Computer literacy has evolved from writing simple BASIC programs to using desktop productivity applications. The shift from mainframe to personal computer brought about the need to rethink computer literacy courses to introduce basic skills and familiarity using desktop productivity applications. While these skills remain important, the recent…

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…

Rules and guidelines are provided for ERIC catalogers and editors engaged in capturing bibliographic data on the documents and journal articles entered into the ERIC database. The material is organized by data element: Accession Number, Price Code, Pagination, Publication Date, Title, Journal Citation, Language, Publication Type, Descriptors,…

This report is in two parts; the first part deals with a construction of a data base for bibliometric studies. The second part provides a detailed account of the results of those studies. Needs for a data base, the search for a possible candidate, and the decision to build the Check List of Social Sciences Serials (CLOSSS) are explained in the…

Rules and guidelines are provided for subject indexing in the ERIC system. The principle of "subject access" is discussed with particular reference to "coordinate indexing," which involves designating subject content by unit terms (or tags) that may be put together or "coordinated" for subsequent retrieval. The nature…

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…

Rules and guidelines are provided for subject indexing in the ERIC system. The principle of "subject access" is discussed with particular reference to "coordinate indexing," which involves designating subject content by unit terms (or tags) that may be put together or "coordinated" for subsequent retrieval. The nature…

This guide is designed to assist managers of training and development or continuing education in developing a resource file of faculty at their own institution who have the potential to perform various training and development functions. Addressed in the individual sections of the guide are the following steps involved in creating such a file:…