(3) Discussion. This includes a description of the 

 contents, major findings, and in some cases an 

 analysis of the results or a comparison of related 

 works. In some entries, the original abstract of 

 the report is used as part of the discussion. 

 Where this is done, the abstract leads off the 

 discussion and the end of the abstract is indicated 

 by "(author's abstract)." 



(4) Coastal Engineering Significance. 



Various literature sources are cited in the annotations throughout 

 the bibliography. Those sources included as part of the bibliography 

 have the names of the authors capitalized. Bibliographic information on 

 the other sources is given in Literature Cited. 



b. Dates. The publication dates of the entries are relatively 

 recent. More than half (31 of the 55) of the reports were published in 

 the last 5 years (1976-1980); in fact, 31 percent of the 55 were pub- 

 lished in 1978 and 1979. Early reports on the subject were included for 

 historic interest. 



c. Location. The geographic source of the bibliography can be 

 broken down into three main areas: 



(1) English speaking countries outside the United 

 States (approximately 45 percent), 



(2) the United States (approximately 34 percent), and 



(3) countries where English is not the first language 

 of technical communication (approximately 21 

 percent) . 



This geographic distribution is based on the location of the 

 publisher, which does not necessarily indicate the location of the work 

 or the author's residence. 



II. USE OF ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 



Considerable effort went into the selection of appropriate keywords 

 to make this bibliography more accessible to the user. About 150 key- 

 words were identified, but some of these were not used. Appendix A pro- 

 vides a listing of keywords with cross references to related keywords. 



Appendix B contains an index of the bibliography by keywords. This 

 appendix should be of the most use to a potential user unfamiliar with 

 the field, since it identifies the publications by subject matter. The 

 best way to use this annotated bibliography is to consult Appendix A for 

 keywords describing the subject of interest, then consult Appendix B to 

 identify the entries on that subject. 



