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Markey, Karen – 1979
Based on a series of studies performed by ERIC/Information Resources staff and consultants which focused on the activities of over 40 experienced online searchers, this report offers the following suggestions for enhancing certain online retrieval system features and making improvements in ERIC vocabulary: (1) the implementation of an online…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Clearinghouses, Databases, Information Retrieval
Laubacher, Marilyn R. – 1983
Designed for educators requesting information from ERIC and for the search intermediary who channels educators' requests to a search service, this updated guide explains in non-technical language the steps involved in preparing a computer search for the ERIC database. A beginning section on how to initiate a search discusses the choice of a…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Guidelines, Indexing

Knoblauch, Bernadette – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1998
Discusses how educators can access the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database online to review summaries of more than 900,000 documents and journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, and books. Key search terms are provided, along with different access points. (CR)
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Disabilities, Information Retrieval

Kratage, Marian; Reitz, Larry – Community Education Journal, 1979
The Clearinghouse complements the network of community education development centers, state offices, and state associations in its primary role of serving the information needs of community educators and interested citizens. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Clearinghouses, Community Education, Community Schools

And Others; Fialkowski, Konrad R. – Information Processing and Management, 1981
Describes the principles and methodology of Warsaw Clearinghouse activity and its specialized bibliographic service for collecting, processing, and disseminating information on thesauri and related topics. An information retrieval system TEKLA, designed to improve clearinghouse service, is discussed. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Citations (References), Clearinghouses, Data Processing, Databases
Smarte, Lynn – 1993
This worksheet is a supplement to "ERIC Basics: How To Use ERIC To Search Your Special Education Topic." It provides an example of how a special education question can be converted to a strategy for searching the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database. The worksheet suggests that the ERIC user write the topic in his or…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Rios, Betty Rose D. – 1984
Written for potential users of ERIC, this digest provides basic facts about the information storage and retrieval system, the migrant education materials available, and the role of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools (ERIC/CRESS). The following questions are answered: (1) what is ERIC and how does it work; (2) what…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Retrieval
Burton, C. Jane – 1971
The development of a new scheme for classifying the more than 7,000 documents on reading in the ERIC/CRIER data collection is described. An original scheme, developed in the early days of the clearinghouse, provided a means for listing documents in any of 45 broad subject categories in the field of reading and for identification by grade level.…
Descriptors: Classification, Clearinghouses, Data Collection, Databases
Tauber, Robert T. – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1985
Describes the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) system, how it is organized, how to gain access to ERIC, how one uses RIE (Resources in Education) and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education), computer searches of ERIC, who publishes in ERIC, and how to learn more about ERIC. A sample ERIC resume is included. (CT)
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Information Networks, Information Retrieval
Barnett, Lynn, Ed.; Houston, Jim, Ed. – 1992
Subject indexing in ERIC is performed by subject specialists across 16 geographically dispersed ERIC Clearinghouses, each responsible for a different niche or aspect of educational information. This phenomenon, combined with the broadness of the education field and variability of terminology therein, has led to the development at the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Clearinghouses, Databases, Decentralization
Imel, Susan – 1990
No matter what their role, knowing how to identify, select, and evaluate information resources are important processes for adult educators. Two of the main sources of information related to adult education are information databases and clearinghouses or resource centers. Two comprehensive references that can be used to select the most appropriate…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Clearinghouses, Databases

Smith, Ruth S. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1983
Traces history of National Technical Information Service (NTIS), charting growth into social science information resource. Acquisition criteria and sources of social science information processed by NTIS, indexing practices and subject classifications of interest to social scientists, and relationships between NTIS and Government Printing Office…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Government Publications, Indexing
Bernard Van Leer Foundation, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1980
Guidelines are presented for obtaining educational and social science research documents from several information retrieval, clearinghouse, and document delivery services. The guide is international in scope; services are from all parts of the world, and addresses are given for correspondence from within and outside the United States. Contained in…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Educational Resources, Indexes
Kupper, Lisa, Ed. – 1995
This guide describes ERIC (the Educational Resources Information Center) as a system of 16 clearinghouses and 5 support units providing many types of information services related to education, and also describes ERIC as a bibliographic database where descriptions of education-related documents and articles are maintained. It explains how to get…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Lane Community Coll., Eugene, OR. – 1989
A final report and final evaluation report of Phase III are provided for a project to establish a national clearinghouse for apprenticeship-related instructional materials. The final report provides a summary and a narrative account of these project activities: identification of materials; identification of apprenticeship curriculum needs;…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Clearinghouses, Computers, Curriculum Development
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