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Download full textHead, Alison J.; Eisenberg, Michael B. – Project Information Literacy, 2010
A report of findings from a content analysis of 191 course-related research assignment handouts distributed to undergraduates on 28 college campuses across the U.S., as part of Project Information Literacy. A majority of handouts in the sample emphasized standards about the mechanics of compiling college research papers, more so than guiding…
Descriptors: Assignments, Instructional Materials, Research Tools, Information Sources
National Collegiate Software Clearinghouse, Raleigh, NC. – 1988
This computer software program bibliography available from the National Collegiate Software Clearinghouse (NCSC) includes programs for college students and researchers in anthropology, economics and business, education, English and text analysis, foreign language, general interest, history, management, philosophy and religion, political science,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Databases, Higher Education
Smarte, Lynn; McLane, Kathleen – 1994
This booklet explains how the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) and ECER (Exceptional Child Education Resources) databases can be used to find information about the education of individuals who have disabilities or who are gifted. The guide describes ERIC as a federally funded information system with a database of over 400,000…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Bane, Robert K.; Tanner, Dennis F. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1989
The components and features of ERIC on CD-ROM are discussed. Search techniques and the value of this resource are described. Different systems available are noted. (CW)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPritchard, Sarah M. – Feminist Teacher, 1988
Focuses on the use of computer services for research, policy, and teaching about women in all settings. Reviews developments in the following categories: large general databases, specialized databases, the work of the National Council for Research on Women, the use of automated library catalogs, microcomputers and software. Makes predictions…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Educational Trends
Ekwurzel, Drucilla; Saffran, Bernard – Journal of Economic Literature, 1985
The basics of online searching for bibliographic citations are presented through use of the "Economic Literature Index" (ELI), which is available as File 139 on Dialog Information Services. This article focuses on the choice of media for bibliographic searches, search strategies, and the selection of alternative databases, such as…
Descriptors: Databases, Economic Research, Economics, Information Needs
Baum, Nathan; And Others – 1985
Designed as an instructional guide to help students develop library skills for sociological research, this workbook which accompanies an introductory college level sociology course is divided into ten chapters. Chapter one covers the author-title catalog; the Library of Congress classification system; card catalog filing rules; the subject…
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Databases, Higher Education, Indexes
Peer reviewedYaruss, Jonathan Scott – Computers and the Humanities, 1990
Reviews improvements to the Dictionary on Computer (DOC) research system redesigned by the University of California Berkeley Project on Linguistic Analysis. Emphasizes the redesigned program's greater accessibility since its introduction into a microcomputer environment. Underscores DOC's research value for studying the history of Chinese…
Descriptors: Chinese, Coding, Computational Linguistics, Computer Uses in Education
