Summarizes three aspects of the federal government's involvement with social science information: changes in scope of federal statistical efforts; rise and decline of federal support for bibliographic information systems and services; development of National Technical Information Service into social science information resource. Eleven references…

The ideal information system would instantly connect knowledge producers with knowledge users. Clearinghouses in the ERIC network are both processors of educational literature and publishers of a variety of research analysis products. These dual functions of the clearinghouses, together with ERIC's index catalogs and document reproduction…

Defines the scope and function of the ERIC Clearinghouse on the Retrieval of Information and Evaluation on Reading (ERIC/CRIER). Reports on the acquisitions criteria, classification Scheme, dissemination efforts, and future directions of the Clearinghouse. (DE)

Argues that the implementation of a National Periodicals Center and the resultant monopolization of the distribution of periodical literature could force many journals out of business, destroy interlibrary loan systems, and lead to an Orwellian control of newspapers, books, data bases, and other information sources. (JP)

How do individuals know when, and what, to resist? Alan Schoenfeld, in the March 2006 issue of "Educational Researcher," tells a story of resistance that all math educators, and all curriculum specialists, need to consider. Schoenfeld titled his story, "What Doesn't Work: The Challenge and Failure of the What Works Clearinghouse to Conduct…

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL)/Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)/Young Adult Library Service Association (YALSA) Joint Task Force on School/Public Library Cooperative Activities has been collecting and disseminating information about cooperative activities around the country since the first meeting in January…

Originally issued in December 1986, this directory is a revised listing of long-term, nondiscretionary projects funded by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). It includes the addresses, telephone numbers, mission statements, major activities, and key staff of the regional educational laboratories, the national research and…

The Illinois Resources File (IRF) will be a data base with both manual and automated retrieval capabilities and will be compatible with ERIC. Indexing and abstracting will be done according to the "ERIC Theraurus" and the "ERIC Processing Manual" until an Illinois Processing Manual is developed; the planned completion date is…

An annotated indexed bibliography lists 534 information analysis publications produced by the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Clearinghouses during 1973-1975. These publications include bibliographies, research reviews, state of the art and interpretive studies, and similar papers which are designed to list, organize, review, and…

The issues from the year 1969 of "Now Available," the newsletter of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Educational Media and Technology, are bound together as one document. The newsletters contain announcements of the Clearinghouse's output published in "Research in Education." Author, title,…

Compiled here are the April, July, and November 1974 issues of "Newsbriefs," the newsletter of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Information Resources. Information about the Clearinghouse and the ERIC system, announcements of new publications, and a list of computer search facilities are included. (PF)

This sixth annual report describes progress achieved by the Federal Government in improving the communication of scientific and technical information to support and enhance national science and technology. Included in the report are details regarding the scientific and technical activities of individual Federal Agencies, such as the Atomic Energy…

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,…

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,…

This quarterly publication announces the availability of documents acquired and processed by the Education 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, educational specialists,…