The Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, published by the H.W.Wilson Company, is an index to English language periodicals of general interest available in most libraries. We consider a periodical to be readily accessible if it is indexed in the Readers' Guide. For those periodicals not included in the Readers' Guide, we provide the address and, in most cases, the phone number to guide you in your scanning.
The Encyclopedia of Associations, published by Gale Research, Inc., is a guide to over 22,000 national and international organizations. Information about how to contact the organizations mentioned in this chapter is from the 1992 edition of The Encyclopedia of Associations and is available in most libraries.
Publications of U.S. government agencies are indexed in the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications. Most publications included in the Monthly Catalog are available from The Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 732 N. Capitol St., NW, Washington, DC 20401. Information: 202/275-3648, orders and inquiries: 202/783-3238.
For overviews of environmental scanning, see:
Aguilar, F. (1967). Scanning the business environment. New York: Macmillan.
Cope, R. G. (1981). Environmental assessments for strategic planning. In N.L. Poulton, (Ed.), Evaluation of management and planning systems. New Directions for Institutional Research, 31, 5-15. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Fahey, L., King, W.R., & Narayanan, V.K. (1981). Environmental scanning and forecasting in strategic planning: The state of the art. Long Range Planning, 14(1), 32-39.
Brown, A., & Weiner, E. (1985). Supermanaging: How to harness change for personal and organizational success. New York: Mentor.
Coates, J.F., Inc. (1985). Issues identification and management: The state of the art of methods and techniques (Research Project 2345-28). Electric Power Research Institute, 3412 Hillview Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304. Phone: 415/855-2000.
Fahey, L, & Narayanan, V.K (1986). Macroenvironmental analysis for strategic management. St. Paul, MN: West.
For a discussion on environmental scanning in higher education planning, see:
Keller, G. (1983). Academic strategy: The management revolution in American higher education. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Morrison, J. L., Renfro, W. L., & Boucher, W. I. (1984). Futures research and the strategic planning process: Implications for higher education (ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Research Report No. 9). Washington, DC: Association for the Study of Higher Education. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 259 692)
Callan, P. M. (Ed.). (1986). Environmental scanning for strategic leadership. New Directions in Institutional Research, 52. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Morrison, J. L. (1986-1987). Establishing an environmental scanning system to augment college and university planning. Planning for Higher Education, 15(1), 7-22.
Morrison, J. L., & Mecca, T. V. (1989). Managing uncertainty. In J. C. Smart (Ed.), Handbook of theory and research in higher education: Vol. 5 (pp. 351-382). New York: Agathon.
For reports on scanning activity in colleges and universities, see:
Pritchett, M. S. (1990). Environmental scanning in support of planning and decision making: Case studies at selected institutions of higher education. Paper presented at the annual forum of the Association for Institutional Research, Louisville, KY. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 321 693)
Friedel, J. N., Coker, D. R., & Blong, J. T. (1991). A survey of environmental scanning in U.S. technical and community colleges. Paper presented at the annual forum of the Association for Institutional Research, San Francisco. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 333 923)
Meixell, J. M. (1990). Environmental scanning at public research and doctorate-granting universities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for College and University Planning. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 323 857)
Scanning Resources Overviews
Future Survey Annual and Future Survey. World Future Society, 4916 St. Elmo Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814. Phone: 301 / 656-8274.
John Naisbitt's Trend Letter. Global Network, 1101 30th St. NW, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20007. Phone: 202 / 337-5960.
Marien, M. (1991). Scanning: An imperfect activity in an era of fragmentation and uncertainty. Futures Research Quarterly, 7(3), 82-90.
What Lies Ahead. United Way of America, 701 N. Fairfax St., Alexandria, VA 22314. Phone: 703 / 836-7100.
What's Happening. Wilkinson Group, 8128 Pine Lake Ct., Alexandria, VA 22309. Phone: 703/780-6170.
General Periodicals & Newspapers
The New York Times, 229 W. 43rd St., New York, NY 10036. Phone: 800/631-2500.
