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The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is afederally funded, nationwide information network designed to provide userswith ready access to education literature. The mission of the ERIC system isto improve American education by increasing and facilitating the use ofeducational research and information to improve practice in learning,teaching, educational decision making, and research. This booklet presentsinformation about ERIC, its features, services, and products. The firstsection, "What Is ERIC?" defines ERIC and its users. A sidebar presents "AWord About the National Library of Education." The next section, "The ERICDatabase," describes the ERIC documents and ERIC journal articles. "Searchingthe ERIC Database" gives information on where users can search ERIC as wellas tips on searching the ERIC database. The next two sections are "How CanYou Get Copies of ERIC Documents and Journal Articles?" and "How Can YouContribute to the ERIC Database?" with the latter section providinginformation on ERIC partner agencies and organizations. Next, the section"ERIC Publications and Products" describes clearinghouse publications, ERICDigests, "The ERIC Review," parent brochures, and products about ERIC. Asection called "ERIC on the Internet" provides information on communicatingvia e-mail; ERIC Web sites; the AskERIC service; listservs; the ERIC documentdelivery and subscription service; and special projects of the Department ofEducation: Dan O'Brien Goal-Setting Program; Education Resource OrganizationDirectory; ERIC Calendar of Education-Related Conferences; ERIC/OSEP SpecialProject; ERIC Search Wizard and Expert Searches; Gateway to EducationalMaterials (GEM); Key Resources in Community Colleges; National ParentInformation Network (NPIN); NIFL-ESL Listserv; Reading Pathfinder; TestLocator; Virtual Libraries; Virtual Reference Desk (VRD); and WorkplaceLiteracy Products. An "ERIC System Directory" is next, with contact-information and descriptions of the following: federal sponsor; the 16Clearinghouses and 9 Adjunct Clearinghouses; the Affiliate Clearinghouse;support components; and publishers. The next section, "How To Start an ERICResource Collection," provides information on computer searching; the

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electronic document subscription service; ERIC microfiche; the "Thesaurus ofERIC Descriptors"; print index searching; additional ERIC resources forlibraries and information centers; ERIC training; and the ERICNews listserv.Names, addresses and other contact information for ERIC online and CD-ROMvendors are then provided, followed by an ERIC search worksheet, a glossaryand the U.S. Department of Education information sheet. (AEF)

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ERIC MISSION,AUDIENCE, GOALS

MissionThe mission of the ERIC system is to improve American education by increasing and facilitat-ing the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching,educational decision making, and research, wherever and whenever these activities take place.

AudienceThe ERIC audience includes teachers, professors, and librarians; school and college administrators,counselors, instructional media staff, and support personnel; educational researchers; educationalpolicymakers at every level; students and nonformal learners at every age and level, including adultlearners; parents; health and social services personnel and caregivers who support families, parents,students, and children; and the media and business communities as they relate to education.

GoalsFive years ago, the ERIC system established goals to provide easy, affordable access to ERICbibliographic and full -text resources from every school, library, household, and point of educa-tional decision making; expand ERIC's database and services to make useful information avail-able to all categories of Users; expand the ERIC information-synthesizing function to include agreater number and variety of publications and to use a greater variety ofdissemination meth-ods; deliver documents in various full-text electronic formats as well as in microfiche and paperforms; and further develop electronic access to ERIC, including the development of virtuallibraries and Web sites.

The ERIC program recently commissioned five papers to collect and analyze research and infor-mation on the ERIC system in five areas: mission, structure, and resources; database and opera-tional processes; tedmology; user services; and products and information dissemination. Theauthors of these- papers, who are experts in their field, were asked to recommend changes to theERIC system. and to highlight important issues to be addressed in a forthcoming evaluation.The authors' recommendation's and the results from the forthcoming evaluation will be used toformulate goals for the next phase of ERIC and to help ERIC meet current and future needs.

Educational Resources National Library of Office of Educational U.S. Department of

Information Center EduCation Research and Education

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Table of Contents

What Is ERIC? 1

Who Uses ERIC?1

A Word About the National Library of Education 2

The ERIC Database 3

ERIC Documents 3

ERIC Journal Articles 3

Searching the ERIC Database 6

Where Can You Search ERIC? 6

Tips on Searching the ERIC Database 6

How Can You Get Copies of ERIC Documentsand Journal Articles? 8

ERIC Documents 8

ERIC Journal Articles 8

How Can You Contribute to the ERIC Database? 9

ERIC Partners 9

ERIC Publications and Products 10Clearinghouse Publications 10ERIC Digests 10The ERIC Review 10Parent Brochures 11

Products About ERIC 11

ERIC on the Internet 12

E-mail 12

ERIC Web Sites 12AskERIC 13

Listservs 13

Online ERIC Document Delivery and Subscription Service 14Special Projects 14

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ERIC System Directory 18

Federal Sponsor 18

Clearinghouses 18

Adjunct Clearinghouses 21

Affiliate Clearinghouse 23

Support Components 23

Publishers 24

How To Start an ERIC Resource Collection 25

Computer Searching 25

Electronic Document Subscription Service 25

ERIC Microfiche 26

Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors 26

Print Index Searching 26

Additional ERIC Resources for Libraries and Information Centers 26

ERIC Training 27

ERICNews 27

ERIC Online and CD-ROM Vendors 28

ERIC Search Worksheet 29

Glossary 30

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What Is ERIC?

The Educational Resources InformationCenter (ERIC) is a federally funded, nation-wide information network designed to provideyou with ready access to education literature.

At the heart of ERIC is the largest educationdatabase in the worldcontaining morethan 1 million bibliographic recordsof journal articles, research reports,curriculum and teaching guides,conference papers, and books. Eachyear approximately 32,000 newrecords are added.

ERIC is accessible to everyone who needsit: by mail, toll-free phone numbers, fax,e-mail, and the Internet. Thousands of

libraries around the worldoffer access to the ERICdatabase, the ERIC micro-

fiche collection, andvarious ERIC

publications.

The ERIC system is part of the U.S. Depart-ment of Education's National Library ofEducation and consists of 16 subject-specificclearinghouses, 9 adjunct clearinghouses,1 affiliate clearinghouse, and additional sup-port components.

The ERIC Clearinghouses collect, abstract,and index education materials for the ERICdatabase; respond to requests for informationin their subject areas; and produce specialpublications on current research, programs,and practices.

The ERIC Processing and ReferenceFacility is the technical hub of the ERICsystem. It produces and maintains theERIC database and support productsfor the ERIC system.

The ERIC Document ReproductionService (EDRS) produces and sellselectronic, paper, and microfichecopies of documents listed inthe ERIC database.

ACCESS ERIC coordinatesERIC's outreach, dissemination, andmarketing activities; develops systemwideERIC publications; and provides generalreference and referral services.

This publication will help you understandhow you can use the resources availablefrom ERIC to meet your needs.

Who Uses ERIC?1 Teachers use ERIC to find research and

explore best practice ideas in areas suchas teaching with technology, professionaldevelopment, and lesson plans.

Students use ERIC to gather informationon education-related topics for graduateand undergraduate course requirements.

Principals turn to ERIC for practicalinformation on topics such as class size,school vouchers, school leadership,school safety, and whole-school reform.

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Parents use ERIC to get overviewsof current issues that may affect theirchildren's education, such as developmen-tal issues, how to help children with schooltransition, and helping disabled or giftedchildren.

ERIC is also used by:

AdministratorsSchool board membersResearchersProfessorsLibrarians and information specialistsJournalistsSchool psychologists, counselors,and other education professionals

A Word About the National Library of Education

ERIC is administered by the National libraryof Education (NLE)the largest federallyfunded library in the world devoted solely to

education. NLE serves as thehub of a national network oflibraries, archives, and otherinformation providers in thefield of education. NLE usesmodern technology to linkpartners in diverse locationswith the goal of creating avirtual library, serving as aone-stop information centerfor customers seeking high-

quality education information.

As the federal government's main resourcecenter for education information, NLEprovides three types of services:

Reference and referral

Collection and technical services

Resource sharing

The physical collection at NLE includesmicrofiche collections; CD-ROM databases;and a vast collection of printed resources,

including more than 100,000 books and850 periodical subscriptions. The servicesprovided by NLE include a telephone referenceservice, specialized subject searches, electronicdatabase search and retrieval, documentdelivery, bibliographic instruction, trainingservices, interlibrary loans, legislative refer-ence services, and selective informationdissemination.

NLE is located in the main U.S. Departmentof Education building in Washington, D.C.,near the Mall across from the Smithsonian'sAir and Space Museum. This location pro-vides convenient access for walk-in patrons.

For more information, contact NLE at:

National Library of EducationU.S. Department of Education400 Maryland Avenue, SWWashington, DC 20202-5721Toll Free: (800) 424-1616Phone: (202) 205-5015TTY: (202) 205-7561Fax: (202) 401-0552E-mail: library@ed.govWeb: http://www.ed.gov/NLE

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The ERIC Database

ERIC is the largest education database in theworldcontaining more than 1 million bibli-ographic records of journal articles, researchreports, curriculum and teaching guides, con-ference papers, and books. Each year approxi-mately 32,000 new records are added. TheERIC database is available in many formats(including printed indexes, CD-ROM, andonline) at thousands of locations. Wherever

you choose to run a com-puter search of the ERICdatabase, the result ofthe search will be an

annotated bibliographyof document and

journal literatureon your topic.

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ERIC documents constitute about 40 percentof the ERIC database. Of the more than440,000 ERIC document (ED) resumesin the database, 96 percent are research/technical reports, conference papers/speeches,project/program descriptions, =opinion papers/essays, or teach- -7-7ing guides. More than 18,000published books have beenabstracted in ERIC. ERIC hasarrangements with more than2,300 organizations to receivetheir publications for the database.

These organizations include universities,research centers, state departments of educa-tion, professional associations, commercialpublishers, and more than 25 federal depart-ments and agencies. ERIC document resumesappear in the monthly issues of Resources inEducation (RIE), available from the U.S.Government Printing Office, and in onlineand CD-ROM versions of the ERIC data-base. Figure 1 (see page 4) shows a typicalERIC document resume.

