| URL: | https://eric.ed.gov/ |
| Full Name: | ERIC |
| Short Name (or Acronym): | ERIC |
| Description: | ERIC is a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information. |
| Accepted Content Types: | Bibliographies, Books, Booklets, Conference presentations, Congressional or legislative hearings or reports, Descriptions of model programs, Dissertations/Theses, Educational finance information, Educational guides, Federal, state, or local agency reports, Historical materials, Information analyses, Journal articles, Judicial publications, Reports, Reference materials , Speeches, Preprints |
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| Contact: | Contact form or [email protected] |
| Disciplinary Scope: | Education research and information. |
| Keywords: | Education research, information. |
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| Platform Languages: | English |
| Record Count: | Total records: more than 1.8 million; Full text: 447,506 as of 6/29/21 |
| Repository Type: | Disciplinary |
| Service Pricing: | None |
| Status: | Open |
| Terms of Use: | Yes |
| Last Update: | 6/30/21 |
| Accessibility of Conflict of Interest Procedures: | |
| Business Model: | Non Profit |
| Funding: | Internal funding |
| Objectives: | "Our mission is to provide scientific evidence on which to ground education practice and policy and to share this information in formats that are useful and accessible to educators, parents, policymakers, researchers, and the public." |
| Countries: | <a href="https://doapr.coar-repositories.org/countries/united-states/">United States</a> |
| Owner Full Name: | US Department of Education and Institute of Education Sciences |
| Owner Short Name: | ED and IES |
| Owner URL: | https://www.ed.gov/ and https://ies.ed.gov/ |
| Ownership Type: | Governmental institution |
| Scientific Technical Committees: | Yes : advisory group. |
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| Access to Content: | Anyone may access full items free of charge | ||||||
| Access to Metadata: | Anyone may access the metadata free of charge | ||||||
| Account Creation: | Only needed for submission | ||||||
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| Functional Description: | Yes via videos : https://eric.ed.gov/?multimedia-searching or via guidelines : https://eric.ed.gov/pdf/ERIC_Selection_Policy.pdf | ||||||
| Interoperability: | Yes via API | ||||||
| Metadata Formats: | No | ||||||
| Metadata Languages: | English | ||||||
| Metadata Properties: | Title, abstract, author(s), descriptor(s), publication type, education level, audience, language, sponsor, Authoring Institution, ERIC number, record type, publication date, page(s) | ||||||
| Method for Reuse of Metadata: | Openly available via API | ||||||
| Open Source: | No | ||||||
| Permission for Re-use of Metadata: | None | ||||||
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| Academic Applicant Only?: | No |
| Accepted Content Formats: | PDF, preferred ERIC XML format, or another XML format |
| Accepted Content Languages: | Materials considered for inclusion in ERIC must be written in English, or a translation of the full-text must be available in English. English presented in materials must conform to standards of English grammar and understandability for any reader. |
| Accepted Content Level: | This is open to academic, researchers, educators, policymakers, the general public |
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| Associated Editor: | No |
| Associated Journal: | List of indexed journals: https://eric.ed.gov/?journals; non-journal list: https://eric.ed.gov/?nonjournals. |
| Author PID: | ORCID ID available if provided by submitter |
| Availability of Associated Content: | |
| Journal Submission: | Unrestricted |
| Licensing: | The ERIC website contains full-text resources protected by U.S. and foreign copyright laws. The authors or publishers retain copyright to these works, which are used by ERIC with permission |
| Mechanisms to Report Concerns About Content: | Email administrator |
| Mechanisms to Report Concerns About Plagiarism: | Email [email protected] |
| Moderation: | Beforehand : Content within scope. ERIC must meet the following quality criteria ( Integrity, Completeness, Substantive Merit, Utility/Importance) |
| Peer Review Status Indication: | Yes |
| Persistent Identifier: | ERIC number or DOI |
| Remaining Indrawn Item: | ERIC will remove the content from the collection |
| Text Embargo: | Full text will display in ERIC 12 months after the publication date |
| Time from Submission to Posting: | |
| Versioning Policy: | No versioning policy |
| Who can Deposit?: | Anyone can post on the platform. Only an account is required ( The creation of the account is free). |
| Withdrawal Authorisation: | Platform |
| Withdrawal Policy: | Yes. ERIC only removes records under exceptional circumstances, such as instances of plagiarism, copyright violation, or other unethical practices |