This guide explains what the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database is and how it can be used by parents to learn more about schooling and parenting. The guide also presents descriptions of 55 articles and documents that can be obtained through ERIC. The cited resources are particularly relevant to parents' concerns about meeting…

This document is the third of four in a series of guides to the government documents collection in the academic library at St. Mary's University (San Antonio, Texas); the library has been a selective depository for U.S. Government publicatins since 1964. This guide provides a description of the Census Bureau publications available in the library's…

This 25-page annotated bibliography describes the legal reference materials in the special collection of a medium-sized public library. Sources are listed in 12 categories: cases, dictionaries, directories, encyclopedias, forms, references for the lay person, general, indexes, laws and legislation, legal research aids, periodicals, and specialized…

THE MOST BASIC AND ELEMENTARY REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCES ON ADULT EDUCATION ARE PRESENTED. INFORMATION INCLUDES ADDRESSES, DATES AND FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION, AND COSTS FOR STANDARD REFERENCES, PERIODICALS, AND ABSTRACTING SERVICES. SOME FOREIGN PUBLICATIONS ARE ALSO INCLUDED. (PT)

Statutory and voluntary organizations that provide environmental information and educational services are listed alphabetically for England, Scotland, and Wales. Each entry includes the address and phone number of the organization, classification of organization by topics, and miscellaneous information such as age level of material, availability…

The resources listed here are geared for the education specialist who receives, processes, and fulfills client requests for information needed to resolve specific curricular, instructional, or administrative problems. There are highly selective introductory sections on how to locate and organize information. Annotated bibliographies are provided…

This referral resource directory represents a joint effort by the Division of Guidance and Testing and the Division of Drug Education, Ohio Department of Education. It is intended primarily for use by school counselors and other school personnel who are aware of the referral needs of youth. A subsequent goal is to foster increased coordination and…

Whatever it is that's puzzling you, the chances are that the people at your public library either have the answer or can speedily locate the information to set you straight. (Editor)

Describes the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) system, how it is organized, how to gain access to ERIC, how one uses RIE (Resources in Education) and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education), computer searches of ERIC, who publishes in ERIC, and how to learn more about ERIC. A sample ERIC resume is included. (CT)

This guide presents a selection of the most authoritative, informative and useful Web sites for today's college and university American literature students and scholars. Nearly 300 American authors whose works are features in the most recent editions of widely used literature anthologies are included in this volume. A chronological arrangement…

Intended to assist the student, research scholar, librarian, or information professional gaining a foothold in Northern Africa area studies, this book provides an annotated bibliography of relevant reference materials. The book considers a full spectrum of area studies topics; formal reference works (encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases,…

Article provided leads to additional resources on community college instruction, supplied by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges. (Editor/RK)

Discusses art teachers' information needs and outlines optimal library research strategies for retrieving various sorts of information. Included is an annotated bibliography of reference sources for art teachers. (AM)

This study consists of four parts: (1) an analysis of business dictionaries; (2) a list of the dictionaries reviewed according to which audience (novice or advanced user) the dictionary can better serve; (3) a table listing the dictionaries and the percentage of the vocabulary list contained in each source; and (4) the vocabulary list used to aid…

Key architecture reference sites are highlighted and discussed and grouped into the following areas: directory and biographical information, bibliographical databases, architectural education, product information, databases of buildings, and search engines. (Author)