ERIC Journal ArticleJournal articles constitute about 60 percentof the ERIC database and currently totalabout 600,000. ERIC indexes more than1,000 journals, some cover to cover andothers on a more selective basis. ERICClearinghouses subscribe to journals withintheir scope of interest areas, select the articlesto be listed in ERIC, catalog and index them,and write brief annotations. ERIC journalarticle resumes appear in the monthly issuesof Current Index to Journals in Education(CUE), published.by Oryx Press, and inonline and CD-ROMversions of the ERICdatabase. Figure 2 (seepage 5) shows a typicalERIC journal articleresume.

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Sample ERIC Document Resume

ERIC Accession Numberiden-tification number sequentiallyassigned to the document as it isprocessed.

Authorts)Title

Report Number

Institutionorganization wheredocument originated.

Date PublishedContract or Grant Number

ERIC Document ReproductionService (EDRS) Availability"MF" means microfiche; "PC"means reproduced paper copy.When described as "DocumentNot Available from EDRS,' alter-native sources are cited above.Prices are subject to change.For latest price code schedulesee section on "How To OrderERIC Documents," in the mostrecent issue of Resources inEducation (RIE) or call EDRSat 1-800-443-3742 for priceinformation.

sill-ED 403 389 CE 073 121-4 --- Clearinghouse AccessionHarrington, Lois G. And Others Number

Workplace Literacy Teacher Training: The Context.Report No.ISBN-0-0000-000-00

County Coll., Grayslake, Ill.; Ohio State Univ.,Columbus. Center on Education and Training forEmployment.

Spons AgencyOffice of Vocational and Adult-.4Sponsoring Agencyagency re-Education(ED), Washington, DC. National Workplace sponsible for initiating, funding,

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Contract XOOX000Note-113p.; For related documents. see CE 073 122- -4--Descriptive Note (pagination first).

124.Available fromPublications, Center on Education and-**--- Alternative Source for Obtaining

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Columbus, OH 43210-1090 (order no. LT73A: $25;set of four packages, LT73: $90).

Pub. TypeGuides Classroom Teacher (052)30-EDRS Price - MFOI/PC05 Plus Postage.

DescriptorsAdult Basic Education, Adult Educators,Adult Students, Behavioral Objectives, *EducationalEnvironment, I nservice Teacher Education,Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, LearningModules, Literacy Education, Needs Assessment,Professional Development, Program Content,

Program Design, Program Development, SelfEvaluation (Individuals), Student Characteristics,Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Competencies,Teacher Qualifications, Teaching Guides, 'WorkplaceLiteracy

Identifiers "Workplace Literacy Teacher TrainingThese three learning guides comprise one of four

packages in the Workplace Literacy Teacher Trainingseries that provides information and skills necessary forthe user to become a successful instructor in an effectiveworkplace literacy program. The guides in this packagelook at the unique environment and culture involved inproviding education and training to adults in a work-place. Each guide consists of these components: intro-duction, objectives, list of activities to help meet theobjectives, readings followed by questions for reflection,application activity, evaluation guidelines, and annotatedbibliography. The first guide focuses on the workplaceand how to design workplace literacy programs to fit itsspecific needs. It explains how such programs differ fromother literacy programs, presents examples, and identifiesfactors in the workplace that must be considered indeveloping an appropriate literacy program. The charac-teristics of learners in such programs are addressed in thesecond guide. It describes characteristics of adult learn-ers, provides information on how to develop a learningenvironment appropriate for those characteristics, andpresents instructional strategies for serving the widerange of individuals within the adult population. Thethird guide looks at the role of the instructor. It presentthe skills, qualities, and ethics of an effective workplaceliteracy, instructor and helps the instructor analyze his orher readiness to assume the instructional role. (YLB)

Major and Minor Identifiersterms found in the IdentifierAuthority List that characterizeproper names or concepts not yetrepresented by descriptors. Onlythe major terms (preceded by anasterisk) are printed in theSubject Index of Resources inEducation (RIE).

Abstract

Note; The format of an ERICDocument resume will vary accord-ing to the source from which thedatabase is accessed. The above for-

mat is from the printed indexResources in Education (RIE). Thereport number, contract number,and identifier fields will appearwhenever applicable; they wereadded to this resume for illustrativepurposes only.

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Publication Type!. _.d cate-gories indicating the form ororganization of the document, ascontrasted to its subject matter.The category name is followed bythe category code.

Major and Minor Descriptorssubject terms found in theThesaurus of ERIC Descriptorsthat characterize substantive con-tent. Only the major terms (pre-ceded by an asterisk) are printedin the Subject Index of Resourcesin Education (RIE).

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PS 526 742 -.-- Clearinghouse AccessionChildren, Families and Change: International Per-

spectives. Preface to the Special Issue.Swadener, Elizabeth Blue; Bloch, Marianne N.Early Education and Development; v8 n3 p207-18Jul 1997Descriptors:Early Childhood Education; Child Devel-

opment; *Foreign Countries; Cultural Differences;Trend Analysis; Comparative Analysis; Children;Family (Sociological Unit); Theories; ResearchNeeds; Global Approach

Identifiers: Child Care Needs -mtNote: Special Issue Topic: "Children, Families, and Change:International Perspectives."

Provides several contextual and theoretical frameworksthrough which to make connections between the articlesin this special issue, which examine global trends affect-ing children and their families in rapidly changing envi-ronments. Discusses how cross-national perspectives onissues affecting children and their families are becomingincreasingly relevant to the field of early childhood edu-cation. (EV)

blittc; The format of an ERIC journalarticle resume will vary accordingto the source from which the data-base is accessed. The above formatis from the printed index CurrentIndex to loumals in Education cote.

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Major and Minor Identifiersterms found in the IdentifierAuthority List that characterizeproper names or concepts not yetrepresented by descriptors. Onlythe major terms (preceded by anasterisk) are printed in the SubjectIndex of Current index to Journalsin Education (CUD

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Searching the ERIC Database

Where.Cari You. Search .ERIC?You can search the ERIC database on theInternet and at more than 1,000 libraries andeducation resource centers around the world,or purchase a CD-ROM and search the data-base with your computer.

Internet

Several organizations provide public accessto the ERIC database via the Internet.To locate ERIC-sponsored access to theERIC database on the Internet, go tohttp:/www.accesseric.org.

Libraries and Information Centers

The ERIC database is available at mostuniversity libraries, many public libraries,and other professional libraries and educationresource centersmore than 1,000 of whichare designated as ERIC resource collections.Most of these locations also have a substan-tial ERIC microfiche collection and micro-fiche reader-printers for making copies ofERIC documents, and many now offer accessto electronic copies of ERIC documents. Tolocate the. ERIC resource collection nearestyou, contact any ERIC component or searchthe Directory of ERIC Resource Collections athttp://oeri4.edgov/BASISDB/EROD/eric/SF.

CD-ROM Products

CD-ROMs of the ERIC database are availablefor purChase-from several vendors, in mostcases in both PC and Macintosh versions(see page 28 for a list of vendors). If youfrequently need to search education litera-ture and would like a sophisticated searchengine available anytime you need it, CD-ROMs may be worth considering.

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Use the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors

Locations that offer ERIC searches shouldhave reference copies of the Thesaurus ofERIC Descriptors, and some search systemsallow online access to the Thesaurus whilerunning your search. Each of the more than1 million abstracts of articles and documentsin the ERIC database has been assigned sub-ject indexing terms called descriptors. Beforeyou run. an ERIC search, it is important totake a few minutes to find the ERIC descrip-tors that best capture your topic. For e,.nple,articles and documents about the develop-ment of children's social skills are likely tobe indexed under the ERIC descriptorsinterpersonal competence or social develop-ment. The ERIC descriptor for children atrisk is at risk persons. When you search forinformation about high school students, youcan use the descriptor high school students,but you might miss a lot of material if youdo not also use the descriptor secondaryeducation.

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Plan Your Search Strategy

To plan your ERIC search, follow thesesteps:

1. Write the topic in your own words.

2. Divide the topic into major concepts.

3. Use the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors tolocate the appropriate subject descriptorsfor each concept of the topic.

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Although the software used to search ERICwill depend on which system is used, allsearching is based on Boolean logic: Thecomputer creates sets of information basedon the way you tell it to combine subjectterms. For example, to find out about teach-ers' attitudes toward multiage groupingof primary age students, you could use theThesaurus to find these subject descriptors:

teacher attitudesmixed age groupingprimary education

If you want to find records that are indexedunder all three of these concepts, use the"AND" command. This tells the computer tofind the intersection of the three concept sets.A Boolean diagram shows how this works:

If more information on this topic is needed,use the Thesaurus to locate additional rele-vant descriptors and add them to your con-cept sets by using the "OR" operator. Whenthe "OR" command is used, documents andarticles indexed with either descriptor aresearched and combined in a set:

mixed age groupingOR

nongraded instructionalgrouping

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primary educationOR

early childhood educationOR

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You can use the blank ERIC Search Work-sheet on page 29 to plan your next ERICsearch.

For help locating the best place for you tosearch ERIC, call 1-800LETERIC. Ifyouneed help planning your search strategy,call the ERIC Clearinghouse that coversyour topic of interest (see the ERIC SystemDirectory on pages 18-24 for a list ofclearinghouse phone numbers).

Search Strategy: What To Do...

...If You Get Too Much InformationYou can limit your search by:

+ Narrowing the dates of publication.For example, you could request onlythose documents published in the pasttwo years.

+ Limiting to major descriptors. Mostsearch systems allow you to target thosedescriptors that capture the main focusof the document.

+ Specifying publication or documenttype. For example, you could limit thesearch to research reports or programdescriptions.

...If You Get Too Little InformationYou can expand your search by:

+ Adding more descriptors for eachconcept. Look at the records retrieved inyour search to determine additional rele-vant indexing terms.

