Thursday, December 24, 2009

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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