The ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE)

  The Project Approach Catalog 3 Note: CEEP is the successor to the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE), which was part of the national information system in education, called ERIC, from 1967 through December 2003. At the end of December 2003 the ERIC Clearinghouse system was disbanded, and a single contractor has since been named to build the ERIC database. CEEP offers access to the archive of ERIC/EECE materials at http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/index.html. (For more information on the ERIC database since 2003, please go to http://eric.ed.gov.)

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE) has been located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 1967. The clearinghouse identifies, selects, and processes the report literature, books, and journal articles on topics related to the development, care, and education of children through early adolescence (except for specific subject areas covered by other ERIC clearinghouses) for the ERIC database.

The clearinghouse also provides other products and services, many of them at no cost. Free products include a biannual newsletter; ERIC Digests; resource lists on topics of high interest to parents, educators, policy makers, and the general public; brochures and publications lists; and ERIC system materials. Major publications and ReadySearches are available at low cost.

In response to queries from the general public, the clearinghouse provides free materials, short searches of the ERIC database, and referrals to other information sources when appropriate. Other clearinghouse services include conducting workshops and making presentations, providing camera-ready materials for conferences, and conducting extensive computer searches (for a fee) on topics related to the clearinghouse's scope of interest.

Please write or call the clearinghouse for additional information on any of these services or products, or to be placed on the clearinghouse mailing list.

ERIC/EECE
University of Illinois
51 Gerty Drive
Champaign, IL 61820-7469
Telephone: 217-333-1386