ERIC is an acronym for the Educational Resources Information Center, which is a U.S. Department of Education clearinghouse of education-related publications and materials.
ERIC materials are designated with either an EJ or ED number.
Education-related articles in journals are assigned an EJ number; for a list of the journals included in this database
Other ERIC publications are assigned an ED number. These documents include:
See video tutorials for ERIC and Education Research Complete HERE.
Library databases general use 'boolean logic,' 'keyword,' and 'controlled vocabulary' (subject heading) searches rather than Google-type 'natural language searching'
When searching in ERIC or any other library-type database, you want to separate your topic into concepts and connect them with boolean logic (and parentheses, if necessary).
Other search tiips
ERIC has snazzy ways to limit your results:
In the limits drop-downs, you can use Ctrl-click or Shift-click select more than one term.
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