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ERIC - Education Resources Information Center
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- Description
- The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a national
education database sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
Presently the largest education database in the world, ERIC contains over
1.2 million citations for materials in the field of education. This site includes indexing
for more than 650 journals, about 500 of which are comprehensively indexed.
It also indexes over 100,000 documents (ED numbers), many of which are full text online.
- Help
- From the top right of the OVID search screen, click on the "Help" icon. Instructions are
provided on basic and advanced searching techniques
- For help using these indexes see: How do I find an article on my
topic?
- User tools and features
- Alert Service
- Dates covered
- 1966 to the present, though some earlier materials may be included.
- Updating frequency
- Monthly.
- Sources
- Research documents, many of which are done under government contract, journal articles, technical
reports, policy papers, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials.
- Type of coverage
- Citations with abstracts for 1966+ and a continually expanding collection of full text educational
documents (i.e. ED numbers).
- Print Counterpart or related resources
- Research in Education(1968-1974); Resources in Education (1975-January 2000); and
Current index to journals in education: CIJE (1969-2001). See IRIS for holdings.
Alexander Library also owns a complete collection of the educational
documents (ED numbers) available on microfiche. These may be retrieved
from Alexander's Current Periodicals/Microforms Room using the ED
number. Libraries within RUL may also contain many of the journals
cited; search IRIS by journal title to ascertain
holdings.
- Funder
- VALE - Virtual Academic Library Environment of New Jersey
- Producer/content provider
- ERIC Processing and Reference Facility, Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC)
- Vendor/electronic presentation provider
- Ovid
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