Automated Search of the ERIC Files: Report Resume File and Journal Article File. User's Instruction Manual.

The University of Iowa Computer Center obtained the ERIC data base on March 15, 1971. In the early stages, the files were reduced in size by eliminating some of the fields, and the program was modified to allow a maximum of 100 hits per search request. This manual is intended to aid the new users during the system's first year of operation. It contains a detailed description of the three components in a search element: (1) preparation of input descriptors, (2) logical operators, and (3) contextual operators. (SJ)