Update on the new ERIC - Brief Article

Information Outlook, Feb, 2004

In January 2004, the U.S. Department of Education began to implement a reengineering plan for the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). The new ERIC mission continues the core function of providing a centralized bibliographic database of journal articles and other published and unpublished education materials. It enhances the database by adding free full text and electronic links to commercial sources and by making it easy to use and up-to-date. Beginning in January and until the new ERIC model for acquiring education literature is developed later in 2004, no new materials will be received or accepted for the database. However, the ERIC database will continue to grow, as thousands of documents selected by ERIC clearinghouses throughout 2003 will be added. When the new model is ready later in 2004, the new ERIC contractor will communicate with publishers, education organizations, and other database contributors to add publications and materials released from January 2004 forward.

Please see http://www.eric.ed.gov to stay up-to-date on the ERIC transition to a new contractor and model.

Toll-free contact for general questions about ERIC: (800) LET-ERIC (538-3742).