The University of New Mexico (UNM) General Library supports the locally-managed ERIC search service. During the 1973/1974 fiscal year, more than 3,000 searches were processed by the UNM Division of Computer and Information Science using a specially developed retrieval program, GANDALF (General Alpha-Numeric Direct Access Library Facility). This document is intended as a guide to users of the ERIC/GANDALF system. Included is an overview of the system, instructions for formulating a search, specific procedures for submitting the search, and a guide to interpreting the search results. In addition, the script from a 10 minute slide-tape presentation on "Searching the ERIC Data Base" is provided in the manual. (DGC)