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Collins MA, Chandler K. 1996. National Household Education Survey: NHES:91/93/95 electronic codebook (ECB) user's guide. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, 78 pp.

Annotation: This operating manual explains the contents and operations of the National Household Education Survey (NHES):91/93/95 CD-ROM, including features, installation, and operating the various windows and menus. Accompanying appendices include survey methodology documentation, menu descriptions, and a sample session.

Contact: National Center for Education Statistics, 1990 K Street, N. W., Washington, DC 20006, Telephone: (202) 502-7300 Secondary Telephone: (202) 502-7442 Contact Phone: (800) 424-1616 Fax: (202) 219-1736 Contact E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nces.ed.gov Available from the website. Document Number: NCES 96-890.

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Keywords: Computers, Data analysis, Education, Manuals, National surveys, Software, Telephone surveys

Weitzman EA, Miles MB. 1995. Computer programs for qualitative data analysis: A software sourcebook. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 372 pp.

Annotation: This directory lists and evaluates software programs that are designed to perform qualitative data analysis. It briefly discusses computer-assisted analysis, methods for choosing software, and indicates software types and functions. It then reviews specific software packages within the following categories: text retrievers, text base managers, code-and-retrieve programs, code-based theory-builders, and conceptual network builders. Each review lists the system, indicates costs, and provides access information in addition to giving an overview of the software and indicating how it operates. It includes a discussion of future trends, a glossary, a bibliography, and tables comparing features of the different programs.

Contact: Sage Publications, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-2218, Telephone: (805) 499-9774 Secondary Telephone: (800)818-7243 Fax: (805) 499-0871 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.sagepub.com $29.95 plus $2.00 shipping and handling. Document Number: ISBN 0-8039-5537-5.

Keywords: Computer software, Data analysis, Directories, Qualitative evaluation, Social sciences

Substance Abuse Education. 1994. Drug abuse prevention series, and Health and guidance series. Edwardsville, KS: Substance Abuse Education, 2 pp.

Annotation: This brochure promotes two series of educational software programs for children in grades 5 to 12. The computer programs are available in three licensing arrangements: single user, network, and site license; and they are written to operate on IBM or Macintosh computer systems. The drug abuse prevention series advocates no-use attitudes and values and suggests positive alternatives. The programs employ tutorials, self-tests, role plays, and games to teach life skills, peer refusal skills, setting goals, and communication and interpersonal skills. Titles in the Drug Abuse Prevention Series include: Drug Abuse Learning Environment, Street Drugs: Trip or Trap, Cocaine and Crack, Alcohol: Growing Up in a Drinking World, and Tobacco: Smoking and Chewing. The Health and Guidance Series includes titles such as Understanding AIDS, the Baby Game, Teens Are Nondivorceable, Communication Essentials, and Problems and Solutions: A Guide to Conflict Resolution.

Contact: Substance Abuse Education, 670 South Fourth Street, P.O. Box 13738, Edwardsville, KS 66113, Telephone: (800) 530-5607 Secondary Telephone: (913) 441-1868 Fax: (913) 441-2119 Brochure available at no charge; program disks start at $49.95.

Keywords: Adolescent health, Adolescents, Audiovisual materials, Child health, Children, Communication skills, Computer software, Conflict resolution, Educational materials, Life skills, Prevention programs, Sexuality education, Substance abuse

Shuptrine SC, McKenzie GG. 1993. Creating opportunities in the South to link maternal and child health professionals and the National Library of Medicine. Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families, 56 pp.

Annotation: This publication reports on a series of meetings held with health care providers in the South to discuss their information needs, specifically around providing care to pregnant women, infants, and children, and the availability of medical information through the National Library of Medicine's Grateful Med software. It stresses the importance of recruitment and retention of physicians in rural areas and reducing the sense of isolation by making up-to-date medical information available from the National Library of Medicine. It discusses opportunities for linkages in specific states, especially with Area Health Education Centers (AHECs), and recommends an action plan for the National Library of Medicine.

Contact: Southern Institute on Children and Families, 140 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 140, Columbia, SC 29201, Telephone: (803) 779-2607 Fax: (803) 254-6301 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.thesoutherninstitute.org Available in libraries.

Keywords: Computers, Health professionals, Information dissemination, Information networks, Medicine, Rural health, Software