The text of oversight hearings on proposals to extend the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) includes presentations on the operation of programs authorized under the act. The measure, initially passed in 1964, has provided library services for those without access to them; these included the handicapped, hospitalized, disadvantaged…

This Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publication is an operations manual for activated sludge and trickling filter wastewater treatment facilities. The stated purpose of the manual is to provide an on-the-job reference for operators of these two types of treatment plants. The overall objective of the manual is to aid the operator in…

Though not exhaustive, this report explains the substantive aspects of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976 that would be of interest to copyright proprietors and/or users of copyrightable works. The major part of the report deals with the subject matter and scope of copyright; topics discussed include fair use, reproduction by libraries and…

This users guide provides instruction for researchers using government documents in this depository collection. Generally applicable to any government document collection, the guide uses a worksheet format to acquaint the user with the SuDocs classification system, the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, the publications reference…

This annotated bibliography of 90 post-1970 United States Government Documents and some Texas State Documents on energy conservation for the non-scientist provides overviews and analyses of the general energy situation and the energy crisis, U.S. energy policy and legislation, governmental and individual conservation measures, and alternative…

This handbook for physicians, emergency room personnel and pharmacists lists the manufacturer, description, toxicity, symptoms and findings, treatment, and references for 73 poison substances considered by the Subcommittee on Accidental Poisoning of the American Academy of Pediatrics to be most significant in terms of accidental poisoning of…

This annotated bibliography lists 152 citations for books, journals, government publications, pamphlets, dissertations, and theses produced between 1846 and 1977. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author, followed by title, imprint, date of publication, pagination, and annotation. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the topic, entries have…

This text contains the transcripts of five days of hearings before the House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Communications, and it includes the texts of thirty-five statements and a substantial amount of additional material introduced for the record. The subject of the hearings was the extent and form of government subsidies to public…

The items listed in this bibliography pertain to the history and criticism of public address in Georgia and have been organized to aid in research in these areas. Entries are divided into eight categories: indexes, bibliographies (speech communication and history), texts of speeches, newspapers, government and related publications, selected books…

A quality assurance program is outlined that could be employed during the development of prenarrated sound/slide instructional packages. The characteristics described were selected to be both: (1) important to instruction and (2) capable of being measured objectively. These criteria were selected in order to develop a program that would be…

This publication is a background document for the National Fuels and Energy Policy Study authorized by Senate Resolution 45. The purpose of this report is to identify the issues, to describe the impact of present policy on gasoline supply and demand, and to suggest potential measures to reduce the shortfall. This document is published to assist…

The course outlined in this document was designed to help students develop reading comprehension skills that will enable them to adequately use government procedural manuals. Five goals are identified: to be able to (1) understand and use the organization of material in order to locate specific information, (2) identify the main idea of…

Children's preference for odors, some of which presumably had marked trigeminal (noxious) effects, was assessed with the use of the method of pair comparison. Although the children, from 4 to 7 years old, were able to discriminate between the intensities of the odors, they were neither attracted nor repelled by them as much as the adults. In other…

The Committee on Science and Technology of the National Academy of Sciences recommends that a Council for Science and Technology be established as a staff agency in the Executive Office of the President. The Council would consist of at least three full-time members drawn from the sciences, engineering, and related fields. They would be appointed…

This report describes the development of a mechanized file for legislative information at the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Library. The term "legislation" is taken to mean all government documents originated by the Congress or related to its work. To define the basic requirements for a mechanized system, a detailed study of the…