Searching ERIC

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Searching ERIC
Some quick tips for effectively searching ERIC
for educational research.
Laura A. Ewald Assistant Librarian in Public
Services Ruby E. Dare Library Greenville
College January 2010
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Why ERIC???

• ERIC (The Educational Resource and Information
  Center) provides unlimited access to more than
  1.3 million records of journal articles and other
  education-related materials, with hundreds of new
  records added multiple times per week.
• In addition to the journal literature, ERIC
  indexes education-related materials from a
  variety of sources, including scholarly
  organizations, professional associations,
  research centers, policy organizations,
  university presses, the U.S. Department of
  Education and other federal agencies, and state
  and local agencies. Individual contributors
  submit conference papers, research papers,
  dissertations, and theses.
• While ERIC is no longer run by the Federal
  Government, the database is still housed at the
  Department of Education at http//www.eric.ed.gov/
  .

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Keys to Using ERIC

• Use the Advanced Search option.
• Look for limiters, esp
• Journal Articles (EJ) vs. Documents (EJ)
• Date
• Publication Type
• The EBSCO version is recommended as having the
  most search and full text options, so as long as
  you are enrolled at Greenville College, you
  should use it!

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From the GC Library Web Page
http//www.greenville.edu/library/
Select the Find Articles link.
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The Find Articles Page
Select EBSCO Databases
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Logging in to GC Databases

• The Librarys online resources are proprietary,
  subscription services and require an authorized
  ID to login.
• As a GC student, your access login is your
  14-digit GC student ID number (24511XXXXXXXXX).

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The EBSCO Page
Select ERIC
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The EBSCOhost interface (your BEST choice!)
Use to search on phrases.
Add as many search lines as needed.
Set year range.
Select Journal Articles in both.
Use this option to select education levels. Tip
Holding the CTRL key down allows you to select
multiple levels.
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Full text in EBSCO databases
Check availability in other databases, GC Catalog
or order via ILL
Full text available in this database
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Inter Library Loan

• There are 2 ways to order materials via
  InterLibrary Loan
• Click the Check for more full text options link
  within any database record to check for other
  full text options and access the ILL form
• E-mail the record directly from any database to
  libill_at_greenville.edu

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ILL Options in EBSCOHost
E-mail record to libill_at_greenville.edu
But first!
Check for full-text options access the G.C. ILL
form.
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Article available in another GC database.
Article must be requested via InterLibrary Loan.
Clicking on the takes you to one of these two
screens.
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Document Delivery Service
Fill in these five lines and click Send Request
to complete your request.
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Getting InterLibrary Loan articles (ILL)
on time

• Needed by dates....
• All ILL requests are processed ASAP.
• PLAN AHEAD --- two-weeks notice.

IMPORTANT!! Some articles come within hours
of our ordering them, and some take weeks. We
cant know ahead of time how quick the turnaround
will be, but we will try to get them to you as
quickly as possible.
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When you find something...

• If it is available in Full Text, Print it out!
• If it is not available in Full Text, click the
  link to Check for other full text
  options.
• If it is not available in Full Text anywhere, use
  the online ILL form or e-mail the item record to
  the LIBILL e-mail account
• Include your name status in the subject line or
  text of your message
• libill_at_greenville.edu
• Write down or print out relevant citation
  information for your own records (author, title,
  date, periodical title, pages, and database or
  index used).

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Checklist for searching ERIC

• For best results, use the EBSCO version
• For the best scholarly resources, search on
  Journal Articles not Documents
• Limit your Publication Type to Journals
  Articles, too.
• Save a search line by selecting your Educational
  Level. Use the CTRL key to select multiple
  levels such as both Primary Education and
  Elementary Education.
• Limit by date using a year range.

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If you have any questions...
E-mail us at libill_at_greenville.edu or libref_at_gree
nville.edu
For assistance logging in to a database, call
618-664-6599
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