An assessment of the review process for selection of documents for inclusion in the Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation of the Educational Research Information Center (ERIC/TM) is presented. The review process is used to cull irrelevant or technically flawed material from the over 1,500 acquired documents. The clearinghouse, which…

This study examines the conceptual and theoretical issues arising from the planned redesign of ERIC (the Educational Resources Information Center) and its potential new roles in the dissemination system. A three-level definition of the ERIC system is provided; the goal of making ERIC a comprehensive dissemination program is refined to one of…

To provide for the planning and implementation of a community based, university sponsored, child care information and referral clearinghouse, a doctoral practicum project was undertaken. The primary goal of the project was to provide parents with up-to-date information about the full range of child care and children's services available in…

Following a brief description of the role of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) as a provider of bibliographic control over the fugitive research and development literature in education, this paper reports on a number of studies evaluating various aspects of the effectiveness of the ERIC system. The function of ERIC as a vehicle…

This handbook, based on a questionnaire concerning operation and management issues submitted to each ERIC Clearinghouse during Spring 1981, presents satisfaction ratings for the major areas of ERIC Clearinghouse operation, lists the problems identified in particular areas of operation, and presents the solutions to the identified problems…

The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system provides information to education writers for newspapers, magazines, radio, and television. ERIC can be used to find the names of reliable sources in a given field, as well as background information for an in-depth article or broadcast. The ERIC collection of documents on microfiche is…

TO FACILITATE GATHERING OF RESEARCH AND OTHER INFORMATION, RETRIEVAL SERVICES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN MANY FIELDS. THE ERIC SYSTEM IS A LARGE SCALE PROGRAM TO BRING THE LITERATURE OF THE EDUCATION FIELD UNDER CONTROL. ADMINISTRATIVELY, IT IS A COMBINATION OF CENTRALIZED AND DECENTRALIZED CONTROL, WITH A CENTRAL OFFICE, A DOCUMENT REPRODUCTION…

This account of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) provides information on its background and origin, and traces the development of the system from initial planning in 1962 through mid-1979. Although this is essentially an overview of the growth of the system, some of the more complex aspects of the ERIC story are included in the…

Guidelines are presented for obtaining educational and social science research documents from several information retrieval, clearinghouse, and document delivery services. The guide is international in scope; services are from all parts of the world, and addresses are given for correspondence from within and outside the United States. Contained in…

"ERIC Products" is an annual bibliography of those publications of the ERIC clearinghouses reflecting information analysis activities. It includes all substantial bibliographies, review papers, and state-of-the-art publications identified as ERIC publications. Routine brochures, accession lists and short notes published in clearinghouse…

"ERIC Products" is an annual bibliography of those publications of the ERIC clearinghouses reflecting information analysis activities. It includes all substantial bibliographies, review papers, and state-of-the-art publications identified as ERIC publications. Routine brochures, accession lists and short notes published in clearinghouse…

Combined cumulative indexes are provided for the four issues of "Abstracts of Instructional Materials in Vocational and Technical Education" (AIM) and of "Abstracts of Research Materials in Vocational and Technical Education" (ARM), both published during calendar year 1972 as Volume 5, Numbers 1-4. Researchers, supervisors,…

This quarterly publication announces the availability of documents acquired and processed by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Vocational and Technical Education. It contains abstracts of research and other materials which are useful to researchers, supervisors, teacher educators, education specialists,…

Project SERAPHIM activities that are discussed include identifying, producing, and disseminating materials; reviewing computer-based instructional materials; distributing software; holding workshops on microcomputer use; holding symposia to determine direction microcomputer use is taking; and operating the SERAPHIM/-Chem Con Interface Project,…

A needs assessment was conducted with six stakeholder groups in Ohio concerned with school-to-work (STW) transition (including educators on all levels, teacher educators, and administrators of STW regions, tech prep consortia, and Private Industry Councils) to determine if they need and would use a proposed STW clearinghouse. The needs assessment…