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Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
and Other Clearinghouses
Search
any or all ERIC web sites.
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC),
funded by OERI, is a nationwide information network that acquires,
catalogs, summarizes, and provides access to education information
from all sources. The data base and ERIC document collections are
housed in about 3,000 locations worldwide, including most major
public and university library systems. ERIC produces a variety of
publications and provides extensive user assistance, including AskERIC,
an electronic question answering service for teachers on the Internet.
The ERIC system includes 16 subject-specific Clearinghouses, the
ERIC Processing and Reference facility, and ACCESS ERIC which provides
introductory services.
ACCESS ERIC
Serves as the WWW home page for ERIC's system-wide resources
and information; coordinates ERIC's outreach and system-wide dissemination
activities; develops new ERIC publications; and provides general
reference and referral services. For more information call ACCESS
ERIC at 800-LET-ERIC (1-800-538-3742).
AskERIC
AskERIC is a personalized, Internet-based service providing
education information to teachers, librarians, students, counselors,
administrators, parents, and others. In addition, AskERIC is a Sun
SITE repository, which enables expansion of the quality and quantity
of its resources and services to the education community.
Anyone interested in education can send an e-mail inquiry to
AskERIC. Simply address your message to askeric@ericir.syr.edu.
National Parent Information Network
The National Parent Information Network (NPIN) is a pilot
project led by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education at Teachers
College and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood
Education to provide information and communications capabilities
to parents and those who work with them.
The following ERIC Clearinghouse and associated Adjunct
Clearinghouse sites have WWW pages on-line:
ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education
(ERIC/ACVE)
ERIC/ACVE provides comprehensive information, publications,
and services in adult and continuing education, all aspects of career
education, and vocational and technical education including work
force preparation.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation seeks
to provide balanced information concerning educational assessment
and resources to encourage responsible test use.
ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges
The ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges coordinates
searches of the ERIC database on community college-related topics.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Student Services
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Student Services
Clearinghouse (ERIC/CASS) scope area includes school counseling,
school social work, school psychology, mental health counseling,
marriage and family counseling, career counseling, and student development,
as well as parent, student, and teacher education in the human resources
area.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
(ERIC/EC) focuses on the professional literature, information, and
resources relating to the education and development of persons of
all ages who have disabilities and/or who are gifted.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management (ERIC/CEM)
is an information processing and analysis center that prepares ERIC
database information related to educational management and other
topics of interest to educational policymakers, school administrators,
researchers, and other personnel.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood
Education provides information for educators, parents, families,
and all individuals interested in the development, education, and
care of children from birth through early adolescence.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher (ERIC-HE) covers a broad
range of information including students, faculty, graduate and professional
education, legal issues, financing, planning and evaluation, curriculum,
teaching methods, and state-federal-institutional questions related
to higher education.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology (ERIC/CIT)
provides educational technology and library/information science
at all academic levels and addresses all aspects of information
management and information technology related to education.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics
Operated by the Center for Applied Linguistics, the ERIC
Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics (ERIC/CLL) collects and
disseminates information on current developments in education research,
instructional methods and materials, program design and evaluation,
teacher training, and assessment of several language and linguistic
areas.
- National Clearinghouse
for ESL Literacy Education. Provides literacy instructors,
researchers, etc., with timely information on adult ESL literacy
education with an emphasis on education for adults and out-of-school
youth learning English as a second language.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communications
provides educational materials, services, and course work to parents,
educators, students, and others interested in the language arts.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools
helps school teachers, administrators, parents, professors, and
others access education-related resources about rural education,
small schools, migrant education, etc.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Science, Math and Environmental Education
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Science, Math and Environmental
Education (ERIC/CSMEE) retrieves and disseminates printed materials
related to science, mathematics, and environmental education.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Social Studies/Social Science Education
The ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science
Education (ERIC/ChESS) monitors issues about the teaching and learning
of history, geography, civics, economics, and other subjects in
the social studies/social sciences.
- Adjunct
ERIC Clearinghouse for Law-Related Education. Disseminates
Law-Related Education (LRE) materials and collects information
on LRE programs and resources, substantive legal topics, funding
sources, and teacher and resource leader training opportunities.
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Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for United States-Japan Studies.
Specializes in providing educational information about Japan
for K-12 students, teachers, specialists and curriculum developers.
Information is also provided for researchers, administrators,
and anyone wanting to learn about Japanese society and culture.
- Adjunct
ERIC Clearinghouse on Service Learning. Contains an extensive
database, a description of nationwide service-learning programs,
grant information, books, articles and publications.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education,
one of sixteen ERIC Clearinghouses, collects, abstracts, and indexes
education materials for the ERIC database; responds to requests
for information in the subject areas of teaching; teacher education;
and health, physical education, recreation, and dance (HPERD); and
produces special publications on current research, programs, and
practices.
- Adjunct
ERIC Clearinghouse on Clinical Schools. Supported by grants
from AT&T and the Ford Foundation, the Clinical Schools Clearinghouse
disseminates information on professional development schools
and clinical schools. It also maintains a database.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education
Monitors curriculum and instruction of students of diverse
racial, ethnic, social class, and linguistic populations in urban
(and suburban) schools by reviewing curriculum and instruction of
students from these populations, and by developing ways that public
and private sector policies to improve conditions that place urban
students at risk educationally.
Affiliated ERIC Clearinghouse
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
The NCEF acquires, manages, and disseminates information
relating to educational facilities, to serve as a resource for the
nation's school personnel and allied professionals who plan, design,
construct and maintain educational facilities.
ERIC
Processing and Reference Facility
The ERIC Processing and Reference Center provides support functions
and services for ERIC including document and journal acquisition,
cataloging, indexing, abstracting publication preparation and database
distribution.
ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS)
Operated by DynTel Corp., EDRS is the document delivery
component of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC),
meaning EDRS puts about 400,000 documents on microfiche and sells
them. These documents include a wide variety of resources such as
teaching guides, research reports, bibliographies, issue papers,
instructional materials, and test and evaluation instruments. This
site describes the microfiche collections that are available and
lets you order them on-line.
Other ED-Funded Clearinghouses
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science
Education
The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics
and Science collects, catalogs, and disseminates exemplary materials,
teaching methods, and assessment resources on K-12 curriculum materials
and programs in mathematics and science. The National Clearinghouse
collaborates with existing regional and national networks, and coordinates
its activities and resources with the Eisenhower
Regional Consortia for Mathematics and Science.
National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform
The National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform
disseminates information on comprehensive school reform in educational
institutions serving the K-12 population, including public schools,
public school districts, state education agencies and private schools
in the United States.
See also, National
Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA)
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