QUERRI is an online database with bibliographic information on more than 15,000 educational resources produced by Extension specialists from 13 north central land-grant universities.
Because funds are not available to support QUERRI, it is no longer updated. The last update was Spring 2000. As a result, information cited in QUERRI may not be current.
You will find references in QUERRI ranging from "Agriculture" to "Community Resource Development," "4-H & Youth," "Family Living" and "Consumers." The system is set up for keyword searching. It provides several methods of searching the database [ADD LINK TO YOUR NEW SEARCH PAGE].
Bibliographic details of each reference consist of title, author, a short abstract describing the resource, format, year, producing institution, university identification number, and ordering procedures. Both written and audio-visual materials are included, software is not.
Many of the publishing universities can process your orders by electronic mail. QUERRI provides an easy means for a user to fill out an inquiry form, which is then automatically e-mailed to the appropriate distribution office. That office then responds with availability and pricing information. IDEA does NOT inventory or distribute the materials listed in QUERRI. Copies can be ordered directly from the publishing university’s distribution office. If copies are available, the addresses and phone numbers of the producing institutions are provided in QUERRI.
QUERRI requires no registration, user fee or password. The only cost may be your long-distance charge if using a modem.
QUERRI is hosted by IDEA, Information Development ~ Expanding Awareness. IDEA was formerly known as the North Central Region Educational Materials Project (NCREMP). Organized in 1976, NCREMP was established to reduce duplication of effort in resource development and gain economies of scale with pre-print orders. Thirteen land-grant universities were participated -- Univ. of Illinois, Purdue, Iowa State, Kansas State, Michigan State, Univ. of Minnesota, Univ. of Missouri, Lincoln Univ-MO, Univ. of Nebraska, North Dakota State, Ohio State, South Dakota State, and Univ. of Wisconsin. IDEA is located at Iowa State University.
For questions regarding QUERRI or IDEA, contact Sorrel Brown, manager, at (515) 294-8802 or send e-mail to <idea@iastate.edu>.
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