Historical perspectives by Lola Wilson, Canada ; Mark Abrams, United Kingdom ; Nathan W. Shock, United States.

The conference was organized cooperatively with the Surface Engineering Division of the ASM, and as part of Materials Week, and so was attended by a wider range of scientists from academia and engineers from industry than usual. Funding cuts affecting travel budgets in many institutions however, reduced the overall number; those who were not able to attend can begin saving for the proceedings. The 43 papers cover ultrahard coatings, surface treatment and alternative processes, corrosion resistant coatings, characterizing coatings, the surface engineering of powders, laser processing, vapor deposition and plasma methods, and thermal spray coating and coatings for composites. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This reference and referral guide will help librarians, students, and beginning researchers to navigate information sources concerning the field of psychology. It covers resource guides, comprehensive retrospective bibliographies, indexing tools and online databases, handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, journals, biographical sources, and organisations, on topics ranging from theory and research methods to parapsychology.