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Directory of United States government films. Rev. Dec., 1941. Federal Security Agency, United States Office of Education. Motion Pictures of the United States Department of Agricullure,1941. Mis.Publ.451. Supp.Aug.l,1943. Film Strips, United States Department of Agriculture. 1941-2. Mis. Pub!. 458. Motion Pictures of the United States Public Health Service. n.d.
I METHODS OF OBTAINING GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
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Purchase from the Superintendent of Docu,ments. Purchase direct from issuing bureau. Application to issuing bureau for free distr-ibutiotl. Application to Congressman for free distl'"ibution. METHODS OF PAYING FOR FEDERAL DOCUMENTS
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Send check. postal money order, express order. N. Y. draft. or currency (at sender's risk) in advance, payable to Supt. of Documents. Enclose coupons purchased at 20 for $1.00 from Supt. of Documents. Use dcposit system ($5.00 or more). Order publication C.O.D. LITERATURE CITED
(I) See "Research: A National Resource." United States Govemment Printing Office, \Vashington, 1938. Part 1Relation of federal government to research, a report of Science Committee, National Resources Planning Board. Section I-8ul1ll1lary of memoranda on the research of the federal governmcnt in the natural sciences and technology. (2) AUCHTER, "Agricultural research in the war and after," Science 99, 172 (March3,1944). (3) MELLON, "Chemical Publications: Their Nature and Usc," 2nd cd., McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, 1940. (4) SCHMECKEBIER, "Government Publications and Their Usc," Brookings Institute Studies in Administration, No. 33. Brookings Institute, Washington, 1936, p. 400. (5) BoYD, "United States Government Publications," The H. W. Wilson Company, New York, 1941, p. 13.
(6) COXNOLLY, "Library versus laboratory research," J. CIIEM. EDUC., 20, 531 (1943). (7) See JONES, "The photoduplication service of thc Army Medical Library," J. CHBM. EDVC., 21, 342 (1944). (8) Ref. (1), p. 38. (9) Ref. (2), p. 170. GENERAL REFERENCES
CAMPBELL, "Government documents," Iowa Library Q/lartnl)', 12, 198-201 (1936). CHILDS, "The Current Recording of United States Government Publications." Reprinted for private distribution from the Communications to the World Congress of Universal Documentation, Paris, August 16-21, 1937. Washington, 1937. CLELAND, "Suggestions for making our scientific publications more useful and our post offices a center of information," Science, 53, 180--2 (1921). CRANE AND PATTERSON, "A Guide to the Literature of Chemistry," John \Viley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1927, pp. 112-3. 122-6, 128-31. FRIBERG, "Government publications," Library Journal, 64,175--7 (March I, 1939). "Government publishing in wartime." A statement submitted to the United States Government by the American Library Association, College and Research Libraries, 4, 1()()-6 (March, 1943). HARDIN, "Taking the fear out of goverument documents," Illinois Libraries, 20, 38-40 (December, 1938). HASSE, "Phases of public documents of interest to scientific and technical librarians; abridged," Special Library Association . Proc., 2,106-7 (1939). MERRITT, "The United State!' Government as Publishcr," lJniversi ty of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1943. SCUDDER, "Current bibliographical sources for government document acquisition: an annotated list," College and Research. Libraries, 2, 270---6 (June, 1941). SoULE, "Library Guide for the Chemist," McGraw~Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, 1938, pp. 223-61. STEWART, "Bibliographical Guide to Government Documents," School of Public Affairs, American University, Washington, 1937. \VILCOX, "Sources of information about new government activities," A. L. A. Bulletin, 30, 658-66 (August, 1936). \VILCOX, "United States Reference Publications," F. W. Faxon, BostOll, 1931.
TOI'IC AND COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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During th~ pa.rt y~ar over 45,000 copiu oj cooperative obj~eliv~ lul.r in organic chemi.rtry wer~ di.;lr;fJU/~d to over 100 coll~gu and univ~,..,itiu. The 1944-45 .reriuo} topic e.mmination.r will he al'ailahl~ on or .roon ajter thefir.rt o} l1ugUJt, which will permitlheir u.re}or the comi"g .rchoolyear. Thi.r .ruiu con.ri.rt.r o} 27 topic e:raminalion.r, o} one page each, which are adapled to machi"e .f/rading. The item.r are numbered con-rcclltively .ro thatlhe .rame an.rwer .rhed ma.v be u.red Jor 15 o} Ihue e:ramination.r. I} machine grading i.r ,,01 availabl~, thue lut.r may be graded manually in much lu.r time than i.r normally requiredjor the e.r.ray Iype oj tal. Thae lut.r reprue,,1 an improvemenl OI'U the 1943-44 .ruie.r, the commillee heliel'u, wilh raped to hoth contwt a"d organization oj material. Each lut con.ri.rt.r o} 20 ilem.r oj Ihe multiple-choice type, bulthe i".rlruclor may .re/eel only -ruch item.r aJ he wi-rha 10 empha.riu. He may, moreover, .rhode" the time requiredjor the tat by deldion o} cerlai" item.r. E.l'perience ha.r indicaled Ihat al lea.rt one minute .rhould be a{[o,,'edjor each item Oil thue tut.r. lj an in.rlrllelor wi.rha 10 give a 10-minute quiz. he may .releel only 10 oj the 20 itenu. The complele .rd.r are available to in.rtrudorJ o} organic chemi.rtry, indll.rtrial chemi.rt.r, or gradu.o/~ .rtlldent.r at a nominal price o} 60 ce"t.rlor tlujir.rt.rel and 20 ce"t.rjor each additional .rei (plu.r po.rtage) t} orderJ are received 011 or before /Jugu.r11, 1944. Order,f receil1~d lalu tha" thi.r will be hilled at 25 a"t", e.r:lra jor .rpecial handling. 1111 order.r will be .rhipped 0" or .roo" a}tu the flul oj /!ugu.rl, 1944. Order.rjor I~.r.r than two dollar.r,fhould he accompanied by ca.rh. E.r:tra copl:a oj the/our prel1iou.r ,feria are available alJo al 60 ce"t.rjor llufir.rl.rd and 20 cenl.rjor Well additional .rel. Tlu.re are Ihe 1940-41, 1941-42, 1942-43, and 1945-44 .ruia, wilh 27 Jeparale lal.r o} tlu ,fubjcctive Iype in each .ruiu. OrdeN may he placed with Ihe chairman oj Ihe Commillee. Ed. F. Deguing, Deparlment oj Chuni.r":v, Purdue Univu.rily, Laja.velle. Indiana. Comprehen.rive objeclive tut.r in organic chemi.rtry, prepared hy lite .rame group, are al1ailahlejrom Ihe Cooperalive Tut Service, 15 /lm.!ludam Avenue, New York Cily. The lalul addition 10 the serie.r, Form U, ha.! ju,}"t come jrom the pre.r.r. li conlai".r 100 muliiple-choice que.rlion"" which are brokw down into Iwo main divisions (Semulu I and Seme.rler II). Each oj thue main dil'i..rion.r i.r .rubdivided illlo ..rutio"..r 0" genua I i"jormation, applicalion oj principlu, and problem..r.
