Educational Databases
- Educational Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new windowEducational Administration Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 190,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline, such as: Educational Administration Quarterly, Review of Higher Education, Journal of Educational Administration, etc. EBSCO has digitized the full archive of this index, bringing coverage back to 1966
- ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. The database contains more than 1.3 million records and links to more than 323,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966.
- ERIC - Education Resources Information Center (USDE) This link opens in a new windowSponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, contains citations for journal and non-journal education literature.
- Education Week This link opens in a new windowYour college of education is training the next generation of K-12 teachers and school leaders and Education Week is the essential textbook. Students and professors will find extensive coverage and archives of the vital topics in K-12 education. Daily news, analysis, research, 35+ years of archives and much more are all found in one powerful place: edweek.org
- Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Education Research Complete is a robust database for education students, professionals, and policymakers. It includes rigorous curation and indexing of open access (OA) journals, which has resulted in a growing collection of 923 active global OA journals. Once validated and certified for inclusion, these OA journals are treated with high-quality subject indexing and sophisticated, precise/accurate full-text linking. Education Research Complete includes 273 active, full-text, non-open access journals not available in any version of Academic Search. In addition to full-text journals, Education Research Complete includes more than 4,100 full-text education-related conference papers.
- Educator's Reference Complete (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowThis collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports is a great resource for any educator--from the school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level. Educator's Reference Complete seeks to provide full text for titles in the Eric database and covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty--such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. It also provides insight on issues in administration, funding, and policy.
Exclusive features, including Topic Finder, InterLink, and a mobile-optimized interface, support and enhance the search experience. - Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new windowProfessional Development Collection, designed for professional educators, provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. This is the most comprehensive and most valuable collection of full text education journals in the world. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 700 journals.
- Mental Measurements Yearbook & Tests In Print This link opens in a new windowBuros Institute at the University of Nebraska provides MMY users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Covered from 1938 to present. Tests in Print. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).
- PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowLargest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains over 2.6 million citations and summaries dating as far back as the early 1800s. Ninety-eight percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed.
- Vocational & Career Collection This link opens in a new windowFull text coverage for nearly 350 trade and industry related periodicals, including American Machinist, Pediatric Nursing, Wireless Week, Drug Store News, Video Business, Reeves Journal, Hotel and Motel Management, Restaurant Business, Advertising Age, and many more.
Search Tips
Quick Steps to Locate Journal Articles on a subject:
- Use a database (electronic index)
- Start with a broad subject
- Use Boolean Operators (And, Or , Not) to narrow the search
- If you find an ideal article, locate the subject headings/descriptors within the article; then search by them, or use the find more like this feature
- Remember to refine by dates and/or peer review