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Eric’S Extreme Makeover, Carol Tenopir
Eric’S Extreme Makeover, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
ERIC, ONE OF THE VERY FIRST online bibliographic databases, was started in 1966---when subject-themed clearinghouses were established to gather, index, and input bibliographic information and make available journal articles and gray literature. The ERIC database has been a favorite resource ever since and, with over a million records, is the largest education database.
But like many baby boomers, ERIC is now undergoing a dramatic facelift. The new ERIC (which now stands for Education Resources Information Center, instead of educational) is being unveiled this month.
Searching Through Embedded Databases, Carol Tenopir
Searching Through Embedded Databases, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
THE DAY OF THE standalone database may be numbered. Database searching is now embedded in the latest version of Microsoft Office software, so the process of looking for information is interwoven into writing a report or creating a presentation. Some corporate librarians wonder how this will affect their role.