[Eril-l] EBSCO Education Source retrieving fewer search

Fri Jun 6 08:09:39 PDT 2025

We noticed this some time ago (and with ProQuest's ERIC as well) and never got a satisfactory response from either Ebsco or PQ. Would love to know what you all learn.

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We are seeing this problem too.  Kris what's the EBSCO case number so I can have EBSCO technical support add us to this case.

One of our librarians just compared eric.ed.gov and EBSCO eric:

I searched for k-12 students AND meditation  (no quotation marks)

eric.ed.gov = 507
EBSCO eric = 34

Thanks
Joyce

Joyce Kebert
Serials/Databases Librarian
Grove City College
Henry Buhl Library
300 Campus Drive
Grove City, PA USA 16127
Phone 724-458-3821

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Dear List,

A colleague at my institution reports that the Education Source database on EBSCOhost is retrieving far fewer results than expected.

For example, a "Find all my search terms" search for [k-12 students AND meditation] currently returns 47 results, when in the past the same search has retrieved up to 20,000 results.

Has anyone else noticed such a discrepancy?

Thanks!

John Holm (he/him)
E-Resources & Discovery Librarian
University of St. Thomas Libraries | library.stthomas.edu<https://library.stthomas.edu/>
john.holm at stthomas.edu<mailto:john.holm at stthomas.edu> | (651) 962-5009 | OSF Library 155
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Hi John-

I saw this same situation when I ran a search I do each year in Sport Discus.  It was also off by thousands.  I opened a case at Ebsco and they are investigating it.

Kris

On Thu, Jun 5, 2025 at 3:11?PM Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list via Eril-l <eril-l at lists.eril-l.org> wrote:

> Dear List,
>
>
>
> A colleague at my institution reports that the Education Source
> database on EBSCOhost is retrieving far fewer results than expected.
>
>
>
> For example, a ?Find all my search terms? search for [k-12 students
> AND meditation] currently returns 47 results, when in the past the
> same search has retrieved up to 20,000 results.
>
>
>
> Has anyone else noticed such a discrepancy?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> *John Holm* (he/him)
> E-Resources & Discovery Librarian
>
> University of St. Thomas Libraries | library.stthomas.edu
>
> john.holm at stthomas.edu | (651) 962-5009 | OSF Library 155
> Zoom:
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