PLUG-INs Information Literacy @ Fujariah Colleges ERIC The Educational Resource Information Center

What is ERIC ? 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.

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

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

Record vs. Full-text Document 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.

Pull down the Resources menu and click Databases and e-Books http://library.hct.ac.ae Pull down the Resources menu and click Databases and e-Books

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ERIC / ERIC via EBSCO Directly from publisher From EBSCO. Same search interface as other databases

Advantages of publisher website Search by topic in the Thesaurus Tells about new features

Because Search page is the same as other EBSCO databases, you don’t have to learn something new. Advantages to EBSCO Links to all full-text journals in other EBSCO collections licensed by HCT

Click : Advanced Search Tab

Important choices

FIELDS KW Identifiers- Proper names or specific terms SU Descriptors- Subject Headings or Indexing Terms: results more specific TX All Text- Like KEYWORD, many results but not 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 results OR- more results NOT- specific

You can add other EBSCO Databases to your search

PEER REVIEWED Ask your teacher 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 DATE For example, in last 5 years- in left box 2003 but nothing in box on right AVAILABILITY Online, Microfiche, Not available ERIC Number

More LIMITERS Only Documents Only Journal Articles or both =All EDUCATIONAL LEVEL PUBLICATION TYPE Computer programs Dissertations & Theses Classroom guides Historical articles Legal Opinion Speeches Tests, Etc

Even more LIMITERS Media Staff Parents Policymakers Researchers Students Teachers Etc LANGUAGE

SAMPLE SEARCH SU Descriptors- For more focused results than TX Pronunciation 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 : Pronunciation Pronunciation Instruction

A Great Article !! Add it to a folder if you want to read it later Click : Full Text from ERIC to read the article.

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.

Now you can read the article again; you don’t have to print it. Create a new account Now you can read the article again; you don’t have to print it. And, you have a record for your bibliography.

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 !