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Information Resources

ERIC Clearinghouse & Services

Search publicly accessible ERIC database sites.

The clearinghouses listed here have web pages.

If you have a computer with a modems, and have Internet e-mail, or WWW access, you can tap into a vast array of ERIC information. For questions about education, child development and care, parenting, learning, teaching,information technology, and other related topics, e-mail askeric@ericir.syr.edu.

Assessment and Evaluation(TM)

The Catholic University of America
210 O'Boyle Hall
Washington, DC 20064
Toll Free: (800)464-3742

Tests and other measurement devices; methodology of measurement and evaluation; application of tests, measurement, or evaluation in educational projects or programs; research design and methodology in the area of assessment and evaluation; and learning theory.

Counseling and Student Services(CG)

University of North Carolina at Greensboro
School of Education
101 Park Building
Greensboro, NC 27412-5001
Toll Free: (800)414-9769

Preparation, practice, and supervision of counselors at all educational levels and in all settings; theoretical development of counseling and student services; personnel procedures such as testing and interviewing and the analysis and dissemination of the resultant information; group and casework; nature of pupil, student, and adult characteristics; and personnel workers and their relation to career planning, family consultations, and student orientation activities.

Educational Management(EA)

5207 University of Oregon
1787 Agate Street
Eugene, OR 97403-5207
Toll Free: (800)438-8841

The leadership, management, and structure of public and private education organizations; practice and theory of administration; preservice and inservice preparation of administrators; tasks and processes of administration; methods and varieties of organization and organizational change; and the social context of education organizations. Sites, buildings, equipment for education; planning, financing, constructing, renovating, equipping, maintaining, operating, insuring, utilizing, and evaluating educational facilities.

Elementary and Early Childhood Education(PS)

University of Illinois
805 West Pennsylvania Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801-4897
Toll Free: (800)583-4135

The physical, cognitive, social, educational, and cultural development of children from birth through early adolescence; prenatal factors; parents, parenting, and family relationships that impinge on education; learning theory research and practice related to the development of young children,including the preparation of teachers for this educational level; interdisciplinary curriculum and mixed-age teaching and learning; educational, social, and cultural programs and services for children; the child in the context ofthe family and the family in the context of society; theoretical and philosophical issues pertaining to children's development and education.

Information & Technology(IR)

Syracuse University
4-194 Center for Science and Technology
Syracuse, NY 13244-4100
Toll Free: (800)464-9107

Educational technology and library and information science at all levels. Instructional design, development, and evaluation within educational technology, along with the media of educational communication: computers and microcomputers,telecommunications, audio and video recordings, film and other audiovisual materials as they pertain to teaching and learning. The focus is on the operation and management of information services for education-related organizations. Includes all aspects of information technology.

Languages and Linguistics(FL)

Center for Applied Linguistics
1118 22nd Street NW
Washington, DC 20037-0037
Toll Free: (800)276-9834

Languages and language sciences. All aspects of second language instruction and learning in all commonly and uncommonly taught languages, including English as a second language. Bilingualism and bilingual education. Cultural education in the context of second language learning, including intercultural communication, study abroad, and international education exchange. All areas of linguistics, including theoretical and applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics.

Reading, English, and Communication(CS)

Indiana University
Smith Research Center, Suite 150
2805 East 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47408-2698
Toll Free: (800)759-4723

Reading, English, and communication(verbal and nonverbal), preschool through college; educational research and instruction development in reading, writing, speaking, and listening; identification, diagnosis, and remediation of reading problems; speech communication(including forensics), mass communication,interpersonal and small group interaction, interpretation, rhetorical and communication theory, speech sciences, and theater. Preparation of instructional staff and related personnel. All aspects of reading behavior.

Rural Education and Small Schools (RC)

Appalachia Educational Laboratory
1031 Quarrier Street
P.O. Box 1348
Charleston, WV 25325-1348

Economic, cultural, social, or other factors related to educational programs and practices for rural residents; American Indians/Alaska Natives, Mexican Americans, and migrants; educational practices and programs in all small schools; and outdoor education.

Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education(SE)

The Ohio State University
1929 Kenny Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1080
Toll Free: (800) 276-0462

Science, mathematics, and environmental education at all levels, and within these three broad subject areas, the following topic: development of curriculum and instruction materials; teachers and teacher education; learning theory/outcomes;including the impact of parameters such as interest level, intelligence, values, and concept development upon learning in these fields); educational programs; research and evaluative studies; medial applications; computer applications.

Social Studies/SocialScience Education(SO)

Indiana University
Social Studies Development Center
2805 East 10th Street, Suite 120
Bloomington, IN 47408-2698
Toll Free: (800)266-3815

All levels of social studies and social science education; the contributions of history, geography, and other social science disciplines; applications of theory and research to social science education; education as a social science; comparative education(k-12); content and curriculum materials on social topics such as law-related education, ethnic studies,bias and discrimination,aging, and women's equity. Music and art education are also covered.

Urban Education(UD)

Box 40, Teachers College
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027-6696
Toll Free:(800)601-4868

Programs and practices in public, parochial, and private schools in urban areas and the education of particular racial/ethnic minority children and youth in various settings-local, national, and international; the theory and practice of educational equity; urban and minority experiences; and urban and minority social institutions and services.

Adjunct Clearinghouses

Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for Child Care

National Child Care Information Center
301 Maple Avenue West, Suite 602
Vienna, VA 22180
Toll Free: (800)616-2242

Covers all areas of child care information;current research; acquisition of documents; listings and abstracts of publications and resources; and thedevelopment of electronic child care information resources for Internet access on a World Wide Web server.

Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for Consumer Education

National Institute for Consumer Education
207 Rackham Building, West Circle Drive
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI 48197-2237
Toll Free: (800)336-6423

Consumer and personal finance education throughout the life cycle; examinesdecision making, problem solving, identifying values and goals, obtainingresources, spending and borrowing, saving and investing, protecting resources(e.g., insurance, conservation), purchasing goods and services, rightsand responsibilities, laws and regulation, and consumer assistance andadvocacy within economic, political, and social contexts.

Adjunct Test Collection Clearinghouse

Educational Testing Service
Princeton, NJ 08541
Telephone: (609)734-5737

Prepares descriptions of commercially available and noncommerciallyavailable tests, checklists, instruments, questionnaires, and other assessmentand evaluation tools.

National Clearinghouse forU.S.-Japan Studies(JS)

Indiana University
Social Studies Development Center
2805 East 10th Street, Suite 120
Bloomington, IN 47408-2698
Toll Free: (800)266-3815

All aspects of teaching and learning about Japanese society and culture,including economics, language training, politics, and U.S.-Japan relations.

Support Component

ACCESS ERIC

1600 Research Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20850-3172
Toll Free: (800)538-3742

ACCESS ERIC coordinates ERIC's outreach and systemwide dissemination activities; develops new ERIC publications; and provides general referenceand referral services. ACCESS ERIC's publications and directories, including a Pocket Guide to ERIC, All About ERIC, The ERIC Review, ERIC Users' Interchange,the Catalog of ERIC Clearinghouse Publications, and several reference directories,help the public understand and use ERIC as well as provide information about current education-related issues, research, and practice.

Eisenhower Clearinghouse

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Development, is the nationally recognized information source for K-12 mathematics and science teachers.