This guide to searching for special education information in the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database covers: selecting a search system, using the "Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors," using Boolean logic, planning the search, and using the ERIC Clearinghouses as resources. (DB)

Describes results of a survey mailed to members of the Association of Administrators of Home Economics and the National Council of Administrators of Home Economics. Questions included unit planning for microcomputers in resident instruction, research, and Extension/public service programming. A potential computer clearinghouse needs assessment was…

Describes a community college's process of choosing good educational software. Elements include the college's own software catalog, statewide vocational curriculum laboratory, catalogs from established publishers, and the state software clearinghouse. The author then discusses software reviews and the questions that are asked concerning preview…

Describes the establishment of a national clearinghouse granting off-air videotaping licenses to learning resource centers, libraries, and educational institutions. The Television Licensing Center provides the link between the broadcast of educational programing from commercial and public television and the legal, delayed use of that material in…

Describes the process the Nebraska Alcohol Information Clearinghouse (NAIC) used to establish its clientele and market area. Identifies valuable experiences for others planning to establish a similar information dissemination agency. (Author/RC)

Discusses obstacles created by the multiplicity of languages for the transfer of knowledge and dissemination of documents, and describes the role of such clearinghouses as the International Translations Centre in Delft, Netherlands, in tracing existing translations and making them available. The 15 titles cited include two indexes of translated…

Provides a brief history of the Universal Serials and Book Exchange, describes the services available from USBE, and discusses its plans for the future. (CHC)

A list of organizations and agencies that serve as clearinghouses for information on various educational matters--many concentrating on sex equity--and some of their publications are listed. (MLW)

Provides an overview of the present state of library instruction programs through data gathered by the Library Orientation/Information Exchange (LOEX), a central clearinghouse of library user instructional materials and methods. (FM)

As contracts to operate ERIC clearinghouses come up for recompetition in 1992, readers are invited to provide input to the Office of Educational Research and Improvement covering ways the ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation and the entire ERIC system can better serve the educational community. (SLD)

Discussion of the widespread use of CD-ROM technology in African countries lists reasons why CD-ROM is well suited to developing countries, including advantages for database distributors, users, and funding agencies; describes a 1990 Africa-wide CD-ROM conference; and addresses goals for a proposed clearinghouse and remaining problems with CD-ROM…

Most of the off-the-shelf mathematics programs used in middle schools across the United States have little or no rigorous evidence attesting to their effectiveness. The U.S. Department of Education analysis based on a review of studies undergirding 44 math programs used in grades 6-9, including some of the nation's most popular textbooks for those…

Responses to a survey from the acquisition coordinators in 15 of the 16 ERIC clearinghouses indicate that the acceptance rate for unsolicited manuscripts averages approximately 50 percent, and that academic credentials of their reviewers and their selection criteria either parallel or are very similar to those of traditional refereed journals. (9…

An Education Department plan to restructure ERIC, the government's network of education-research clearinghouses, has members of Congress concerned and they have asked that the plan not be put into effect until they can study it further. The department's plan follows a year-long review of ERIC. (MLW)

Describes the services and products provided by the National Technical Information Service, which collects, organizes, and markets technical information generated by U.S. and foreign governments in all areas of science and technology. (CLB)