In 1966 ERIC, Education Resources Information Center, was founded in Washington, DC, as a computerized library or collection of databases. In retrospect it was one of the first digital libraries, though the concept of "digital library" did not exist when ERIC was founded.
"The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is an online digital library of education research and information. ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the United States Department of Education. The mission of ERIC is to provide a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information for educators, researchers, and the general public. Education research and information are essential to improving teaching, learning, and educational decision-making.
"ERIC provides access to 1.5 million bibliographic records (citations, abstracts, and other pertinent data) of journal articles and other education-related materials, with hundreds of new records added every week. A key component of ERIC is its collection of grey literature in education, which is largely available in full text in Adobe PDF format. Approximately one quarter of the complete ERIC Collection is available in full text. Materials with no full text available (primarily journal articles) can often be accessed using links to publisher websites and/or library holdings.
"The ERIC Collection, begun in 1966, contains records for a variety of publication types, including:
journal articles
books
research syntheses
conference papers
technical reports
dissertations
policy papers, and
other education-related materials" (Wikipedia article on Education Resources Information Center, accessed 02-26-2018).
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