The document provides information about the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) database. It discusses that ERIC is operated by the US Department of Education and contains over 1.5 million records. It indexes journal articles, books, reports, and other education-related materials from 26 countries. Users can access ERIC through the EBSCOhost platform. The document outlines the basic and advanced search features available in ERIC and provides detailed descriptions of the different types of publication formats indexed in ERIC.