DOCUMENT RESUME ED 395 589 IR 055 893 AUTHOR Pugh, Elizabeth, Comp.; Brandhorst, Ted, Comp. TITLE ERIC Digests: An Annotated Bibliography of All ERIC Digests Announced in the ERIC Database, April 1993 March 1996. INSTITUTION Computer Sciences Corp., Rockville, MD.; ERIC Processing and Reference Facility, Rockville, MD. SPONS AGENCY Educational Resources Information Center (ED), Washington, DC. PUB DATE Apr 96 CONTRACT R1194002001 NOTE 205p.; For bibliography of all Digests through March 1993, see ED 358 864. PUB TYPE Information Analyses ERIC Clearinghouse Products (071) Reference Materials Bibliographies (131) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Abstracts; *Annotated Bibliographies; *Databases; *Documentation; Early Childhood Education; *Educational Research; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; *Information Dissemination; Postsecondary Education; Resource Materials; Synthqsis IDENTIFIERS ERIC; ERIC Clearinghouses; *ERIC Digests ABSTRACT This bibliography is a 3-year supplement to the first bibliography of ERIC Digest resumes published in April 1993 and covering ERIC Digest production through March 1993. Included in this supplement are resumes for all digests entered into the ERIC database for the April 1993 through March 1996 issues of Resources in Education (RIE), a total of 429 digests. A statistical summary provides data on ERIC Digests by Clearinghouse and by year of announcement. The digest resumes are sorted in descending order by ED number, placing the most recent first. Subject and author indexes are included. Appendices contain: (1) the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and brief scope notes of ERIC clearinghouses (ERIC Ready Reference #6);(2) a complete alphabetical list of ERIC Digests (ERIC Ready Reference #10A);(3) a complete list of ERIC Digests by clearinghouse (Ready Reference #10B); and (4) an accession number list of 1,507 digests (787. of total) currently available in full text via online and CD-ROM systems. (Author/AEF) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ********************************************************k************.A* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Wilco of Educaoonal Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) O ThiS document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it O Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality ICDIGESTS Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent An Annotated Bibliography official OERI position or policy of All ERIC Digests Announced in the ERIC Database April 1993 - March 1996 ^ X., Compiled and Edited by Elizabeth Pugh Ted Brandhorst (ERIC Processing and Reference Facility) April 1996 BEST COPY AVAllAfILE Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) National Library of Education (NLE) Office of Educational Research and Improvement U.S. Department of Education 2 0 [ ICDIGESTS An Annotated Bibliography of All ERIC Digests Announced in the ERIC Database April 1993-March 1996 Compiled and Edited by Elizabeth Pugh Ted Brandhorst (ERIC Processing and Reference Facility) April 1996 Page ii ERIC Digests s This publication was 1:;srepared by Computer Sciences Corporation, System Sciences Division, under contract RR94002001 with the U.S. Department of Education. Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), for the operation of the ERIC Processing and Reference Fad Itty. The contents of this publication do not necessarity reflect official OERI policy. el ERIC Digests Page iii Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION v II. STATISTICAL SUMMARY vi III. ERIC DIGESTS 1 A. Resumes (in Descending Order, by ED#) 1 B. Indexes Subject Index 79 Author Index 111 IV. APPENDIXES 0 A. ERIC Clearinghouses Appendix A Names, Addresses, Telephone Numbers, and 3rief Scope Notes (ERIC Ready Reference #6) B. ERIC Digests Appendix B Complete Alphabetical List (ERIC Ready Reference #10A) C. ERIC Digests Appendix C Complete List, by Clearinghouse (ERIC Ready Reference #10B) D. ERIC Digests in Full Text Appendix D An Accession number list of 1,507 Digests (78% of total) currently available in full text via online and CD-ROM systems. uf- ERIC Digests Page v I.Introduction ERIC Digests are: I short reports (1000-1500 words on one or two pages) on topics of prime current interest in education. I targeted specifically for teachers, administrators, policymakers, and other practitioners, but generally useful to the broad educational community. I designed to provide an overview of information on a given topic, plus references to items providing more detailed information. If produced by the 16 subject-specialized ERIC Clearinghouses, and reviewed by experts and content specialists in the