THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE (1) THE VOLUME AND NATURE OF STATE EDUCATION AGENCY DOCUMENTS THAT MIGHT BE INCLUDED IN THE ERIC SYSTEM, AND (2) THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF COLLECTING, SELECTING AND ABSTRACTING THESE DOCUMENTS FOR THE ERIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A CLEARINGHOUSE FOR THIS PURPOSE. CRITERIA TO…

A methodology for categorically describing computer-based information systems was developed and applied to six university-based, NSF-supported systems. The systems under study all operate as retail information cneters primarily serving campus communities by accessing large commercially-available data bases using 3rd generation computer…

The article describes the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), an information retrieval system, and the Northern Illinois University Clearinghouse in Career Education (CICE), a part of the ERIC system that prepares information on industrial arts, and on adult, vocational and technical, and career education. (Author/BP)

THE PURPOSE OF THIS HANDBOOK IS TO INFORM EDUCATORS AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENTISTS OF INFORMATION SERVICES WHICH MAY ASSIST THEM IN THEIR WORK. THE HANDBOOK COVERS FIVE KINDS OF INFORMATION SOURCES WHICH SUPPLEMENT MORE TRADITIONAL RESOURCES SUCH AS LIBRARIES, BOOKS, AND MOST PERIODICALS. INCLUDED ARE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF GUIDES AND DIRECTORIES,…

This survey of data bases emphasizes reference data bases only and is intended to be indicative of the variety and number of magneti" tape files in existence of a type which might be utilized in an information service center in an university library. It reflects both projects undertaken on a large national scale and those which serve the needs of…

Special problems in the handling of biological information arise from the diversity of biological subject matter and the complexity of biological approaches towards phenomena of the living world. This state-of-the-art report on communications of information in the biological sciences provides information on: (1) users of biological information,…

"Coordinating Information for Texas Educators" (CITE) is a project of the Texas Education Agency designed to develop and coordinate a comprehensive communication program for elementary and secondary schools and to include an adequate resource base and linkage system. Project CITE was designed by Region XIX Education Service Center to…

A series of four pamphlets which describe the Regional Information System (RIS) of the Michigan-Ohio Regional Educational Laboratory (MOREL), a system designed to provide an effective, systematic methodology for linking users with relevant resources, compose the major portion of this information package. Each publication details an aspect of the…

The introductory section of the paper expresses its purpose: to devise a classification scheme for career education resource material, which will be used to develop the USOE Office of Career Education Resource Library and will be disseminated to interested State departments of education and local school districts to assist them in classifying…