PLUG-INs Information Literacy

@ Fujariah Colleges

ERIC The Educational Resource

Information Center

The Educational Resource Information Center is an online digital library of education research and information.

It is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.

It has more than 1,200,000 records.

It links to more than 100,000 full-text documents.

What is ERIC ?

The ERIC mission is to provide a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information.

MISSION

Journal articles (600+ journals indexed) Books Research Summaries Conference Papers Technical Reports Policy Papers Other Education-Related Materials

KINDS OF DOCUMENTS

A record is a citation, or information about the document. For example, the title, the author, the name of the journal, the page numbers; 1,200,000 records in ERIC

Full-text means the document itself; 100,000 full-text documents in ERIC.

Record vs. Full-text Document

http://library.hct.ac.ae

Pull down the Resources

menu and click Databases and

e-Books

Scroll down . . .

ERIC / ERIC via EBSCODirectly

from publisher

From EBSCO. Same search

interface as other databases

Advantages of publisher

website

Search by topic in the Thesaurus

Tells about new

features

Advantages to EBSCO

Because Search page is the same as other

EBSCO databases, you don’t have to learn

something new.

Links to all full-text journals in other EBSCO collections

licensed by HCT

Advanced Search Click : Advanced

Search Tab

Important choices

FIELDS

TX All Text- Like KEYWORD,

many results but not specific

SU Descriptors- Subject Headings

or Indexing Terms: results more specific

AB Abstract- Word appears in

the abstract summary, more specific results

than TX

KW Identifiers-Proper names or

specific terms

Little words :AND- fewer resultsOR- more results

NOT- specific

You can add other EBSCO Databases

to your search

LIMITERS FULL TEXT Try. If not enough

results, untick. Your library may have the

journal in print.

PEER REVIEWED Ask your teacher

JOURNAL TITLE

More LIMITERS

AVAILABILITY Online,

Microfiche, Not available ERIC

Number

DATE For example, in last 5 years- in left box 2003 but nothing in box on

right

More LIMITERS Only DocumentsOnly Journal Articles

or both =All

EDUCATIONAL LEVEL

PUBLICATION TYPE

Computer programsDissertations &

ThesesClassroom guidesHistorical articles

LegalOpinion

SpeechesTests, Etc

Even more LIMITERSMedia Staff

ParentsPolicymakersResearchers

StudentsTeachers

Etc

LANGUAGE

SAMPLE SEARCHSU Descriptors-

For more focused results

than TXPronunciation AND

English Second Language

Full Text

203 results

What’s this list about ?

SUBJECT HEADINGS Main ideas in article

Click on any of these terms to add it to your

search.

Notice differences : PronunciationPronunciation

Instruction

A Great Article !!

Click :Full Text from ERIC to read the article.

Add it to a folder if

you want to read it

later

FOLDER Click : Folder has

items

You can print, email, save or export

Tick the articles

you want

Save articles for future reference

Click :Sign In

Click :I’m a new

user.

Create a new account

And, you have a record for your

bibliography.

Now you can read the article again; you don’t have to print it.

Another source of information is the Electronic Library.

This is a collection of websites selected by

HCT teachers. Go to http://el.hct.ac.ae/

Click on Education

Click on a Sub-topic.

Read the description of the website and

decide if it might be useful for you.

I hope this helps you find great

articles for your education projects.

Ask your teacher or

your friendly librarian if you

have any questions.

HAPPY READING !