+ Calling an ERIC Clearinghouse foradvice. Clearinghouse staff process andindex the articles and documents and canoften help you select terms to ensurethat you find what you're looking for.

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How Can You Get Copies of ERICDocuments and Journal Articles?

ERIC DocumentsApproximately 92 percent of the abstracteddocuments (those with "ED" numbers) areavailable in paper copy or microfiche fromthe ERIC Document Reproduction Service(EDRS). You may order ERIC documentsby toll-free phone (1-800 443ERIC), fax,e-mail, mail, or electronically through theEDRS Web site at http://www.edrs.com. About80 percent of ERIC documents from 1993to the present are available by electronic deliv-ery through the EDRS Web site.. Librariesand research institutions can offer theirpatrons access to full-text copies of ERICdocuments online through E*Subscribe,EDRS's electronic document subscriptionservice. Check your favorite library for thisservice. (See Online ERIC Document Deli-very and Subscription Service on page 14for more information on electronic docu-ment delivery.)

You can read ERIC documents on microfichefor free at many libraries. Many of theselibraries have microfiche printers so you cancopy pages from the documents. To find alibrary that has ERIC microfiche, call anyERIC component for a referral from theDirectory of ERIC Resource Collections orsearch the Directory online at http : / /oeri4.edgov/BASISDB/EROD/eric/SE

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ERIC Journal ArticlesERIC records with an "EJ" followed by sixdigits are annotations of journal articles. Theactual articles can be found in library periodi-cal collections, through interlibrary loan, orfrom the article reprint companies listed below.

The UnCover Company3801 East Florida Avenue, Suite 300Denver, CO 80210Toll Free: (800) 787-7979Phone: (303) 758-3030Fax: (303) 758-5946E-mail: uncover@carl.orgWeb: http://uncweb.carl.org

Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)3501. Market StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19104Toll Free: (800) 336-4474Phone: (215) 386-0100Fax: (215) 386-1125E-mail: help@isinet.comWeb: http://www.isinet.com

To obtain articles from journals that do notpermit reprints and are not available fromyour library, write directly to the publisherof the journal. You can find addresses ofjournal publishers in the Source JournalDatabase on the Oryx Press Web site athttp://www.oryxpress.com/cije.htm or in manylibraries in the front of each issue of CurrentIndex to Journals in Education (CIJE). Youcan also call any ERIC component for thisinformation.

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How Can You Contributeto the ERIC Database?

Consider sharing your work with others bysubmitting it to ERIC. If you have recentlyauthored a research report, program descriptionor evaluation, literature review, teaching guide,conference paper, or other education-relatedwork, you can make it permanently availableand accessible to others through ERIC.

Inclusion of submitted documents in theERIC database is not automatic. All docu-ments submitted to ERIC are evaluated bysubject experts according to the followingcriteria: education-relatedness, legibility,reproducibility, and quality of content (forexample, contribution to knowledge, signifi-cance, relevance, innovativeness, effectivenessof presentation, thoroughness of reporting,relation to current priorities, timeliness,authority of source, intended audience, andcomprehensiveness).

Organizations that want to sell copies of theiroriginal documents can have this information(together with address and price information)listed in the ERIC bibliographic record. Studieshave shown that availability from ERIC doesnot reduce sales from the original sourcebecause purchasers prefer original documents

over reproductions from microfiche. After thedocument is sold out at the original source,it will still be available through the ERICDocument Reproduction Service (EDRS) ifpermission to reproduce it has been grantedto ERIC.

To submit your document, send ERIC onelegible copy of your report, speech, paper, orother education-related work to be consid-ered (laser-printer quality; no diskettes) and a

completed Reproduction Release Form. TheReproduction Release Form grants ERICpermission to reproduce and disseminate thedocument, but it does not preclude your sell-ing the document or having it published.The form is available from any ERICClearinghouse or online at http://ericfac.piccard.csc.com/submitting.html4terrp.

You may send your document to the clearing-house that covers your topic (see the ERICSystem Directory on pages 18-24). If youdo not know which clearinghouse is appro-priate, or if you have questions about submit-ting your work, call the ERIC Processing andReference Facility at 1-800-799ERIC or seepage 24 for contact information.

ERIC Partners

ERIC has established more than 650 dynamic,mutually beneficial partnerships with institu-tions and organizations involved in collectingand disseminating information to the educa-tion community. ERIC Partners include, butare not limited to, associations, governmentagencies, federally funded programs, universi-ties, research firms, private corporations, andlibraries.

ERIC Partner organizations have agreed topromote ERIC, disseminate ERIC informationthrough newsletters and journals, enhance theERIC database through the addition of docu-ments, and encourage joint projects such asworkshops and conferences. In turn, these

organizations enjoy special benefits from ERIC,such as VIP handling of their informationrequests, free or discounted ERIC publica-tions, advance notice of materials distributedby the ERIC system, and technical assistanceand support. By coordinating efforts withpublic and private Partners, ERIC is able toprovide enhanced products and services at noadditional cost to the government or taxpayers.

Agencies or organizations that are interestedin education and are willing to distributeERIC information may become partners bycontacting ACCESS ERIC or the ERICClearinghouse that most closely reflects theirinterests.

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ERIC Publications and Products

Clearinghouse PublicationsERIC Clearinghouses analyze and synthesizeliterature in their areas of expertise and createresearch reviews, bibliographies, state-of-the-art studies, interpretive studies of high-interest topics, digests, and other publicationsto meet the information needs of a wide spec-trum of ERIC users.

Each year, the clearinghouses produceapproximately 660 publications. These publi-cations are noteworthy for the collaborativeways in which they are produced, the exten-sive networks through which they are distrib-uted, and the attention they receive from thefield. Many publications are the result of part-nerships between ERIC Clearinghouses andprofessional associations, private publishers,academic institutions, and other organizations.

To find out more about ERIC Clearinghousepublications, contact the clearinghouses orcheck their Web sites (see the ERIC SystemDirectory on pages 18-24).

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ERIC Digests

Each year, ERIC Clearinghouses produceapproximately 160 ERIC Digests. Thesepopular, two-page research syntheses providebrief overviews of current edu-cation issues. Digest top-ics are determined largelyby the questions mostfrequently asked of the16 subject-orientedERIC Clearinghouses.Digests are frequently inquestion-and-answer formatand always include a list of additionalresources. For information on ordering papercopies, call 1-800LETERIC. The con.pietetext of more than 2,200 Digests can be foundin the online and CD-ROM versions of theERIC database and on the U.S. Departmentof Education's Web site at http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC Digests/index.

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The ERIC Review

This free journal reports criticaltrends and issues in education aswell as new ERIC developments.Previous issues have focused onschool safety, learning to read,and expanding access to highereducation through early inter-vention. The ERIC Reviewis distributed to more than27,000 subscribers and totargeted audiences interested ineach issue's particular theme. Copies are alsodistributed at education-related conferencesand are mailed to individuals and groups thatrequest them. For a free subscription, contactACCESS ERIC (1-800LETERIC). Currentand past issues are on the Web at http://www.accesseric.org.

Parent BrochuresERIC is keeping pace with the increasingemphasis on the role of parents in their chil-dren's education. ACCESS ERIC collabo-rates with ERIC Clearinghouses and theirnetworks of experts to produce a popularseries of brochures for parents. These easy-to-read brochures always include a list oforganizations and publications that canprovide further informa-tion on the topics. Eachyear, a list of new ParentBrochure titles is sent tomore than 9,000 parents,parent educators, coun-selors, and other interestedindividuals. For free copiesof the latest available tides,contact ACCESS ERIC(1-800LETERIC). Youcan also read current and past ParentBrochures online at http:/www.accessenc.org.

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Products out,ERICIn addition to All About ERIC, ERICproduces several other products to introduceindividuals and organizations to the resourcesof the ERIC system and to assist them intheir search for relevant education informa-tion. These products include:

A Pocket Guide to ERICapocket-size booklet thatbriefly describes the ERICsystem and its services andproducts. For copies ofthis booklet, contactACCESS ERIC at1- 800 LET ERIC.

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ERIC Slide Showa comprehensive,online introduction to ERIC that includesinformation on how to search the ERICdatabase; obtain ERIC documents, journalarticles, and Digests; and access the popu-lar AskERIC Q&A Service, ERIC listservs,and ERIC Clearinghouse Web sites. Theslide show can be downloaded on theERIC systemwide Web site (http: / /wivw.accesseric.org) in HTML and PowerPointformats, making ita great resourcefor teaching othersabout ERIC. Librar-ians, teacher edu-cators, and otherscan also order free,helpful handouts toenhance their pre-sentations and work-shops by callingACCESS ERIC at1-800LETERICor by sending ane-mail requestto accesseric@accesseric.org.

In addition, the ERIC Processing andReference Facility produces systemwide sup-port products such as processing manuals,bibliographies, indexes, directories, andReady References. ERIC Ready Referencesare brief handoutsusually one page longcontaining ERIC database-related informa-tion that users need. Other helpful Facilitypublications include The EducationalResources Information Center (ERIC): AnAnnotated Bibliography of Documents andJournal Articles About ERIC, and the ERICIdentifier Authority List.

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ERIC on the Internet

ERIC strives to provide easy and affordableaccess to education resources for a diverse,global audience. The Internet has been anideal vehicle for making ERIC's resourcesavailable to busy students, parents, andprofessionals.

E-mail

If vou have an e-mail account, you can useit to communicate with ERIC Clearing-houses, order ERIC documents, or send aquestion to the award-winning AskERICquestion-answering service. See the ERICSystem Directory on pages 18-24 fore-mail addresses.

ERIC Web. Sites

There are many ERIC Web sites, all linked byone systemwide site run by ACCESS ERICat http.iwww.accesseric.org. Internet usersnow visit ERIC Web sites thousands of timesevery day to access resources including:

More than 15,000 lesson plans

A calendar of education-relatedconferences

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Full-text materials from a variety oforganizations for parents

A test locator database

Virtual libraries of full-text materials ontopics such as school violence and careerdevelopment.

