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Use this guide to locate resources for programs and majors in Woodring College of Education.

Changes to ERIC

Due to cuts at the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), indexed records in ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) will drop by 45% starting April 24, 2025.

  • ERIC's indexing will be reduced from 1,283 journals to approximately 706.
  • Currently Indexed Journals in ERIC
  • Here is a list of known journals that are no longer being indexed by ERIC. (Last update, Wednesday, April 16, 2025)
    • This is a list identified by grassroots efforts. The final list will be released on April 25th
  • Past Searches - According to the above, "note that all records currently in ERIC will remain available. This means that if you ran a search in ERIC previously, those results should remain. Future issues from removed journals will be missing after April 24, 2025.
  • There is some overlap with other databases - look here for alternative databases​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

About ERIC: Why Can't You Just Use Google Instead of ERIC?

Lawsuit Information - American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education. In this complaint document ERIC is referenced in #136 and #150:

Teaching and Learning Co-op

Teaching & Learning Co‑op

This site, designed for and by the WWU Community, includes strategies, tools, and practices for innovative teaching and learning. 

Research and articles about artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbots such as Chat GPT have exploded onto the higher education scene, along with much concern and fascination. ATUS instructional designers developed the following considerations based upon an evaluation of and collective review of recent publications.

Building a Wiki Page in Canvas - Getting bored with Discussion boards? Consider having students post to a wiki! A wiki is a website that can be edited by multiple users. Rather than discussion boards, where students reply directly to each other and conversations happen in small groups or threads, a wiki page shows all of the posts and comments on one main page.

About ERIC Changes

According to the ERIC Help Desk, changes are being made to the ERIC database:

“The Department of Education is working with the Department of Government Efficiency to "reduce overall Federal spending" and "reallocate spending to promote efficiency" (EO 14222). As a result, the number of records added to the ERIC collection will be significantly reduced going forward. The number of actively cataloged sources will be reduced by approximately 45% starting April 24, 2025.  Subject matter was not considered during the process to identify which sources would be made inactive.  Please note that all records currently in ERIC will remain available.

There has been a delay in notifying publishers impacted by this content reduction due to the government reduction in force. Once publishers have been notified, a final list of retained sources (journals and non-journals) will be posted.  We will provide more information about this list as soon as possible.

ERIC Help Desk
National Center for Education Evaluation, Institute of Education Sciences
U.S. Department of Education
Email: ERICRequests@ed.gov

Western Washington University

CENTER FOR EDUCATION, EQUITY AND DIVERSITY

Resource center for students, staff, faculty, and community members.

Resources include books, curricula, articles, SPED materials, videos, and more.

Hosts events, discussions, films and education issues, as well as the April Forum on Educational Law and Social Justice.

K-12 Study Canada - A Great Resource!

ThePacific Northwest National Resource Center on Canada is pleased to provide K-12 teachers and students with a wealth of resources for learning about Canada. https://wp.wwu.edu/k12canada/