This paper is an analysis of Intranets and Extranets at selected state libraries in the United States. The paper does not review World Wide Web sites designed for use by the general public; rather, it focuses on Web sites designed and delivered by the state library to a targeted audience, typically state government employees, state library…

Study explores the preschool child's ability to operate on a cognitive level by testing his capacity to compare a concrete stimulus with some abstract concept. (Author/CB)

Study further examined the effects of forced-choice trials on dimensional preferences. (Author)

Results indicate that for children in this study's age range orientation is a less salient discriminative cue than either size or color. (Author/MB)

Results indicate that children's preferences were relatively stable over time. (Authors/MB)

Four-year-old boys and girls initially named and matched by form more often than by color. Also, agreements involving form names and matches occurred more often than agreements involving color names and matches. (Authors)

A comparison of the performance of 10 employees using the current version of a Corporate Time Reporting Instruction and a revision prepared using Information Mapping (IM) indicates that subjects committed 54 percent fewer errors when using the IM version. Samples of both versions and evaluation forms used are included. (MER)

Newborns were presented with a tape-recorded rattle sound through a single loudspeaker, through two loudspeakers with one onset leading the other by seven msecs., and through two loudspeakers simultaneously. Newborns turned toward the single source sound, but not toward either of the dual source sounds. (Author/RH)

Reports on a survey of students at the University of Oklahoma concerning their opinions of yearbooks in general, toward the "Sooner Yearbook" in particular, and toward their high school yearbooks. Lists five recommendations for improving the "Sooner Yearbook" as a result of the survey. (RL)

Results showed that both groups had a preferred dimension for size over pattern. When size and patterns were combined, the Down's syndrome Ss were confused by the two dimensions, showing preference for one or the other. (Author/DLS)

Investigators administered a toy color-preference test to 160 subjects, 6 months to 4.5 years, equally divided by sex and race. Results indicated that, as a group, age affected color preference. A pro-black bias was found for younger children (under 30 months old). (Author/SJL)

The effects of different types of participation in planning dormitory environments was surveyed using sample populations of students at Cornell University. It was concluded that users want to participate in decisions concerning environments important to them. Participants, it was concluded, want also to work with experts. (RE)