Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 130 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 652 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 1586 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 3933 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 1084 |
| Teachers | 414 |
| Researchers | 394 |
| Media Staff | 320 |
| Administrators | 306 |
| Policymakers | 266 |
| Students | 111 |
| Community | 27 |
| Parents | 19 |
| Counselors | 14 |
| Support Staff | 13 |
| More ▼ | |
Location
| Canada | 267 |
| Australia | 218 |
| United States | 201 |
| United Kingdom | 165 |
| California | 115 |
| Texas | 96 |
| Turkey | 80 |
| Florida | 78 |
| United Kingdom (England) | 75 |
| Pennsylvania | 74 |
| Illinois | 71 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Meets WWC Standards without Reservations | 2 |
| Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 2 |
Peer reviewedForstmeier, Kenneth G.; Killoren, Robert; Eyerly, Raymond W. – SRA Journal, 1999
This paper describes the development and deployment of three Web-based applications used to support research at Pennsylvania State University: (1) OSPweb, an Office of Sponsored Programs database; (2) the Research Administration Tool Box, which offers a comprehensive reference to university and sponsor policies, procedures, and forms; (3) the…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Databases
Atkins, Helen; Lyons, Catherine; Ratner, Howard; Risher, Carol; Shillum, Chris; Sidman, David; Stevens, Andrew; Van de Sompel, Herbert; Lagoze, Carl; Van de Sompel, Herbert; Krichel, Thomas; Nelson, Michael L.; Hochstenbach, Patrick; Lyapunov, Victor M.; Maly, Kurt; Zubair, Mohammad; Kholief, Mohamed; Liu, Xiaoming; O'Connell, Heath; Kingma, Bruce R.; Pritcher, Lynn – D-Lib Magazine, 2000
Includes five articles that discuss publishers' metadata hyperlinks with Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) on the Internet; the Santa Fe Convention of the Open Archives initiative (Oai) that promotes author self-archiving; the Universal Preprint Service; costs of digital, microfiche, and print access; and an online database of old print…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Authors, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedPerna, Laura Walter – Journal of Higher Education, 2000
This study expands traditional college investment decision-making models to include measures of social and cultural capital as proxies for expectations, preferences, tastes, and uncertainty. The model is then used to compare four-year enrollment decisions among African Americans, Hispanics, and whites, using the National Educational Longitudinal…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Bound Students, Databases, Decision Making
McLean, William D. – Facilities Manager, 1998
Presents the benefits facilities managers could realize by converting blueprints, CADD information, and as-built drawings into a computer-aided facility management (CAFM) system. CAFM links graphics to databases, adding information on types of spaces, occupants, materials, equipment, costs, and other building systems. This helps facilities…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Computer Oriented Programs, Database Management Systems, Decision Making
Peer reviewedSullivan, Dennis H.; Smeeding, Timothy M. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1997
Studying the relationship between educational attainment and earnings inequality in eight nations using the Luxembourg Income Study database supports the view that differences in labor market institutions are important determinants of earnings inequality. Inequality is less associated with educational attainment than with differential rewards from…
Descriptors: Databases, Economic Factors, Educational Attainment, Educational Benefits
Peer reviewedShaw, Mike – Physics Education, 1998
Describes two Internet sites devoted to astronomy that will help students avoid information overload. The Leicester University site is strong on information while the other site, maintained by the Astro-Web Consortium, offers a host of useful links. Also discusses the advantages of offline browsers, a student-use must that shows only Web pages in…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Hypermedia
Peer reviewedSabella, Russell A. – Peer Facilitator Quarterly, 1998
Presents four computer applications that can complement the work of peer helper trainers and peer helpers themselves. The applications include multimedia presentations, databases, desktop publishing, and the Internet. The article describes each application and also discusses the use of electronic mail, KeyPals, Listserv, and the World Wide Web to…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Desktop Publishing, Educational Technology
Peer reviewedCampbell, Jerry D. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2001
Considers the need for reliable, scholarly access to the Web and suggests that the Association for Research Libraries, in partnership with OCLC and the Library of Congress, develop a so-called scholar's portal. Topics include quality content; enhanced library services; and gateway functions, including access to commercial databases and focused…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Content Analysis, Databases
Direct linkDaniels, Ronald; Johnson-Ferguson, Valerie – Principal Leadership, 2001
In the Philadelphia Public Schools, a computer system called Data to Success has been created to assess student progress prior to end-of-year testing. The five-stage system allows a school to influence teacher decisions, identify student warning signs, and monitor important trend and analysis information throughout the school year. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Database Management Systems
Lawton, Stephen B. – School Business Affairs, 2001
A data-management system adhering to seven principles (concerned with defining and measuring characteristics and their interrelationships) is feasible and exists in parts, if not as an integrated whole. Present data-collection and reportage systems lack the real-time, analytic longitudinal characteristics that contemporary technology promises and…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Database Management Systems
Lennon, Paul – IRAL, 1996
Focuses on the errors made in lexical verb choice in speech by a small group of advanced learners of English. Findings indicate that while these learners may have a broad outline of verb meaning, their knowledge is hazy concerning contextual and collocational restrictions. Advanced learners may require detailed classroom vocabulary work on simple…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, College Students, Databases, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedADFL Bulletin, 1996
Examines the Modern Language Association database containing information on several institutional characteristics and foreign-language registrations in individual colleges and universities in selected years (1970, 1974, 1980, 1986, and 1990). The database permits assessment of changes through time in registration levels and the percentage of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Databases, Educational Change, German
Peer reviewedWatters, Carolyn; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Discussion of information retrieval highlights DalText, a prototype information retrieval system that provides access to nonindexed textual data files where the mode of access is determined by the user based on the task at hand. A user study is described that was conducted at Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia) to test DalText. (Contains 23…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Peer reviewedTaghva, Kazem; And Others – Information Processing & Management, 1996
Reports on the performance of the vector space model in the presence of OCR (optical character recognition) errors in information retrieval. Highlights include precision and recall, a full-text test collection, smart vector representation, impact of weighting parameters, ranking variability, and the effect of relevance feedback. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Character Recognition, Feedback, Full Text Databases
Peer reviewedKenning, Marie-Madeleine – System, 1996
Argues that provision enhancements for autonomous language learning must be accompanied by improvements in the accessibility of information, an upgrade entailing the use of a database system to catalogue resources. The article presents the case for upgrading and computerizing resource catalogues, describes its implementation at a university, and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Foreign Countries
