This section includes national association reports from the American Library Association; the Special Libraries Association; the Association of Research Libraries; the Association of American Publishers; and the American Booksellers Association. (LRW)

Contains reports from the American Library Association, Association of American Publishers, American Booksellers Association, Association of Research Libraries, and Council on Library and Information Resources. (PEN)

Reviews the other articles of this theme issue and considers the transformation of the "Review of Educational Research" from annotated bibliography to gatekeeper and referee of educational research. The development of the journal echoes the development of the field of educational research. (SLD)

Provides advice on writing a research paper when structural equation models are being used in empirical work. Focuses on what information should be reported and what can be deleted without much loss of judgment about the quality of the research and validity of conclusions. (SLD)

Analyzes the way text is used in constructing and reporting research, using three representations: (1) algorithm, which presents research as a logical and sequential process; (2) strategic improvisation, arising from researchers' lived experience; and (3) reflexivity, which considers how researchers construct the world in the process of writing…

Includes 11 reports from the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; National Technical Information Service; National Archives and Records Administration; Library of Congress; Center for the Book; Federal Library and Information Center Committee; National Agricultural Library; National Library of Medicine; Government Printing…

Analysis of research on housing, equipment, and design (n=333) in the Journal of Home Economics/Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences (1985-2000), Home Economics Research Journal/Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal (1985- 2000), and Housing and Society (1985-1999) found that articles declined by more than 50% and behavior theories were…

This descriptive study examined reports of behavioral problems among older patients hospitalized in acute care medical settings. Greater numbers of behavioral problems were reported by nursing staff on the Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Questionnaire than were documented in medical charts over the same time period. Such underreporting may have…

Anaheim executive committee report, April 2004 of American Chemical Society (ACS) is presented. It salutes the recipients of ACS awards at the CHED session and also covers the Spring 2004 ACS meeting abstracts, nominations for the division office and councilor's report.

The term "publication bias" usually refers to the tendency for a greater proportion of statistically significant positive results of experiments to be published and, conversely, a greater proportion of statistically significant negative or null results not to be published. It is widely accepted in the fields of healthcare and psychological…

The authors of "Houston, 2001: Context and Legacy" (Fouad et al., 2004 [this issue]) have created a document that will be cited frequently and respectfully for some time to come. The excellence of the conference it describes and the clarity of the description will serve the specialty well, as have the conferences that preceded it, that is,…

Research focused on human motor development, learning, and control has been a prominent feature in the Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (RQES) since it was first published in 1930. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the papers in the RQES that demonstrate the journal's contributions to the study of motor development,…

Once a year, in the November issue, RTE publishes a selected bibliography of recent research in the teaching of English and related fields. The listing is selective; we make no attempt to include all research that appeared in the period under review. The topics covered in this issue include: (1) Bilingual/Second Language Learning; (2) Classroom…

Academic departments should beware of "the tyranny of the monograph," and consider projects like translations and electronic publications in making hiring and tenure decisions, a Modern Language Association panel said in a much-anticipated report. The report gives a thorough historical analysis of "the shifting nature of academic work over the…

This paper presents the U.S. Department of Education's Fiscal Year (FY) "2010 Annual Performance Report" (APR). This report provides detailed information on: (1) the status of strategic goals, and (2) the outcomes of the strategic performance measures identified in the Department's "FY 2007-2012 Strategic Plan" and updated previously in the "FY…