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Download full textMcLane, Kathleen; Sorensen, Barbara – 1999
This digest provides information and advice for accessing information from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database, a federally funded information network designed to provide users with ready access to education literature. It describes the database, the best ways to access ERIC, the thesaurus of ERIC descriptors, and the use…
Descriptors: Database Design, Databases, Disabilities, Educational Research
ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology, Syracuse, NY. – 1993
This 15-minute videotape introduces viewers to ERIC and emphasizes ERIC's connection to the electronic information highway. Topics covered include (1) the basic structure of the ERIC system, including the 16 subject-specialized clearinghouses; (2) benefits offered, including publications, the ERIC database, information quality, and the ERIC…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Database Producers, Electronic Mail
Klausmeier, Jane A. – 1984
This fact sheet offers basic instructions on connecting to the ERIC database for individuals who own or have access to a microcomputer and are familiar with ERIC and how to search it through a database terminal. Software, hardware, and telephone line components necesary to make a microcomputer act as a database terminal are outlined. The…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Information Retrieval, Microcomputers
Barnett, Lynn – 1986
This brief review of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system is intended to make users more aware of (1) the system as a whole, (2) the process of indexing educational literature for the database, and (3) the role of the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors in the overall information dissemination process. An overview of the ERIC…
Descriptors: Databases, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Search Strategies
ERIC Users' Interchange, 2000
This newsletter is prepared semiannually by the staff of Access ERIC in order to communicate matters of interest to users of the ERIC database and of other ERIC products and services. The newsletter disseminates a broad spectrum of information pertaining to ERIC, including price changes, microfiche products, ERIC clearinghouse news, search…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval, Information Services
Brandhorst, Ted, Ed. – 1992
Rules and guidelines are provided for the preparation of abstracts and annotations for documents and journal articles entering the ERIC database. Various types of abstracts are defined, including the Informative, Indicative, and mixed Informative-Indicative. Advice is given on how to select the abstract type appropriate for the particular…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
Sherwood, Topper – 1990
This brief guide provides journalists with information on the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). It describes what is in ERIC, why journalists writing education news should use ERIC, when ERIC is most useful, and how journalists can obtain access to ERIC. It explains how to search the ERIC database, manually or on compact disks…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Educational Research, Information Centers, Information Retrieval
Klausmeier, Jane A. – 1986
Focusing on how to use a microcomputer as a terminal for searching online databases, this digest addresses the following topics: (1) hardware and software requirements; (2) configuring the software; and (3) basic requirements for specific microcomputers. Special features in communications software which allow microcomputer users to do database…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Information Retrieval, Microcomputers
Brandhorst, Ted, Ed. – 1980
Rules and guidelines are provided for the preparation of abstracts and annotations for documents and journal articles entering the ERIC database. Various types of abstracts are defined, including the Informative, Indicative, and mixed Informative-Indicative. Advice is given on how to select the abstract type appropriate for the particular…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education, Boulder, CO. – 1981
Step-by-step instructions for locating material in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database are provided. Following an introduction, information is presented in three main sections--manual searching, computer searching, and using search results. Subdivisions under manual searching describe who can or should do a manual search…
Descriptors: Computers, Databases, Educational Resources, Information Retrieval
ERIC User's Interchange, 1993
The Interchange newsletter is prepared semiannually by the staff of Access ERIC in order to communicate matters of interest to users of the ERIC database and of other ERIC products and services. The newsletter disseminates a broad spectrum of information pertaining to ERIC, including: price changes, microfiche products, ERIC Clearinghouse news,…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval, Information Services
Weller, Carolyn R., Ed. – 1992
Rules and guidelines are provided for ERIC catalogers and editors engaged in capturing bibliographic data for the documents and journal articles entered into the ERIC database. A general discussion of the principles of ERIC cataloging, definitions used, use of mandatory vs. optional data elements, etc. is provided in the Introduction. The body…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Check Lists, Classification, Databases
Garnett, Anne, Comp.; Hill, Amelita, Comp. – 1986
A reference guide for online bibliographic searchers introduces and explains the major computer-searchable fields of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database, presents field access labels or commands of three online ERIC database vendors--BRS, DIALOG, and ORBIT--and lists the codes necessary for searching particular ERIC…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Online Searching, Online Systems
Brandhorst, Ted, Ed. – 1983
The Interchange newsletter is prepared irregularly (approximately semiannually) by the staff of the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility in order to communicate matters of interest to users of the ERIC database and of other ERIC products and services. Initially, the focus was on computer-oriented users who were receiving the ERIC magnetic tapes…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval, Information Services
Stupp, Emma Gonzalez – 1984
Recent emphasis on stricter educational accountability measures has resulted in a profusion of educational and psychological tests available in today's market. This ERIC Digest has been prepared to meet educators' needs to find information about tests quickly and easily. Three resources discussed are the Test Collection database, the Mental…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Testing, Information Retrieval, Information Sources
