A FILE ABOUT INTRODUCING Educational Resources Information Center(ERIC); WHAT IS ERIC?; Where ERIC BEGINS? and HOW TO FIND ARTICLES IN ERIC?

1. Samaneh Dodangi

2.  ERIC is an online digital library of education
research and information.
 ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of
Education Sciences of the United States
Department of Education.
 The mission of ERIC is to provide a
comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable,
Internet-based bibliographic and full-text
database of education research and
information for educators, researchers, and
the general public.
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3.  ERIC Gets Its Start on 1964.
 ERIC Program begins in the Office of
Education on May 15.
 “It was an office without funds and an office
without a program,” but early framers had
big plans.
 Harold Haswell is first ERIC Director.
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4.  The ERIC Collection contains records for a
variety of publication types, including:
 Journal articles
 Books
 Research syntheses
 Conference papers
 Technical reports
 Dissertations
 Policy papers
 and, other education-related materials
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5.  Currently over 650,000 records are from
scholarly journals.
 more than 225,000 records are from reports,
conference proceedings.
 and reference works in excess of 14,000
records.
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6. 1) See if it is located full-text in the database, by
clicking on the Full-Text (in CSA) or ERIC Full
Text (in eric.ed.gov) link.
2) Check the ERIC #. If it is an ED Number
between ED233000 and ED483004 (years 1981-
2003) it is available in Microfiche at Miller
Library.
3) If not located full-text in the database, use the
“Find it at Miller Library” tool to see if it is
located in another database. In CSA, click
on. In eric.ed.gov, click on Find in a Library
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7. 4) If the “Find it at Miller Library” tool does not
yield any results, do a “Journal Title” search. In
CSA, click on Check Your Catalog. In eric.ed.gov,
click on Find in a Library, then Search for
full text.
5) Request the article through InterLibrary Loan,
click Submit an ILL request.
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8.  "Fifty Years of ERIC: 1964-2014"(PDF). ERIC. 2014.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Resources_Infor
mation_Center
 http://proquest.libguides.com/eric
 https://askalibrarian.cornerstone.edu/faq/38013
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