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ERIC: Education Resources Information Center

ERIC: Education Resources Information Center. A PRACTICAL GUIDE Melissa Mote and Rebecca Rasnic 10/8/2012 INF 382D Dr. Loriene Roy.

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ERIC: Education Resources Information Center

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  1. ERIC: Education Resources Information Center A PRACTICAL GUIDE Melissa Mote and Rebecca Rasnic 10/8/2012 INF 382D Dr. Loriene Roy

  2. ERIC is an index sponsored by the Institute of Education Services (within the U.S. Department of Education) which provides a broad range of literature on education, from early to higher, vocational, and special education. What is ERIC?

  3. CORE SUBJECT AREAS Adult, Career, and Vocational Education Assessment and Evaluation Disabilities and Gifted Education Information and Technology Reading, English, and Communication Rural Education and Small Schools Teaching and Teacher Education Urban Education

  4. MAJOR JOURNALS YOU’LL FIND IN ERIC American Journal of Education American School Board Journal Comparative Education Review Elementary School Journal Harvard Educational Review The Horn Book Magazine School Library Journal

  5. TYPES OF PUBLICATIONS ERIC JOURNALS (EJs) ERIC provides full-text coverage from over a thousand journals from 1993 present ERIC DOCUMENTS (EDs) “Grey Literature” reports conference papers briefs fact sheets curriculum and training materials

  6. ERIC BY THE NUMBERS • 1166 journals (1063 with full text, 103 with selective coverage) • Full text coverage from 1993-present • Material from: • 115 federal agencies • 781 associations, organizations, state or local agencies, centers, and programs • 78 book publishers • Thousands of individuals • 347,351 full-text records • 1,464,147 records total

  7. Using eric

  8. BASIC SEARCHING • A single text box at the top of the page allows for keyword searching. • Beneath the basic search form, you have the option to limit your search by journal title, educational level, date, peer reviewed, etc. IDEAL FOR: • Patrons who have a specific author or publication in mind • Patrons who want a broad, shallow look at the literature on a given subject Let’s walk through a basic keyword search together… http://www.lib.utexas.edu

  9. BOOLEAN OPERATORS:AND, OR, NOT AND Results will contain “Chicago” and “Public Schools” OR Results will contain “Chicago” or “Public Schools” NOT Results will contain “Chicago” but not “Public Schools” Chicago AND Public Schools Chicago OR Public Schools Chicago NOT Public Schools

  10. ERIC THESAURUS • ERIC'sthesaurus enables users to locate standardized search terms called descriptors. • ERIC Thesaurus provides a controlled vocabulary and contributes to ERIC’s strong depth of indexing. • Thesaurusrecords provide: • a definition of the term • date it was first used in ERIC • lists of related terms Let's take a look at ERIC's thesaurus feature.

  11. ADVANCED SEARCHING • Multiple text boxes allow field-searching and the use of Boolean operators • Beneath the advanced search form, you can limit search results in the same ways as basic search IDEAL FOR: • Patrons who want a more in-depth look at the literature on a given subject • Patrons who want to build targeted searches Now let's walk through an advanced search…

  12. SPECIAL FEATURES

  13. VISUAL SEARCHING • An intuitive way to search for materials across broad subject areas • Visual searching creates an interactive, visual map organized by topic. IDEAL FOR • Patrons who wish to focus a broad research subject • Visual learners Now, let's walk through a visual search…

  14. CITATION MANAGEMENT ERIC provides citations in AMA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA, and ICMJE formats. ERIC also offers the option to export your citations to a bibliographic management software such as EndNote, RefWorks, etc.

  15. OTHER EDUCATION RESOURCES British Education Index Chronicle of Higher Education Dissertations and Theses: Full Text EdITLib (Education and Information Technology Library) Education Full Text Education Index Retrospective Testing and Education Reference Center Available through UT Libraries website: http://www.lib.utexas.edu

  16. QUESTIONS?

  17. WORKS CITED Automation Drive. “Boolean Operators.” Accessed October 7, 2012.http://www.automation-drive.com/boolean-operator. ERIC: Education Resources Information Center. Accessed October 5, 2012. http://www.eric.ed.gov/. Teachnology. “What Are the Major Education Journals?” Accessed October 8, 2012. http://www.teach-nology.com/litined/journals.

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