Access to ERIC

OSU ID HOLDERS that wish to access these databases from OFF-CAMPUS must first log into EZProxy. To learn more about EZProxy and off-campus access, please read Off-Campus Access to Library Resources.

Open to everyone. No OSU ID needed.

The ERIC database, created by the Educational Resources Information Center, is the world's largest source of education information, containing over 950,000 abstracts on education research and practice. ERIC covers two types of literature:

• Journals are indexed and abstracted in CIJE -- Current Index to Journals in Education (1966 - present). This includes scholarly, professional and practitioner journals.
• Documents are indexed and abstracted in RIE -- Resources in Education (1966 - present). This includes non-journal literature, such as full text curriculum guides, theses, conference papers, standards, reports, book chapters, etc. Not peer reviewed. Many ERIC Documents (ED) found on microfiche in Room 105 (Microform & Media Room).

OSU offers three ways to access ERIC:

ERIC (via EBSCO) + Professional Development Collection

• Updated quarterly
• Access ERIC (via EBSCO) (OSU ID required)
• Links to Full-text of articles
• The Professional Development Collection provides a highly specialized collection of electronic information especially for professional educators. This collection offers information on everything from children's health and development to cutting-edge pedagogical theory and practice. The Professional Development Collection includes abstract and index coverage for over 700 well-known professional development titles, and searchable full text for 550 journals covering the most current topics in the field of education.

ERIC (via CSA)

• Updated monthly
• Access ERIC (via CSA) (OSU ID required)
• Links to Full-text of articles
• Access via CSA allows researchers to search ERIC alongside a number of other relevant databases, such as Sociological Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, and Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts.

ERIC (via the Educational Resources Information Center)

• Updated monthly
• Many ERIC documents are now freely available through the ERIC database.
• Access ERIC in one of the following ways:
  • Search the ERIC database
  • To help build a search using the an ERIC Thesaurus go to the Advanced Search
  • To locate educational and psychological tests and their reviews use the Buros Test Locator or the ETS Test Collection

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