This study to identify the verbal behaviors of librarians and library users that facilitate or impede information exchange in presearch interviews for computer-based literature searches was part of a larger research project that gathered data on 80 presearch interviews in seven medical libraries. The project also sought (1) to identify nonverbal…

This study to identify the nonverbal behaviors of librarians and library users that facilitate or impede information exchange in presearch interviews for computer-based literature searches was part of a larger research project that gathered data on 80 presearch interviews in seven medical libraries. The project also sought (1) to identify verbal…

Based on a survey of individuals responsible for Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title IV-B evaluations at the local level and an examination of IV-B applications, this handbook has been prepared to provide assistance to New York school districts and nonprofit private schools in the coordination and evaluation of school library and…

This publication is the second of a three volume set summarizing the Energy Advisory Service operated by the New York Institute of Technology. This volume presents: (1) Thesaurus of Descriptors for the Vertical File System; (2) Periodical List; (3) Monthly Selected Acquisitions List for 1977; (4) Structure of NYIT Energy Referral Service Roster.…

The project described resulted in the development of a college course designed to acquaint students with some basic learning theories and principles and their application as they apply to reading, listening, and viewing educational media materials. Objectives, course outline, methods, bibliography, basic requirements, and evaluation procedures are…

Works pertinent to the study of journalism in the black community are listed in this bibliography. The works are divided into six sections: selected general reference works dealing with black studies, selected black periodicals, books, articles, doctoral dissertations, and masters' theses. Two additional sections list selected United States…

Designed to present a better understanding of the government's system of printing and distributing information and to highlight problems, alternatives, and important policy questions, this report synthesizes 13 weeks of the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee hearings on six topics: (1) Administration of policy--who should establish and administer policy in…

This bibliography describes dictionaries of the English language appropriate for grades K-12, as well as for college and college-bound students and unabridged dictionaries for reference use. Entries were selected from those materials submitted by publishers which received favorable reviews by educators. Information on each includes citation, price…

The purpose of this guide is to help the Bureau of Prisons develop programs based on a balanced philosophy that recognizes that punishment, deterrence, incapacitation and access to opportunities for self-improvement are all valid purposes of incarceration. The Bureau's basic objectives are, first, to provide a safe and humane environment for…

This issue of "TESL Reporter" presents a summary of U.S.O.E. Project HE-084 by Gerald Dykstra; a sample listening comprehension exercise; a linear diagram of the English noun phrase designed for English as a Second Language students, developed by Alice C. Pack; an article on Japanese groups in summer session; and an article by Betty Crethar on…

Using the ERIC/ONTAP file, student searchers may improve their online skills by employing an 8-step search strategy technique. ERIC/ONTAP, now available through LRS/DIALOG, uses a subset of the ERIC file with built-in answer sets and a special evaluation command. The training procedure guides the student from the initial search interview to the…

This NCHSR research program in the application of computers in health care--conducted over the ten year span 1968-1978--identified two areas of application research, an inpatient care support system, and an outpatient care support system. Both of these systems were conceived as conceptual frameworks for a related network of projects and ideas that…

These two annotated reading guides to Boston's political and social history developed out of lecture sequences offered at the Boston Public Library under the National Endowment for the Humanities Library Learning Program. The first, which cites 28 titles focusing on various community leaders of Boston from the coming of the Puritans to the 1970's,…

This state-of-the-art survey of non-bibliographic databases and their use within the fields of economics and business studies recommends that schools of librarianship and information science incorporate online teaching packages encompassing such databases in their programs. The review, conducted through on-site visits and a questionnaire, focuses…

A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE POSSIBLE PEDAGOGICAL UTILIZATION OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ARCHIVE OF HISPANIC LITERATURE ON TAPE WHICH CONTAINS, AS OF JUNE 1962, ORIGINAL RECORDINGS IN SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, CATALAN, AND FRENCH OF THE VOICES OF 218 WRITERS READING SOME 2,800 LITERARY WORKS. PROCEDURES TAKEN TO ENCOURAGE LONG-TERM UTILITY OF…