The ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. ERIC provides ready access to education literature to augment American education by increasing and facilitating the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research. ERIC provides coverage of journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.

Major areas of coverage include:
• Adult, Career, and Vocational Education
• Counseling and Personnel Services
• Elementary and Early Childhood Education
• Education Management
• Handicapped and Gifted Children
• Higher Education
• Information Resources
• Junior Colleges
• Languages and Linguistics
• Reading and Communication Skills
• Rural Education and Small Schools
• Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education
• Social Studies and Social Science Education
• Teacher Education
• Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation
• Teacher Education
• Test, Measurement, and Evaluation
• Urban Education

1966 - current

Monthly.

Over 0 records as of May 2013

A print equivalent is no longer available. Historically, ERIC records were included in the print publications Resources in Education (1966-2002); and Current Index to Journals in Education (1969-2002).

ERIC provides links to full-text materials (documents and journal articles) to the greatest extent possible. ERIC indexes education-related materials from scholarly organizations, professional associations, research centers, policy organizations, university presses, the U.S. Department of Education and other federal agencies, and state and local agencies. Individual contributors submit conference papers, research papers, dissertations, and theses. Most of these materials are available in full-text. In addition, a small number of journal publishers make full text articles available at no cost directly through ERIC.

Documents that are available at no cost directly from ERIC can be identified by using the “Show only results with free full text directly from ERIC” limit on CSA Illumina. Searching FL=Yes will also identify these documents. Please note that using these limits will eliminate documents that may be available through your institution. Records for journal articles may be linked to full-text available through your library using CSA Illumina linking functionality or the library’s own link resolvers. Contact your site administrator or CSA Support for further information.

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The ERIC Program is converting nearly 340,000 documents produced in microfiche from 1966-1992, and seeks copyright-holder permission to provide full-text access online. To learn more about this initiative, or to contact ERIC about granting a release for your ERIC contributions, see www.eric.ed.gov/ericdigitization.

TI: Title
    Learning on the Job
AU: Author
    Hand, Alyse; Winningham, Kathleen
SO: Source
    Community College Journal; v79 n3 p10-13 Dec 2008-Jan 2009
IS: ISSN
    1067-1803
DE: Descriptors
    Job Applicants; Internship Programs; On the Job Training; College
    Students; Employer Employee Relationship; Employment Potential;
    Experiential Learning; Academic Achievement; Employment
    Experience; Thinking Skills; Decision Making; Problem Solving;
    School Community Relationship; School Business Relationship;
    College Credits; Student College Relationship
AB: Abstract
    Many students recognizes the value of participating in an
    internship program. The experience benefits not only students and
    potential future employers, but colleges, too--not the mention the
    workforce. Internships often equip students with a competitive
    advantage over other job seekers. On-the-job programs not only
    allow students to discover the types of work they enjoy, but also
    to nurture their own talents and capabilities--and better
    understand how those skills can shape their lives and careers.
PB: Publisher
    American Association of Community Colleges. One Dupont Circle NW
    Suite 410, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-728-0200; Fax:
    202-833-2467; Web site: http://www.aacc.nche.edu/bookstore
RL: Resource Location
    http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Publications/CCJ/Pages/default.aspx
LA: Language
    English
PY: Publication Year
    2009
PT: Publication Type
    080 Journal Articles; 141 Reports: Descriptive
ID: Identifiers
    California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory; Ohio; Florida;
    California
LV: Education Level
    Higher Education; Two Year Colleges
PE: Peer Reviewed
    Yes
SF: Subfile
    ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)
AN: Accession Number
    EJ823344
PD: Publication Date
    20091200
JN: Journal Name
    Community College Journal
JV: Journal Volume
    79
JI: Journal Issue
    3
JP: Journal Pages
    10-13
FL: Fulltext Linking
    No
PM: Publication Month
    12
PG: Pages
    4
F1: IVIP
    1067-1803,79,3,10,2009
XX: LIVE
    1
A1: Alert Info
    20090204

The following field codes are found in the records of this database. Here they are listed in alphabetical order by two-letter code.

