This paper introduces ERIC searchers to the use of clearinghouse codes as search keys and includes a brief history of ERIC Clearinghouses, information on how codes are assigned, the use of clearinghouse codes in the WISE Search Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and some examples of potential uses of codes in searching. Examples in…

The purpose of this project was to provide guidance to ERIC on how to facilitate product information retrieval. Information on practitioner needs, on the use of descriptors and abstracting procedures, and on alternatives for improving the system was gathered and circulated to NIE staff members. The resulting document described three alternative…

A description is provided of the work accomplished in the course of a Title III funded project at the Pueblo Elementary School in Scottsdale, Arizona. Part I of the report describes the function of the instructional materials center in a school with an open-class learning center design. Part II deals with the coding system created to retrieve…