About ERIC Database and Thesaurus

Subject
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.

ERIC provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

In addition, ERIC provides access to a growing collection of full-text journal and non-journal literature in Adobe PDF format, including reports from the What Works Clearinghouse. ERIC appreciates the individuals and publishers who have given ERIC permission to display the full-text at no charge. Most materials published 2004 and forward include links to other sources, including publishers' Web sites. More info

Sources
Journal articles, books, research syntheses, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers, and other education-related materials.
ERIC currently indexes more than 600 journals, the majority of which are indexed comprehensively — every article in each issue is included in ERIC. Some journals are indexed selectively — only those articles that are education-related are selected for indexing. Title list of indexed journals.

Coverage
1966 to present.

Provider
U.S. Department of Education

Help
Online help available.

Access
Public web site.

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Revised: 02/06/2008