ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center):  No call number.  Large bank of stand-alone cabinets in the northwest corner of Wilson 2 West.

• WHAT:  Established in 1966 the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a national information system designed to provide ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature.  The Library's collection contains most documents bearing an ED number (see below).  Some lengthy ERIC documents can encompass several fiche.  In these cases the notation "1 of 6", etc., will appear on the fiche cards.  In some instances very long documents will only have publication, availability and ordering information noted on the ERIC fiche.  Even though the citation has an ED number the actual document will need to be purchased or pursued  by the user by contacting the supplier indicated or by making an interlibrary loan request.
   
• FORMAT & SCOPE:  Microfiche.  ED 000-001 - onward.
   
• ORGANIZATION:  ERIC documents are filed numerically by the ED number.  Note that the collection does not contain documents and articles cited with EJ numbers.  Materials cited using EJ numbers may be held in the library's collections.  Consult the online catalog.  Those not owned will need to be pursued using interlibrary loan or other document delivery resources. 
   
• INDEX:  ERIC documents are cited in both online and print resources.  The ED number associated with each citation is used to locate the document in the extensive ERIC files.  The easiest resource for searching the ERIC collection are the two online database available through the library's web pages.  Choose ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) from the list of databases available.
  
  Paper indexes are shelved with the Microform Indexes along the south windows on Wilson 2 West by the following call numbers:
              LA217 .E38
              LB17 .E33
              LB17 .E34
              Z695.1.E3
              Z695.1.E3 E32