ERIC docs EDxxxxxxx in the new catalog

Sorry for the long post. This question required some consultation with Nancy and the Checkout Desk was a little grumpy that I couldn't give very good info off the top of my head.  A briefer version of this info is available under the ERIC database description on the Articles tab of Nancy's education libguide.

In the ERIC database, if your result is an "EJ" item it's a journal article. You can follow the usual steps for searching for journal article full text.

In the ERIC database, if your result is an ERIC Document (it has a number starting with ED), then it's likely that ERIC is not providing the full text at this time.  Nancy says that there's no estimate for when they'll be providing the ERIC docs online again.

If a patron wants an ERIC database result that has an ED number, look over the citation.
----> Does it say "not available from ERIC?" Then ERIC does not provide this item and never has.  You can try Google or the new catalog.
---->Does it look like a dissertation or a book? Both of those be searched through the library catalog, though you can ALSO search dissertations through the Dissertations and Theses Full Text database (has full text of most recent and many older items from UMI).

---> Does it look like some random 30 or 80 page report?

1. Do a google search for the document title - it might be available elsewhere
2. Search the catalog for the document title - probably won't be found that way but give it a shot
3.   this is the new catalog record for reports from the ERIC document series that we have - the library has microfilm for SOME of the ERIC docs (that are NOT dissertations or books) in storage. If a patron has an ED numbered report that falls between 001,001 through 386,928, then it should be in storage. UNLESS your record says "not available from ERIC."

Patrons can request that a microfilm Eric Doc be brought over from storage

The Checkout desk will want info such as a call number.  According to Nancy Ryckman, the ED number can be used as the call number, also give the title of the item, and make sure to indicate it's microfilm.

 Checkout desk staff will probably want to see a  catalog record for the ERIC doc collection:

If you want to find this record, you could type pb:eric into the red search box on the library home page. This will be one of the results.

Not a fan of command searching? You can

1. go to the Advanced Search
2. choose Add/remove dbs
3. clear all
4. select  Worldcat from the bottom of the list
5. then next to search box, set drop-down to publisher and type eric

Thanks,
Lea