NATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR PSYCHOLOGY: A PROPOSED SOLUTION FOR A PRESSING PROBLEM

Surveys of, and complaints about, the information explosion and inundation of the reader are common. While it fits the temper of the times either to join the wallers at the wall, or to say that nothing is wrong, the first course is ineffectual, and the second ignores the facts. . . . we have decided...

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Published in:The American psychologist 1970-05, Vol.25 (5), p.i-xx
Main Author: COTT, HAROLD P. VAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Human
Information Services
Psychology
Scientific Communication
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Summary:Surveys of, and complaints about, the information explosion and inundation of the reader are common. While it fits the temper of the times either to join the wallers at the wall, or to say that nothing is wrong, the first course is ineffectual, and the second ignores the facts. . . . we have decided that what is called for is not complaint, but analysis and action [p. 1 153].
ISSN:0003-066X
1935-990X
DOI:10.1037/h0037751