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Resources for research in education and related fields

What is ERIC?

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) is the world's most widely used index to educational-related literature. Content includes:

  • journal articles (mostly peer-reviewed)
  • research reports
  • curriculum and teaching guides
  • conference papers
  • dissertations and theses

Full-text: includes many full-text documents or links to full text via UC-eLinks.

Coverage: 1966 - current

Grey literature: indexes grey literature content published by 1,057 selected centers, agencies, programs, associations, non-profit organizations, and initiatives.  To see a current list of these non-journal sources on the ERIC website.

ERIC documents that are not available online are available on microfilm. The UC Berkeley ERIC microfilm collection is stored at the Systemwide Library Facility-North (SLF-N) and are discoverable via UC Library Search. Search by ERIC number. 

Example: Advanced Search -> Call Number contains -> ED476871

Items can then be requested from NRLF via the REQUEST feature.