
  Research of retrieval from STM is described in the following articles:

      Sternberg, S. (1966). High speed scanning in human memory. Science, 
        153, 652-654.

      Sternberg, S. (1967). Retrieval of contextual information from memory.
        Psychonomic Science, 8, 55-56.

      Sternberg, S. (1969). Memory scanning: Mental processes revealed by 
        reaction time experiments. American Scientist, 57, 421-457.

  For opposing view see:

      Theios, J., Smith, P.G., Haviland, S.E., Traupmann, J., & Moy, M.C.
        (1973). Memory scanning as a self-terminating process. Journal of
        Experimental Psychology, 97, 323-336.

   Also see:
      Sternberg, S. (1975). Memory scanning: New findings and current 
        controversies. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 
        27, 1-32. 
      

   
   
   
   Retrieval from STM is covered in most cognitive psychology textbooks. 
      
      Best, J.P. (1989). Cognitive Psychology (Ch. 6, pp. 196-200). West 
        Publishing: New York.

      Bourne, L.E., Dominowski, R.L., Loftus, E.F., and Healy, A.F. (1986).
        Cognitive Processes (Ch. 3, pp. 73-78). Prentice Hall: New Jersey.

      Dodd, D.H., and White, R.M. (1980). Cognition: Mental structures
        and processes (Ch. 3, pp. 69-71). Allyn and Bacon: Boston. 

       
  