The high quality of ERIC Web sites is indi-cated by continually increasing usage and bythe numerous awards the sites have received.Here are some examples of what users canfind at ERIC Web sites:

A reading teacher might visit the ERICClearinghouse on Reading, English, andCommunication site (httpiwww.indiana.eduf-eric rec), where he would find exem-plary lesson plans, an online magazinefor parentsand theirchildren, andan invitation to join READPRO, which isan electronic discussion group for readingprofessionals.

A school principal could use the ERICClearinghouse on Educational Manage-ment site (http: / /eric.uoregon.edu) to findthe full text of ERIC Digests on workteams, block scheduling, and leadership.Before deciding whether to subscribe tothe K12ADMIN listserv, she could browsethrough recent messages posted to thatlistsery using theAskERIC listseryarchives (http.Ancirsynedu/Virtual/Listserv_Archives). Or if she's looking foralternatives to tracking and ability group-ing, the Urban Education site (http: / /eric-web.tc.columbia.edu) offers a bibliographythat can help her find relevant information.

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A school board member preparing fora meeting on improving student accessto technology could check out the mostrecent publications from the ERICClearinghouse on Information &Technology (httplericirsyr.edu/ithome).

A graduate student in early childhoodeducation could run a search of the ERICdatabase on the project approach andorder the most relevant documents fromthe ERIC DOcument ReproductionService (http: / /www.edrs.com).

A parent could check the National ParentInformation Network (http.Inpin.org) formonthly parent news items, such as tips onhow to help children behave in grocerystores, as well as for articles on assessment,the effects of video games, and parentinvolvement in schools.

To conduct your own tour of ERIC on theInternet, start with the ERIC systemwide'site at littp:,www.accesseric.org, whichprovides links to all ERIC-sponsored Websites and allows you to send e-mail to ERICClearinghouses..

AskERI

AskERIC is a personalized, Internet-basedservice that provides education informationto teachers, librarians, counselors, administra-tors, parents, and others throughout theUnited States and the world. AskERIC beganin 1992 as a project of the ERIC Clearing-house on Information & Technology atSyracuse University. Today, it encompasses theresources of the entire ERIC system and many

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other sources. Anyone needing the latest 'in-formation on special education, curriculumdevelopment, or other education-related top-ics can simply "AskERIC." When you sendan education question to askeric@askeric.org,

an AskERIC Information Specialist from one .

of the 16 ERIC Clearinghouses will send youa personal e-mail response to the questionwithin two working days. You will also re-ceive a list of ERIC citations that deal withyour topic, relevant full-text materials (ifavailable), and referrals to organizations andother Internet site resources for additionalinformation.

Anyone wishing to search for answers toeducation questions willdiscover an abundance ofelectronic resources at theAskERIC Virtual Library(http: / /www.askeric.org/

Virtual). These resourcesinclude lesson plans,AskERIC InfoGuides,ERIC Digests, educationlistsery archives, and much more. The ERICdatabase can also be searched online from theAskERIC Web site (http:/www.askeric.org).

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If you enjoy communicating via e-mail andwant to participate in ongoing discussionsabout education-related topics of interest,consider joining one or more of the ERIC-sponsored listservs. More than 80 listservsare currently managed by ERIC Clearing-houses, including ECENET-L (early child-hood education), K12ADMIN (elementaryand secondary school administration), andLM_NET (school library and media services).For a list of many ERIC-sponsored listservsand links to subscription information, go tohttp.fivww.accesseric.org. To browse the archivesof many of these discussion groups, go tolittriericirsyredu/Virtual/Listserv_Archives.

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Online ERIC Document Deliveryand Subscription. Service

The full text of most materials in the ERICdatabase with an "ED" followed by six digitsis available through the ERIC DocumentReproduction Service (EDRS). About 80 per-cent of ERIC documents from 1993 to thepresent are available in electronic form fordownloading and printing. Approximately 92percent of the documents announced in ERICsince 1966 are available in microfiche or papercopy format. To obtain copies, you can:

+ Go to a library convenient to you and askif it offers access to electronic and/ormicrofiche copies. To locate the nearestERIC resource collection, call ACCESSERIC or search the Directory of ERICResource Collections online at http: / /oeri4.cdsov/BASISDB/EROD/eric/SF.

+ Contact the ERIC Document Reproduc-tion Service to order copies (see page 23).The EDRS Web site (http.livimedrs.com)allows users to search the ERIC databaseand order electronic copies of recent, avail-able documents. Electronic images ofERIC documents are provided in AdobePortable Document Format (PDF). EDRSalso offers paper copy delivery, includingfax and express mail services.

In addition, libraries and research institutionscan offer their patrons access to full-textcopies of ERIC documents online throughE*Subscribe, an electronic document sub-scription service offered by EDRS. Checkyour favorite library for this service.

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Special ProjectsThe Department of Education and the ERICsystem arc always looking for new ways to meetyour information needs. There are currently anumber of special projects hosted by ERICcomponents. Some receive ERIC funding, andmany receive funding from other sponsors.

Dan O'Brien Goal-Setting Program

The ERIC Clearinghouse on EducationalManagement created this program in 1993to introduce students to the process of settinggoals and working to achieve them.The program is designed for students ingrades 3 through 6 and features a 24-pageteachers' curriculum guide titled Go for theGoal that contains five goal-setting lessons.Other program materials include brochures;handouts; work sheets; and goal cards, whichstudents can use to record their goals and marktheir progress. The role model for this programis Dan O'Brien, an athlete who holds the worldrecord in the decathlon and won the goldmedal in that event at the 1996 Olympics.He overcame many obstacles to becomea successful athlete, and he attributes his suc-cess to the goal-setting strategies he learnedin school. Students who take part in this pro-gram can write to Dan O'Brien in care of theERIC Clearinghouseand will receive a let-ter, biography, andother materials at nocharge. For moreinformation aboutthis program, contactthe ERIC Clearing-house on EducationalManagement at 1-800-438-8841 or visitthe Web site at http: / /obrien.uoregon.edu.

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Education Resource OrganizationsDirectory

ACCESS ERIC assists the U.S. Departmentof Education by maintaining the databasefor the Education Resource OrganizationsDirector), located at the Department's Website (http: / /www.ed.gov /Programs /EROD).The Directory enables Internet users tosearch more than 4,000 national, regional,and state organizations, including informa-tion centers; comprehensive and technicalassistance centers; and many other types ofprograms, services, and organizations.

ERIC Calendar of Education-RelatedConferences

This online publication, maintained byACCESS ERIC, describes more than 700international, national, state, and regionaleducation-related conferences. Each entry inthe calendar includes the conference name,date, location, topic, and target audience aswell as the sponsor's contact information.Users can search the calendar several ways,and it's updated continually. To search thecalendar, go to the ERIC systemwide Website at http.-/www.accesseric.otg, then clickon -"Conference Calendar."

ERIC /OSEP Special Project

Through the ERIC Clearinghouse on Dis-abilities and Gifted Education, with fundingfrom the U.S. Department of Education'sOffice of Special Education Programs (OSEP),the Council for Exceptional Children operatesthe ERIC/OSEP Special Project. This specialproject hosts an annual conference for directorsof OSEP-sponsored research projects; producesa directory of special education discretionaryprojects; and produces publications such asResearch Connections, Newsbriefs, and TopicalBriefs. Recent publications have includedUniversal Design: Ensuring Access to theGeneral Education Curriculum and NewIdeas for Planning Transitions to the AdultWorld, both of which can be found onlineat http:/ericec.org/osep_sp.htm.

ERIC Search Wizardand Expert Searches

This state-of-the-art search engine, developedby the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessmentand Evaluation, allows users to select termsfrom the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors tobuild effective, high-quality searches. TheWizard features seamless online ordering,readily available information on journal anddocument sources, multiple display options,an option to save citations to disk, and a"More Like This" option based on ERICdescriptors. The Wizard also allows users toload more than 80 prepackaged search strat-egies on current educational topics. Userscan revise the strategies to suit their needsor use the strategies as a starting point. Thestrategies were developed by the best refer-ence librarians in the ERIC system. To searchERIC using Wizard, go to http:/ericae.net,then click on "Search ERIC."

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Gateway to EducationalMaterials (GEM)

The National Library of Education (NLE) isspearheading a consortium effort called theGateway to Educational Materials. A specialproject of the ERIC Clearinghouse onInformation & Technology, the goal of GEMis to create an operational framework to pro-vide "one-stop, any-stop" access to the thou-sands of lesson plans, curriculum units, andother educational materials on the Internet.GEM has created a standard format fordescriptions of educational materials and hasassembled these descriptions in the GatewayCatalog (http:/www.thfgateway.org). Thiscatalog includes more than 15,000 recordsfrom more than 200 collections, creating easyaccess regardless of where the materials resideon the Internet. For more information aboutthe GEM project, send, an e-mail message togeminfo@geminfo.org or visit the GEM Website at http: / /geminfo.org.

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Key Resources in CommunityColleges

This online publication series (http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/ERIC/neintro.html) is a product ofthe ERIC Clearinghouse for CommunityColleges. The series supplements recent bibli-ographic citations from ERIC with an analysisof the important issues. As of September 2000,three topics had been updated: access, diversi-ty, and inclusion; civil society; and leadership.

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Begun in 1993 as an Internet site for parents(http : / /npin.org), NPIN services have sinceexpanded to provide information via e-mailthrough the AskERIC program, throughworkshops, and through its toll-free tele-phone number (1-800-583-4135).

NPIN staff conduct workshops on Internetuses for parents and children, produce monthlyissues of Parent News (NPIN's award-winningonline publication for parents), produce ERICDigests, moderate the PARENTING-L listserv,and continue to enhance one of the largestInternet sites for parents. The NPIN Web sitewas visited more than 1 million times in 1999.

NIFL-ESL Listsery

Since March 1995, the Adjunct ERIC Clearing-house for ESL Literacy Education has moder-ated the NIFL-ESL listsery (http : / /www.cal.org/ncle/nifl-esl.htm), 1 of 10 listservs hosted bythe National Institute for Literacy as part ofits LINCS project. With more than 800 sub-scribers as of November 2000, the NIFL-ESL

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listsery is a busy forum for discussion aboutteaching English to adult immigrants andahout related educational policy issues.

