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Tatto, Maria Teresa, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2013
The Teacher Education and Development Study in Mathematics (TEDS-M), conducted under the aegis of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), was designed to inform policy and practice in mathematics teacher education. For educational policymakers, TEDS-M contributes data on institutional arrangements that…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Montgomery, K. Leon; And Others – 1985
A joint project of the University of Pittsburgh Library System and the School of Library and Information Science investigated the need for a rapid document delivery service within the University Library System (ULS). Two instruments were designed to answer questions about library patrons' uses of bibliographic citations retrieved in online…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Slamecka, Vladimir – 1984
The evaluation and selection of information/data management system software for the Egyptian National Scientific and Technical (STI) Network are described. An overview of the state-of-the-art of database technology elaborates on the differences between information retrieval and database management systems (DBMS). The desirable characteristics of…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
Gartenberg, Jon – 1983
This report summarizes a project conducted by a group of catalogers from film archives devoted to nitrate preservation, which explored ways of developing a database to provide a complete film and television information service that would be available nationwide and could contain filmographic data, information on holdings in archives and…
Descriptors: Archives, Databases, Film Libraries, Filmographies
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Science, Technical and Environmental Education. – 1989
The objectives of this directory are to provide information which will strengthen regional and international cooperation and research in the field of science and technology education, and to promote greater exchange of ideas and information using new information technologies between institutions. This directory is the first issue of the…
Descriptors: Databases, Guides, Indexes, Information Dissemination
MacVean, Donald S. – 1987
Designed to determine to what extent the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) products and services are utilized by certified school personnel, this study found that, on the average, 25.1% of the teachers, librarians, counselors, and administrators in three educational service regions in west central Illinois have used Resources in…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Practices, Indexes, Information Seeking
Roderer, Nancy K.; And Others – 1983
This study describes the use and value of the major information products and services provided by the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). These products and services include technical report distribution on an on-demand basis and through the Automatic Document Distribution (ADD) program; secondary information dissemination through online…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Databases, Federal Programs, Information Centers
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1990
This manual is designed to familiarize data users with the procedures followed for data collection and processing of the base-year school component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). A corollary objective is to provide the necessary documentation for use of the data files. The manual provides a wide range of…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases
Danky (James) & Associates, Stoughton, WI. – 1983
This report presents consultants' recommendations for the statewide collection and entry in the OCLC database of bibliographic data on New York state newspapers as part of a national United States newspaper cataloging project. The consulting team was asked to focus principally on two activities: first, the newspaper collection of the New York…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Data Collection, Databases, Financial Support
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1990
This manual will familiarize data users with the procedures followed for data collection and processing of the base-year teacher component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988. A corollary objective is to provide the necessary documentation for use of the data files. The manual provides a wide range of information on topics related…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases
Cloud, Sherrill – 1979
An issues-oriented framework for selecting data to support typical state-level planning analyses is presented. Attention is focused on questions concerning the planning issues, and the general data requirements required to support a given state's analytical questions and decision requirements. State-level planning issues in postsecondary education…
Descriptors: Classification, College Planning, Data Collection, Databases
Marks, Ellen L. – 1987
Intended for federal policymakers, this study examined four aspects of the Chapter 1 migrant education program: program administration, program services, students served, and program expenditures. Case studies were conducted in California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Texas between November 1986 and March 1987. State agencies and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Ancillary School Services, Case Studies, Counseling Services