ERIC Announces New Database Content

ERIC is pleased to announce that the first database update of new
education-related content is now available on the ERIC Web site at
www.eric.ed.gov. This update includes journal titles and documents
published in 2004 and 2005 from publishers and organizations that
signed new authorization agreements with ERIC this year. Additional
agreements are in progress with previous providers to ERIC and newly
identified sources of high-quality education literature.

This inaugural ERIC update adds more than 100 comprehensively indexed
journals to the database, including titles from publishers such as
Blackwell, Taylor & Francis, Baywood, and other distinguished
publishers of education journals. New to ERIC are more than one dozen
journals not previously indexed in ERIC, and 110 full-text journal
articles. Most of the newly added articles are peer reviewed.
Peer-reviewed materials can now be easily identified by checking the
new "Peer Reviewed" field in the ERIC Search Results. .
In addition to newly indexed journal articles, this first 2005 ERIC
update adds 700 free, full-text documents to the database from a wide
variety of contributing institutions. Examples of organizations
contributing materials to ERIC, in addition to the U.S. Department of
Education, are federal, state, and private entities including: the
Government Accounting Office, Education Commission for the States,
Council of Chief State School Officers, Educational Testing Service,
Success for All Foundation, and the Southern Regional Education Board,
among others.
ERIC is recognized for its wealth of grey literature resources that are
not included in other major databases. Materials include research
reports, conference papers, dissertations, literature reviews, and
other documents in education. This initial update includes the
following highlights:

More than 250 U.S. Department of Education reports, including reports
produced by the National Center for Education Statistics and the
regional educational laboratories

Institute of Education Sciences What Works Clearinghouse reports

More than 160 documents submitted by state agencies in more than 15
states

The ERIC database will continue to be updated with newly acquired
materials.
Visit the News section of the ERIC Web site at www.eric.ed.gov for
quick links to information on new content, lists of ERIC journals, and
other recent enhancements. Notable new features include improvements
to the ERIC search function, and Journals Indexed in ERIC. In
addition to these features, more enhancements are under development
and will be announced this summer in the ERIC Web site's News section.

This news announcement was prepared by the Communications Team of the
ERIC Project. Future announcements will be sent on a periodic basis
to keep you informed of noteworthy events and enhancements.