Resource Database

Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)

Description

From the website: ERIC - the Education Resources Information Center - is an online digital library of education research and information.  ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.  The ERIC mission is to provide a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information that also meets the requirements of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002.  The ERIC collection includes annotated bibliographic records (citations, abstracts, and other pertinent data) for more than 1.2 million items indexed since 1966, including: journal articles, books, research, syntheses, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers, and other education-related materials.internet-based digital library of education research and information sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC provides access to bibliographic records of journal and non-journal literature indexed from 1966 to the present. ERIC also contains a growing collection of full-text materials in Adobe PDF format. The ERIC collection includes bibliographic records (citations, abstracts, and other pertinent data) for more than 1.2 million items indexed since 1966, including: journal articles, books, research syntheses, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers, and other education-related materials.  Currently, more than 650 journals are indexed in ERIC. About 500 of these journals are indexed comprehensively - every article in each issue is included in ERIC. A small number (about 150) are indexed selectively - only those articles that are education-related are selected for indexing. In addition, contributors have given ERIC permission to display more than 100,000 full-text materials in PDF format - at no charge. These materials are generally part of the recent “grey literature” such as conference papers and reports, rather than journal articles and books. Most materials published in 2004 and forward include links to other sources, including publishers’ Web sites.

Topic(s): Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development & Learning, Educational Content, Research

User Type(s): Academic, Educator, Journalist, Policymaker

Address

ERIC Project
c/o Computer Sciences Corporation
655 15th St. NW, Suite 500
Washington, District Of Columbia 20005

Contact Information

Phone(s): 800-LET-ERIC
URL(s): http://www.eric.ed.gov

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