LibGuides: Education: Find Articles

Search these Databases and Indexes for Education Articles

These are the best places to start looking for articles in Education. You can also see our full list of Electronic Resources.

ERIC This link opens in a new window
Index to >1.2 million journal articles and other education-related materials. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Site covering a variety of topics of interest to teachers, such as: Continuing Education, Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to articles from 1,700 Elsevier journals covering the subject areas of science, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Huge multidisciplinary index of articles in over 8,500 journals, from 1989 to the present. (Includes: Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index)
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive index (approx. 3 million citations) to the psychology literature and the psychological aspects of related disciplines.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive index of articles from journals worldwide in sociology and related disciplines (e.g. social anthropology, demography, community development, social psychology).
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Where to Search for Articles - Video Tutorial

The below video series were created for EDU 517 in 2024.

Where to Search:

The video below (16min) describes some key databases to search for Education related topics, the difference between subject databases, multidisciplinary databases & search engines. It includes a short Google Scholar demonstration at the end.

How to Create a Search - Video Tutorials

Search Concepts:

The video below (12min) describes strategies to determine your minimum search concepts and the difference between sensitivity and precision in searching.

Search Concepts:

The video below (4min) describes how to create a basic search strategy using boolean operators.

Execute a Basic Article Search in Eric - Video Tutorial

Search Concepts:

The video below (15min) describes how to execute a basic search in the database ERIC. It includes how to add concepts, use filters, and some database syntax such as quotes, truncation and proximity operators.