ERIC Adopts New Selection Policy; Ramps up Indexing and Restoration of Full Text ERIClogoERIC Adopts a New Content Selection Policy ERIC has adopted a new Selection Policy that will help increase the number of high-quality resources in the collection and provide additional full text for the benefit of the user community. Experts in the field of library science and education provided the ERIC team with recommendations on the policy standard and criteria for selecting new content. As of January 2014, ERIC’s Selection Policy reflects four overarching goals: • Ensure that each resource selected for indexing is education research that is relevant to the ERIC mission. • Increase the number of peer-reviewed, full-text materials in ERIC. • Increase the number of full-text materials that are rigorous and relevant although not peer reviewed. • Limit articles without full text to only those articles that are peer reviewed or are of substantive rigor and relevance. You may link to the new Selection Policy from the footer of the ERIC website. If you have questions or want to learn more about the policy, join us for a webinar on 1/29 at 2pm EST. Sign up here! As the next step in the selection process, the ERIC team will review all currently indexed sources to determine whether they meet the standard and criteria established in the new policy. While the majority of current sources will continue to be indexed, sources that are inconsistent with the policy will no longer be acquired. Given resource limitations, it is the goal of ERIC to ensure that ERIC provides access to the most relevant and very best materials in education. Once the source review has been completed, the lists of journal and non-journal sources that will be indexed going forward will be made available on the website. Materials already indexed in ERIC will remain in the collection and will not be affected by the new policy.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:10:32 +0000
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