Researchers have come to rely on this thesaurus to locate precise terms from the controlled vocabulary used to index the ERIC database. This, the first print edition in more than 5 years, contains a total of 10,773 vocabulary terms with 206 descriptors and 210 use references that are new to this edition. A popular and widely used reference tool for sets of education-related terms established and updated by ERIC lexicographers to assist searchers in defining, narrowing, and broadening their search strategies. The Introduction to the "Thesaurus" contains helpful information about ERIC...

This must-have companion volume to the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors contains more than 6,000 new terms added since the last edition making 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,...