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In 2021, users conducted more than 23 million searches on the ERIC website and downloaded  \n9.6 million full-text articles from the full collection. See the metrics below for a look at content views and downloads speciÿc to ERIC's currently active sources by topic area, as well as searches across a three-year period.  \nViews and Downloads for Current Sources By Education Topic Area – 2021  \nERIC’s 1.8 million education-related resources are categorized by the 16 education topic areas established in the IES authorizing legislation. The wheel shows the number of current journal and non-journal sources, as well as individual record views and full-text downloads for these sources, within each topic area. Check out this link to see a list of ERIC's 2,006 active sources by topic area: [https://eric.ed.gov/?journaltopics](https://eric.ed.gov/?journaltopics)  \nUrban Education   \n309,132 views, 144,494 downloads  \n222  \n55  \n105  \nScience, Mathematics, and  \nRural Education   and Small Schools  \n113,354 views, 76,579 downloads  \n 32  \nEnvironmental Education   \n792,849 views, 330,444 downloads  \n130  \n71  \n663,690 views, 356,055 downloads  \nLanguages and Linguistics 615,185 views, 390,799 downloads  \n123  \nInformation and Technology   \n1,211,041 views, 656,877 downloads  \n127  \n196  \n24  \n132  \nStudent Services  \n515,924 views, 169,148 downloads  \nDisabilities and Gifted Education  \n543,648 views, 159,219 downloads  \nEducational Management  \n1,676,520 views, 865,060 downloads  \nElementary and Early  \nChildhood Education  \n749,332 views, 384,670 downloads  \nGeneral  \n601,088 views, 12,216 downloads  \nHigher Education  \n2021 Sources by Topic Area  \n1,172,407 views, 622,540 downloads  \nERIC Searches  \nThe graph below shows the number of searches conducted per month over the past three years on the ERIC website at [https://eric.ed.gov](https://eric.ed.gov).  \nSearches Per Month, 2019˜2021  \n3M   2.75M   2.5M  2.25M  2M  1.75M  1.5M   \n1.25M  1M   750K    \nJan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec  \n 2019  2020  2021  \nFor more information about using ERIC, see our multimedia area at [https://eric.ed.gov/?multimedia](https://eric.ed.gov/?multimedia. As of)[. As of](https://eric.ed.gov/?multimedia. As of)[ ](https://eric.ed.gov/?multimedia. As of)December 2021, ERIC o°ers more than 50 videos, infographics, and recorded webinars ranging from basic  \ninformation through specialized guidance on speciÿc research tools.  \nTo search and access the collection, or to submit your work for indexing consideration, go to:  \n[https://eric.ed.gov](https://eric.ed.gov)  \n[https://ies.ed.gov](https://ies.ed.gov)  \nJanuary 2022","cbCaieuR4jXJK1tZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieuR4jXJK1tZ","pdf",507843,"English","# Selected Usage Statistics\n## Views and Downloads for Current Sources by Education Topic Area - 2021\n## ERIC Searches\n## Multimedia and How to Access ERIC","[{\"question\":\"What is ERIC and who sponsors it?\",\"answer\":\"ERIC is a free, searchable online library of education research. 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