An examination of five muckraking magazines--"Collier's,""Cosmopolitan,""McClure's,""Everybody's," and the "Arena"--reveals that while addressing many other social ills, muckraking journalists failed to take a strong stand against one of the most glaring evils of their day--the lynching of blacks.…

Ten one-page instructional guides designed to assist Austin Community College (ACC) students in using the library and in writing research papers are presented in this series. The titles of the guides are: (1) "The Media Collection (We have more than books in the LRC)"; (2) "Encyclopedias"; (3) "Finding Books"; (4)…

This 658-item bibliography lists some of the development and non-formal education literature that is available in Spanish at Michigan State University's Non-Formal Education Information Center Library. Published primarily between 1966 and 1982, the cited materials describe development projects and experiences or ideas of planners and practitioners…

Compiled for early childhood educators, this list of resources for multicultural education provides a total of 153 entries in the categories of readings for teachers, curriculum materials, nonprint media, children's books, resource bibliographies and catalogues, Canadian periodicals, and resource agencies. Brief annotations accompany most entries.…

Written for teachers to use with migrant children in elementary grades and to highlight the many Americas, this bilingual English/Spanish social studies resource booklet provides historical and cultural information on Bolivia. A table of contents indicates the language--Spanish or English--in which the topics are written. The quarterly provides an…

The goals of instructional technology in Japan are enumerated, and significant aspects of the field are presented as follows: (1) an overview of the environment for instructional technology is given in terms of academic societies and professional associations, academic and popular journals and magazines, diffusion of media and budget, and recent…

A study examined the linguistic processes involved in the lexical modernization of Urdu and the extent to which the changes affect the efficiency of communication, the Urdu-speaking community, and the language itself. Data were drawn from the language used in popular Urdu daily papers and periodicals covering the complete range of activities in…

This resource list on adolescent parenting includes both a bibliography of books, periodical articles, and research reports, and a directory of resource organizations. Part 1, "Books and Articles," is comprised of an 11-page unannotated list of monographs and journal articles published between 1973 and 1987. A wide range of topics is covered,…

The papers of this proceedings are presented in three parts. The four papers in part 1, "Issues in 20th Century American Education", discuss the women graduates of Oberlin College, 1836-1860, the Americanization of art museums, the business community's response to government's support of the labor movement, and the response of liberalism…

The Ukrainian supplementary resources guide lists print and non-print resources selected for their appropriateness for Alberta's three- and six-year secondary school Ukrainian second-language programs and locally developed upper elementary programs. It is intended to assist teachers in locating resources for students and for their own use.…

Achievements and possible future projects of the American Economic Association's Committee on Economic Education (CEE), whose goal is to improve teaching in college and university economics, are discussed. The Teacher Training Program (TTP) was established by the CEE in the 1970's to develop programs to train economic educators. To date the…

Papers on library services and programs for the blind and visually handicapped which were presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Copyright and Library Material for the Blind" (Elizabeth Twining, United Kingdom); (2) "Postal and Customs Regulations and Library Material…

This compilation of publications dealing with social studies in rural areas is one of a series of selected topics bibliographies of ERIC documents. The 40 citations, published between 1963 and 1976, are drawn from "Resources in Education" (RIE), a monthly publication containing abstracts of research, research-related reports, and…

The annotated bibliography identifies 116 resources about the state of Michigan. Most of the entries are books, pamphlets, or periodicals published during the 1960s and 1970s. Each citation gives title, author, publisher and date, page length, price, and a brief annotation. Entries are categorized in 15 groups: archaeology, bibliographies and…

This bibliography was compiled in an attempt to provide resources for vocational educators to use in understanding, interpreting, and incorporating methods for the total elimination of sex discrimination, sex bias, and stereotyping in their daily classroom activities. The bibliography is organized into eight topic areas: (1) Developing Sex-Fair…