Reading Pathfinder

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary andEarly Childhood Education created the Read-ing Pathfinder Web site (http://readingpath.org), which provides easy access to informauon on helping children become competent

: readers by the third grade. The site includesa searchable database of approximately 1,200Web articleS; Web sites, lists of reading pro:.grin* lociFsburceS of assistance, and moreUsers Can 'Iocate.resources that are of interestto parents, caregivers, and educators.

Test Locator

Test Locator describes.more than 11,000assessment instrumetitsand their .availability.It is a joint project of the ERIC Clearinghouse....:.on Assessment and EvaluatiOn,The LibrarYandReference Services Division of the EducationalTesting Service, the Buros Institute of MentalMeasurements at the University of Nebraska inLincoln, the Region III Comprehensive Centerat George Washington University, and Pro-Edtest publishers. To search Test Locator, go tohttp://ericae.net/testcol.htm.

Virtual Libraries

Several ERIC Clearinghouse Web sites offervirtual libraries of full-text documents in theirtopic areas. For example, the ERIC Clearing-house on Elementary and Early ChildhoodEducation hosts a virtual library on itsReadyWeb site (http : / /readyweb.crc.uiuc.edu),which offers more than 40 publications onschool readiness and learning readiness. TheERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling andStudent Services has a collection of virtuallibraries (http://www.uncg.edu/edu/ericcass/libhome.htm) on topics such as career de-velopment, school violence, and conflictresolution.

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Virtual Reference Desk (VRD)

VRD is creating the foundation for a nationalcooperative digital reference service. The pro-ject is sponsored by NLE and the ERICClearinghouse on Information & Technology,with support from the White. House Office ofScience and Technology Policy.

Digital reference services, also called "Ask-An-Expert" (or "AskA") services, are Internet-based question-and-answer services thatconnect userswith individuals who possessspecialized subject or skill expertise.

The VRD project has developed the AskA+Locator, a searchable database of Internet-based question-answering and referral services.The AskA+ Locator (http:/www.vrd.org/locator/index.html) contains detailed profilesof each service, including a brief description,intended audience and grade level, and sub-jects addressed.

For more information, send an e-mail messageto vrd@vrd.org or access the VRD Web site athttp://www.vrd.org.

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The ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career,and Vocational Education has developeda publication titled Exemplary ProductsProduced by National Workplace LiteracyProgram Demonstration Projects, 1995-1998.This publication, which was funded by theU.S. Department of Education's Office ofVocational and Adult Education, highlights58 workplace education products that wererated exemplary by a panel of experts. Theseproducts, which can be used by adult educa-tors, corporate and union training staff, andothers seeking information for their workforce education programs, demonstrate theapplication of principles of good practice inplanning, conducting, and evaluating adultand workplace education programs. For moreinformation, contact the ERIC Clearinghouseon Adult, Career, and Vocational Educationat 1-800-848-4815, ext. 2-7069.

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ERIC System Directory

Fedeial.SpongorERIC Program Office staff manage and moni-tor the ERIC system, coordinate systemwideactivities, and establish ERIC system policies.

Educational ResourcesInformation Center (ERIC)

National Library of EducationOffice of Educational Research

and Improvement (OERI)U.S. Department of Education400 Maryland Avenue, SWWashington, DC 20202-5721Toll Free: (800) 424-1616TTY/TDD: (800) 437-0833Fax: (202) 205-7759Web: http://www.ed.gov

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Each of the 16 ERIC Clearinghouses special-izes in a different subject area of education.The clearinghouses acquire significant litera-ture within their particular scope; select thehighest quality and most relevant materials;and catalog, index, and abstract them forinput into the database. The clearinghousesalso provide research summaries, bibliogra-phies, information analysis papers, and manyother products and services. Together the clear-inghouses present the most comprehensive sourceof education information in the country.

Adult, Career, andVocational Education (CE)

Ohio State University1900 Kenny RoadColumbus, OH 43210-1090Toll Free: (800) 848-4815, ext. 2-7069Phone: (614) 292-7069TTY/TDD: (614) 688-8734Fax: (614) 292-1260E-mail: ericacve@postbox.acs.crhio-state.eduWeb: httpi /ericacve.org

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Addresses all levels and settings of adult and continu-ing, career, and vocational/technical education. Adulteducation information spans basic literacy trainingthrough professional skill upgrading. Includes careereducation resources for experience-based educationand career awareness, decision making, development,and change. Also addresses vocational and technicaleducation, including school-to-work, tech prep, tech-nology education, corrections education, employmentand training programs, youth employment, workexperience programs, education/business partnerships,entrepreneurship, adult retraining, and vocationalrehabilitation for individuals with disabilities.

Assessment and Evaluation (TM)University of Maryland, College ParkDepartment of Measurement, Statistics, and

Evaluation1129 Shriver LaboratoryCollege Park, MD 20742Toll Free: (800) G04ERIC (464-3742)Phone: (301) 405-7449Fax: (301) 405-8134E-mail: ericae@ericae.netWeb: http://ericae.net

Includes tests and other measurement devices;methodology of measurement and evaluation;application of tests, measurement, or evaluation ineducational projects or programs; research designand methodology in the area of assessment andevaluation; and learning theory. The Adjunct ERICClearinghouse for the Test Collection is associatedwith ERIC/TM.

Community Colleges QC)University of California at Los Angeles3051 Moore HallP.O. Box 951521Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521Toll Free: (800) 832-8256Phone: (310) 825-3931Fax: (310) 206-8095E-mail: ericcc@ucla.eduWeb: http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/ERIC/eric.html

Covers the development, administration, and evalua-tion of two-year public and private community andjunior colleges, technical institutes, and two-yearbranch university campuses. Provides informationon two-year college students, faculty, staff, curricula(including distance education), programs, financing,support services, libraries, and community services.Includes linkages between two-year colleges and

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business/industrial organizations and articulation oftwo-year colleges with secondary and four-year post-secondary institutions. The Adjunct ERIC Clearing-house on Entrepreneurship Education is associatedwith ERIC/JC.

Counseling and Student Services (CG)University of North Carolina at GreensboroSchool of Education201 Ferguson BuildingP.O. Box 26171Greensboro, NC 27402-6171Toll Free: (800) 414-9769Phone: (336) 334-4114Fax: (336) 334-4116E-mail: ericcass@uncg.eduWeb: http://ericcass.uncg.edu

Covers preparation, practice, and supervision of coun-selors, psychologists, therapists, and student personnelspecialists at all educational levels and in all settings;theoretical development of counseling and studentservices; assessment and diagnosis procedures, such astesting and interviewing and the analysis and dissemi-nation of the resultant information; outcomes analysisof counseling interventions; group and case work;nature of pupil, student, and adult characteristics;identification and implementation of strategies thatfoster student learning and achievement; personnelworkers and their relation to career planning, Familyconsultations, and student services activities; identifi-cation of effective strategies for enhancing parentaleffectiveness; and continuing preparation of coun-selors and therapists in the use of new technologiesfor professional renewal and the implications of suchtechnologies for service provision.

Disabilities and Gifted Education (EC)Council for Exceptional Children1110 North Glebe RoadArlington, VA 22201-5704Toll Free: (800) 328-0272TTY/TDD: (800) 328-0272E-mail: ericec@cec.sped.orgWeb: httpJ /ericec.org

Scope includes all aspects of special education andgifted education, as well as the development of peoplewith disabilities and those who are gifted. Includesidentification, assessment, and intervention and en-richment in special settings and in inclusive settings.Also includes learning, developmental, and physicaldisabilities; behavioral and emotional disorders; men-tal retardation; and outstanding intellectual or creativeability in any area of achievement. Covers referral,student evaluation, early intervention programs, earlychildhood special education, social integration, indi-vidualized education programs, individualized familyservice plans, school-to-work transition, and vocation-al and lifelong education. Addresses employment,rehabilitation, applications of technology, physical

accessibility, differentiated curriculum, acceleration,and leadership development. Encompasses populationsthat are at risk (abused or medically fragile), low inci-dence, adjudicated, culturally and linguistically diverse,or economically disadvantaged, insofar as these riskfactors relate to disabilities and/or giftedness.

Educational Management (EA)5207 University of Oregon1787 Agate StreetEugene, OR 97403-5207Toll Free: (800) 438-8841Phone: (541) 346-5043Fax: (541) 346-2334E-mail: ppiele @oregon.uoregon.eduWeb: http./ /eric.uoregon.edu

Covers the leadership, management, and structureof public and private education organizations at ele-mentary and secondary school levels; the practiceand theory of administration; federal, state, and localeducation law, policymaking, and governance; thepreservice and inservice preparation of administrators;administrative tasks and processes, including plan-ning, financing, and staffing education organizations;methods and varieties of organization, includingorganizational change and improvement; school-community relationships; and the social context ofeducation organizations.

Elementary and Early ChildhoodEducation (PS)

University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignChildren's Research Center51 Gerty DriveChampaign, IL 61820-7469Toll Free: (800) 583-4135Phone: (217) 333-1386TTY/TDD: (800) 583-4135Fax: (217) 333-3767E-mail: ericeece@uiuc.eduWeb: http://ericeece.orgNational Parent Information Network Web:

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This clearinghouse addresses the physical, cognitive,social, educational, and cultural development of chil-dren from birth through early adolescence; prenatalfactors, parents, parenting, and family relationshipsthat relate to education; learning theory research andpractice related to the development of young children,including the preparation of teachers for this educa-tional level; interdisciplinary curriculum (includingthe project approach) and mixed-age teaching andlearning; educational, social, and cultural programsand services for children; the child in the context ofthe family and the family in the context of society;and theoretical and philosophical issues pertaining tochildren's development and education. The AdjunctERIC Clearinghouse for Child Care is associated withERIC/PS.

