Accessing Online ERIC Documents from Off-Campus

Access to online ERIC documents from computers on the APSU network is automatic through ERIC.

See How to search ERIC.

Many ERIC documents from 1993 to the present are available online in PDF format.  To view or print the documents, Adobe Acrobat reader must be installed on your computer.  The reader is available free from http://www.adobe.com/.  

To enable direct access from ERIC:

1. Before entering ERIC, log on to the Online ERIC Documents site.  You may do this by clicking "Online ERIC Documents" from any subject page that has a link to ERIC or by going to (http://library.apsu.edu/inform/21Eric.htm)

2. Enter your User ID and click log on.

3. You'll see a page with "ERIC Document Reproduction Service E*Subscribe" at the top.

4. Click your browser's Back button twice, until you return to the ERIC page (or the subject page).

5. Click "Search ERIC" (or "ERIC" on a subject page) to enter ERIC.  Search as usual.

If a document is available online, the ERIC record will include an EDRS document link containing an URL (internet address).  When the URL in the EDRS document link  field is clicked, a separate browser window will open containing the document details.  Click the PDF icon (the first icon, with a red squiggle on it) to view or print the document.  Large documents may take several minutes to download.  To print, click your browser's print button.  If the document is large, it may be necessary to print the document in sections (pages 1-15, then 16-30, etc) depending upon the memory of the computer and/or the printer.

To return to the ERIC database, close the document window.  Or, use the buttons on the windows task bar at the bottom of the screen to switch between the two windows.

              To access online documents after completing an ERIC search:

1. Do your ERIC search, noting the ED number of the documents available online (those available online will include an EDRS document link field containing an URL).

2. Log out of ERIC.

3. Log on to the Online ERIC Documents site.  You may do this by clicking "Online ERIC Documents" from any subject page that has a link to ERIC or from the ERIC page (http://library.apsu.edu/inform/21Eric.htm)

4. Enter your User ID and click log on.

5. You'll see a page with "ERIC Document Reproduction Service E*Subscribe" at the top.

6. At the top of the screen, click "Search," and then "Express Search."

7. Enter your ED numbers in the boxes provided.  Click "Search"

8. Click the PDF icon to view and/or print the document.