MNCLHD

MNCLHD

Thursday, September 18, 2008

What is the ERIC database?

ERIC - the Education Resources Information Center - is an online digital library of education research and information. ERIC is sponsored by the US Department of Education and aims to "support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research."

If you're looking for information of an education nature, you'll find ERIC a useful adjunct to other databases you use on CIAP. It has recently been revamped to make the searching quite easy, and although American-based, it does include some Australian journals and research. Items go back as far as 1966 and a new batch is entered twice weekly. Best of all - there is no charge for using it!

No comments: