Q. What is ERIC?

The "Educational Resources Information Center" or "ERIC" is the world's largest database of education related information. It is the primary database used by educators, education students, and education administrators.

The database was created in 1966 and it currently contains more than 1.6 million records and links to hundreds of thousands of full-text documents. It includes records for a variety of source types, including journal articles, books, conference papers, curriculum guides, policy papers and more. In addition, it provides an education-specific thesaurus that includes controlled vocabulary to help users find what they need.

Through the UW Libraries there are three portals to ERIC. All access the same information:

• ERIC (EBSCOhost) No full-text (citations only). Access to authorized UW, faculty and staff.

• ERIC (Institute of Education Sciences) Open Access to all patrons. Partial full-text

• ERIC (ProQuest) Partial full-text. Access to authorized UW students, faculty, and staff. UW alumni currently have access through the UW Alumni Association. Click this link for more information about alumni databases.