The following paper deals with the importance of genre in academic and professional engineering discourse. The main objective is to explore the use of analogy and metaphor in one specific genre, namely civil engineering research journal articles both in English and in Spanish. Thus, we will start by briefly outlining the use of metaphor in…

Context: Approximately 20% of North Americans and 25% of Europeans reside in rural areas. Planning and providing end-of-life (EOL) care in rural areas presents some unique challenges. Purpose: In order to understand these challenges, and other important issues or circumstances, a literature search was conducted to assess the state of science on…

This paper examines and comments on the rhetorical dimension of legitimation apparent in the articles in the professional literature of technical communication--this dimension is the epideictic aspect of professional rhetoric. Michael Halloran has shown that epideictic is that dimension of all rhetorical acts which strives to show that the rhetor…

This annotated bibliography of materials in the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, National Postal Museum Branch, is intended to promote the study of Colonial American postal service in the library. It focuses on postal service in the European settlements that became the United States. The first section lists 38 books, and the second sections…

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to determine if and how human information behaviour (HIB) research is used by others. Method: Using ISI Web of Knowledge, a citation analysis was conducted on 155 English-language HIB articles published from 1993 to 2000 in six prominent LIS journals. The bibliometric core of 12 papers was identified.…

This volume's purpose is to provide a bibliographical guide to the literature on private higher education worldwide. "Private Higher Education: An International Bibliography" is organized mainly by geography: region and country. In addition, a cross-reference topical index and an author index are included to assist those interested in particular…

This paper begins by stating that if a writer of scholarly articles wishes to succeed in getting published, he or she must become a good communicator, a good reader of instructions, and knowledgeable about his or her audience. The paper suggests that a beginning writer should submit the first few manuscripts to regional rather than national…

This paper reports on a pilot project in Asia sponsored by the IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and institutions) Round Table of Library and Information Science Journals that had the following objectives: to identify the most commonly accepted criteria for evaluating LIS (Library and Information Science) journals; to evaluate…

Experimental subjects wrote abstracts of an article using a simplified version of the TEXTNET abstracting assistance software; subjects were presented with either keywords or phrases extracted automatically. Results showed considerable variation among subjects, but 37% found the keywords or phrases "quite" or "very" useful in…

Reports on a study conducted to provide information on the direction of the development section of "Educational Technology Research and Development" (ETR&D). Results of an article analysis and a survey of consulting editors will guide the development editor in soliciting and selecting articles for publication. (Author/LRW)

Investigated DIALOG's RANK command to generate a list of prominent authors in biodiversity for use in cocitation studies. Concluded that RANK did not retrieve a quality set because highly cited authors of general texts presented a misaligned picture of specialization. Suggests that limiting citations to journal articles would present a more…

Describes three bibliometric analyses of articles in the United Kingdom anthropology journal, "Man," focusing on forms of materials cited; relative age of cited publications; and presentation history of articles. Discusses the applicability of bibliometric studies to anthropology librarianship, outlining problems and benefits. (AEF)

This special section of the "Bulletin" includes an introduction and the following articles: "New Metadata Standards for Digital Resources: MODS (Metadata Object and Description Schema) and METS (Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard)"; "Metadata Generation: Processes, People and Tools"; "Data Collection for…

Argues that because peer-reviewed journals are not likely to be read by practitioners, peer-reviewed articles about the community college may have little or no direct influence on the field. Discusses an analysis of six peer-reviewed academic journals and two practitioner journals, which found that the majority of high-producing authors were male…

Discusses the types of essays and book reviews appearing in the History of Education Quarterly. Focuses on ethnic and immigrant education and Asian American educational history. Finds only one essay and one book review from 1990-1999 on Asian American education. Highlights eight other books and articles relating to Asian American education. (DAJ)