Information Literacy is knowing how to find, analyze, and use information; the ability to gather information from multiple sources, select relevant material, and organize it into a form that will allow the user to make decisions or take specific actions.
What is the ERIC?
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world’s premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. The ERIC online system provides the public with a centralized ERIC Web site for searching the ERIC bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966. More than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents (issued 1993-2004), previously available through fee-based services only, are now available for free. ERIC is moving forward with its modernization program, and has begun acquiring materials for addition to the database
There are three ways you can search ERIC using the library website.
ERIC via EBSCO
is a key source for education information. Allows users to access articles from scholarly as well as professional periodicals, in addition to ERIC documents. Many articles are available in full-text, and there are links to full-text ERIC documents available.ERIC via FirstSearch
A key source for education information. Allows users to access articles from scholarly as well as professional periodicals, in addition to ERIC documents. Many articles are available in full-text, and there are links to full-text ERIC documents available.Education Resource Information Center (ERIC) Website
Allows users to access the full text of more that 107,000 ERIC documents released between 1993 and 2004. To use this website most efficiently, you will need the ERIC document number (e.g., ED425001) of the material you wish to retrieve. Use ERIC to find ERIC documents and their numbers.
How can I find the Journals cited by ERIC that are not full-text in any database?
- Search for the journal title in our Alphabetical List of Journals and Magazines
Available Online- Search for the journal title in I-Share and find that we own it in paper and find it located on our lower level arranged aphabetically by journal title
- How do I order a photocopy of an article I can't find at Elmhurst College?
Find books & media at Elmhurst
CitingI-Share is the catalog of the A.C. Buehler Library at Elmhurst College. Use this resource to find books and journal titles owned by Elmhurst College and information about items located in 65 libraries in Illinois. The consortium of sixty-five Illinois libraries that share an online union catalog consists of each state-supported university, thirty-six private colleges and universities, thirteen community colleges, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, the Newberry Library, and the Illinois State Library.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. (R808.06615 P976 2001)
Using the Internet for Research
- Citing Sources from the Duke University Libraries.
- The Writing Center ~ University of Wisconsin Madision
- APA Guide to Library Research in Psychology
Web Sites for Education Majors
- Illinois Certification Testing Certification
- Illinois State Board of Education ~ Illinois Learning Standards
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Last updated, June, 2007, Donna Goodwyn, Associate Librarian
