Subject and Course Guides: EDAD 5376 Research Guide: Scholarly Articles

Databases - Start Here

In these databases, you'll find many articles, conference papers, reports, theses, books and more related to education. While some of these databases are full-text, some are not. If you have any trouble locating the full-text of any item you find in these databases, please contact the Education librarian!

ERIC (EbscoHost)
Provides references to a broad range of educational topics. Includes articles, books, theses, curriculi, conference papers, reports and standards
Education Index
Provides citations for articles from English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the U.S. and elsewhere dealing with educational topics. English-language books relating to education published in 1995 or later are indexed.
Education: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
Provides the full text of 26 peer-reviewed education journals published by SAGE and participating societies
Academic Search Complete
Mulch-discipline database that covers: social sciences, humanities, sciences, etc
Legal Collection
Full text of scholarly and peer-reviewed publications including law journals, documents, and case studies in legal areas such as criminal justice, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, and the environment.

Specialized Databases

Child Care & Early Education Research Connection
A multidisciplinary collection of resources for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in child care and early education
ED/ITLib: Digital Library for Education & Information Technology
Includes full text of peer-reviewed international journal articles and proceedings papers on the latest research, developments, and applications related to all aspects of educational technology and e-Learning
PolicyFile
Evaluation and analysis reports of policy from leading think tanks. Be aware - many think tanks have a distinct political position!
Project MUSE
Full text of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics
JSTOR
One of the best resources for older policy. JSTOR does not contain new articles published within the last 5 years. All articles are full-text and are from scholarly journals.

What's Missing?

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Relevant Tutorials

Intro to ERIC

A brief introduction to ERIC's features including refining a search and database tools.
Time ~ 1:55

Effective Searching

Too many results or too few? This tutorials teaches you how to focus your search and how to expand it.
Time ~ 2:46

Finding Full Text

This tutorial demonstrates the different options for finding full text when searching a database
Time ~ 3:02

Citing Sources Easily

Demonstrates how to use the citation features in EBSCOhost databases.
Time ~ 2:28