Education Resources Information Center, or ERIC -- a comprehensive bibliographic and full-text database of education research – will see a significant reduction in its content effective April 24, 2025, according to communication sent from the ERIC help desk. ERIC contains research and information sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences within the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC is widely used by education scholars, including students, teachers, administrators, and researchers. In addition to peer-reviewed articles, ERIC contains key documents and reports from think tanks and state departments of education. 

According to the ERIC help desk: 

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

What does this mean?

  • After April 24, 2025, the 1,283 journals regularly indexed in ERIC will be reduced to approximately 706, meaning you will see less research and fewer results going forward. 
  • All records previously in ERIC are expected to remain available. Should ERIC go offline, the Data Rescue Project, has archived a backup of the database including open access ERIC documents.
  • At this point we don't know the full list of journals being removed from ERIC. Volunteers have been compiling a list of journals being removed, and journal editors can submit their journal for inclusion on this list. 

Where else can I find education research?

Sonoma State University Library subscribes to additional databases for research in education such as Education Research Complete and PsycINFO, which include journals indexed in ERIC prior to April 2025. Title lists of the databases can viewed on EBSCO's website and a librarian can help you determine where to look for particular publications.