Discusses bibliographic instruction in the field of psychology and reviews library science literature, psychological literature, and electronic teaching resources. Highlights include reviews of library science and psychological journals, books, literature guides, bibliographies, databases, CD-ROMs, and Internet resources. A reference list at the…

A search of "Library Literature" and "Library and Information Science Abstracts" yielded 49 articles published in the 1980s on librarians' burnout. Content analysis techniques were used to identify relevant factors and variables. Findings indicate stress crosses all types of libraries, appears more prevalent for reference…

Data on research library holdings include volumes in the library, volumes added in 1990-91, current serials, total staff, and total expenditures for 107 university libraries and 12 nonuniversity libraries. University libraries are ranked. A pie chart of average operating expenditures, indicating percentages for salaries, books, serials, and other…

The value of being able to self-critique manuscripts and to have confidence in the critique is discussed. A checklist that focuses on the structure and organization of research articles, and its interrelationship with content for critiquing articles at an early draft stage that both the author and in-house reviewers can use is provided. (KR)

Presents the annual survey of U.S. periodicals prices for 1991, based on subscription price information supplied by the Faxon Company. Data include subject categories ranked by current subscription price and by percent increases; average prices by Library of Congress Classification codes; and comparative pricing information from 1977-91. (four…

Discusses how the journal "Internet Journal of Chemistry" is designed to take advantage of newly available technologies. Describes the development of the concept of an electronic journal, decision-making on the scope and coverage of the journal, financial logistics, and how the journal will be implemented. Includes perspectives on how this new…

An Asian magazine that has ranked 79 Asian universities since 1997 finds some institutions refusing to participate in the survey. Many fault the study's methodology, arguing that institutional qualities are not easily quantified, especially in such a geographically large and diverse region. This year's expanded questionnaire is not seen as…

The reading of teen magazines by middle-class, Euro-American, seventh-grade girls is documented through participant observation, interviews, and collection of written artifacts. The study explores how the girls perceive and construct their emerging social roles and relationships as they enter junior high school. (MMU)

Describes the building of a list of constructed-impact factors (CIF) for biomedical journals not included in the 1996 editions of the "Journal Citation Reports." The online retrieval from the host DIMDI of the data needed for impact-factor calculation is described. The top 100 (of 338 titles, ranked according to their CIFs) are…

All 1999 issues of 26 journals in special education technology, special education, and educational technology were reviewed and 788 articles were identified of which 114 were judged as contributing to the knowledge base on special education technology research and practice. Four journals contained 60 percent of the relevant articles. Content…

Presents print and non-print titles, other materials, and information for the following categories: Award Winning Books; Booklist Lists; Canadian Book Awards; Non-Book Awards; Searching the Internet; Picture Books for Older Students; Professional Books; New Reference Materials; Periodicals for Teacher Librarians; Feature Length Films; Margaret B.…

Applies cognitive heuristics theory to the study of gender role stereotyping--75 high schoolers viewed magazine advertisements with stereotypical female images, while 50 others viewed nonstereotypical images; groups then responded to statements about women in a "neutral" photograph. Finds differences in gender role expectations for 6 of…

Discusses the use of academic journal articles in developing middle school curriculum reform and fostering active professional learning. (JPB)

The purpose of this research is to simulate the manual process of assigning descriptors to magazine articles by machine, to investigate how successful automated assignment of descriptors to a heterogeneous text collection is when a text classifier is trained based upon a small set of manually classified example texts, and to test performance of…

Analysis of 469 articles on university-industry relationships published in the last decade in "Industry & Higher Education" revealed that case study was the most common method; the focus was on the United Kingdom, other European countries, and the United States, Frequent subjects included successful interactions, ways to improve partnerships, and…