<s>
The	O
Education	B-Application
Resources	I-Application
Information	I-Application
Center	I-Application
(	O
ERIC	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
online	O
digital	O
library	O
of	O
education	O
research	O
and	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ERIC	B-Application
is	O
sponsored	O
by	O
the	O
Institute	O
of	O
Education	O
Sciences	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Department	O
of	O
Education	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mission	O
of	O
ERIC	B-Application
is	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
,	O
easy-to-use	O
,	O
searchable	O
,	O
Internet-based	O
bibliographic	O
and	O
full-text	O
database	O
of	O
education	O
research	O
and	O
information	O
for	O
educators	O
,	O
researchers	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ERIC	B-Application
provides	O
access	O
to	O
1.5	O
million	O
bibliographic	O
records	O
(	O
citations	O
,	O
abstracts	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
pertinent	O
data	O
)	O
of	O
journal	O
articles	O
and	O
other	O
education-related	O
materials	O
,	O
with	O
hundreds	O
of	O
new	O
records	O
added	O
every	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
key	O
component	O
of	O
ERIC	B-Application
is	O
its	O
collection	O
of	O
grey	O
literature	O
in	O
education	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
largely	O
available	O
in	O
full	O
text	O
in	O
Adobe	B-Application
PDF	I-Application
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Approximately	O
one	O
quarter	O
of	O
the	O
complete	O
ERIC	B-Application
Collection	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
full	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ERIC	B-Application
usually	O
includes	O
education	O
related	O
articles	O
in	O
its	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ERIC	B-Application
Collection	O
,	O
begun	O
in	O
1966	O
,	O
contains	O
records	O
for	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
publication	O
types	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
ERIC	B-Application
provides	O
the	O
public	O
with	O
a	O
centralized	O
Web	O
site	O
for	O
searching	O
the	O
ERIC	B-Application
collection	O
and	O
submitting	O
materials	O
to	O
be	O
considered	O
for	O
inclusion	O
in	O
the	O
collection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
help	O
users	O
find	O
the	O
information	O
they	O
are	O
seeking	O
,	O
ERIC	B-Application
produces	O
a	O
controlled	O
vocabulary	O
,	O
the	O
Thesaurus	O
of	O
ERIC	B-Application
Descriptors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
January	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
ERIC	B-Application
network	O
consisted	O
of	O
sixteen	O
subject-specific	O
clearinghouses	O
,	O
various	O
adjunct	O
and	O
affiliate	O
clearinghouses	O
,	O
and	O
three	O
support	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