The Washington Post, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, DC 20071. Phone: 800/477-4679.
The Wall Street Journal, 200 Liberty St., New York, NY 10281. Phone: 800/841-8000, ext. 472.
The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, FL 33132-1693. Phone: 800/825-MAIL.
The Chicago Tribune, Tribune Tower, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611. Phone: 800/TRIBUNE.
The Los Angeles Times, The Times Mirror Company, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053. Phone: 800/LATIMES.
The Christian Science Monitor, The Christian Science Publishing Society, One Norway St., Boston, MA 02115. Phone: 800/456-2220.
The Times (of London), 1 Pennington St., London E19XN, England. Phone: 071-782-5000.
Magazines
Vital Speeches of the Day. See Readers' Guide.
Across the Board, Conference Board, Inc., 845 Third Ave., New York, NY 10022. Phone: 212 / 759-0900.
Time. See Readers' Guide.
Newsweek. See Readers' Guide.
U.S. News and World Report. See Readers' Guide.
Futures, Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd., P.O. Box 63, Westbury House, Bury St., Guilford, Surrey GU25BH, England. Phone: 048-330-0966.
Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, University of Tennessee, Energy, Environment, and Resources Center, Knoxville, TN 37966-0710. FAX: 615 / 974-1838.
Atlantic. See Readers' Guide.
The Nation. See Readers' Guide.
Ms. See Readers' Guide.
The Futurist. See Readers' Guide.
Social/Demographic Periodicals
American Demographics, Box 68, Ithaca, NY 14851-0068. Phone: 607 / 273-6343.
Public Opinion Quarterly. American Association for Public Opinion Research, University of Chicago Press, Journals Division, 5720 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL 60637. Phone: 312/753-3347.
U.S. Government Agencies
U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical and Information Services. See GPO Monthly Catalogue.
U.S. Department of Labor. See GPO Monthly Catalog.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics. See GPO Monthly Catalog.
Associations
United States League of Savings Institutions, 1709 New York Ave., NW, Ste. 801, Washington, DC 20006. Phone: 202/637-8900.
American Council of Life Insurance, Social Research Services, 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20004-25599. Phone: 202/624-2000.
International
United Nations, First Ave. & 46th St, New York, NY 10017. Phone: 212/963-1234.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2, rue Andre Pascal, 75775, Paris Cedex 16, France. Phone: 1-45-24-8200.
The UNESCO Future Scan: A Bibliographic Bulletin of Future-Oriented Literature. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Place de Fontenoy, 75700 Paris, France. Phone: 1-45-68-1000.
Technological Periodicals
Technology Review, Building W59, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139. Phone: 617/ 253-8250.
Datamation. Cahners Publishing Company, Division of Reed Publishing Inc., 275 Washington St., Newton, MA 02158-1630. Phone: 617/964-3030.
Byte. See Readers' Guide.
Computer World. See Readers' Guide.
Discover. See Readers' Guide.
Infoworld. Infoworld Publishing, 1060 Marsh Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Phone: 415/328-4602.
Science. See Readers' Guide.
Scientific American. See Readers' Guide.
The Whole Earth Review. Point Foundation, 27Gate Five Rd., Sausalito, CA 94965. Phone: 415 / 332-1716.
Associations
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. National Academy of Sciences, Office of News and Public Information, 2102 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 204I 8. Phone: 202/334-2138.
Economic Periodicals
Business Week. See Readers' Guide.
The Economist. Economist Newspaper, 10 Rockefeller Plaza, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10020. Phone: 212/ 541-5930.
Fortune. See Readers' Guide.
Money, Inc. See Readers' Guide.
The Monthly Labor Review. See Readers' Guide.
U.S. Government Agencies
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis. See GPO Monthly Catalogue.
U.S. Department of Labor. See GPO Monthly Catalogue.
U.S. Department of Energy. See GPO Monthly Catalogue.
U.S. Department of the Treasury. See GPO Monthly Catalog.
