This handbook outlines the steps taken at Elgin Community College to establish a training information clearinghouse. It is intended as a model for community colleges to use for establishing a training information clearinghouse, enabling them to link business and industry more effectively with information on training programs available in the area. The handbook is divided into the following nine sections: (1) introduction; (2) Illinois State Board of Education product abstract and table of contents; (3) background on the training information clearinghouse planning steps; (4) information on the formation of focus groups to discuss the project and the meetings that were conducted with these groups, with sample materials; (5) information about the training information hotline; (6) the names, companies, and occupations of training information resource people; (7) a description of the business and industry training assessment survey that was taken during the project; (8) the business and industry training information directory that includes the process used in compiling the directory, a list of its contents, and descriptions of its purpose, audience, and promotion, with sample pages and related news articles; and (9) a brief summary of the implementation of the project. Related sample forms and project materials are interwoven throughout the handbook sections. (KC)