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The article presents information about several journals. The International Journal of Psychology, which started publication in 1966, is devoted to cross-cultural comparative and co-operative research in general, genetic and social psychology throughout the world. It reports on comparative field or laboratory studies, inquiries, experimental replications, critical reviews, theoretical or methodological papers in relationship with cross-cultural research, projects or cross-cultural studies are also published. Sociological Studies will be international in scope and will offer a professional, coordinated and disciplined review and appraisal of research trends in different areas of sociology. Each issue will consist of a collection of papers integrated around a particular theme. In particular it is hoped to provide an avenue for the publication of longer working papers which are at present too extensive for most journals. Sociological Studies will be published annually in English by the Cambridge University Press. The first issue will appear in 1968.

This paper presents the methods and findings of an analysis of the first 14 volumes of the journal, "Rural Sociology," from 1936 to 1949. The assumption was made that the articles published in the journal broadly reflect the research interests in rural sociology sufficiently well and that answers could be formulated for questions such as what are the major topics of research interests in rural sociology, or where are persons undertaking rural research located. The articles in the sections entitled General Articles, Notes, Bulletin Reviews, and Book Reviews were classified according to content under one or more of 280 topics. Due to the diversity of the content and the complexities involved in classification, the section, News Notes and Announcements, was not included in the analysis. Percentages of topics for each section of the journal were calculated. Authors contributed to the respective sections of the journal from various states, and the sections with the highest proportion of contributors were the Northeastern and North Central states with a particularly heavy concentration in New York State and Washington DC.

This article presents information related to the bibliography "Bibliographies in the Social Sciences: A Selected Inventory of Periodical Publications." This two-part volume includes a summary of the papers submitted to the Committee of Experts. The second part is devoted to documentation services in the field of the social sciences and a detailed inventory of the principal services. Facsimiles of some of the more important documentation services are included. The material is well indexed including an alphabetical list of services rendered and publishing institutions.

The article announces that "The Journal of Social Sciences" will discontinue publishing the Supplement Series of the Lewin Memorial Award Addresses. In the past, presidential address has been distributed to Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) members through a direct mailing of stencilled or multilithed copy. However, these copies tend to get lost in the mess of papers and reprints in personal files. Therefore, the journal will request of each president that his annual address be published in the journal. Events in the field of television in the United States are moving ahead rapidly due to the ferment created by government agencies through its regulatory groups and educational programs. The present collection by Lotte Bailyn will contribute to the discussion of social uses of television.

This section presents a list of reviewed books on sociology published in the September 1952 issue of the "British Journal of Sociology."

The article sheds light on the response generated by the work of sociologist George Homans. There is no lack of reviews, summaries and analyses of the work of sociologist George Homans, yet Homans himself would probably agree that the influence of a leader is to be seen in the response of his followers, rather than in the activity originated by the leader. Probably this response is never completely what the leader intended. The scope of this review is limited to all footnoted citations appearing in six journals, "The American Sociological Review," "The American Journal of Sociology," "Sociometry," "Social Forces," "Sociology and Social Research," and "Human Relations," over the period from 1951 through 1962. The approach does not take account of implicit influences and of general references to Homans in text, without footnote. Books and monographs have been excluded from the analysis largely because of the difficulty of defining a universe feasible to study. Certain journals have been omitted either because they have changed significantly in twelve year period or because they are not primarily sociological in orientation or sponsorship. The listed journals are surely representative of at least one level in the continuing discourse of the discipline and it is the fate of Homans' ideas in this universe that the article examines.

The article reports that the journal "Rural Sociology," a new editorial board takes over. Certain changes in policy are being instituted. The editors want to make the Journal now directly self supporting and independent from any subsidy so far as possible. They plan to spread the editorial responsibility over a larger number of persons so as to have several acquainted with each job in case the emergency should require the services of any individual. They hope to cooperate more closely with the Catholic Rural Life Movement to bring into direct support of our efforts all agencies attempting to promote a more permanent and lasting ruralism on the American continents. This is particularly important because the great bodies of rural French Canadians, Spanish Americans in their own Southwest, Mexicans, Central and South Americans are primarily of the Catholic faith.

The article presents a list of books received by the "International Social Science Journal." and published in their November 1966 issue. The books are on various subjects including methodological works, history, law, economics, political science, sociology, anthropology, philosophy and psychology. There are books on studies of areas, education and also mass communication.

The article comments on culture and synthesis in the social sciences. The author does not know of a single important work that has been published that does not include culture in the broad sense of the term as part of the socio-economic system. If the evolution of culture is not a sociological subject, then surely the time has come when scholars should shut up shop and leave the publication of magazines to the dyed-in-the-wool specialist who would departmentalize every flimsy notion that attracts the intellect of modern man. Surely the title of the essay, "The Spirit of Medieval Culture," is sociological. As for the article itself, there is implied in it grandness of achievement under an economic system wherein a serf, having the benefit of about twelve acres of land, could, by a few weeks work, produce sufficient to provide for himself and his family for the entire year. What was possible under that system is impossible under this and, as contrast is of assistance in helping to determine the worth of subjects discussed, the author thought it would be of interest to men of this day to spare an hour to study some aspects of a culture which produced many of the greatest monuments man has raised in literature, philosophy and architecture.

The article focuses on the books received and published in the journal "Rural Sociology." "Dark Glory," by Harry V. Richardson; "The American Farmer," by Lee Fryer; "Social Relations and Structures," by E.T. Biller; "Leadership in War and Peace," by Sanford Winston; "Color and Conscience," by Buell G. Gallagher; "Marriage and the Family," by Meyer F. Nimkoff; "Social Control," by Joseph S. Roucek; "They Did It in Indiana," by Paul Turner; "Community Wise," by Edna H. Porter; "Management in Homes," by Ella M. Cushman.

The article presents information about new section in this journal titled as "The Activists' Corner." When we opened "The Activists' Corner" for business some four issues ago, we made it clear that activity in this Corner was not a private affair but that we would welcome and print contributions from our readers. A number of our readers, having written to us, we turn over this number of "The Activists' Corner" to them. There is, of course, space here to print only a few excerpts--and even those, from only a few of the communications we have received. We are saying, in other words, that the response to our first few columns has been most gratifying. A goodly number of good people have written in to express their general enthusiasm and support, to indicate that they have been thinking along the same outrageous lines, and--best of all--to offer valuable statements of what social psychology should be about, or concrete examples of how inquiry and action can be joined, compounded and confounded.