Reports on focus group interviews with Association of Research Libraries (ARL) librarians, which revealed that many academic librarians rely on convenient, easily understood source material for references. Discussion covers accuracy of referencing, knowledge of research methods and statistics, search thoroughness, scholarship, and the relative…

Analyzes the problem of journal price escalation as one of equilibrium between two market segments--the library market and the market for individual subscriptions. Argues that high quality photocopying has encouraged individuals to rely on library subscriptions and proposes that the socially responsible solution is to increase photocopy costs and…

An auxiliary study of the direct observation method for counting periodical usage in Evans Library at Texas A&M University found that student observations contain substantial error and that aggregation problems and cost issues are fundamental constraints to this method. Concludes direct observation may be useful in calibrating the results of…

Describes early twentieth-century responses to the drug problem in the United States. Discusses pressure from the media and reformers to control the availability of drugs such as opium and cocaine that were widely available in over-the-counter medications. Focuses on New York State, which took the lead in enacting drug control legislation. (DK)

College alumni editors can cooperate with development officers without compromising their professional principles by concentrating on publication quality, encouraging reader interaction and involvement, publishing research only when of broad interest and rewritten for the audience, supporting fund raising with legitimate news stories and features,…

Patterns in the content of three commercial magazines ("Sassy,""Seventeen," and "Young Miss") oriented toward adolescent female consumers were analyzed by three trained raters. Findings are discussed in terms of print media utilization by adolescents; themes of self-improvement, identity development, and achievement;…

This editorial notes the differences between the language of science and the language of special education practice; stresses the need for communication between these groups; notes the need for publications in both areas; and urges continued dialog among researchers, practitioners, and parents. (DB)

Discusses education and the city and presents an annotated bibliography of 456 international sources of information that deal with education in an urban environment, including general works; urban education from the didactic perspective; urban education from the social perspective; urban education from the cultural and local development…

Presents an annotated bibliography of 34 sources of information on various aspects of financial planning for libraries interested in building a core collection. Highlights include general advice, insurance guidelines, buying and selling homes, investment guides, women's special needs, retirement planning, periodicals, and investment newsletters.…

Identifies core journals in environmental geology and explores facets of interdisciplinarity to consider the visibility of this field to collection-development librarians. Intercitation analysis of citing and cited patterns in 1995 articles revealed the journal network of environmental geology. Titles clustered into three categories:…

Analyzes the "Journal of the American Society for Information Science's (JASIS's)" and its immediate predecessor, "American Documentation's," position in library and information science journal rankings published during the last half-century. Concludes that journal rankings represent a frequently overlooked tool of value to…

Compares three online databases designed for elementary school use for searching periodicals. Highlights include limiting the ability to surf the Web; print capabilities; available resources included in the database, including full text versus abstracts; user-support materials; reading levels; and ease of interface use. (LRW)

Provides a methodology for evaluating title coverage of full-text periodical databases in relation to a library's print journal collection. Presents a pretest of that methodology along with a discussion of collection development principles for an effective evaluation of full-text databases. (Author)

Examines authorship characteristics of 163 articles written by 294 authors in four major information science journals to determine author details: sex, occupation, affiliation, geographic distribution, and institutional affiliation. Findings indicate that males (70%) publish three times more compared to females (23.5%), and the school of library…

Describes and discusses four resources (one quarterly magazine and three books) which are compilations of writing (and sometimes artwork) of students in grades 6 through 12. Argues that these writings can help to engage students with literature, to explore new ideas, and perhaps to stretch their own wings further as they see new possibilities for…