Education and Behavioral Sciences Library

• ERIC (via CSA-Illumina) Preferred interface; FOR PSU users only.  Basic UserGuide / Expert UserGuide
• ERIC (via U.S. Dept. of Education) Interface freely available to anyone.  UserGuide

• Journal articles [“EJ” numbers]
• almost 900 journal titles are included.   See journal list here.
• To Find Journals: Use   button to determine full text status or other availability.
  

• ERIC documents [“ED” numbers]
• Non-journal publications such as conference papers, technical and policy reports, publications of  scholarly / professional associations, research / policy organizations, federal, state and local agencies, and more.  Lesson plans were discontinued after 2003. Peer-reviewed since 2004; not peer-reviewed 2003 and earlier.
  

• To Find ERIC documents:
• Use button or    ERIC Full Text icon, or Follow link:”Find in a Library” to determine full text status.
• ED numbers that have been digitized [i.e. full text electronic image] are listed here.
• ERIC Documents [ED’s] that have not been digitized AND are NOT ‘level 3’ may be available on microfiche (through 2004]. These can be requested by the  6 digit “ED” number at the following locations: 
• At University Park - Pattee West ground floor, News and Microforms Library
• At Harrisburg – to ED #467117 [2002], Periodicals &Micro Dept, 2nd floor
• Microfiche printers/viewers/scanners are available in each location
• If you cannot locate the digitized full-text copy:
• View the full record provided by the database for additional URLs or access information, to follow leads to publishers, agencies, organizations, authors, etc. 
  
• Try author search in Google Scholar or CAT or WorldCAT. ERIC Documents [ED’s] are sometimes published as full works with a different title, or in another format.
  
• if you identify an alternative source that we do not own, submit an ILL request.

• WHAT WORKS CLEARINGHOUSE
• Created in 2002; aims to provide scientific evidence of What Works in education, with high-quality reviews of the effectiveness of replicable educational interventions.
  

• NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS (NCES)
• The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
  

• ERIC DIGESTS [ceased in 2003]
• Short overview reports of topical interest in education, targeted to practitioners. Not affiliated with http://eric.ed.gov/
  

• EDUCATOR'S REFERENCE DESK (formerly AskERIC).  
• Free. 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and selected AskERIC question archive responses.
  

• GEM GATEWAY TO EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS (GEM)   
• Over 40,000 educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit and commercial Internet sites.
  

• ERIC Home Page contains the ERIC Selection Policy, Program Information, and more
• Summary of changes to the structure and management of ERIC in 2003
• Alternatives to the former ERIC Clearinghouse structure
  
• ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences within the U.S. Department of Education

The Education and Behavioral Sciences Library
501 Paterno Library
University Park, PA  16802
814-865-2842

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