What does ERIC index??

In addition to indexing the articles in Education journals, ERIC database also indexes documents from various organizations. The list of these sources of "grey literature" are now available for review at the ERIC website.The announcement from the ERIC contractors about how to access this information is provided below:

"I am pleased to announce that ERIC has released a list of organizations that contribute grey literature, published reports and books to ERIC. This new source list coupled with the Journal List completes the documentation of ERIC’s coverage, and can be found in the “Our Collection” area of the Web site at www.eric.ed.gov/nonjournals. It includes links to the contributing organizations’ Web sites.

The list was created with the encouragement of the library community to highlight the depth and breadth of the ERIC Collection, particularly in the grey literature area. Among the hundreds of sources listed are professional associations, research foundations, federal and state agencies, policy organizations, university affiliates, and commercial publishers.

Jane Atwell
Sr. Communications Specialist
ERIC Project | www.eric.ed.gov"

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Just a reminder: Using Peer-Reviewed limiter in ERIC database

This message below from Nancy Cawley is information I've posted before, but it bears repeating. Keep this in mind for your own searching or when helping your students use ERIC (paula):

"... Currently ERIC applies the peer-reviewed designator to journals indexed from 2005 forward; some of these titles may also include the peer-reviewed status for issues published during the period 2002-2004. This data is included in the feed provided to commercial ERIC vendors [e.g., our ERIC access is through Ebsco] As a result, while limiting a search to peer-reviewed articles is helpful for locating peer-reviewed current materials, to find older records you must NOT use the limiter since those records were produced during a time when peer review was not part of the ERIC record.

ERIC obtains information about the peer-reviewed status of a publication from the publisher. When the information is not available from the publisher we use Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory. If you identify an error in an ERIC record, please contact ericfeedback@csc.com. We would be happy to investigate the issue...

Nancy Cawley
Communications Lead, ERIC Project"