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ERIC - Educational Resources

Version Options Documents or Journals?
  • ALERT: VCU Libraries no longers has access to ERIC via EBSCO. If you saved searches using My EBSCO, they are still there. Use this link to Academic Search Complete and then log into your EBSCO account. The search terms and limiters you used will be visible. Recreate the search in ERIC via ed.gov and save to My ERIC.

  • Builds searches using the ERIC Thesaurus.
  • Has topic browsing, hierarchically and alphabetically.
    Department of Education site (owner of ERIC).

  • Offers an advanced search feature for complex searches.
  • Select "Thesaurus Search" to access the ERIC thesaurus.
  • Allows sorting of results by publication type, e.g., peer-reviewed journals, books, dissertations, etc.
    Looks like Sociological Abstracts.

  • Offers an advanced search feature for complex searches.
  • Select "Subjects" to access the ERIC thesaurus.
  • Features the most recent updates to the ERIC database.
    Looks like WorldCat.
  • ERIC Documents
  • Have an ED number, e.g. ED400625. You will need this number to search the ERIC site, or to find the microfiche.
  • Most from 1993 forward are available online. Look for a "Full Text" link in the database, or search by "ERIC #" at the ERIC site.
  • Most are also available on microfiche in Cabell Library, 3rd floor.

  • ERIC Journal Articles
  • Have an EJ number, e.g. EJ515756 - do not write it down.
  • If the Image of Get It at VCU button button is available, use it for retrieval options. Otherwise . . .
  • Write down the source information, e.g., Guidance & Counselling (v11 n1 p21-24 Aut 1995). Then . . .
    1. Do a title search for the name of the journal in the VCU Libraries E-Journals Search.
    2. Should the journal (or issue) not be available electronically, click the Search VCU Libraries Catalog link in the upper right of the results page.
    3. If the journal is listed in the catalog, click the "All Items" link in the Library Holdings field to see a list of the specific issues VCU Libraries holds (owns).
    4. If the journal is not available at all through VCU Libraries, submit an interlibrary loan request for the article.

  • Other ERIC Resources
  • ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center

    Gateway to the Department of Education ERIC site. Keep up with the latest changes.