Gardening as a cognitive activity

Gardening and children are a natural combination; children love to play in the dirt, and are fascinated by growing things. The benefits of having a garden can go beyond the fresh vegetables and flowers, a lot can be learned in the process. Although skills involved in planting and caring for the garden and acquiring a rudimentary knowledge of biology are obvious benefits, many other cognitive skills can be introduced or reinforced with a garden project.Deborah G. Ventis is Associate Professor of Psychology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburgh, VA.     

CD－ROM的现状与未来展望

在未来几年里,CO－ROM技术将日臻成熟,功能不断完善,市场前景乐观.该文从CD－ROM数据库、软件、硬件和市场策略等四个方面对CD－ROM的现状和发展趋势进行了较全面的分析.     

Copyright complicance in the electronic age: Conceptual issues

This article focuses on several conceptual and structural issues that are central to copyright compliance in the electronic age. It presumes the development of a national electronic network for storing, organizing, accessing, managing, and charging for information. The article first discusses the implications of constructing a comprehensive electronic “highway,” or Digital Library System (DLS), which would link information to the widespread community of users. It then presents the ramifications of a highly decentralized set of subsystems serving rights holders and users, linked by protocols established by the DLS. A discussion of the implications of digital interchangeability for copyright follows. The article ends with an analysis of alternatives to existing intellectual property rights conveyance systems, and concludes that current ownership structures, and systems for conveying rights and royalties, will remain the foundation for copyright in the electronic world. This article appeared in a slightly different form in theProceedings of the Twelfth National Online Meeting—1991, and is published here with the permission of Learned Information, Inc., Medford, N.J.     

Academic libraries and university presses

In recent years university presses have undergone some significant changes, such as expansion of their scope to include materials that may have appeal beyond the scholarly market. This article investigates, through the use of a survey of university libraries, the acquisition of university press products by libraries. In general, recent years have been changes in the relationship between university presses and libraries that have resulted in fewer items being purchased by the libraries.     

体育科技期刊质量评估指标体系设计

结合体育科学的特点，在理论研究和特尔斐专家咨询的基础上，设置了体育科技期刊质量评估指标体系。评估体系的结构按政治质量、学术质量、编辑质量分类。对每个层次的指标确定了评价内容的内涵，提出了定性或定量的计量方法，确定了不同的权重。制定了体育科技期刊质量评估量表，建立了合成评估总分的评分数学模型。     

基于分类目录的元搜索引擎模型的提出与实现

本文首先给出了搜索引擎的定义、工作机制及分类 ,并指出了目前搜索引擎的不足 ,针对这些不足提出了几点改进意见 ,实现了一种基于分类目录的元搜索引擎。最后对该搜索引擎进行了评估和展望     

《情报学报》被引的定量分析

文章依据南京大学中国社会科学研究评价中心研制的《中文社会科学引文索引》(CSS CI) (1998)数据库 ,对《情报学报》载文被CSSCI(1998)来源期刊的引用情况进行统计分析和评价