1. PLUG-INs Information Literacy @ Fujariah Colleges
ERIC
The Educational Resource
Information Center

2. What is ERIC ? The Educational Resource Information Center
is an online digital library of education research and information.
It is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.
It has more than 1,200,000 records.
It links to more than 100,000 full-text documents.

3. MISSION
The ERIC mission is to provide a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information.

4. KINDS OF DOCUMENTS Journal articles (600+ journals indexed) Books
Research Summaries
Conference Papers
Technical Reports
Policy Papers
Other Education-Related Materials

5. Record vs. Full-text Document
A record is a citation, or information about the document. For example, the title, the author, the name of the journal, the page numbers; 1,200,000 records in ERIC
Full-text means the document itself; 100,000 full-text documents in ERIC.

6. Pull down the Resources menu and click Databases and e-Books
Pull down the Resources menu and click Databases and e-Books

7. Scroll down . . .

8. ERIC / ERIC via EBSCO Directly from publisher
From EBSCO. Same search interface as other databases

9. Advantages of publisher website
Search by topic in the Thesaurus
Tells about new features

10. Because Search page is the same as other EBSCO databases, you don’t have to learn something new.
Advantages to EBSCO
Links to all full-text journals in other EBSCO collections licensed by HCT

11. Click : Advanced Search Tab

12. Important choices

13. FIELDS KW Identifiers- Proper names or specific terms
SU Descriptors- Subject Headings or Indexing Terms: results more specific
TX All Text-
Like KEYWORD, many results but not specific
AB Abstract-
Word appears in the abstract summary, more specific results than TX
KW Identifiers-
Proper names or specific terms

14. Little words :
AND- fewer results
OR- more results
NOT- specific

15. You can add other EBSCO Databases to your search

16. PEER REVIEWED Ask your teacher
LIMITERS
FULL TEXT
Try. If not enough results, untick. Your library may have the journal in print.
PEER REVIEWED Ask your teacher
JOURNAL TITLE

17. More LIMITERS
DATE
For example, in last 5 years- in left box 2003 but nothing in box on right
AVAILABILITY
Online, Microfiche,
Not available
ERIC Number

18. More LIMITERS Only Documents Only Journal Articles or both =All
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
PUBLICATION TYPE
Computer programs
Dissertations & Theses
Classroom guides
Historical articles
Legal
Opinion
Speeches
Tests, Etc

19. Even more LIMITERS Media Staff Parents Policymakers Researchers
Students
Teachers
Etc
LANGUAGE

20. SAMPLE SEARCH SU Descriptors- For more focused results than TX
Pronunciation AND
English Second Language
Full Text

21. 203 results
What’s this list about ?

22. SUBJECT HEADINGS Main ideas in article
Click on any of these terms to add it to your search.
Notice differences : Pronunciation
Pronunciation Instruction

23. A Great Article !! Add it to a folder if you want to read it later
Click :
Full Text from ERIC to read the article.

24. FOLDER Click : Folder has items You can print, email, save or export
Tick the articles you want

25. Save articles for future reference
Click :
Sign In
Click :
I’m a new user.

26. Now you can read the article again; you don’t have to print it.
Create a new account
Now you can read the article again; you don’t have to print it.
And, you have a record
for your bibliography.

27. Another source of information is the Electronic Library.
This is a collection
of websites selected by
HCT teachers. Go to
Click on Education

28. Click on
a Sub-topic.

29. Read the description of the website and decide if it might be useful for you.

30. I hope this helps you find great articles for your education projects.
Ask your teacher or your friendly librarian if you have any questions.
HAPPY READING !