In this article, I will discuss a collective research project that I designed for my History of Mathematics course. My students, who are by and large pre-service teachers, explored online, digital versions of 18th-century British almanacs that contained question-and-answer sections for mathematics. In a multi-stage research process, they explored…

This annotated, selective bibliography is a guide to the history of the United Nations, its publications, and four of the 14 specialized agencies and their publications. It is organized under the following headings: biographies, guides, official records, indexes and abstracts, laws, yearbooks, bibliographies, directories, statistics, periodicals,…

This annotated bibliography lists almost 100 items. It focuses on materials on the social aspects of the history of medicine published after 1981 because there is no other bibliography that does so. The research design relies on the bibliographic method. The end-product is a systematic, enumerative bibliography. The guide includes 13 general…

Lists and annotates journal articles on mass communication, grouped according to topic. Topics include audience and communicator analysis, broadcasting, courts and law, criticism and defense of media, journalism education, government and media, history and biography, international topics, and magazines. (GW)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) was established in 1830 by six men led by Joseph Smith. Today this group, commonly called Mormons, numbers approximately seven million members worldwide. Mormonism has sometimes been the object of public, political, and ecclesiastical animosity and misinformation. There is now a vast amount of…

Included in this annotated bibliography are over 150 books, chapters in books, and journal articles dealing with Jewish women and Jewish feminism. Only English language sources have been cited, and the majority of titles focus on the experience of Jewish women in the United States. Most of the items included were published in the 1970's and…

The 283 materials cited in this bibliography are chiefly on Chicanas in the United States. However, books or articles that discuss Mexicanas or women in general and can be related to the experiences of Chicanas are also cited. Areas covered include the arts, education, sociology, economics, history, health, and literature. The materials are…

Intended for teachers, librarians, and other interested people, the annotated listing contains citations for multimedia resources pertaining to North American Indians, Inuits, and Metis, available from the Manitoba Department of Education Library, Film Services, and School Broadcasts. Titles of over 900 resources, many published since 1960, are…

Adult materials concerning human relations and the history, culture, and current social issues of Black, Chicano, Asian American, and Native American peoples are listed in this revised and expanded edition of the "Bibliography of Multicultural Materials." For each cultural group, entries are categorized under history and current social…