What is Eric?

2. Eric, a Scholarly Search
Engine
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is an
authoritative database of indexed and full-text education
literature and resources. Sponsored by the Institute of
Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of
Education in 1964, it is essential too for education
researchers of all kinds.
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3. Eric, a Scholarly Search
Engine
 ERIC adds new sources on a biannual basis to ensure
the continued growth of the ERIC digital library, a
widely used collection of education research.
 Numerous requests from publishers and editors are
received to index their journals or other materials in
ERIC. These suggested sources are subject to a review
process that uses the ERIC Selection Policy as a guide.
https://eric.ed.gov/?note

4. A Wide Array of Source Types
 ERIC contains records and links to
hundreds of thousands of full-text
documents.
 It includes records for a variety of source
types, including journal articles, books,
conference papers, curriculum guides,
dissertations and policy papers.
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5. A Wide Array of Source Types
 Further, researchers can limit search results
by education level such as Early Childhood
Education as well as on the intended
audience such as Counselors or Teachers.
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6. Eric at a Glance
 Subject Area: Education
 Title Lists: ERIC
 Ideal For: Academic Libraries, Corporations, High
Schools, Middle Schools, Elementary Schools, Canada
Schools, Australia & New Zealand
Schools, Government, Public Libraries
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7. You may also be interested in:
 Education Source
 Education Package
 Education Research Complete

8. Content Includes
 More than 1.6 million records
 Links to nearly 750,000 full-text
documents
 Coverage dating back to 1966
 An education-specific thesaurus
containing over 11,700 terms
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9. Using ERIC thesaurus for successful
ERIC search
 The query form will allow you to
formulate the following search strategy:
(set1) and (set2)] and (set3).

That is, located citations will contain any
of the terms in (set1) and any of the
terms in (set2) and any of the terms in
(set3).
© SearchERIC 2000 - 2013

10. Using ERIC thesaurus for
successful ERIC search
 After you input a starting word or phrase, relevant parts of
the ERIC Thesaurus will appear on the right. To look up a
new word, either click on the hypertext link or enter a new
word or phrase in the [Look Up] box at the bottom of the
frame. To add terms to your query, click on
the checkbox(es) next to the desired term(s) and then scroll
to the bottom and click on an [Add to Set x] button. Push
a [Submit to xx] button to start your search.
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11. Using ERIC thesaurus for successful
ERIC search
Hints:
1. Tosearchforanauthoror wordin title,enterthephrasein Set1, pushRefresh, andthen
pushSubmit.
2. Use"*"forwildcards.
3. Puta"-"in frontof atermtoexcludecites referencing thatterm.
4. Whenaddingterms, usequotes(") aroundphrases,andcomma (,) nospacebetween termsto
theOR'ed.
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12. Database locations and differences
 sing this Wizard, you can search the ERIC bibliographic
database and full-text Digests mounted at
the SearchERIC.org. Some key features are:
1. Different sites use different search engines. The order and
look of citations will not be the same.
2. We have a "more like this" option. Other sites allows cross
field searching and different advanced features.
3. We cover journal articles (CIJE) and non-journal papers (RIE).
4. We have the full database since 1966.
© SearchERIC 2000 - 2013

13. Timed-out?
 The SearchERIC site is set to time-out
after 45 seconds of trying a search
strategy. If this happens, try a less
complicated search. Try to use fewer
phrases and fewer terms.
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