A quick update on the ERIC database and its contents
ERIC wants to digitize your ERIC document. If you authored an ERIC document published prior to 1992 and would like to make it available in electronic format, go to the ERIC Microfiche Digitization Project page and provide your contact information to ERIC. The ERIC Microfiche Digitization Project has already digitized 63,000 ERIC documents from 1988-1992.
There is a lack of coverage, affectionately referred to as "The Gap", which stems from the ERIC contractual turnover from the Clearinghouses. The Gap refers to the time period 2002-2003, when very few journal citations were added to the ERIC database. ERIC is reviewing and developing an approach to correcting The Gap. However, if you are searching for current research on your topic, I recommend that you also search the database, Education Abstracts, to make sure you have not missed important current published research on your topic.
The eric.ed.gov (free web version of ERIC) continues to improve. You can now create your own account, save records to a "clipboard", and export saved records in EndNote compatible format.
As a result of the ERIC restructuring, all publishers are required to sign a journal agreement with ERIC in order to have their publications indexed in ERIC. There are currently 600 titles indexed in ERIC. This is approximately 75% of the number of titles indexed in ERIC prior to the change in 2002.
Wiley, publisher of journals such as Journal of Research in Science Teaching has not been responding to ERIC's request to sign a journal agreement. If you attend a conference where Wiley is exhibiting, please encourage them to sign the agreement with ERIC.
If you would like to suggest a periodical title for indexing to ERIC, please contact them directly . They want to hear your suggestions!
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About Me
- Veronica Bielat
- Hi and welcome to the WSU COE Library and Research blog. I'm Veronica Bielat, and I am the library liaison to the College of Education. You can reach me at ag6887@wayne.edu or by telephone at (313) 577-4217. The WSU Library System strives to meet your needs for resources and information access. Please contact me if you need any assistance with library resources or services, if you would like to incorporate library resources directly into your Blackboard site, or if you would like to arrange for library instruction for your classroom.