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Higher Education (HE)George Washington UniversityGraduate School of Education and Human

DevelopmentOne Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 630Washington, DC 20036-1183Toll Free: (800) 773ERIC (3742)Phone: (202) 296-2597Fax: (202) 452-1844E-mail: Icavell@eric-he.eduWeb: http://www.eriche.org

Covers all major junctures, people, processes, and issuesat colleges and universities providing higher education(that is, four-year degrees and beyond). Includes majorjunctures or levels (entry to college, environment, out-comes of college, graduate or professional education,and international higher education), major people(administrators, faculty, students, external constituen-cies, and governance officers), major processes (instruc-tion, learning, planning, governance, etc.), and majorissues (technology, legal issues, public relations, diver-sity, and methodology). The Adjunct ERIC Clearing-house on Educational Opportunity is associated withERIC/HE.

Information & Technology (IR)Syracuse University621 Skytop Road, Suite 160Syracuse, NY 13244-5290Toll Free: (800) 464-9107Phone: (315) 443-3640Fax: (315) 443-5448E-mail: eric@ericir.syr.edu; askeric@askeric.orgWeb: http://ericir.syr.edu/ithomeAskERIC Web: http://www.askeric.org

Scope includes educational technology and library andinformation science at all levels, including instructionaldesign, development, and evaluation within educationaltechnology; and the media of educational communica-tion: computers, Internet, telecommunications, audioand video recordings, and other multimedia materialsas they pertain to teaching and learning. The focus ison the operation and management of information ser-vices for education-related organizations. Includes allaspects of information technology related to education.

Languages and Linguistics (FL)Center for Applied Linguistics4646 40th Street, NWWashington, DC 20016-1859Toll Free: (800) 276-9834Phone: (202) 362-0700Fax: (202) 363-7204E-mail: eric@cal.orgWeb: http: / /www.cal.org/ericcll

Covers languages and language sciences: all aspectsof second language instruction and learning in allcommonly and less commonly taught languages,

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including English as a second language. Includesbilingualism and bilingual education, as well as culturaleducation in the context of second language learning(including intercultural communication, study abroad,and international education exchange). Encompassesall areas of linguistics, including theoretical and appliedlinguistics. sociolinguistics, and pscholinguistics.The Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for ESL LiteracyEducation is associated with ERIC/FL.

Reading, English, and Communication (CS)Indiana UniversitySmith Research Center2805 East 10th Street, Suite 140Bloomington, IN 47408-2698Toll Free: (800) 759-4723Phone: (812) 855-5847Fax: (812) 856-5512E-mail: ericcs@indiana.eduWeb: http://www.indiana.edu/-eric_rec

Comprises reading, English, and communication(verbal and nonverbal), preschool through college;educational research and instruction development inreading, writing, speaking, and listening; identifica-tion, diagnosis, and remediation of reading problems;and speech communication (including forensics), masscommunication, interpersonal and small group inter-action, interpretation, rhetorical and communicationtheory, speech sciences, and theater. Covers prepara-tion of instructional staff and related personnel. Allaspects of reading behavior are included, with anemphasis on physiology, psychology, sociology, andteaching; instructional materials, curricula, tests/mea-surement, and methodology at all levels of reading;the role of libraries and other agencies in fosteringand guiding reading; and diagnostics and remedialreading services in schools and clinical settings. Alsocovers preparation of reading teachers and specialistsand includes guidelines in these subject areas for related agencies and for parents.

Rural Education and Small Schools (RC)AEL, Inc.1031 Quarrier StreetP.O. Box 1348Charleston, WV 25325-1348Toll Free: (800) 624-9120Phone: (304) 347-0400TTY/TDD: (304) 347-0448Fax: (304) 347-0467E-mail: ericrc@ael.orgWeb: http://www.ael.org/eric

Scope includes programs, practices, and economic,cultural, social, or other factors related to educationfor rural residents, American Indians, Alaska Natives,Mexican Americans, and migrants; educational prac-tices and programs in all small schools; and outdoorand experiential education.

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Science, Mathematics, and EnvironmentalEducation (SE)

Ohio State University1929 Kenny RoadColumbus, OH 43210-1080Toll Free: (800) 276-0462Phone: (614) 292-6717Fax: (614) 292-0263E-mail: ericse@osu.eduWeb: http://www.ericse.org

Covers science, mathematics, and environmentaleducation at all levels, including the development ofcurriculum and instruction materials; teachers andteacher education; learning theory and outcomes(including the impact of parameters such as interestlevel, intelligence, values, and concept developmenton learning in these fields); educational programs;research and evaluative studies; media applications;and computer applications.

Social Studies/Social Science Education (SO)Indiana UniversitySocial Studies Development Center2805 East 10th Street, Suite 120Bloomington, IN 47408-2698Toll Free: (800) 266-3815Phone: (812) 855-3838Fax: (812) 855-0455E-mail: ericso@indiana.eduWeb: http://www.indiana.edu/-ssdc/eric_chess.htm

Covers all levels of social studies and social scienceeducation; the contributions of history, geography,and other social science disciplines; applications oftheory and research to social science education;education as a social science; comparative education(K -12 ); and content and curriculum materials onsuch social topics as law-related education, ethnicstudies, bias and discrimination, aging, and women'sequity. Music and art education are also covered.The Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for InternationalCivic Education, the Adjunct ERIC Clearinghousefor Service Learning, and the National Clearinghousefor U.S.Japan Studies are all associated withERIC/SO.

Teaching and Teacher Education (SP)American Association of Colleges

for Teacher Education1307 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 300Washington, DC 20005-4701Toll Free: (800) 822-9229Phone: (202) 293-2450Fax: (202) 457-8095E-mail: query@aacte.orgWeb: http://www.ericsp.org

Covers school personnel issues at all levels, includingteacher recruitment, selection, licensing, certification,training, preservice and inservice preparation, evalua-tion, retention, and retirement; the theory, philosophy,and practice of teaching; curricula and general educa-tion not specifically covered by other clearinghouses;

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and organizational, administrative, financial, and: legalissues relating to teacher education programs andinstitutions. Also covers all aspects of health, physical,recreation, and dance education. The Adjunct ERICClearinghouse on Clinical Schools is associated withERIC/SP.

Urban Education (UD)Teachers College, Columbia UniversityInstitute for Urban and Minority EducationMain Hall, Room 303, Box 40New York, NY 10027-6696Toll Free: (800) 601-4868Phone: (212) 678-3433Fax: (212) 678-4012E-mail: eric - cue @columbia.eduWeb: http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu

Covers programs and practices in urban public, paro-chial, and independent schools; the education ofAfrican American, Hispanic/Latino (excludingMexican-American), Asian-American, and other ethnicgroup and immigrant students in urban schools; educa-tional equity; multicultural, antibias, conflict resolution,and violence prevention education; parent and com-munity involvement in urban schools; urban economicand social conditions affecting education; and public-and private-sector policies to improve urban education.

Adjunct ClearinghousesAdjunct ERIC Clearinghouses are associatedwith the ERIC Clearinghouse whose scopeencompasses the narrower scope of the adjunct.Adjuncts perform some or all of the followingfunctions in their subject areas: identifyingand acquiring significant literature withintheir scope area for the ERIC database, provid-ing reference and referral services, providingtechnical assistance, maintaining or contribut-ing to Web sites, and producing publications.They receive funding from sponsors outside theERIC system.

Child CareNational Child Care Information Center243 Church Street, NW, Second FloorVienna, VA 22180Toll Free: (800) 616-2242TTY/TDD: (800) 516-2242Fax: (800) 716-2242E-mail: info@nccic.orgWeb: http./ /nccic.org

Covers all areas of child care information-; currentresearch; acquisition of documents; listings andabstracts of publications and resources; and thedevelopment of electronic child care informationresources for the World Wide Web.

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Clinical SchoolsAmerican Association of Colleges

for Teacher Education1307 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 300Washington, DC 20005-4701Toll Free: (800) 822-9229Phone: (202) 293-2450Fax: (202) 457-8095Web: http://www.aacte.org/pds.html

Provides information on clinical schools, professionaldevelopment schools, professional practice schools,and similar institutions; acquires, abstracts, andprocesses literature on clinical schools for the ERICdatabase; produces bibliographies, periodic papers,digests, and other materials on issues related to clini-cal schools; and conducts research on clinical schools.

Educational OpportunityNational TRIO ClearinghouseCouncil for Opportunity in Education1025 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 900Washington, DC 20005Phone: (202) 347-2218Fax: (202) 347-0786E-mail: clearinghouse@hqcoe.orgWeb: http://www.trioprograms.org/clearinghouse

Covers areas of higher education access for first gen-eration, low-income, and disabled students. Also refersto retention and recruitment issues for these samegroups of students in postsecondary education. Termsand concepts associated with this adjunct clearinghouseinclude Federal TRIO Programs, Upward Bound,Talent Search, Educational Opportunities Centers,Ronald McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement,low-income groups, poverty programs, educationalopportunity, access to education, equal education, non-discriminatory education, recruitment, and retention.

Entrepreneurship EducationCenter for Entrepreneurial LeadershipEwing Marion Kauffman Foundation4801 Rockhill RoadKansas City, MO 64110-2046Toll Free: (888) 4-CELCEE (423-5233)Phone: (310) 206-9549Fax: (310) 206-8095E-mail: celcee@ucla.eduWeb: http://www.celcee.edu

Provides information on all aspects of entrepreneur-ship education at every levelincluding K -12, post-secondary, and nonprofit and corporate organizationsas well as programs for small business development;acquires, abstracts, and processes materials on entre-preneurship education for posting to the adjunct'sWeb site (httriwww.cekee.edu); and forwards appro-priate materials to ERIC for entry into that database.