Environmental Periodicals
Ecodecision. Royal Society of Canada, 276 Rue Saint-Jacque, Oest, Bureau 924, Montreal H24IN3 Canada.
Environment. Heldres Publications, 4000 Albemarle St., NW, Washington, DC 20016. Phone: 202/362-6445.
Associations
Global Tomorrow Coalition, 1325 6 St., NW, Ste. 915, Washington, DC 20005-3140. Phone: 202/628-4016.
Worldwatch Institute, 1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202/452-1999.
Island Press, 1718 Connecticut Ave., NW, Ste. 300, Washington, DC 20009. Phone: 202/232-7933.
Audubon Society, 950 Third Ave., New York, NY 10022. Phone: 212/832-3200.
Sierra Club, 730 Polk St., San Francisco, CA 94109. Phone: 415/776-2211.
Political Periodicals
New Republic. See Readers' Guide.
The National Review. See Readers' Guide.
The National Journal, 1730 M St. NW, Ste. 1100, Washington, DC. Phone. 202/857-1400.
In These Times. Institute for Public Affairs, 2040 N. Milwaukee Ave., 2nd Fl., Chicago, IL 60647-4002. Phone: 312/472-5700.
Kiplinger Washington Letter. Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc., 1729 H St. NW, Washington, DC 20006. Phone: 202/887-6400.
Mother Jones. See Readers' Guide.
Federal Register. U.S. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408. Phone: 202/523-5240.
Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1414 22nd St., NW, Washington, DC 20037. Phone: 800-432-2250.
Institutes
Hudson Institute, Hermann Kahn Center, 5395 Emerson Way, P.O. Box 26919, Indianapolis, IN 46226. Phone: 317/545-1000.
Institute for the Future, 2740 Sand Hill Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025. Phone: 415/854-6322.
Brookings Institute, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202/797-6000.
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1150 17thSt., NW, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202/ 862-5800.
Associations
State Legislatures. National Conference of State Legislatures, Marketing Department, 1560 Broadway, Ste. 700, Denver, CO 80202. Phone. 303/623-7800.
For scanning resources on higher education, see:
Periodicals
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1255 23rd St., NW, Ste. 700, Washington, DC 20037. Phone: 202/466-1000.
Education Week. Editorial Projects in Education, Inc., 4301 Connecticut Ave., NW, Ste. 250, Washington, DC 20008. Phone: 202/364-4114.
Higher Education Daily. Capitol Publishers, Inc., 1101 King St., Ste. 444, Alexandria, VA 22314. Phone: 703/683-4100.
Newsletters
On the Horizon. Program in Educational Leadership, School of Education, University of North Carolina. CB3500 Peabody Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. Phone: 919/966-1354.
Higher Education and National Affairs, American Council on Education, Publications Division, One DuPont Circle, Washington, DC 20036. Phone- 202/939-9450
Communication Network News. State Higher Education Executive Officers/National Center for Education Statistics, 707 17th St., Ste. 32700, Denver, CO 80202-3427. Phone: 303/399-3685.
Memo to the President. American Association of State Colleges and Universities, One DuPont Circle, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 202/293-7070.
E-Mail News, Society for College and University Planning, Joanne Cate (Ed.), BUDLAO@UCCVMA.BITNET. Phone:510/987-0963.
The Electronic AIR, Association for Institutional Research, Larry Nelson (Ed.), NELSON_L@PLU.BITNET.
College/University Scans
Cantonsville (Maryland) Community College. (1989). External scan and forecast, 1989. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 309 817)
Osborn, F. (1989, May). Environmental scan: A strategic planning document. Rochester, NY: Monroe Community College. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 307009)
Friedel, J. (1989, September). 2020 perfect vision for the next century: An environmental scan. Bettendorf, LA: Eastern Iowa Community College District. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 319 451)
Scanning Services
Weiner, Edrich & Brown, Inc., 200 E. 33rd St., Suite 9-I, New York, NY 10016. Phone: 212/889-7007.
Wilkinson Group, 8128Pine Lake Court, Alexandria, VA 22309. Phone: 703/780-6170.