Examines the lack of information about how children evaluate what they read and why they select particular reading materials. Offers approaches to understanding reading preferences and ways to encourage evaluative skills. Suggests six criteria for selecting good children's literature and ideas about using children's magazines to help express…

Future studies and policy studies have overlapping concerns; yet, too often, policy analysts and futurists are unaware of each other's work. To help correct this serious oversight, comparisons of these two complementary realms are made. A listing of futures-relevant and policy-relevant journals is included. (Author/RM)

Discusses the situation which led the New York Public Library to microfilm its extensive science fiction book and periodical collection. The project is described and cost considerations, bibliographic verification and cataloging problems, and the decision to augment the collection with additional holdings by loan or purchase are among topics…

This update of 1978 bibliometric study of online retrieval literature reveals that: literature has continued to grow, reaching peak annual output (504 papers) in 1981; conference literature has become centralized in four major proceedings; online retrieval papers have appeared in 479 journals; and 31 authors have contributed 10 or more papers.…

Analyzes the attitudes and philosophies the writers of "Cosmopolitan" magazine convey to their readers so that English teachers may be aware of writing styles they ordinarily would not see. (DF)

Following an account of the Open University's International Documentation Center on Distance Learning's work, forms of documentation in distance education are identified and described--books, materials produced for distance teaching programs, journals, and report literature. A critique of the treatment of distance education literature in RIE and…

Techniques used in contemporary social network analysis are applied to citation data for a network of journals from three time periods--1970/71, 1975/76, 1980/81. Blocks or positions in journal network based on structural equivalence correspond closely to categorization by aims and objectives. Hypotheses concerning journal networks are advanced.…

On the basis of 117 journal articles published between 1973 and 1975, assesses differences in the qualitative nature of comparative studies of normal Afro-American children and normal children from other racial groups. Findings indicate only a small percentage of studies predicted how Afro-American children would differ from the comparison group.…

A bibliography is itself a database from which may be extracted useful information about both scientific fields and the practitioners who work in them. How bibliographies store and reveal this information is discussed. For example, one can identify problems being researched by scientists by examining publication titles. (RM)

Investigated whether "Ranger Rick" magazine influenced children's attitudes toward and knowledge of natural resources, behavior in wildlife and conservation-related activities, and anthropomorphization of animals. Data, obtained from a national survey and from questionnaires administered to 491 grade 5 students, indicate the…

The chairman of the Department of Mathematics at Gaston College reports on a study designed to provide insight into the present status of professional publications. Using statistical data, he emphasizes the need for quality in writing, appropriateness of the topic for the journal, and the timeliness of the topic. (Editor/LBH)

Newspapers and news magazines can be a major tool in community college composition courses. Classroom analysis of news publications can teach skills of analysis, organization, logical thinking, and expression while strengthening students' ability as citizens to use the public media more knowledgeable. (Author/DC)

ARL is the bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). ARL reports on current issues of interest to academic and research library administrators, staff, and users; higher education…

Following the proceedings of the training course on children's periodicals held in 1997 in Tokyo, this report contains the following articles: (1) "Children's Life and Magazines" (Jiro Saito); (2) "Periodical Picture Books to Develop Reading Skills of Children" (Tadashi Matsui); (3) "How to Produce Attractive Educational…