LIS 677 - Accessing the ERIC thesaurus on the Web
To access the ERIC thesaurus on the Web,
do the following:
- Make sure you have Javascript enabled in your browser.
- Go to the UWO Library System home page
(http://www.lib.uwo.ca/).
- Pull down the "Quick Links..." list.
- Click on "Databases by Title".
- Under the Es, click on "ERIC PlusText".
- Click on "Thesaurus".
(If prompted at any point for your name and password,
type in your last name and UWO id
and click on the "O.K." button.)
A list of the first few terms
in the thesaurus terms should appear.
- To move the list to the heading that you want,
type a key word from the heading in the input box
and click on the "Find term" button.
- To see details for a term,
click on it.
Standard thesaurus symbols are expanded
as follows:
| SN
| Scope Note
|
| UF
| Used For
|
| BT
| Broader Terms
|
| NT
| Narrower Terms
|
| RT
| Related Terms
|
- To return to the term list from a term detail display,
click on one of the letter links.
Details are not available for non-preferred terms,
but "see" references are included in the term list;
for example
Subject Access
(See Indexing )
When finished,
click on "Close window" in both ProQuest windows;
then click on the "Continue" button
and click on "OK" if you are prompted for confirmation.
An alternative Web interface to the thesaurus
is available at the official ERIC site
(http://www.eric.ed.gov/).
Illustrations of the different Web interfaces
are given on the course SharePoint site
at http://faculty.fims.uwo.ca/craven/lis677/Lectures/677erile.htm.
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Last updated June 7, 2006.
This page maintained by
Prof. Tim Craven
E-mail (text/plain only): craven@uwo.ca
Faculty of Information and Media Studies
University of Western
Ontario,
London, Ontario
Canada, N6A 5B7