IN THE COURSE OF DESIGNING AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE MAJOR SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS FACED BY YOUTH (16 TO 25 YEARS OLD) IN MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK, THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY WAS PREPARED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF BOTH RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS AND TO FILL A VOID IN THE LIERATURE. THE ABSTRACTS, LIMITED TO THE PERIOD 1960 TO 1968, COVER PRIMARILY MATERIALS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND SUMMARIES ALREADY AVAILABLE. THE 165 ANNOTATIONS, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR, PRESENT THE PURPOSE, METHODOLOGY, AND FINDINGS OF EMPIRICAL STUDIES AND GENERAL SUMMARIES OF NON-EMPIRICAL WORKS. TWENTY-THREE ABSTRACTS ARE OF BOOKS OR MONOGRAPHS AND MORE THAN THREE-FOURTHS ARE ARTICLES FOUND IN APPROXIMATELY 50 DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS. A USER INDEX IDENTIFIES THOSE SELECTIONS DEEMED, BY A PANEL OF JUDGES, TO BE OF INTEREST TO EACH OF SIX USER POPULATION CATEGORIES--RESEARCHERS, GUIDANCE PERSONNEL, TEACHERS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, WORK MANAGERS, AND "GENERAL INTEREST." A TOPIC INDEX UTILIZING DETAILED TOPICAL BREAKDOWNS IDENTIFIES, ACCORDING TO GENERAL LEVEL OF ANALYSIS (INDIVIDUAL, COMMUNITY, SCHOOL TRANSITION, AND WORK ENVIRONMENT), ABSTRACTS WHICH RELATED MOST DIRECTLY TO SPECIFIC FACETS OF THE GENERAL AREA OF WORKER ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS AS THEY PERTAIN TO YOUTH. AN AUTHOR INDEX AND A FIVE-PAGE INTRODUCTION PRESENTING AN OVERVIEW OF THE SCHOOL TO WORK TRANSITION PROBLEM ARE INCLUDED. A RELATED DOCUMENT, "PROBLEMS IN THE TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO WORK AS PERVEIVED BY VOCATIONAL EDUCATORS," IS AVAILABLE AS VT 003 304 OR ED 016 811. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR $3.25 FROM THE CENTER FOR VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, 980 KINNEAR ROAD, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43212. (ET)