Education Databases

Getting Started:

• Academic Search Elite
  Index to over 8 million articles published in over 3000 periodicals, including 2500 peer-reviewed journals representing all disciplines. Also includes the full-text of the artices from over 1500 peer-reviewed journals and 500 general periodicals.
  
  
• Education Full Text
  Searches abstracts (descriptions) of 600,000 articles published in over 700 education journals from 1984 to the present. Includes the full-text of articles from over 300 peer-reviewed and trade journals in education.
  
  

Most Comprehensive:

• ERIC (via FirstSearch)
  Citations to and descriptions of journal articles and ERIC documents (conference papers, government reports, etc.) published from 1966 - present.
  Also available from CSA, EBSCO or the U.S. Department of Education.
  
  For help: Guide to Using the ERIC database | ERIC Documents

Other Useful Databases:

• PsycINFO
  Abstracts of articles from over 1,300 journals as well as summaries of selected chapters and books in psychology and related disciplines. Covers material published from 1966 to the present.
  
  
• CollegeSource Online
  Access to the full-text of course catalogs for colleges and universities around the nation. Also provides overview information (size, affiliation, tuition) and links to a map and the Website for each institution.
  
  
• Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
  Index to articles from over 600 library and information science journals as well as selected books, papers and i other materials. Issues related to school libraries and information literarcy are among the topics covered. Includes material published from the mid-1960's to the present.
  
  

See Also:

• Education Subject Guide
  
  
• Education Web Resources
  
  
• Lesson Plans
  
  
• Psychology databases