This volume of the final report on HEW Drug Education Programs describes the overall objectives of the study procedures used in carrying it out, and current issues and recommendations made by the investigators. Appendix A of this volume presents definitions of terms used in the entire report. (Author)

This selected, annotated bibliography covers general Canadian resource materials. The bibliography is divided into two parts. Part one is a national bibliography of materials about Canada in general which includes guides to bibliographies, retrospective (history) materials, current materials, newspaper and periodical directories and catalogs,…

Volume 2 of this report presents a catalog of DHEW Drug Education Programs including a listing of drug education projects supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, listings of drug education projects supported by the Office of Education, and listings of drug information and materials disseminated by the National Clearinghouse for Drug…

Reviews all contributions made and published in the name of government agencies, national commissions, and international organizations. Topics considered: (1) the initiator must be an agency of the national government or an international organization, (2) whether the agency is permanent or ad hoc, (3) the focus of the research problem. Journal…

Describes all of the commercial and governmental micropublishers and the U.S. government documents now available in microform. A list is included of selected sources of Federal documents in microform. (CMV)

Discusses the developments that have made the Public Documents Department Microfiche Information Retrieval System, commonly known as the Publications Reference File (PRF), an essential tool for purchase and bibliographic information on government documents. The PRF is produced only on microfiche and updated frequently. (Author/CMV)

Reviews both historical and current policies for access to government information, and discusses such current trends in government information as paperwork reduction, commercialization, privatization, and electronic publishing. The possible impact of these trends on the library's ability to provide access to information is briefly considered. (CLB)

This exploration of reasons why historians do not take full advantage of government publications as sources of historical materials focuses on the difficulty of accessing information under current classification and indexing schemes. (CLB)

Describes the services and products provided by the National Technical Information Service, which collects, organizes, and markets technical information generated by U.S. and foreign governments in all areas of science and technology. (CLB)

Characterizes types of indexing programs used by Research Publications, Inc. and describes provision of access to four major projects: "The Official Washington Post Index" (provides access to newspaper and microfilm edition); "The Eighteenth Century"; "The Declassified Documents Reference System" (ongoing fiche…

Reviews the development of textbooks used to teach government publications from 1895 to the present in library schools. Topics addressed include social influences on the development of the early texts, the teaching paradigm revealed in these works, and shifts in that paradigm since 1895. (CD)

An ambitious effort to produce a comprehensive historical account of the war in Vietnam is underway within the United States government. The publications that have been completed to date and those to be issued later are discussed. A bibliography of the publications is also provided. (RM)

Identifies format-specific problems which depository and other government publications librarians frequently face as a result of the Government Printing Office's (GPO) micropublishing program. Program preparation and underpinnings, GPO microform storage in libraries, government publications librarians, and the independence of documents collections…

This report offers a composite review of methods used to prevent tobacco use. The report evaluates five approaches currently used to reduce tobacco consumption: educational, clinical, regulatory, economic, and comprehensive approaches. The report explains these approaches in terms of the larger context of tobacco control and provides a vision for…

Shootings in schools have alarmed parents, teachers, students, community leaders, administrators, and law-enforcement officials. Issues of violence and the presence of weapons in schools will surface as the new school year starts. Local news media will want to know what school and law-enforcement officials have done to ensure that school shootings…