This publication contains an annotated bibliography and lists of organizations, funding resources, and journals that provide information related to arts and humanities programs in rural America. The annotated bibliography describes 27 journal articles and 15 books and government reports. Most entries were published 1993-99. Two funding resource…

This document consists of the three 2001 issues of a newsletter that provides current information and research on leadership and administrative issues in early childhood education. The Summer 2001 issue examines practitioners' preferences about terminology, focusing on: (1) vocabulary used to describe the field and different program types as seen…

This directory contains a comprehensive listing of publications that may be appropriate for publication of academic research in technical education. Both research-based and trade publications related to technical education were used as bases for the guide, along with additional information about special interest publications. Complete synopses of…

The Advertising section of the proceedings contains the following 14 selected papers: "Preparing the Entry-level Advertising Portfolio: Pointing Creative Students in the Right Direction" (Sheri J. Broyles); "Effects of Issue Ads on Candidate Evaluation and Voting Preference: Does Sponsorship Matter?" (Fuyuan Shen and H. Denis…

Interactive multimedia electronic journals, or IMEJ journals, are a publication medium particularly suited for research in computer-enhanced learning. This paper describes the challenges and potential rewards in publishing such a journal; presents ideas for design and layout; and discusses issues of collaboration, copyrighting, and archiving that…

The winners from CASE's Recognition Awards Program for 1982 are announced. The awards cover publications, financial support programs, alumni relations and volunteer involvement programs, public relations, electronic media, video, film, radio, slide shows, etc. (MLW)

Reviews research dealing with Canadian editors' views of Canada-United States relations, measuring audience activity, the effects of "Herbert v. Lando," agenda setting in the 1976 election debates, media use and political orientations of ethnic groups, the readability of tabloid papers, and the women's magazine short story heroine. (FL)

Discusses evaluation of microcomputer courseware for school libraries, noting the evaluation process (selecting evaluation instrument, selecting and obtaining courseware for review), and steps of the evaluation program. Sources of evaluation instruments and courseware reviews, and evaluation forms of California Library Media Consortium for…

Briefly reviews research on citation indexing and citation analysis as techniques for determining relationships between documents and presents the results of a citation analysis of 31 library/information science articles in which source of cited work and source of citing work were considered as predictors of relatedness. Included are 24…

Presents a variety of publications available from government and nongovernment sources. The government publications are from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and are designed for educators, students, and the public. (Author/SA)

Described are cultural journalism projects around the country which have used the "Foxfire Approach" successfully. "Foxfire" is a student-run magazine dedicated to the collection and preservation of the oral history, folklore and folklife (or traditional culture) of the students' own locality. Included is a list of…

Examines the effects of media coverage of biomedical innovations, such as industrial recombinant DNA, on public opinion and public awareness of scientific events. (JMF)

Outlines the common problems of literary/art magazine advisers--meeting costs, time and space limitations, student involvement, magazine content, and layout. (RL)

Twenty sources of information and research related to student financial aid and/or postsecondary financing issues are listed. Included are periodicals, publications, agencies and institutions, and federal and private agencies that publish technical and statistical data. (JMD)

Discusses the benefits of introducing the culture of the target language into the second language classroom via the mass media -- newspapers, magazines, television, and popular music. (AM)