Table of Contents

Geographic Information Systems: A Tool for Rural Community Research
     Sarah Dewees and Timothy Collins

Agricultural Concentration: An Analysis by Commodity
     Don E. Albrecht

The Challenge of Welfare Reform: Earnings and the Cost of Living in Rural Kentucky
     Julie N. Zimmerman and Lorraine Garkovich

Perceived Barriers to Labor Force Participation Among Welfare Recipients in West Virginia
     Melissa Latimer

Violence Prevention in Georgia's Rural Public Schools: Perceptions of School Superintendents
     Chet Ballard

Editor's Note