BrainSMART: Library Research Module - Step 2

Welcome to Step 2 of Library Research Module for BrainSMART:

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STEP 2
Finding ERIC Documents (EDs) in ERIC 

ERIC indexes published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics. In addition to journal articles, ERIC also includes citations and abstracts for a vareity of education documents not published in journals. These include government reports, conference papers, curriculi, standards and guidelines, and abstracts of books from 1966 to present. The results of an ERIC search may contain items on your topic from the

  • journal literature–abstracts of journal literature have EJ accession numbers
  • document literature–abstracts of document literature have ED accession numbers

For more information, you can also see this short video on EJ and ED documents in ERIC:
http://www.nova.edu/library/dils/video/how_do/ej_ed_accessionnumbers/

Activity 2

Searching ERIC for EDs

  1. In ERIC (ProQuest), use one or all of your key search terms from Activity 1 to perform a search.
  2. On the right side, under the heading, Narrow Results By, click on either Confernce Papers & Proceedings or Reports.
  3. Select a record. These records are not journal articles so they will have ED accession numbers.
  4. Provide the following information:
ERIC ED Accession Number: 
  
Document title: 
  
Type of item or record: 

 

       
Did you locate the full-text of the ED document? 

  Yes  No  Not sure

HOW TO: Click on the FullText link on the ERIC Search Results page. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the document. If you are not able to find the ED document electronically in ERIC, please order the document through Document Delivery.

Tips for Citing ERIC ED Documents

For information about how to cite ERIC ED documents, take a look at
http://www.nova.edu/library/dils/video/how_do/formattingERICcitations/

For help in constructing your search, contact the Reference Desk at (800) 541-6682 ext. 24613 or locally in Broward County at (954) 262-4613. Chat and email help are also available. See Ask A Librarian.

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You have successfully completed Step 2 of the Library Research Module for BrainSMART. 

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