Information for Librarians

Whether serving in the role of instructor, researcher, facilitator, or expert, librarians and other information professionals play an important role in the ERIC user community. We've provided shortcuts to a variety of useful resources to help you interact with ERIC and your patrons:

• Tutorials
• Journals Currently Indexed in ERIC
• Help: ERIC Thesaurus
• Help: Description of ERIC Fields
• Help: Wildcards
• Help: Quotation Marks and Special Characters
• Changes in the ERIC Record 
• Quick Tips
• Searching: Getting Started 
• Searching: Using Descriptors 

Getting Involved

As expert users and instructors of education students, faculty, and practitioners, you have the opportunity to partner with ERIC in one or more of the following ways:

• Email title suggestions for review by ERIC Content Experts.
• Provide feedback about the ERIC Web site.
• Recommend changes to the ERIC Thesaurus.

In addition, various professional groups provide ongoing input to the ERIC Program, including:

• The Education and Behavioral Sciences Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries (a division of the American Library Association)

• The Education Division of the Special Libraries Association

Please contact these groups directly to learn about their involvement with ERIC.

Stay Informed

To sign up for an occasional electronic newsletter about ERIC, send an e-mail to ericnews@csc.com. Put "Subscribe" in the subject line.