AB = Abstract	JV=Journal Volume
AF = Author Affiliation	K= Keywords
AG = Agency	LA = Language
AN = Accession Number	NT = Notes
AU = Author	LV =Education Level
AV = Availability	LA = Language
CA = Corporate Author	NT = Notes
CO = Country of Origin	NU = Other Numbers
DE = Descriptors	PB = Publisher
FL = Fulltext Linking	PV = Peer Reviewed
IB = ISBN	PT = Publication Type
ID = Identifiers	PY = Publication Year
IS = ISSN	RP = Report Number
JI= Journal Issue	SF = Subfile
JN=Journal Name	SO = Source
JP=Journal Pages	TA = Target Audience
	TI = Title

This field is relevant to backfile (pre-2004 records only). Persons and organizations submitting documents to ERIC grant ERIC permission to index and disseminate documents as follows:

• Level 1 - Available online, if indexed January 1993 onward (Note: May have an earlier publication date); otherwise produced only in microfiche.
• Level 2 - Produced in microfiche (submitted 1966-2003)
• Level 3 - Indexed only

Records from 2004 forward have no data in the Level field. Restricting a search to "Level 1" will omit full text documents from 2004 forward, Open Source journals and Level 2 documents that have been digitized.

Identifies the specific education community for which the resource is intended.

Early Childhood Education:
-Activities and/or experiences that are intended to effect developmental changes in children, from birth through the primary units of elementary school (grades K-3)
Preschool Education:
-Activities and/or experiences that are intended to effect developmental changes in children, from birth to entrance in kindergarten (or grade 1 when kindergarten is not attended)
-Primary Education: Education provided in kindergarten through grade 3
Elementary Secondary Education:
-Formal education provided in kindergarten or grade 1 through grade 12
Elementary Education:
-Education provided in kindergarten or grade 1 through grade 6, 7, or 8
Adult Basic Education:
-Education provided for adults at the elementary level (through grade 8)
Intermediate Grades:
-Includes the middle and/or upper elementary grades, but usually 4, 5, and 6
Middle Schools:
-Various combinations of grades 5 through 9
Secondary Education:
-Education provided in grade 7, 8, or 9 through grade 12
Junior High Schools:
-Providing formal education in grades 7, 8, and 9
High Schools:
-Providing formal education in grades 9 or 10 through 12
High School Equivalency Programs:
-Adult educational activities concerned with the preparation for and the taking of tests that lead to a high school equivalency certificate
Postsecondary Education:
-All education beyond the secondary level
Higher Education:
-All education beyond the secondary level leading to a formal degree
Two Year Colleges:
-Public or private postsecondary institutions providing at least 2, but less than 4, years of academic and/or occupational education (community colleges)
Adult Education:
-Providing or coordinating purposeful learning activities for adults (non-degree)

Documents that are available at no cost directly from ERIC can be identified by searching FL=Yes. Please note that using this limit will eliminate documents that may be available through your institution. Records for journal articles may be linked to full-text available through your library using CSA Illumina linking functionality or the library’s own link resolvers. Contact your site administrator or CSA Support for further information.

ERIC introduced the peer reviewed field in 2005 for materials published 2004 onward.

Identifies the general type of document. The publication types are as follows:

010 books
020 collected works: general
021 collected works: proceedings
022 collected works: serials
030 creative works
040 dissertations/theses
041 dissertations/theses: doctoral dissertations
042 dissertations/theses: masters theses
043 dissertations/theses: practicum papers
050 guides: general
051 guides: classroom: learner
052 guides: classroom: teacher
055 guides: non-classroom
060 historical materials
070 information analyses
071 eric publications
072 book/product reviews
073 eric digests in full text
080 journal articles
090 legal/legislative/regulatory materials
100 non-print media
101 computer programs
102 machine-readable data files
110 numerical/quantitative data
120 opinion papers
130 reference materials: general
131 reference materials: bibliographies
132 reference materials: directories/catalogs
133 reference materials: geographic
134 reference materials: vocabularies/classifications 100 Non-Print Media
140 reports: general
141 reports: descriptive
142 reports: evaluative
143 reports: research
150 speeches/meeting papers
160 tests/questionnaires
170 translations
171 multilingual/bilingual materials
999 collected works: serial

To search publication type, enter the unique word(s) or just the three-digit number, e.g.,

pt=080
pt=journal articles

Note: If you search the complete phrase do not include the colon, eg: pt=(reports research)

Search the Subfile (SF) field to retrieve citations from either of the two printed journals that historically corresponded to the ERIC database. To search for Resources in Education (RIE) or Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) add "SF=RIE" or "SF=CIJE" to your search, eg: (elementary education) and sf=rie . This data remains in the backfile; however, note that the data has not been included for records with accession numbers greater than ED483046 and EJ679567.

ERIC added this field, previously known as Target Audience, to ED (ERIC Document) records in January 1984, but uses it only when the author clearly specifies an intended audience. Some entries from May 1975 to December 1983 include the retrospective addition of the terms "Practitioners" and/or "Students". ERIC has designated eleven distinct audiences:

Administrators
Community
Counselors
Media Staff
Parents
Policymakers
Practitioners
Researchers
Students
Support Staff
Teachers

Note: Many document records do not include a target audience.