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ERIC Products and Services
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ERIC Digests

• The ERIC Clearinghouses have produced more than
  2,000 ERIC Digests. These two-page,
  research-synthesis papers provide brief overviews
  of current education issues. They are frequently
  in question-and-answer format and always include
  a list of additional resources.
• ERIC Digests can be found via http//www.accesseri
  c.org

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AskERIC

• AskERIC is a personalized, Internet-based service
  that will answer your education-related
  questionsusually in two working days. AskERIC
  responses include
• a list of ERIC database abstracts on your topic
• relevant full-text materials, such as ERIC
  Digests (if available)
• referrals to related organizations
• suggested Web sites on your topic
• Send your questions to askeric_at_askeric.org

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National Parent Information Network (NPIN)
NPIN provides parents and those who work with
parents with a variety of resources, including
Parent News, a bimonthly online magazine for
parents Parents AskERIC, an e-mail
question-answering service and lots of useful
information grouped into categories such as

• Assessment and Testing
• Child Care (all ages)
• Children and the Media
• Children with Special Needs
• Children's Health and Nutrition
• Early ChildhoodLearning

• Families, Technology, and Education
• Helping Children Learn at Home
• Parents and Schools as Partners
• Teens (1420)

Try NPIN at http//npin.org
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Help From Subject Experts

• ERIC Information Specialists are available to
  help you locate the information you need. These
  subject experts can
• Give you tips on searching the ERIC database on
  your topic.
• Send you free and low-cost ERIC publications.
• Suggest Web sites and other resources on your
  topic.
• To reach ERIC Information Specialists
• Contact ACCESS ERIC
• 1800LETERIC
• accesseric_at_accesseric.org
• http//www.accesseric.org
• ACCESS ERIC will refer you to the ERIC
  Clearinghouse that covers your area of interest.

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ERIC-Produced Publications

• ERIC Clearinghouses and components offer an array
  of books, monographs, journals, and other
  publications.
• To find out whats available, contact ACCESS ERIC
  or the clearinghouses.

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Content-Rich Web Sites

• All ERIC components have Web sites. These sites
  provide you with copies of ERIC Digests,
  information on other ERIC-produced publications,
  virtual libraries of full-text material from
  other sources, electronic journals, and links to
  related Web sites. The next two slides show the
  home pages of two ERIC Clearinghouse Web sites.

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http//ericir.syr.edu/ithome/
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http//www.ericsp.org/
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• All ERIC Web sites are linked together by the
  main ERIC site

http//www.accesseric.org
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• ERIC also features
• Lesson planslinks to more than 6,000 online
  educational materials from 90 organizations
  http//www.thegateway.org
• Parent Brochuresmore than 35 brochures in
  question-and-answer format http//www.accesseric.
  org
• Listservselectronic discussion groups on school
  library and media services, early childhood
  education, school administration, and many other
  topics http//www.accesseric.org
• A Conference Calendara searchable database of
  more than 600 education-related conferences
  http//www.accesseric.org

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• For more information on ERIC, contact
• ACCESS ERIC
• http//www.accesseric.org
• accesseric_at_accesseric.org
• 1800LETERIC (5383742)