title: ERIN: A Portal to Resources for Higher Education in Neuroscience.
abstract: ERIN, Educational Resources in Neuroscience, is the Society for Neuroscience's web portal to selected, high-quality materials for higher education. A Board of Editors approves resources after describing them and classifying them by topic, subtopic, media type, author, and appropriate educational level. Some resources are also accompanied by reviews and ratings from faculty who have used the resource. These features make a search of ERIN far more useful than a typical Google search. ERIN's development was funded by the National Science Foundation with a three-year grant to SfN. Along the way, various unexpected problems arose and solutions were found, many of which are described in this overview of ERIN's history and the various decisions that were made in its design and development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences and Program in Neuroscience, Smith College, Northampton MA 01063;
authors.forename: Richard F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Olivo
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill MA 02467;
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Burdo
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Dominican University, River Forest IL 60305;
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Calin-Jageman
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, UCLA, Los Angeles CA 90095;
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Grisham
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence RI 02912;
authors.forename: Monica L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Linden
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Earlham College, Richmond IN 47374;
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.affiliation: Program in Neuroscience, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI 48824;
authors.forename: Laura L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Symonds
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Oberlin College, Oberlin OH 44074.
authors.forename: Janice E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Thornton
keywords: classification schemes; crowdsourcing; faculty reviews; media; teaching resources; website