Nine articles examine patterns of federal health information services including: the current Administration's policy; the history of the National Library of Medicine; Federal Health Information Clearinghouses and other unique projects; the Center for the Utilization of Technology; marketing trends at the Government Printing Office; and…

A clearinghouse specializing in providing tax-sheltered annuity services for school employees eliminates any question of school district liability for investment performance. (MLF)

This document outlines the collection development policies for the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC). It details the clientele the collection is intended to serve, the scope and boundary of the collection, the methods employed to identify and acquire resources for the collection, the selection and…

Reviews the history and structure of ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center), and describes the resources provided by the system that offer opportunities for networking by education librarians. Such resources include the ERIC database, publications, search services, document delivery services, and outreach programs. Opportunities for…

Describes the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC), which provides free online access to instructional materials for K-12 educators. Discusses the ENC Catalog of Curriculum Resources; how to access the ENC; lesson plans, projects, and programs; print materials for those who are not yet online; and…

This section of the 1991 yearbook of the Association for Educational and Training Technology provides information on areas of interest, services, research activities, publications, and contacts for international and regional centers of activity in education and training in Africa, Asia and Australasia, Europe, the Middle East, and South and…

Discusses ERIC practices related to the "Current Index to Journals in Education" (CIJE). Presents information about problems with the clearinghouse system and the information gaps that result from these problems. Lists 65 journals that were on the CIJE list but were actually not processed by ERIC in the 5 years prior to the article. (JS)

This document is composed of two parts: a bibliography of community organizing and support materials and a directory of community organizing resource centers. The 25 bibliographic entries are grouped according to subject, and include author, title, publication date, publisher, number of pages, annotation, and ordering information. Subjects…

This volume represents the first step in an effort to build a central repository of promising anti-violence programs. The goal is to integrate information and to remove barriers to information-sharing. Part of a cooperative venture in the federal government, this resource guide draws on material stored in more than 30 Federal clearinghouses and…

The directory, a revision of the 1986 version, lists public (federal, state, and local) and private agencies, professional associations, commissions, clearinghouses, resource centers, and other organizations, that might be of interest to those involved in the education of language minority students and the school districts that serve them.…

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…

A final report and final evaluation report of Phase III are provided for a project to establish a national clearinghouse for apprenticeship-related instructional materials. The final report provides a summary and a narrative account of these project activities: identification of materials; identification of apprenticeship curriculum needs;…

A clearinghouse on mastery learning (CML) has been established at Loyola University (New Orleans, Louisiana) to accommodate the informational needs of mastery learning researchers, practitioners, and policymakers. Manual and computer searches on this topic have been conducted in the following databases: ERIC, Education Index, Psychological…

This article reviews a number of guidance evaluation materials and programs presently in use in terms of Stufflebeam's CIPP model. Some materials were simple evaluation instruments; others were as comprehensive as process guides for the planning, development, and application of a complete systems approach evaluation. (Author)

This digest highlights features of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), explains how to use the system most effectively, and offers suggestions on how health and physical education teacher education faculty can present and use the ERIC system to supplement classroom instruction. Following a description of how resources in ERIC can…