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ESL Literacy EducationNational Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy EducationCenter for Applied Linguistics4646 40th Street, NWWashington, DC 20016-1859Phone: 1202) 362-0700, ext. 200Fax: (202) 363-7204E-mail: ncle@cal.orgWeb: http://www.cal.org/ncle

Covers all aspects of literacy education for adults andout-of-school youth with limited English proficiency(LEP). Specific topics covered include developmentof reading, writing, computational, and communica-tion skills; programs and projects in employment orin occupational or vocational training; workplaceliteracy programs; family literacy programs; intergen-erational literacy programs; program design, develop-ment, implementation, and evaluation; outreach,including student assessment and placement; teachingmethods, approaches, and techniques; technologiesin the teaching of LEP adults; training and resourcematerials for teachers, instructors, and volunteers;training of trainers; student curricular materials;learning styles; cross-cultural considerations in literacyeducation; English as a second language for LEPadults; native language literacy for LEP adults;research on second language literacy; and citizen-ship instruction for LEP adults.

International Civic EducationIndiana UniversitySocial Studies Development Center2805 East 10th Street, Suite 120Bloomington, IN 47408-2698Toll Free: (800) 266-3815Phone: (812) 855-3838Fax: (812) 855-0455E-mail: patrick@indiana.edu

Covers all aspects of civic education in countriesaround the world, with an emphasis on the principlesand practices of democracy in citizenship educationand comparative education for democratic citizenship.

Service LearningUniversity of MinnesotaR-460 VoTech Building1954 Buford AvenueSt. Paul, MN 55108Toll Free: (800) 808-SERVe (7378)Phone: (612) 625-6276Fax: (612) 625-6277E-mail: serve@tc.umn.eduWeb: http://umn.edu/-serve

Provides information about service learning, includingresearch, programs, organizations, people, calendarevents, literature, and multimedia materials.

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Test CollectionEducational Testing ServicePrinceton, NJ 08541Phone: (609) 734-5689Fax: (609) 683-7186E-mail: library@ets.orgWeb: http://ericae.net/testcol.htm

Prepares descriptions of commercially available andnoncommercially available tests, checklists, instru-ments, questionnaires, and other assessment andevaluation tools.

U.S.-Japan StudiesIndiana UniversitySocial Studies Development Center2805 East 10th Street, Suite 120Bloomington, IN 47408-2698Toll Free: (800) 266-3815Phone: (812) 855-3838Fax: (812) 855-0455E-mail: japan@indiana.eduWeb: http://www.indiana.edu/-japan

Covers all aspects of teaching and learning aboutJapanese society and culture, including economics,language training, politics, and U.S.Japan relations.

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National Clearinghousefor Educational Facilities

National Institute of Building Sciences1090 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 700Washington, DC 20005-4905Toll Free: (888) 552-0624Phone: (202) 289-7800Fax: (202) 289-1092E-mail: ncef@nibs.orgWeb: http://www.edfacilities.org

Scope covers the design, construction, equipping,furnishing, maintenance, renovation, rehabilitation,mechanical operation, and demolition of elementaryand secondary educational facilities and their associat-ed physical plants. Includes technical and operationalmatters relating to these facilities that pertain to elec-trical wiring, heating, plumbing, lighting, machinery,building materials, energy efficiency, removal of archi-tectural barriers, health and safety features (includingasbestos and air quality), and environmental standards.Also focuses on other aspects pertaining to educationalfacilities, such as strategic planning; selection and acqui-sition of sites; planning and financing of constructionand capital improvement programs; bond issues forcapital expenditures; zoning; local, state, and federalfinancial support and interagency collaboration; rev-enue sharing to improve infrastructure; student

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enrollment projections and class scheduling practicesas they relate to the size and capacity of facilitiesrequired to meet these needs; student housing plans;management procedures; life-cycle and cost-benefitanalyses and evaluations; the role and responsibilityof local and state school boards of education in thesematters; and new technology as it pertains to theconstruction and special features of these facilities,such as media centers, laboratories, and libraries.

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ERIC support components produce, publish,and disseminate _systemwide ERIC productsand services.

ACCESS ERIC2277 Research Boulevard, 6LRockville, MD 20850Toll Free: (800) LET-ERIC (538-3742)Phone: (301) 519-5157Fax: (301) 519-6760E-mail: accesseric@accesseric.orgWeb: http://www.accesseric.org

ACCESS ERIC coordinates ERIC's outreach andsystemwide dissemination activities; develops newERIC publications; and provides general referenceand referral services. Publications and directoriesinclude A Pocket Guide to ERIC, All About ERIC,The ERIC Review, the ERIC Calendar of Education-Related Conferences, and the Directory of ERIC Re-source Collections. ACCESS ERIC also produces aseries of Parent Brochures and maintains the ERICsystemwide Web site and the ERICNews listserv.

ERIC Document ReproductionService (EDRS)

DynEDRS, Inc.7420 Fullerton Road, Suite 110Springfield, VA 22153-2852Toll Free: (800) 443-ERIC (3742)Phone: (703) 440-1400Fax: (703) 440-1408E-mail: service@edrs.comWeb: http://www.edrs.com

EDRS produces and sells electronic, microfiche, andpaper copies of documents abstracted in ERIC. Backcollections of ERIC documents, annual subscriptions,cumulative indexes, and other ERIC-related productsare also available from EDRS. Users can convenientlyorder ERIC documents by toll-free phone; fax; mail;or online through e-mail (service@edrs.com), the EDRSWeb site (http: / /www.edrs.com), or commercial onlinevendors including The Dialog Corporation andOCLC. Call EDRS for more information.

ERIC System Directory

ERIC Processing and Reference FacilityComputer Sciences Corporation4483-A Forbes BoulevardLanham, MD 20706Toll Free: (800) 799ERIC (3742)Phone: (301) 552-4200Fax: (301) 552-4700E-mail: ericfac @inet.ed.govWeb: http://ericfac.piccard.csc.com

The ERIC Processing and Reference Facility is thecentral editorial and computer processing agencythat coordinates document processing and database-building activities for ERIC; performs acquisition,lexicographic, and reference functions; and maintainssystemwide quality control standards. The Facilityalso prepares Resources in Education (RIE), ERICReady References, and other products and sells theERIC-on-NISC Disc CD-ROM.

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Oryx PressP.O. Box 33889Phoenix, AZ 85067-3889Toll Free: (800) 279ORYX (6799)Phone: (602) 265-2651Fax: (800) 279-4663; (602) 265-6250E-mail: info@oryxpress.comWeb: http://www.oryxpress.com

Oryx Press publishes the monthly and semiannualeditions of Current Index to Journals in Education(CIJE), the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors, the ERICIdentifier Authority List (IAL), the RIE AnnualCumulation Abstracts, the RIE Annual CumulationIndex, and the RIE Semiannual Cumulation Index.

United States GovernmentPrinting Office (GPO)

Superintendent of DocumentsP.O. Box 371954Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954Phone: (202) 512-1800Fax: (202) 512-2250Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov

GPO publishes and sells subscriptions to Resourcesin Education (RIE).

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How To Start an ERICResource Collection

Libraries and other resource centers can makeERIC available on even a modest budget.The ERIC database is available on CD-ROM,online, and in print indexes. Full-text copiesof most ERIC documents can be ordered inthree formats: paper, microfiche, and elec-tronically via the Internet.

Computer Searching

CD-ROM

CD-ROM versions of the ERIC databaseare updated quarterly and are sold on a set-fee subscription basis, which makes them acost-effective option for libraries that offeropen access. Advances in networking tech-nology allow multiple users to access a sin-gle CD-ROM database simultaneously; askany vendor about a multiuse license.

Several vendors currently produce ERIC onCD-ROM for both PC and Macintosh plat-

forms. The CD-ROMsare designed to be userfriendly (requiring mini-mal instruction), yet theyoffer powerful searchfeatures. For a list of

CD-ROM vendors' addresses and phonenumbers, see page 28.

Online Access ThroughCommercial Services

Online access to ERIC is available throughseveral commercial vendors. Most of thesevendors offer sophisticated search capabilities,the ability to access the entire ERIC database(from 1966 to the present), and access toa host of other databases that may interestusers. However, users must be trained in thevendor's search language to effectively use

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the most powerful search capabilities; there-fore, this type of searching is usually per-formed by librarians and other professionals.Costs include a membership fee and chargesbased on the number of minutes that the useris connected to the service and the number ofcitations that are downloaded. Commercialonline vendors' addresses and phone numbersare listed on page 28.

Locally Mounted Systems

Some institutions, especially universities andstate university systems, mount ERIC data ontheir mainframe computers for their users.The host institutions bear the cost of main-taining the database, select the search software,and determine their own access policies. Insome cases, the ERIC database is linked tothe library's online public access catalog(OPAC) and is searched with the same inter-face. To buy the ERIC database tapes forprogramming and mounting, contact theERIC Processing and Reference Facility at1-800-799ERIC (or see the Facility's othercontact information on page 24).

Electronic DocumenStibscription Service

In response to the growing need thatresearch institutions and their patrons havefor immediate access to ERIC materials,EDRS has created ESubscribe, an electronicdocument subscription service. This servicefeatures access to the ERIC database via twolevels of searching, links to electronic docu-ment images for downloading in Adobe PDFformat, and ordering capability for documentsnot available electronically. For more infor-mation, call EDRS at 1-800-443ERIC orvisit its Web site at http://www.edrs.com.

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ERIC MicroficheApproximately 92 percent of the documentslisted in the ERIC database are availableon microfiche from the ERIC DocumentReproduction Service (EDRS). Nearly 1,000organizations subscribe to the completeERIC microfiche collection, and others sub-scribe to partial or subject-specific collections.

Libraries and other resource centers withsubstantial budgets will want to invest in theentire ERIC microfiche collection, but youcan purchase specialized collections that suityour budget and your specific areas of inter-est. Subject-specific collections are availablein each of the 16 areas covered by the ERICClearinghouses. For example, you can pur-chase a microfiche collection on elementaryand early childhood education or on readingand communication skills.

To learn more about ERIC microfiche col-lections, contact EDRS at 1-800-443ERICor see page 23 for other contact information.

esaurusIOIERIC DescriptorsAn essential purchase for any site that offersaccess to ERIC is the Thesaurus of ERICDescriptors. The Thesaurus is the master listof ERIC's more than 10,000 subject head-ings used in indexing and searching. Toget the best results from an ERIC search,users should start by converting their searchquestion to the most appropriate ERICdescriptors. The Thesaurus includes completecross-reference structures and rotated andhierarchical displays.

