manual describes the contents, purpose, and use of the Australian Education Index Database (AEII), which is produced by the Library and Information Services Unit of the Australian Council for Educational Research to provide access to Australian generated information both in published and unpublished forms. An overview of AEII is followed by…

Prompted by an awareness of nostalgic trends during the 1960s and 1970s in movies, television programing, fashion, interior design, and architecture, a study compared such trends in graphic design in both magazine articles and magazine advertisements. Specifically, it noted the frequency of occurrence of nostalgia in the two graphic design areas…

Based on the view that the principal's influence is felt long after students leave school, this study looked at the literature designed to help elementary principals eradicate sexism in the schools. First the researchers attempted to examine information on eradicating sexism in the texts used in graduate schools to train principals, but found a…

This paper describes how two small non-profit libraries successfully computerized their periodical record and routing systems. The steps required in gaining acceptance of the idea, planning, designing, installing, and perfecting each system are included. The Population Council library, whose clerical staff was formerly responsible for manually…

This publication contains information for potential technical article writers who wish to know how to become professionals. The 14 chapters deal with the following areas: getting started, developing ideas, gathering information through library research and through interviews, writing for different audiences, choosing titles, writing leads and…

This collection of bibliographies for library collection development lists citations for monographs, journal articles, newspapers, bulletins, information files, dissertations, and films on six topics: (1) Mexican-Americans--Contemporary Information; (2) The Chicano--His Struggle for Educational Equality; (3) Mexican American--Gang Involvement; (4)…

Since 1954 when Congress authorized the Copyright Office to prepare a series of studies to serve as background for revision hearings, copyright has been one of the major issues in librarianship. Although the impact that the New Copyright Law will have on interlibrary loan activity is yet to be determined, there is a need to know whether present…

As an effort to define and explore the horizons of Chicano literature, this annotated and critical bibliography provides bibliographical data and critical evaluations and judgments regarding the quality, importance, and impact of 131 literary works by Chicanos. The commentaries are intended to be taken as opinions with the objective for promoting…

This evaluative study hypothesizes and addresses three system approaches to a National Periodicals Center (NPC) that could be pursued at this time: (1) System A, a non-intervention approach which assumes events will be allowed to develop without introduction of federal legislation designed to subsidize or create a National Periodicals System (NPS)…