Eric Identifier Authority List (IAL) 1995

(Hardback)

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This must-have companion volume to the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors contains more than 6,000 new terms added since the last editionmaking the new 1995 ERIC Identifer Authority List essential for the most accurate searches of the ERIC (Educational Resources in Education) database. Because users can target sources with greater precision, they will save on online charges and personal research time when you make this tool available to them. Identifiers describe ideas that originate with special projects, legislation, organizations, leaders and researchers, or represent new concepts, language, topics, and trends. IAL 1995 gives users the ability to use these terms and makes searches of the ERIC database far more strategic than using the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors alone.

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Belongs beside every search station.-Wilson Library Bulletin
Indexers can use this list to provide helpful control for the terms listed, and they can use its guidelines to formulate similar terms as well.-ARBA
New concepts, or 'canidate descriptors, ' which are awaiting approvalfor admission to the ERIC Thesaurus, are first introduced as Identifiers herin....It serves as a companion volume or supplement to the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors. Variant forms of the same concept are eliminated herein....A standard reference in its field. Recommended.-Reference Book Review
The ERIC Identifier Authority List helps to expedite searches of the ERIC database by identifying specific entities (e.g., the name of a particular project, piece of legislation, person, organization, or new concept). There are more than 50,000 identifiers currently used to index Current Index to Journals in Education and Resources in Education.-Reference & Research Book News
"Belongs beside every search station."-Wilson Library Bulletin
"Indexers can use this list to provide helpful control for the terms listed, and they can use its guidelines to formulate similar terms as well."-ARBA
"New concepts, or 'canidate descriptors, ' which are awaiting approvalfor admission to the ERIC Thesaurus, are first introduced as Identifiers herin....It serves as a companion volume or supplement to the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors. Variant forms of the same concept are eliminated herein....A standard reference in its field. Recommended."-Reference Book Review
"The ERIC Identifier Authority List helps to expedite searches of the ERIC database by identifying specific entities (e.g., the name of a particular project, piece of legislation, person, organization, or new concept). There are more than 50,000 identifiers currently used to index Current Index to Journals in Education and Resources in Education."-Reference & Research Book News

Author Bio

JAMES E. HOUSTON is lexicographer for the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility, ARC Professional Services Group. CAROLYN WELLER is assistant director, operations, for the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility, ARC Professional Services Group.