field. funded by the Office of Educational Resecrich and Improvement (0ER1), of the U.S. Department of Education. If available in original printed form directly from the producing Clearinghouses (ask to be placed on their mailing lists ERIC Ready Reference #6 lists the Clearinghouses, together with full addresses, telephone numbers, and brief scope notes describing the areas they cover). Although there were precursors in 1981-1983, historically ERIC Digests began to emerge seriously in 1984 as one of the most desirable and popular publication products of the ERIC Clearinghouses. In the early period, there had been several names in vogue for the brief two-page documents that users were beginning to ask for in such quantities, e.g., Short Reports, Fact Sheets, OSA, Summaries, etc. In order to avoid confusion, the ERIC components finally agreed to use the standard designation Digest for these 1-2 page documents. Initially, Digests were not entered into the ERIC database because it was not the usual practice to select such brief one-page documents for the database. However, the popularity of Digests quickly led to an exception being made in their case. Today, all ERIC Digests are routinely entered into the ERIC database and their full text collected for the ERIC Digests Online (EDO) file. Before such processing became routine, however, there were 156 Digests produced in the early years which had time to become dated or obsolete and which, therefore, have not been retrospectively added to the database. These Digests are listed in Ready Reference *10 (without ED numbers), but do not have resumes in the ERIC database, do not have ED accession numbers, and do not appear in this bibliography. This bibliography is a three-year supplement to the main bibliography of the same name published in April 1993 and covering Digest production through March 1993 (see ED 358 864). This supplement contains resumes for all Digests entered into the ERIC database for the April 1993 March 1996 issues of Resources in Education (RIE), a total of 439 Digests. A statistical summary following this Introduction provides data on ERIC Digests by Clearinghouse and by year of announcement. The Digest resumes are sorted in descending order by ED number, thereby placing the most recent items first and the oldest last. Approximately 150 new Digests are now produced each year by the ERIC Clearinghouses. Ready Reference #10, which is periodically updated, provides a primary alphabetic list of Digest titles (Ready Reference #10A) and a secondary list of these same titles arranged by Clearinghouse (Ready Reference #10B). (See Appendixes B and C, respectively.) The last attachment is a list of 1,507 Digests (78% of total) whose full text is available online and via CD-ROM systems. (See Appendix D.) Page vi ERIC Digests II.Statistical Summary A. This Supplement (April 1993- March 1996; N = 439) ERIC Digests ERIC Digests (By Clearinghouse) (By Year of Announcement) April 1993 - Year of Digests Clearinghouse March 1996 Announcement inAnnounced in RIE Prefix (3 Years) RIE During Period CE 34 1993 (Apr -Dec) 120 CG 33 CS 28 1994 147 EA 23 EC 28 1995 140 FL 55 HE 19 1996 (Jan-Mar) 32 IR 24 JC 24 PS 38 TOTAL DIGESTS 439 RC 26 SE 21 SO 22 SP 17 TM 20 UD 27 TOTAL DIGESTS 439 B. Total ERIC Digests (1981 - March ;996; N = 1,936) (as listed in ERIC Ready Reference #10) ERIC Digests announced in RIE (with ED#)2: 1,761 ERIC Digests in Process at Press Time: 19 (with CH#, will receive ED#) ERIC Digests not in ERIC Database: 156 (dated or obsolete; no ED #) TOTAL DIGESTS 1,936 40 digests were announced in the first quarter of 1993 (and appeared in the main bibliography). 120 Digests were announced In the remainder of 1993, (and appear in this supplement), for a total of 160 digests for all of 1993. 210 items apr,ear only In the collection ED 298 407; 5 items appear °My in the collection ED 252 693. 1 Document Resumes ED 388 492 RC 020 351 ED 388 491 RC 020 350 ContractRR93002012 St. Germaine. Richard Menchaca Velma D.Ruiz-Escalanre. lase A. Note-4p. Drop-Out Rates among American Indian and Instructional Strategies for Migrant Students. Available fromERIC/CRESS, P.O. Box 1348, Alaska Native Stadents: Beyond Cultural Dis- ERIC Digest. Charleston, WV 25325-1348 (free). continuity. ERIC Digest. ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Pub Type ERIC Information AnalysisProducts ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools, Charleston, WV. (IAPS) (071) Schools, Charleston. WV. Spons AgencyOffice of Educational Research EDRS Price - MFOI/PC01 Plus Postage. Spons AgencyOffice of Educational Research . and Improvement (ED). Washington, DC. Descriptors*Educational Attainment, Elemen- and Improvement (ED). Washington,