Library: Education (General): Articles & Databases

Databases

Education Source
- Why search here? Spans all levels of education from early childhood to higher education and also includes specialties such as multilingual education, health education and testing.
- What's included? Extensive full-text education content from several education databases and journals not previously available in any database.
ERIC [Ebsco]
- Why search here? Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature.
- What's included? Some full text to journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, and books.
ERIC [ProQuest]
- Why search here? ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature.
- What's included? Some full text to journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, and books.

Academic Search Complete
- Why search here? Provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.
- What's included? Full text, scholarly articles, reports, and conference proceedings on all subjects.
ProQuest Central
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- Why search here? This is the largest multidisciplinary database available.
- What's included? All major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, and Humanities.
JStor
- Why search here? A digital library for the intellectually curious
- What's included? Access to journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
Project MUSE
- Why search here? Contains scholarly articles from major journals in the Social Sciences and Humanities as well as ebooks.
- What's included? Full-text scholarly articles and ebooks on literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics and more.
ScienceDirect
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- Why search here? Journals in the fields of science, technology, medicine, and the social sciences from Elsevier Science and other publishers.
- What's included? Full-text to many articles. OW only subscribes to some titles in this collection.

Sociological Abstracts
- Why search here? International literature of sociology, social work, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences
- What's included? Index to articles and book reviews from thousands of journals, books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and working papers from 1952-present.
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
- Why search here? Provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 3,000 contemporary testing instruments produced by the Buros Center for Testing at the University of Nebraska.
- What's included? Full-text reviews for test products in psychology, education, business and leadership. Entries contain descriptive information (e.g., test purpose, publisher, pricing.)

Off-Campus Database Access

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Open Access Journals

Directory of Open Access Journals
Free, full text, scientific and scholarly journals, covering all subjects and many languages.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar searches the Internet for scholarly sources, including peer-reviewed papers, articles, abstracts, books, and theses. It is helpful for tracking down or verifying partial citations.