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An update on a database called ERIC.

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) is a database maintained by the U.S. Department of Education.

Hallam Library provides access to a range of resources, and this includes free to use resources that are maintained by external organisations.

ERIC contains information related to education research. There are changes that you need to be aware of if you use ERIC to search for information. From the 24th April, you may see a reduction in the number of search results and the volume of new information available in the resource.This is due to a change in funding of the resource and possible reduction in available content.

If you are researching and studying within the areas of education, there are alternatives sources that you can use to help compensate for the changes to ERIC:

• British Education Index
• ProQuest Education database
• Research into Higher Education Abstracts
• Web of Science
• Scopus

You can find more recommendations for searching within the field of education on the Hallam Library guide: Education & Autism.