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EDUCATION DATABASES – ERIC
PART 2
Let’s say you need only articles and they
need to be research-based articles.
• Click on: Show more >>
• Select:
To get research articles, from the
same screen, select:
• You also have options to limit by
Intended Audience; Educational Level,
etc.
• Then click on Search again.
It takes our number of 323 down to 71, but they are
all articles from journals and additionally research
reports or original research.
If you can view the abstracts, you get an even better
Idea of the relevancy of an article. Let’s see how…
Two ways to view abstracts:
With your citations in view (if you are
on the Search) scroll down. First
method….
Or, method 2:
• Click on Preferences
• Bullet: Detailed
• Click on: Save
• You can view all abstracts for this
current session.
Now, you can read the abstracts!
• And, if you can use this article, just
click on the PDF Full Text!
Note that #17 is available full text simply by taking the
PDF Full Text link.
Gnadringer, C. M. (2008). Peer-mediated instruction: Assisted
performance in the primary classroom. Teachers and Teaching:
Theory and Practice, 14(2), 129-142. doi:10.1080/
13540600801965945
{APA Reference}
The DOI# (p. 198 of your blue APA manual) was
found on the first page of the article. If there is a DOI#
it will be somewhere on page one.
#45 says: This title is held locally. That means
that it is not full text here, but we can find it….
Click on the link: Check Journal Title
Search for availability. This takes you
directly to the IWU Journal Search
engine.
Note that it is full text (paper) in Marion (Jackson
Library).
Request the needed article by going to the OCLS
Submit Request form from the OCLS homepage.
Most of the ERIC documents (ED######) are
available full text from within ERIC, but the linking
looks a bit different than for full text articles.
The link for full text is situated in the middle of the
citation instead of underneath it.
Take note of the total pages in an ERIC document as
some can be book length!
Full text will not be available for
all articles / ERIC documents…
• …but using the Journal Search engine
as demonstrated here and in a previous
PowerPoint, you can determine the
availability.
• When not available at all, you can
request interlibrary loan. (For this,
allow 3 days – 10 days to accomplish.)
Once you become familiar with ERIC subject
headings, you can bypass the thesaurus and
use the dropdown options on the main search
screen. Select the SU Descriptors (All), option.
This is
preferable
to a keyword
search
(searching
everywhere).
Why use ERIC?
• Because of its depth of coverage of
current and past writings in the
discipline of education, it provides the
best stop for in depth education
research.
• Professional Development Collection &
ProQuest Education Journals provide
more full text options but not as many
ways to search (variety of subject
headings) and depth of coverage.
How to use ERIC?
• Use the Thesaurus to identify the best
terminology for your topic.
• Use Boolean searching to combine
different topics.
• Use limiting to look at only articles or
research articles.
• Use the A to Z journal search engine to
identify the full text that is available to
you from IWU.