What’s ERIC?
The ERIC database is the world's largest source of education information. It contains more than one million abstracts of education-related documents and journal articles. ERIC contains citations to two types of publications, periodicals (scholarly journal or magazine articles) and ERIC Documents (conference papers/speeches, project/program descriptions, opinion papers/essays, instructional materials).
How do I access it?
Access the ERIC database by selecting the letter E under the Article Databases tab on the Wayne State Library System homepage. Scroll down until you find ERIC. There may be more than one selection-they all provide access to the same information, you may select which ever one you prefer.
How do I search it?
You need to use keywords—the most important concepts you are looking for—as your search terms. For example: if you want articles on how parent involvement helps elementary school children improve their reading skills, you would want to select the important terms to search
For example: elementary AND reading skills AND parents
For more help with searching and using other library resources, see our online videos at this link.
How do I get the full text?
ERIC is NOT a full text database, so you may not see many full text links to articles in the ERIC database. But you can access full text of articles through our 360 Link to Full Text button.
Select the 360 Link to Full Text button under the citation to link to the full text.
Watch a video on how to access full-text using the 360 Link to Full Text button.
