Updated: August 31, 2005

ERIC (the Educational Resource Information Center)

The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a digital library of education-related resources, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. When the ERIC digital library opened to the public on September 1, 2004, the collection consisted primarily of electronic bibliographic records describing journal and non-journal literature selected by ERIC from 1966 - 2003. The collection has expanded to include full-text articles. In years ahead, the collection may include other electronic resources such as audio and video materials.

ERIC's 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. A fundamental goal for ERIC's future is to increase the availability and quality of research and information for educators, researchers, and the general public. The Institute of Education Sciences is committed to continuously improve the efficiency and utility of ERIC so that it becomes a premier Web-based library for accessing current and historical education resources. Among these resources will be the studies produced by the What Works Clearinghouse in support of the Department of Education's initiative to identify the best scientifically based evidence of "what works" in education.

To realize its mission and goal and to meet rising user expectations in the digital age, ERIC is undergoing significant change. Nearly all aspects of ERIC operations are being revamped, including the online system, resource acquisitions and processing, the list of journals indexed, and the delivery of full-text materials. ERIC is leveraging new technologies to streamline processing and speed delivery of timely information. Redesigned online services are being released to the public in phased implementations including the centralized Web site, enhanced search and retrieval functions, and Web site personalization tools such as the capacity for users to save searches. ERIC is adopting metadata standards to help users refine their database searches, and is adding metadata tags to new database materials to provide information about resource quality. ERIC full-text materials, previously sold by the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS), are now available free-of-charge.

While it is possible to search the ERIC database using the ERIC website, using the database provided by Decker Library offers the advantage of a more advanced search interface as well as the ability to save, print, or e-mail search results and articles.

Periodical Titles
Browse Journals By Alphabet:
(These links will connect you to the corresponding pages of the ERIC website.)
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