BRITISH EDUCATION INDEX [121]

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British Education Index

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Last Update To Bluesheet: December 3, 2002

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File Description	Dialog File Data	Special Features	Sample Record	Sort
Subject Coverage	Database Content	DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories	Basic Index	Rank
Sources	Document Types Indexed	Contact	Additional Indexes	Predefined Format Options
Print Counterparts	Geographic Coverage	Terms and Conditions	Limit	Rates

File Description [top]

British Education Index (BEI) is the database equivalent of the printed British Education Index (BEI) and the microfiche British Education Theses Index (BETI). BEI contains the subject descriptions of, and bibliographic references to, significant journal literature relating to education and the teaching of curricular subjects; BETI similarly indexes thesis literature. The files form part of ERIC International, a cluster of educational databases comprising the British, Australian, and Canadian education indexes.

The database covers all aspects and fields of education from preschool to adult and higher education, normally qualified by age or educational levels. The range of interest within indexed journals results in broad subject and geographical coverage.

Subject Coverage [top]

Cognitive Development
Computer Assisted Learning
Curriculum
Educational Policy
Educational Psychology
Educational Technology
English (Second Language)
Language Acquisition
Management in Education
Multicultural Education
Physical Education
Science Education
Special Educational Needs
Teacher Education

Sources [top]

BEI attempts to list every significant article of permanent educational interest appearing in over 250 English-language periodicals published in the British Isles and in certain internationally published periodicals. The number of journals and the type of literature indexed are subject to constant evaluation and expansion. BETI records all theses relevant to education accepted and deposited at UK and Irish universities and polytechnics.

Print Counterparts [top]

British Education Index

Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered:	BEI: 1976 to the present; BETI: 1950 to the present
File Size:	Over 124,600 records as of December 2002
Update Frequency:	Quarterly (Approximately 1,000 Records per update)

Database Content [top]

Bibliographic Records

Document Types Indexed [top]

Journal Articles
Theses and Dissertations

Geographic Coverage [top]

International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

None

Special Features [top]

ERA Available
Graduate Education Program
KWIC and HILIGHT Available
DIALOG Alert Available
Remove Duplicates (RD, ID) Available

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM	CATEGORY NAME
EDUCAT	Education
INFOSCI	Library and Information Services
LANGUAGE	Language and Linguistics
PSYCH	Psychology
SOCSCI	Social Science

Contact [top]

BEI is produced by the University of Leeds, which assumed responsibility for the data from the British Library in 1986. BETI is produced by the librarians of institutes and schools of education. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

British Education Index
The Editor
The Brotherton Library
University of Leeds
Leeds, LS2 9JT
United Kingdom

Telephone:	+44 01532-431751
Telex:	556473 UNILDS G

Terms and Conditions [top]

No special terms or conditions.

Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

	`DIALOG(R)File 121:Brit.Education Index`
	`(c) 1998 British Education Index. All rts. reserv.`
SF=	`00132522 SUBFILE: British Education Index (BEI)`
/TI	`Introducing computer-based learning`
AU=	`Laurillard Diana`
JN=	`Open Learning; Vol.1,no.1:Feb 86`
PY=	`PUBLICATION YEAR(S): 1986`
	`PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: p10-12`
LA=, CP=	`LANGUAGE: English COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: England`
	`NOTES:`
/NT	`Adult Education`
	`DESCRIPTORS:`
	`Industry and Education; Computer Assisted Learning; Teaching`
	`Methods`


	`DIALOG(R)File 121:Brit.Education Index`
	`(c) 1998 British Education Index. All rts. reserv.`
SF=	`00008551 SUBFILE: British Education Theses Index (BETI)`
/TI	`Children's use of context in reading`
AU=	`Potter F.N.`
	`Thesis (Ph.D.) - Leicester, 1982`
PY=	`PUBLICATION YEAR(S): 1982`
	`DESCRIPTORS:`
/DE	`Reading - Research; Reading - Tests and Scales`

BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH SUFFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	None	All Basic Index Fields	Word	S RASCH(W)MODEL
/DE	DE	Descriptor¹	Word & Phrase	S TEACHING(W)METHODS/DE S COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING/DE
/ID	ID	Identifier²	Word & Phrase	S PROFICIENCY(W)TEST?/ID S RASCH MODEL/ID
/NA	NA	Named Person³	Word	S (AKROYD(W)EDWARD)/NA
/NT	NT	Note	Word	S ADULT(W)EDUCATION/NT
/TI	TI	Title	Word	S COMPUTER(W)BASED(W)LEARNING/TI

¹Also /DF.

²Also /IF.

³Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH PREFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	AN	DIALOG Accession Number
AU=	AU	Author	Phrase	S AU=LAURILLARD DIANA?
BN=	BN	International Standard Book Number (ISBN)	Phrase	S BN=0112703976
CA=	CA	Classification Number	Phrase	S CA=BF318
CP=	CP	Country of Publication	Word & Phrase	S CP=ENGLAND S CP=GERMANY, WEST
CS=	CS	Corporate Source	Word	S CS=(ADULT(W)EDUCATION(W)INSTITUTE)
CT=	CT	Conference Title	Word	S CT=(INTERNATIONAL(W)HEALTH(W)EXHIBITION)
ED=	ED	Edition	Word	S ED=YOUTH
JN=	JN	Journal Name	Phrase	S JN=OPEN LEARNING
LA=	LA	Language	Phrase	S LA=ENGLISH
NA=	NA	Named Person	Phrase	S NA=ARNOLD MATTHEW?
PU=	PU	Place of Publication, Name of Publisher	Word	S PU=(ALLEN(1N)UNWIN)
PY=	PY	Publication Year	Phrase	S PY=1986
SF=	SF	Subfile	Phrase	S SF=BEI
SN=	SN	International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)	Phrase	S SN=30764133
None	SO	Source Information⁴
UD=	None	Update	Phrase	S UD=9999

⁴Display varies according to document type.

LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX	FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
/	DIALOG Accession Number	S S3/00013347-99999999
/NOTHESES	Non-theses (BEI) records	S S9/NOTHESES
/THESES	Theses (BETI) records	S S7/THESES
/YYYY	Publication Year	S S5/1986:1988

SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS	EXAMPLES
AU, JN, PY, TI	SORT S5/ALL/AU/PY,D PRINT S7/5/ALL/AU/TI

RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS	EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked. Other RANK codes include: DE, ID	RANK AU S3

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]


User-defined formats may be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables.	TYPE S3/AU,TI,SO/1-5

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.	DIALOGWEB FORMAT	RECORD CONTENT
1	--	DIALOG Accession Number
2	--	Full Record
3	Medium	Bibliographic Citation
5	--	Full Record
6	Free	Title
7	Long	Full Record except Indexing
8	Short	Title and Indexing
9	Full	Full Record
K	--	KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats

DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
DIALOG Accession Number	TYPE 00132522/5 DISPLAY 00008795/AU,TI PRINT 00122644/5

Rates [top]

Rates For File: British Education Index[121]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $3.00
Cost per minute:                   $0.97
Rank Elements                      $0.00
ALERT (default)                    $8.75
ALERT (Monthly)                    $8.75
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *   $8.75
ALERT (Weekly)                 *   $8.75
ALERT (Daily)                  *   $7.75
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *   $8.75
ALERT (Intraday)               *   $7.75
* = custom scheduled Alerts only
ALERT Number of included prints        0

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $1.50    $1.50
     3    $1.50    $1.50
     4    $1.50    $1.50
     5    $1.50    $1.50
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $1.50    $1.50
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $1.50    $1.50
KWIC95    $0.17       NA
KWIC96    $0.17       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

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