| Access |  Off-campus users will be asked to log in for access to the Horrmann Library's subscription databases. |
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| Description | The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a national education database sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Presently the largest education database in the world, ERIC contains over 1.2 million citations for materials in the field of education. This site includes indexing for more than 650 journals, about 500 of which are comprehensively indexed. It also indexes over 100,000 documents (ED numbers), many of which are full text online. | |
| Dates covered | 1966 to the present, though some earlier materials may be included. | |
| Updating frequency | Monthly. | |
| Sources | Research documents, many of which are done under government contract, journal articles, technical reports, policy papers, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials. | |
| Type of coverage | Citations with abstracts for 1966+ and a continually expanding collection of full text educational documents (i.e. ED numbers). | |