大学教科書に関する文献展望

抄録

　Researches on college textbooks are reviewed and discussed. Topics included are: their functions in the communication of knowledge; how topics are treated there; accuracy in description; time-lag between the publication of original articles and the inclusion of its contents into textbooks; their effectiveness as seen from the educational point of view and alternative media; their publishing process; and their position in libraries. Scarcity of works on textbooks is pointed out and future directions of research are suggested.