Educational Clearinghouses, Regional Laboratories, & Research Centers

Major Databases

• ERIC Database: Covers ERIC from 1989 to present

• ERIC Wizard: Covers ERIC from 1976 to present. Can use ERIC thesaurus.

• National Clearinghouse in Bilingual Education (NCBE): Excellent database for bilingual/multicultural education. Many articles are full-text.

ERIC Clearinghouses

• Adult, Career, and Vocational Education

• Assessment and Evaluation

• Community Colleges

• Counseling and Student Services (ERIC/CSS)

• Disabilities and Gifted Education

• Educational Management (ERIC/CEM)

• Higher Education

• Information and Technology (ERIC IT)

• Languages and Linguistics

• Reading, English and Communication

• Rural Education and Small Schools (Eric/CRESS)

• Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education (ERIC/CSMEE)

• Social Studies/Social Science Education (ERIC/ChESS)

• Teaching and Teacher Education

• Urban Education

Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouses

• Art Education

• Child Care

• Clinical Schools

• Consumer Education

• Entrepreneurship Education

• ESL Literacy Education

• Law-Related Education

• National Parent Information Network

• Service-Learning

• Test Collection

• U.S.-Japan Studies

National Regional Educational Laboratories

• Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL)

• Far West Laboratory

• Mid-Atlantic Laboratory for Student Success (LSS)

• Mid-continent Regional Laboratory (McREL)

• North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

• Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory at Brown (LAB)

• Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL)

• SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE)

• Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL)

• Pacific Regional Educational Laboratory (PREL)

Compiled 9/19/96 (Updated 6/15/97) by Laura M. Boyer (CSU Stanislaus, Reference Coordinator); technical assistance by Valerie Bross (CSU Stanislaus, Cataloger)