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Searching ERIC
Some quick tips for effectively searching ERIC for educational research.
Laura A. Ewald
Assistant Librarian in Public Services
Ruby E. Dare Library
Greenville College
January 2010
Why ERIC???
ERIC (The Educational Resource and Information Center) provides unlimited access to more than 1.3 million records of journal articles and other education-related materials, with hundreds of new records added multiple times per week.
In addition to the journal literature, ERIC indexes education-related materials from a variety of sources, including scholarly organizations, professional associations, research centers, policy organizations, university presses, the U.S. Department of Education and other federal agencies, and state and local agencies. Individual contributors submit conference papers, research papers, dissertations, and theses.
While ERIC is no longer run by the Federal Government, the database is still housed at the Department of Education at http://www.eric.ed.gov/.
ERIC Tips
Keys to Using ERIC
• Use the Advanced Search option.
• Look for limiters, esp…– Journal Articles (EJ) vs. Documents (EJ)– Date– Publication Type
• The EBSCO version is recommended as having the most search and full text options, so as long as you are enrolled at Greenville College, you should use it!
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From the GC Library Web Pagehttp://www.greenville.edu/library/
Select the “Find Articles”
link.
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The Find Articles Page
Select EBSCO Databases
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The Library’s online resources are proprietary, subscription services and require an authorized ID to login.
As a GC student, your access login is your 14-digit GC student ID number (24511XXXXXXXXX).
Logging in to GC Databases
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The EBSCO Page
Select ERIC
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The EBSCOhost interface (your BEST choice!)
Add as many search lines as needed.
Select “Journal Articles” in both.Use this option to
select education levels. Tip: Holding the CTRL key down allows you to select multiple levels.
Set year range.
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Use “ “ to search on phrases.
Full text in EBSCO databases
Full text Full text available in available in
this this databasedatabase
Check Check availability in availability in
other other databases, GC databases, GC
Catalog or Catalog or order via ILLorder via ILL
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Inter Library Loan
There are 2 ways to order materials via InterLibrary Loan
Click the “Check for more full text options” link within any database record to check for other full text options and access the ILL form
E-mail the record directly from any database to [email protected]
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Check for full-text options & access the G.C. ILL form.
E-mail record to [email protected]
ILL Options in EBSCOHost
But first!
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Clicking on the
takes you to one of these two screens.
Article available in another GC database.
Article must be requested via InterLibrary Loan.
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Document Delivery Service
Fill in these five lines and click “Send Request” to complete your request.
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Getting InterLibrary Loan articles (ILL) on time
“Needed by” dates....
All ILL requests are processed ASAP.
PLAN AHEAD --- two-week’s notice.***
*** IMPORTANT!! Some articles come within hours of our ordering them, and some take weeks. We can’t know ahead
of time how quick the turnaround will be, but we will try to get them to you as quickly as possible.
ERIC Tips
If it is available in Full Text, Print it out!
If it is not available in Full Text, click the link to Check for other full text options.
If it is not available in Full Text anywhere, use the online ILL form or e-mail the item record to the LIBILL e-mail account Include your name & status in the subject line
or text of your message [email protected]
Write down or print out relevant citation information for your own records (author, title, date, periodical title, pages, and database or index used).
When you find something...
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Checklist for searching ERIC: For best results, use the EBSCO version;
For the best scholarly resources, search on Journal Articles not Documents;
Limit your Publication Type to “Journals Articles,” too.
Save a search line by selecting your “Educational Level.” Use the CTRL key to select multiple levels such as both “Primary Education” and “Elementary Education.”
Limit by date using a year range.ERIC Tips
E-mail us at:[email protected]@greenville.edu
If you have any questions...
For assistance logging in to a database, call 618-664-6599
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