Article Databases
Article databases make searchable the content (articles) published in academic journals. Each database differs in scope and subject coverage. Use the recommended databases listed below to search for scholarly literature on your topic.
Top Databases
- Education Source This link opens in a new windowEducation Source is designed to meet the needs of education students, professionals and policy makers. The collection provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,850 academic periodicals and includes full text for more than 1,800 journals, 550 books and monographs, education-related conference papers, citations for over 4 million articles including book reviews and over 100,000 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests. Coverage in Education Source spans all levels of education from early childhood to higher education and also includes educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education and testing.
- ERIC This link opens in a new windowERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database contains more than 1.3 million records and provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.
- Education Database This link opens in a new windowProQuest Education Journals gives users access to over 900 top educational publications, including more than 600 of the titles in full text. The coverage spans the literature on primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education. Many titles are indexed in the ERIC database.Subject coverage: Adult education, Elementary education, Higher education, Home schooling, Secondary education, Special needs education, Teacher education
- Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new windowDesigned for professional educators, this database 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. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.
General / Multi-Disciplinary Databases
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowAcademic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 9,810 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
- ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new windowProQuest Research Library is a multi-disciplinary general research database that provides access to a wide range of popular academic subjects. The database includes more than 5,000 titles - over 3,500 in full text - from 1971 forward and features a diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.
- JSTOR Arts & Sciences I-XV Collections This link opens in a new window
JSTOR includes core journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. The collections also contains titles in business, language & literature, ecology, mathematics, and statistics.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowGoogle Scholar is a free web search engine with a huge amount of scholarly literature across an array of formats and disciplines. Though Full Text may not be available, Google Scholar has great resources including a Cited By link for each article, showing you more contemporary publications on the same topic.