The U.S. Department of Education sponsors the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database to provide extensive access to educational-related literature.
Provides coverage of journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books, and monographs.
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Extensive coverage on Education Ability to search using controlled vocabulary Able to handle phrase searching |
Updated monthly Ability to search using controlled vocabulary
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Basic Search - Assumes terms are separate. For example, searching medical education will be translated by ERIC to medical AND education. To search as a phrase, use quotation marks, "medical education."
Advanced Search and Command Line Search sections provide you with search fields in dropdown lists for you to use in your search to tap into specific bits of indexed document information.
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How to export citations from ERIC to import into EndNote |