To order the Thesaurus, contact Oryx Pressat 1-800-279ORYX or see page 24 foradditional contact information.

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Print Index Searching

Manual searching of the ERIC databasecan be provided by subscribing to the printindexes Resources in Education (RIE) andCurrent Index to Journals inEducation (CIJE). RIE coversthe educational documentliterature and contains fiveindexes: subject, author, asinstitution, publication tietype, and clearinghouse/ED number. RIE is printedmonthly and is available by subscnpuonfrom the United States Government PrintingOffice (GPO). To subscribe to RIE, contactGPO at 202-512-1800 or see page 24 forother contact information.

CIJE covers articles from more than 980periodicals and has three indexes: author,subject, and journal content.It is printed monthly and isavailable by subscription fromOryx Press. To subscribe toCIJE, contact Oryx Press at1-800-279ORYX or seepage 24 for other contactinformation.

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information Centers--Libraries can obtain ERIC training materials,directories, and products that help usersunderstand ERIC. These include:

All About ERIC

A Pocket Guide to ERIC

The ERIC Review

Directory of ERIC Resource Collections

ERIC Calendar of Education-RelatedConferences

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For more information on the resourcesabove, including how to access themon the Web, call ACCESS ERIC at1-800LETERIC.

The ERIC Processing and Reference Facilityoffers a number Of free and low-cost publica-tions that are useful references for librariesand information centers that provide accessto ERIC. These publications include theERIC Identifier Authority List and theInstitutional Source Directory. The Facilityalso produces a series of free ERIC ReadyReferences designed to provide a maximumamount of information on a single, well-defined topic related to the ERIC database.Current titles include "What Kinds of'Documents Are in the ERIC Database(RIE)?" "Journals Currently Covered byCIJE," and "ERIC Digests" (title list).

For pricing information and a complete listof available indexes and search aids, contactthe ERIC Processing and Reference Facilityat 1-800-799ERIC or see page 24 foradditional contact information.

ERIC TraiiiingYou can help others learn to use all the prod-ucts and services available from ERIC byordering free bulk copies of All About ERICand other publications described in thisbooklet.

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You can also use the popular ERIC SlideShow to teach others about ERIC. Thiscomprehensive, online introduction to ERICincludes information on how to search theERIC database; obtain ERIC documents,journal articles, and Digests; and access thepopular AskERIC Q&A Service, ERIC list-servs, and ERIC Clearinghouse Web sites.The slide show can be downloaded on theERIC systemwide Web site (http://www.

accesseric.org) in HTML and PowerPointformats, making it a great resource for teach-ing others about ERIC. Librarians, teachereducators, and others can also order free,

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helpful handouts to enhance their presenta-tions and workshops by calling ACCESSERIC at 1-800LETERIC or by sendingan e-mail request to accesseric@accesseric.org.

ERIC staff are available to conduct trainingprograms, seminars, and workshops. If you

have a group that could benefitfrom expert training on how touse ERIC, contact ACCESSERIC at 1-800LETERIC orcall one of the subject-specificERIC Clearinghouses (see theERIC System Directory on pages

18-24 for a list of addresses and phone num-bers for the clearinghouses).

ERICNeWs-

The ERICNews listsery is ERIC's read-onlymailing list. Subscribers receive updates everyother month on the latest ERIC systemwideinitiatives, products, and services, including:

New ERIC document delivery services

New ERIC publications and products

ERIC Web site enhancements and updates

Systemwide administrative announcements

To subscribe to the ERICNews listserv, accesslistproc@aspensys.com and type the followingcommand in the body of the message:

subscribe ERICNews "firstname""lastname" (replace "firstname" and"lastname" with your name; do notuse quotation marks).

For further information about ERICNews,contact ACCESS ERIC at 1-800LETERIC.

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How To Start an ERIC Resource Collection

ERIC Online andCD-ROM Vendors

OrilineVen Ors

The Dialog Corporation11000 Regency Parkway, Suite 10Cary, NC 27511Toll Free: (800) 334-2564Phone: (919) 462-8600Fax: (919) 468-9890Web: http://www.dialog.com

National Information ServicesCorporation (NISC)

Wyman Towers3100 St. Paul StreetBaltimore, MD 21218Phone: (410) 243-0797Fax: (410) 243-0982Web: http://www.nisc.com

Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)6565 Frantz RoadDublin, OH 43017-3395Toll Free: (800) 848-5878Phone: (614) 764-6000Fax: (614) 764-6096Web: http://www.ocic.org

Ovid Technologies333 Seventh AvenueNew York, NY 10001Toll Free: (800) 950-2035, ext. 249Phone: (212) 563-3006Fax: (212) 563-3784Web: http://www.ovid.com

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CD ROM Vendors

The Dialog Corporation11000 Regency Parkway, Suite 10Cary, NC 27511Toll Free: (800) 334-2564Phone: (919) 462-8600Fax: (919) 468-9890Web: http://www.dialog.com

EBSCO Publishers10 Estes StreetP.O. Box 682Ipswich, MA 01938Toll Free: (800) 653-2726Phone: (978) 356-6500Fax: (978) 356-6565Web: http://www.epnet.com

ERIC Processing and Reference FacilityComputer Sciences Corporation4483-A Forbes BoulevardLanham, MD 20706Toll Free: (800) 799ERIC (3742)Phone: (301) 552-4200Fax: (301) 552-4700Web: http://ericfac.piccard.csc.com

National Information ServicesCorporation (NISC)

Wyman Towers3100 St. Paul StreetBaltimore, MD 21218Phone: (410) 243-0797Fax: (410) 243-0982Web: http://www.nisc.com

SilverPlatter Information, Inc.100 River Ridge DriveNorwood, MA 02062-5043Toll Free: (800) 343-0064Phone: (781) 769-2599Fax: (781) 769-8763Web: http://www.silverplatter.com

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Note: You can use this worksheet to help you search the ERIC database online. For more informa-tion, see Searching the ERIC Database on pages 6-7.

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Concepts and Descriptors:

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AdjunctClearinghouses

BooleanLogic

CD-ROM

Clearinghouses

Descriptors

Digests

ERIC Documents(EDs)

ERIC JournalArticles (EJs)

ERIC Partners

Glossary

Clearinghouses that are associated with and contribute to the ERIC systemand that have narrower scopes than the 16 major ERIC Clearinghouses.Almost all adjuncts have funding from sources other than the Office ofEducational Research and Improvement. Adjuncts are usually affiliatedwith one of the major clearinghouses and perform many of the samefunctions.

A system, named after the English mathematician George Boole, forsymbolizing logical statements by using the operators AND, OR, and NOT.Boolean logic is often used in information retrieval to define the limits of acomputer search. The Boolean operator AND finds records containing bothterms; OR finds records containing either one or both terms; and NOTfinds records containing the first term but not the second.

Acronym for "compact disk read only memory." These disks can holdup to 250,000 pages of text that can be searched and retrieved usingmicrocomputers. The ERIC database is available in this format fromseveral vendors.

Components of the ERIC system that are funded to collect, abstract, andindex education materials for the ERIC database; respond to requests forinformation in their subject areas; and produce special publications oncurrent research, programs, and practices.

Subject terms used to index and search for documents and journal articlesin the ERIC database.

Two-page research syntheses or overviews of education topics.

Research reports, program descriptions, teaching guides, and othereducation-related publications that have been abstracted and indexedin Resources in Education (RIE) and the ERIC database.

Education-related articles that have been annotated and indexed in CurrentIndex to Journals in Education (CIJE) and the ERIC database.

Agencies and organizations with constituencies interested in education thathave expressed a willingness to facilitate the exchange of informationbetween ERIC and their constituents.

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ERIC Resource A library or other information center that provides individuals with access toCollection the ERIC database and related resources. ERIC resource collections do one

or more of the following: provide online or CD-ROM access to the ERICdatabase; maintain sizable collections of ERIC microfiche; and subscribeto and collect ERIC publications, including Resources in Education (RIE),Current Index to Journals in Education (C1JE), the Thesaurus of ERICDescriptors, and/or ERIC Clearinghouse publications.

Identifiers

Microfiche

Searchable key words used to index documents and journal articles inthe ERIC database. Identifiers are used to index geographic locations,personal names, test or program names, and other concepts not coveredby descriptors.

A sheet of microfilm containing rows of microimages of pages of printedmatter. Approximately 92 percent of the documents abstracted in theERIC database can be ordered in microfiche from the ERIC DocumentReproduction Service and viewed on microfiche readers at libraries thatsubscribe to the ERIC Microfiche Collection.

Online A function performed with the user in direct contact with the computer,interacting in real time.

Online Vendors Organizations that maintain databases and related software on theircomputer systems and sell online retrieval time to clients at multipleremote locations.

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The U.S. Departmentof Education

Now that you know all about ERIC, make sure you also learn about all of the programsand services available from the U.S. Department of Education (ED). A great place to startis the Department's main Web site at httinfloww.edgov. This dynamic site is updated dailyand features sections on:

Education Priorities of the President of the United States and the Secretaryof Educationincluding links to strategies and resources directed at addressingthese priorities

-4 FundingOpportunitiesincluding details onavailable grants andcontracts and appli-cation procedures

Student FinancialAssistanceinclud-ing the popularStudent Guide toFinancial Aidand Funding TourEducation andelectronic versions ofthe Free Applicationfor Federal StudentAid (FAFSA)

-4 Research &Statisticsincluding frequently asked statistical questions and research reports

News & Eventsincluding the latest additions to ED's Web site as well as press releas-es, newsletters, and other news about ED programs, initiatives, funding opportunities,and events

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This document is Federally-funded, or carries its own permission toreproduce, or is otherwise in the public domain and, therefore, maybe reproduced by ERIC without a signed Reproduction Release form(either "Specific Document" or "Blanket").

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