An attempt is being made to improve subject access to monographs by augmenting MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) records. Working with a sample of books drawn from the collections of the University of Toronto and comprising a number of subject areas in the humanities and social sciences, the project plans to enlarge the MARC description by using…

Indexing and abstraction services in the social sciences are growing as primary sources. Results are that users become overwhelmed with the number of secondary services they use. Therefore, planning, coverage and overlap are examined in this research report with emphasis on reexamining secondary services and redefining users and users' needs.…

This is a desk reference for information on mental health services delivery. A list of 26 search services indicates for each what it provides, how it can be used, and includes comments by the compiler. A list of consulting resources, i.e., government agency offices devoted primarily to research utilization, an annotated bibliography of indexes to…

Argues for the creation of a genealogy and history file in libraries, using the Bristol (Virginia-Tennessee) Public Library experience. As an extension of the library's collection, the file also provides access to the private collections of participants and offers users a means of obtaining selective information quickly and inexpensively. (JD)

Examines the selective dissemination of indexed surrogates to overcome two major causes of cultural lag: reading overload and lack of cogency of technical communication. An analysis of three models--reference-retrieval systems, question-answering systems, and surrogate-dissemination systems--explores reasons for lag in technique implementation.…

Describes the teaching program for bibliographic retrieval systems at UCLA which provides for discussion and demonstration of online retrieval techniques in the basic courses and advanced search training in a separate course using a specially prepared training manual. (CWM)

Describes development of a computer-assisted instructional tool which provides linkages among the language of college students, the conceptual terminology of sociology, and the classification descriptors used by reference librarians and professional indexers and abstractors. The computer system helps students to focus their research questions and…

Discusses some of the international implications resulting from the emergence of a U.S. information-based economy. (MH)

Emphasizes present global trends characterized by patterns of widening inequities in the global distribution of wealth. Hypothesizes that recent developments in information technology and the effective transfer of such knowledge is likely to lead to more rapid development and more equitable global distribution of wealth. (MH)

The American Foundation for the Blind survey on reporting systems for school-age visually handicapped children and youth concludes that there is no uniform retrieval system for educational, medical, or demographic information on blind and visually handicapped students. (Author/SBH)

The assumption that recall and recognition involve different processes has been attacked and defended in recent years on both theoretical and empirical grounds. This research extends the notion that retrieval processes are operative in recognition as well as in free recall of individual words. (Editor/RK)

A consideration of the development of on-line systems in terms of the computer changes that made on-line searching possible, and the use of these changes by information retrieval systems. (Author/KP)

The computerized data base on community organizations of Monroe County Public Library, Indiana is described. (KP)

The goal of problem-solving education should be to develop tools for thinking that will constitute a shell or framework of action procedures that can be applied on an ever-changing database. These tools come in the form of heuristics that can be modified and adapted to new situations. (Author/MLW)