About the ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center

Access Options:

This database can be accessed from any of Thrall Library's public Internet computers.

Concerning access outside the library:

This database can be accessed from any computer that has Internet access.

Some helpful hints:

You can click the "Journal Index" to see which publications are included in the ERIC database.

You can switch from the default keyword search mode to search by Title, Author, Descriptors (using the built in subject term thesaurus), or ERIC document number.

Because ERIC search results can be numerous even when using specific and multiple keywords, you can improve your search results in several ways: - Use the "Search within Results" function at the top of the page to apply more keywords to your existing search results. - You can alter the order of search terms by clicking the "drop-down" box beneath the "Sort By" field. The default sort is "Revelance," and other options include: Sort by Publication Date (oldest to newest or vice versa), Title, an Author's last name, or Source.

If you need ideas or would like to explore ERIC's database using existing subject headings (ERIC descriptors), click the "Thesaurus" tab at the top of the ERIC database page and browse by topic and subtopic. For example, the topic "Arts" contains several dozen subtopics from "Acting" to "Visual Arts."

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Technical Considerations:

None.