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Download full textBoser, Judith A.; And Others – 1996
The research on response facilitation factors in mail surveys is reviewed, and background is developed to enable the comparison of results obtained by two analytic approaches, a descriptive analysis and a meta-analysis, using the same set of studies. Specific criteria for sample and methodology were applied to studies extracted from four CD-ROM…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Effect Size, Mail Surveys
McJunkin, Monica Cahill – 1994
This study examines precision and recall for title and keyword searches performed in the "FirstSearch" WorldCat database when keywords are used with and without adjacency of terms specified. A random sample of 68 titles in economics were searched in the OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) Online Union Catalog in order to obtain their…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Comparative Analysis
Rethemeyer, R. Karl – 1994
This document provides information on two services established on the Internet by the National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL): electronic mail (e-mail) communication with NCAL and a Gopher server that makes it possible to access and download information, documents, and software relevant to adult literacy. A recent "NCAL Connections" article,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Databases, Educational Research
Cohen, Michael P. – 1994
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducts a variety of surveys on elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education. Recently an Integrated Sampling Team has been formed to explore the possible gains from a greater integration of these surveys and from new technology. The team will investigate the feasibility and desirability…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics
Stonehill, Robert M. – 1992
Ten commonly held misconceptions about the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) information system are presented together with a brief discussion of the facts for each one. These factual responses provide the following overview of the ERIC system. ERIC is a national information system that includes 16 clearinghouses and four support…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Clearinghouses, Databases, Education
Smarte, Lynn – 1993
This digest offers tips for both new and experienced users of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database. It describes ERIC as a federally funded, nationwide information network providing access to papers, curriculum and teaching guides, conference proceedings, literature reviews, curricular materials, and journal articles in the…
Descriptors: Databases, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1999
This participant's guide is intended to be used in a one-day workshop for college/university staff on changes in requirements for schools disbursing federally supported student financial aid under the reauthorized Higher Education Act. The materials are in a workbook format and include copies of workshop display materials, space for notes, case…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Computer Software, Databases, Federal Aid
Brandhorst, Ted, Ed. – 1992
This document describes the major organizational components of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system, the interactions between those components, and the major products and services provided by those components. (WTB)
Descriptors: Abstracting, Cataloging, Databases, Documentation
Houston, Jim, Ed. – 1992
Rules and guidelines are provided for subject indexing in the ERIC system. The principle of "subject access" is discussed with particular reference to "coordinate indexing," which involves designating subject content by unit terms (or tags) that may be put together or "coordinated" for subsequent retrieval. The nature…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Coordinate Indexes, Databases, Indexing
Brandhorst, Ted, Ed. – 1992
The purpose of this section is to specify the procedure for making changes to the ERIC database after the data involved have been announced in the abstract journals RIE or CIJE. As a matter of general ERIC policy, a document or journal article is not re-announced or re-entered into the database as a new accession for the purpose of accomplishing a…
Descriptors: Databases, Documentation, Error Correction, Information Processing
Barnett, Lynn, Ed.; Houston, Jim, Ed. – 1992
Subject indexing in ERIC is performed by subject specialists across 16 geographically dispersed ERIC Clearinghouses, each responsible for a different niche or aspect of educational information. This phenomenon, combined with the broadness of the education field and variability of terminology therein, has led to the development at the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Clearinghouses, Databases, Decentralization
Brandhorst, Ted, Ed.; And Others – 1992
This Glossary contains an alphabetic list of some 291 terms used in the ERIC Processing Manual (EPM) or in connection with the generation of the ERIC database and the work of the ERIC Clearinghouses and other ERIC contractors. Each term is defined as it is used in the ERIC context. Appended to the Glossary is a list of 203 commonly-appearing…
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Databases, Definitions, Documentation
Edwards, Jane A. – 1989
The CHAT transcription standard of the Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES), the world's largest computer archive of child language data, is critiqued. CHAT is being considered as a possible standard for the field of child language as a whole. It is argued that CHAT is biased toward three views that are no longer current in the field: (1)…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Ability, Computational Linguistics, Data Analysis
Gray, Judith A., Ed. – 1992
This publication reflects the growth of doctoral level research in dance and dance-related areas, and is comprised of approximately 550 doctoral dissertation abstracts. A preface describes how information was gathered: gives information on data descriptions and entries and dissertation ordering; and provides an analysis of the data according to…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Classification
Barron, Billy – 1992
Developed for students at the University of North Texas, this directory lists 482 libraries with computerized catalogs that can be accessed through the Internet. Most of the libraries are academic libraries, the majority of which are located in the United States. The list also includes libraries located in Europe, Australia, Israel, and elsewhere.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Foreign Countries
