Author compared seven life sciences databases against the primary agriculture journals.Found the most comprehensive coverage to the least coverage in: CAB Abstracts, Web of Science, AGRIS, BIOSIS, Agricola, CSA Life Sciences, and Biological and Agricultural Index.
"emerging data suggest that, in some circumstances, the media reporting of science is surprisingly accurate and portrays a message created by the scientific community. As such, there are reasons to believe that the hyping of research might be part of a more systemic problem associated with the increasingly commercial nature of the research environment."
"Our data suggest that the majority of newspaper articles accurately convey the results of and reflect the claims made in scientific journal articles. Our study also highlights an overemphasis on benefits and under-representation of risks in both scientific and newspaper articles. The cause and nature of this trend is uncertain."
The indexes for Department of Agriculture and Agricultural Experiment Station literature are not the easily located or readily available except in a few libraries. There is valuable historical research that could be of use to researchers in many fields. Agricultural librarians need to find ways to make the literature more readily available. This article presents the best sources for finding citations. Article copies available for a fee from Haworth document delivery service: 1-800-HAWORTH. :e-mail address Docdelivery@haworthpress.com web site:http://HaworthPress.com copyright 2002 by the Haworth press, Inc.. All rights reserved.
3 pages., Journalism faculty member offers six suggestions dietetics professionals can use in "fielding phone calls from the media and answering requests to help the public intelligently sort out the confusing and alarming information" about food-related diseases and other health risks.
Author reports on conservation education efforts among religious and spiritual venues, hospitals and healthy practitioners, artists and musicians, legislators and decision makers, urban youth, and prisons and incarcerated persons.
