In the future, all government sponsored documents from 1966 to the present will be available full text electronically. Each year the clearinghouses produce approximately 250 publications. The GEM project is developing a standard way to describing educational materials and assemble those descriptions in a single union catalog, creating easy access regardless of where these materials are found on the Internet. The goal is to provide access to thousands of lesson plans, curriculum units, and other educational materials that exist on Web and gopher sites across the Internet. There are 16 ERIC Clearinghouses which provide user services, produce and distribute publications and engage in special projects.
Web Rings are similar to Web directories, except that they are very specialized.
A group of related sites link together to form a ring. After visiting one site, a simple mouse click takes you to the next site on the ring. A click there takes you to the third site, and so on. You do a keyword search or pick from a list of eight general categories. This WebRing has been setup for to list and link their Individual School's Home Pages.