During Government Shutdown, EBSCO is Offering Complimentary Access to ERIC Database
Due to the federal government shutdown, access to a free version of ERIC database (http://www.eric.ed.gov) hosted on the U.S. Department of Education web site is not available.
To make life easier for those who don’t have easy access to another version of the database but want to use this reference resource, EBSCO is temporarily offering complimentary access to ERIC*** (registration is not required) until the shutdown comes to an end.
Direct to ERIC (via EBSCO)
Users can also access the ERIC Thesaurus from a link at the top of the user interface.
*** Caveat
Because of the shutdown, access to the full text of articles and other materials will not be available [they’re also hosted on the ERIC server currently offline]. In other words, abstracting and indexing only are available.
About ERIC
ERIC provides access to educational literature and resources including access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. It was designed as a national information system to provide access to education literature and resources. According to its website, “ERIC is the world’s largest and most frequently used education digital library.” ERIC provides more than 1.4 million bibliographic records and dates back to 1966.
More Freebies from EBSCO
The other databases listed on the database selection page are also available for free.
These databases resources (list below) are ones EBSCO has offered complimentary access to for many years.
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
- Teacher Reference Center
- GreenFILE
- European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
Direct to ERIC (via EBSCO)
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.