ProQuest One Education and Changes to the ERIC Database

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ProQuest One Education

If you use the Education Resource and Information Center (ERIC) database for your research, there are some important changes you should be aware of. Due to federal budget reallocations, the number of actively cataloged sources in ERIC will be reduced by roughly 45%. This means that many new education articles, books, and grey literature will no longer be added to the database.

To help researchers continue to access high-quality, authoritative education research, Hannon Library now provides access to ProQuest One Education. This resource includes access to all existing ERIC content, and also to a wider array of journals and other resources — making it an ideal starting point for any education researcher.

ProQuest One Education covers topics such as education philosophy, educational leadership, curriculum planning, and effective teaching. In a single, user-friendly interface, you can search and browse thousands of scholarly journals, books, videos, reports, dissertations, news articles, and more.

More About ERIC

Supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Library of Education, and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, the ERIC database has long been considered the primary database for educational research. However, as of April 2025, ERIC has reduced the amount of new content being added to the database.

In March 2025, ERIC made the following announcement:

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.

What this means:

  • Fewer new records will be added to ERIC. ERIC will no longer index 159 sources (58 journals and 101 non-journals). Content after April 24, 2025, from these sources will no longer appear in your searches of the ERIC database.
  • All records currently in ERIC (prior to April 24, 2025) will remain available. It is only future content from removed sources that will no longer be indexed.
  • ERIC provides full lists of the journals and non-journal content (books, grey literature, etc.) indexed in the database. These lists also indicate what content has been made inactive (i.e., no longer indexed).

What We Recommend

To address growing gaps in the ERIC database’s coverage, we encourage education researchers to use ProQuest One Education as an alternative.

To get started, you can watch a video demonstration of how to search the database.

Want additional information?

Feel free to contact Tom Dodson, Web & Discovery Librarian, Hannon Library, at dodsont@sou.edu.