LibGuides: Education: Articles & Databases

Education Databases

These databases are excellent sources for scholarly and research articles in education.

PLEASE NOTE: Most journal articles in these searchable databases will be available to you full-text online. Those that are not available full-text can be acquired via Interlibrary Loan at no cost with a turn-around time of 12-24 hours.

ERIC
Good for: Researching education.
Contains: Journal articles, book chapters, and educational reports.
Dates covered: 1966-present.
Use ERIC to search abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, and reports from the field of education. Subject indexing allows you to zero in on all the articles relevant to your topic. ERIC digests offer overviews of significant scholarship on a topic.
Education Full Text
Good for: Researching education topics.
Contains: Journal articles.
Dates covered: 1996-present.
Professional Development Collection
Specialized collection of high-quality, full-text education journals. Full text 1965-present.
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of high-quality, full-text education journals and educational reports.
APA PsycINFO 1887-Current
1800-
The American Psychological Association's international psychology database indexes journal articles, books and dissertations.
Update frequency: Updated monthly
PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 97 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. The database also includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others.
Education: A Sage Collection
Good for: Researching education topics in academic journals published by Sage.
Contains: Journal articles.
Education: A Sage Collection includes the full text of about 26 peer-reviewed journals published by Sage and participating societies. It covers such subject areas as: Adult and Continuing Education, Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Elementary and Primary Education, High School and Secondary Education, Higher Education, International Education, Leadership, Measurement and Testing, Multicultural Education and Diversity, Professional Development, Teaching and Instruction, Teaching Methods.
Child Development and Adolescent Studies
Good for: Researching child development and adolescent studies.
Contains: Current and historical scholarly literature.

Other Useful Databases

APA PsycTESTs
PsycTESTS is a database that provides information about psychological tests and measures. It includes citations to articles that discuss the test and how it can be used. Some information about the test is taken from the articles and presented right in the database. In many cases, the full test (or a document with a selection of test items) is available to download as well.
Cabell's Publishing Directories
Good for: Identifying reputable journals for publishing research in business, education, health, mathematics, nursing, and science.
Contains: Information about journal publishing opportunities.
The resource includes journal acceptance rates, review descriptions, number of external reviewers, publication guidelines and submission processes.
Dissertations and Theses
Good for: Dissertations and theses.
Contains: Citations, abstracts, and full text of dissertations and theses.
Dates covered: Citations from 1861, abstracts from 1980 for dissertations and 1988 for theses, full text from 1996 for UNLV items and 1997 for most others.
JSTOR
An archive of more than 700 important scholarly journals covering business, ecology, education, ethnic studies, history, literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, and sociology with content ending 3-5 years ago
JSTOR digitally archives more than 700 scholarly journals. Subjects include African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, business, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, and more.
Learning Express Library
Practice tests for GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, CBEST, Praxis I, TOEFL and a number of other standardized job and career tests.
LearningExpress Library is a full text test preparation and academic skills building database that includes practice tests for GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, CBEST, Praxis I, TOEFL and a number of other standardized job and career tests. Skills building components include Elements of Business Writing, Job & Career Success Skills (resume writing, interviewing tips), and math, reading, and writing skills. You will be asked to create your own free account and choose your own user name and password. This creates a space for you on the LearningExpress server so you can save tests and exercises and come back to them.
Scopus
Scopus is a citation index, allowing you to find the papers that cite a specific piece of research.
Scopus also features a citation index, allowing you to find the papers that cite a specific piece of research.
Web of Science
Web of Knowledge is a platform for, among others, Social Sciences Citation Index and Journal Citation Reports. Use this database to identify which articles have cited another article. Great for exploring connections between articles.

Handouts to Help You Get Started

Searching for Education Resources
Powerpoint with screenshots re: searching for education resources. Provides an overview of our search tools. Start here if you're not sure how to get started.
Education Overview Handout - Graduate Students
2-page handout with basics.
Anatomy of a Research Article
Handout explaining the typical components of a research article. Use your knowledge of this structure to help you read more efficiently.
Education Overview Handout - Undergrads
1-page handout with basics - geared toward undergraduate students.

Finding Articles

Finding Articles Using EBSCO Databases (Academic Search Premier, Education Full Text, ERIC, etc.)

Effective August 5, 2025, EBSCO, the company that provides several of our Education databases, has a new user interface. See the tutorial below for an introduction on how to use this new interface.

Search Tips

Narrow/ Focus Your Search	Broaden/ Expand Your Search
Place quotation marks around words to search for an exact phrase, e.g., "high school" (works in many databases and Google)
And or Not connector between concepts	“Or” connector between synonyms
Field Limiters, e.g., dates, type of document	Truncation or Wildcard (e.g., child* to search for all terms beginning with child, e.g. child, children, childcare)
Use the controlled vocabulary (human assigned main topics --Thesaurus)	Free-text or keyword searching (computer mediated, no human intervention)
Proximity searching, e.g., first year n3 retention (finds results in which first year is found within 3 words of retention)

Education

Education Databases

Other Useful Databases

Handouts to Help You Get Started

Finding Articles

Finding Articles Using EBSCO Databases (Academic Search Premier, Education Full Text, ERIC, etc.)

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