Database guide last
updated December 19, 2024

Copyright 2024,
Wolters Kluwer Health

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), is an information system sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education that collects, creates, and distributes the U.S. national bibliographic database and full text materials whenever possible covering the literature of education.

The limit of databases that you can select for a multifile search session is based upon database segments rather than actual databases. The Ovid multifile segment limit is set at 120 to avoid impacting your search sessions. This database includes 3 segments.

The ERIC database is no longer updated monthly. Ovid is updating the database as soon as updates are available from the publisher. For 2022 there were only 3 updates available.

Quotation marks can be used to retrieve records that contain literal strings, when the string includes special characters, such as a forward slash (/).

Quotation marks can also be used to retrieve records that contain numbers that may otherwise be confused for earlier searches. In the example, a search for 3.vo would limit the string from your third search in your search history to the volume field. By including the number in quotation marks, the search will retrieve documents with a 3 in the volume number.

The Ovid search engine applies so called "run-time stopword processing". This means the search engine on the fly ignores the stopwords: and, as, by, for, from, in, is, of, on, that, the, this, to, was, were & with.

Therefore a search: at risk for diabetes.ti will also find: at risk of diabetes. The distance of one word in between is kept, but the stopword "for" is ignored.

A limit to Audience Type restricts retrieval to documents by the intended audience of a publication.

Policymakers, Researchers, Practitioners, Administrator, Teachers, Counselors, Media Staff, Support Staff, Students, Parents and Community.

Since 1975, at least one Educational Level is assigned to every document and journal article (unless a level is entirely inappropriate). The limit to Educational Levels restricts your search to levels such as "Preschool Education" or "Adult Basic Education."

If you choose this limit, Ovid presents you with a list of ERIC Educational Levels from which to select. Select all the levels that are appropriate.

A limit to ERIC Full Text will restrict retrieval to those citations for which there is an ERIC full text link. To limit to Ovid full text and other types of external full text use the limit to Full Text.

A limit to Journal Article will restrict retrieval to Journal Articles.

A limit to Ovid Full Text Available restricts retrieval to those citations for which an Ovid full text link is available.

A limit by Peer Reviewed restricts retrieval to articles that have been peer reviewed.

A limit by Publication Type restricts retrieval by any of the publication types indexed by ERIC, including such classifications as "Information Analyses", "Viewpoints", and "Tests, Evaluation Instruments." In the ERIC database, more than one publication type is usually assigned to a document.

If you choose this option you will be presented with an alphabetical list of publication types, and a definition for each, from which to select.

You can restrict retrieval to any of the years which this database covers. If you choose this option you will be prompted to enter the desired year: the format is 4 digits, "2004."

• Thesaurus
• Permuted Index
• Scope Notes
• Explode

Click on this link to see other Advanced Search Techniques

Accession Number:
	EJ1276489
Author:
	Brown, Ryan A. Dickerson, Daniel L. Klein, David J. Agniel, Denis. Johnson, Carrie L. D'Amico, Elizabeth J.
Author ID:
	Brown, Ryan A.; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7960...
Sponsoring Agency:
        National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) (NIH)
Title:
	Identifying as American Indian/Alaska Native in Urban Areas: Implications for Adolescent Behavioral Health and Well-Being
Publisher:
	SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Source:
	Youth and Society. v53 n1 p54-75 Jan 2021
Page Count:
	22
Peer Reviewed:
	Yes
URL:
	http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/004411...
Date of Publication:
	2021-01
ERIC Subject Headings:
	American Indians
        Alaska Natives
        Youth
        At Risk Persons
        Urban American Indians
        Health Behavior
        Well Being
        Identification (Psychology)
        Ethnicity
        American Indian Culture
        Adolescents
        Substance Abuse
        Mental Health
        Alcohol Abuse
        Delinquency
        Psychological Patterns
Abstract:
        American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth exhibit multiple health disparities, including high rates of alcohol and other drug (AOD) use, violence and delinquency, 
        and mental health problems. Approximately 70% of AI/AN youth reside in urban areas, where negative outcomes on behavioral health and well-being are often high. Identity 
        development may be particularly complex in urban settings, where youth may face more fragmented and lower density AI/AN communities, as well as mixed racial-ethnic ancestry 
        and decreased familiarity with AI/AN lifeways. This study examines racial-ethnic and cultural identity among AI/AN adolescents and associations with behavioral health and well-being
        by analyzing quantitative data collected from a baseline assessment of 185 AI/AN urban adolescents from California who were part of a substance use intervention study. Adolescents who       
        identified as AI/AN on their survey reported better mental health, less alcohol and marijuana use, lower rates of delinquency, and increased happiness and spiritual health. (As Provided)
Access Rights:
	No
Publication Type:
	Journal Articles. Reports - Research.
ISSN:
	0044-118X
Grant Number:
        R01AA022066
Location Identifiers:
	California
Assessment and Survey Identifiers:
	Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure
Language:
	English
Year of Publication:
	2021
Entry Month:
	202101  

Accession Number:
	EJ1120019
Author:
	Lin, Wei-Lun. Shih, Yi-Ling.
Title:
	Designing EEG Neurofeedback Procedures to Enhance Open-Ended versus Closed-Ended Creative Potentials
Publisher:
	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; 
    Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Source:
	Creativity Research Journal. v28 n4 p458-466 2016
Page Count:
	9
Peer Reviewed:
	Yes
URL:
	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/104004...
Date of Publication:
	2016
ERIC Subject Headings:
	Creativity
	Medicine
	Biofeedback
	Pretests Posttests
	Comparative Analysis
	Brain
	College Students
	Training
	Correlation
	Foreign Countries
	Creative Thinking
	Creativity Tests
	Regression (Statistics)
Abstract:
	Recent empirical evidence demonstrated that open-ended creativity (which refers to creativity measures that require various 
    and numerous responses, such as divergent thinking) correlated with alpha brain wave activation, whereas closed-ended 
    creativity (which refers to creativity measures that ask for one final correct answer, such as insight problem solving) was 
    related to larger variability in electroencephalogram (EEG) differences between alpha and beta waves. This study designed 
    two EEG neurofeedback procedures to examine their training effects on open- versus closed-ended creative potentials. In the
    alpha-enhancement condition, participants were reinforced to elevate only their alpha frequencies by auditory feedback for 10 
    sessions. In the alpha-transformation condition, enhancement and suppression of the signal tone (and hence, the 
    appearance and disappearance of alpha waves) were both practiced. Pre- and posttest comparisons indicated that, 
    compared to the active contrast condition, the alpha-enhancement practice improved only open-ended creativity performance. 
    The alpha-transformation training enhanced closed-ended creativity performance, which was first demonstrated in the 
    literature, and simultaneously facilitated open-ended creativity performances. In addition, changes in brain wave patterns by 
    training positively correlated with change in predicted creativity performances. All of these results were of medium to large 
    effect sizes. The effectiveness of these EEG neurofeedback procedures for creativity training was implied and discussed. (As 
    Provided)
Access Rights:
	No
Publication Type:
	Journal Articles. Reports - Research.
ISSN:
	1040-0419
Location Identifiers:
	Taiwan
Assessment and Survey Identifiers:
	Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking
Language:
	English
Number of References:
	41
Education Level:
	Higher Education, Postsecondary Education
Year of Publication:
	2016
Entry Month:
	201701