This bibliography, the fifth in a series covering monographs on comparative and area studies in adult education from 1945 to the present, covers the three-year period between 1983 and 1985. Annotations of 661 works dealing with Europe as a whole, Scandinavia, pre-1945 Germany, the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic, pre-1917 Russia, the USSR, and 22 other countries located on the continent of Europe. The annotations are arranged into sections by the area or country covered in them. Within the country sections, works are further subdivided by topic. The following are among the topics covered: bibliographies, directories, and dictionaries; general overviews, collections, and yearbooks; the history of adult education; comparative studies; biographies; legislation; finance of adult education; international organizations and cooperation; statewide adult education systems and organizations; adult educators and training; the theory of adult education; research in adult education; folk high schools, residential programs, university extension, night schools, adult education centers, and people's and workers' universities; palaces and houses of culture, voluntary associations, study circles, and discussion groups; correspondence study, distance education, and independent study; continuing education and retraining; postsecondary and higher education; rural adult education and agricultural extension; armed services education; and consumer, religious, physical, leisure, and preretirement education. Author and subject indexes are provided. (MN)