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Cindy,

What a great list!  This needs to be placed somewhere on a widely
linked web page.  It took me forever to come up with some of these,
until I started talking to the right people.  I may not have asked the
question, but I sure appreciate your answer!  Maybe we can get ASTC to
add these to one of the lists on their website...

Anyone know how to do that?

Matthew Wenger
Flandrau Science Center
University of Arizona, Tucson


On Apr 18, 2004, at 10:07 PM, Cindy Chambers wrote:

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> Centers
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> institutions.
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> Hi Julia,
>
> Great starting points for finding info on a particular topic are:
> www.informalscience.org and
> The Wellcome Library's PSCI-COM literature database at
> http://www.psci-com.org.uk/pscicomlit/
>
> There's a mountain of information out there, but the following
> publications may be useful to you. I'm sure people on the list can
> offer many more suggestions...
>
> Informal Learning Review
> ASTC Newsletters (and other sections of www.astc.org)
> International Journal of Science Education
> Journal of Science Education and Technology
> Journal of Research in Science Teaching
> Various science education journals such as Physics Education, Biology
> Education, etc.
> Public Understanding of Science (with the great acronym PUS)
> Journal of Museum Education
> Curator
> Journal of Popular Film and Television
> ILVS Review: A Journal on Visitor Behaviour
>
> These journals tend to deal with industrial environments and you might
> find something of interest, not specifically related to museum
> exhibits:
> Human Factors
> Applied Ergonomics
> Behaviour and Information Technology
> International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
>
> I have the philosophy that there must be a journal for every nook and
> cranny of a subject. I have even stumbled across a journal about
> marketing to children! Scary.
>
> Jakob Nielsen www.useit.com and WIRED magazine www.wiredmagazine.com
> have some useful thoughts and hints on how people operate with
> technology and online environments.
>
> There are also books/reports published by individuals and institutions
> regarding human factors and exhibit development.
>
> Other museum listserves can be found at
> http://public.srce.hr/muzej_sibenik/muslists.html
>
> Cindy
>
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