ERIC

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Frederick Douglass Library

ERIC

What is ERIC?

ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, is a national information system supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Library of Education, and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. It provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals.

To access the ERIC database, follow the directions below:

From Library's homepage (www.umes.edu/fdl), click on Off Campus Access via Research Port.
Enter the barcode number from the bottom of your registered UMES ID, your last name, and select the appropriate institution. Next, click on the 'log in' button. If you do not have an UMES ID, use the library card that was distributed to you in class.
Click on the Education Category, then select the desired Subcategory (If unsure of the subcategory to choose, select the All subcategory). Then, click on the button.
Click on the database name (ERIC)
ERIC search screen

On the basic search screen, there are several search methods available:

-- Standard Search – Allows you to either broaden or narrow a search by using Boolean Operators (AND, OR, and NOT)

- AND – allows you to narrow your search by combining search terms so that all of the results must contain all of the search terms used
- OR - allows you to broaden your search by combining search terms so that the results contain at least one of the search terms used
- NOT - excludes search terms so that the results DO NOT contain that particular search term

-- ERIC Number
-- Journal or Document -- allows you to limit your results to be either journal articles or ERIC documents

NOTE: You may limit your results to: Full Text, Magazine name, Peer Reviewed publication, periodicals available in the Library, and the full text from JSTOR.

How do I search ERIC?

Enter your search term or phrase and click on the search button.

The default listing of the results is by date. Please note that only 10 records are listed at a time.

To narrow the search, click on the Refine Search button

To have access to the desired article, click on the find it button.

Please note, that ERIC Documents are available in the Frederick Douglass Library.

To change the order of the results, click on the drop down box labeled "Sort by."

To see the full record, click on the article title.

While viewing the results, there are three (3) options:

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For additional assistance with this database, please consult a Reference Librarian.

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Enter your search term or phrase and click on the search button.
The default listing of the results is by date. Please note that only 10 records are listed at a time.
To narrow the search, click on the Refine Search button
To have access to the desired article, click on the find it button.	Please note, that ERIC Documents are available in the Frederick Douglass Library.
To change the order of the results, click on the drop down box labeled "Sort by."