EDUINDP 498 R – Independent Study - Undergraduate Research - Prof. DeVore   Tags: course_guides, education, special_education  

This guide is designed to help undergraduate students find scholarly articles in Education to write a literature review.

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Look in the following databases to locate articles related to Education.

ERIC (EBSCOhost)    
The ERIC database is the world's largest source of education information. The database contains more than 950,000 abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. Andersen Library owns the microfiche set of the ERIC ED documents, and many are now available partial/full text on the Internet.

Education Full Text (WilsonWeb : 1983- )
Covers 423 core international periodicals, monographs, and yearbooks. Topics include a wide range of contemporary education issues. Includes abstracts from January 1994 and indexing from June 1983. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996.

Education Research Complete (EBSCOhost)
Education Research Complete is the definitive online resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,500 journals, as well as full text for more than 750 journals, and includes full text for more than 100 books and monographs, and for numerous education-related conference papers.

PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)    
PsycINFO contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, and books in psychology, as well as psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. Includes PsycLit database.

Professional Development Collection (EBSCOhost) 
Designed for professional educators, provides a highly specialized collection of over 550 full text journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 800 journals. The majority of full text titles included in the database are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information dates as far back as 1965.

Interlibrary Loan: Use ILLiad to borrow articles from journals not available at Andersen Library.

ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan)
Costs $1 per item. Turnaround time is 2-4 weekdays for articles. For more information, and for instructions on use, go to the InterLibrary Loan service web page.

These tools are useful when you have a known citation and want to see if the library has the article available.

Journal Holdings: Electronic & Print
Use this list to find out whether the Library owns a particular journal, magazine, or newspaper, as well as the dates and formats available. Search by title.

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