For articles in magazines, journals, and newspapers, use the Library’s article databases. Below is a list of some suggested databases to try for research in this course.
Visit the complete listing of all UW-Whitewater Databases by Subject - Education and also Kinesiology & Sports.
The world's largest source of education information. More than 950,000 abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice, some linking out to full text.
Citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, and books in psychology and related disciplines.
Offering full text of journals, books, videos, and education-related conference papers, as well as millions of citations. Coverage spans all levels of education from early childhood to higher education and includes specialties such as multilingual education, health education and testing.
Citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, and books in psychology and related disciplines.
Scholarly research from 500+ journals, books, clinical condition overviews, patient education, videos, and more, covering every medical and surgical specialty.
Full text nursing and related health discipline journals, plus legal cases, clinical innovations, drug records, and clinical trials.
Full-text articles from 180+ journals and reports, covering complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
Peer-Reviewed vs. Trade Journals vs. Popular Articles: What's the difference? (graphic)
Identifying Types of Articles: Explained (video)
Peer Review in Three Minutes: What is peer review? (video)
Ulrichsweb: How can I identify whether a journal is peer-reviewed? Search for a magazine or journal by title. If it is identified with a referee shirt, it is a refereed publication, and most articles in the publication will be peer reviewed.
Here are some search tips to remember when searching the databases.
1. Be sure to mark the "peer reviewed" or "scholarly" limit when searching for peer reviewed articles.
2. Use quotation marks around phrases (e.g. "health education", "type II diabetes")
3. Use the word "AND" between different concepts.
4. Use the word "OR" between similar concepts.
5. A common truncation symbol in the databases is the asterisk symbol *. Using this will allow you to search for various forms of the word in one step. For example, strateg* will search for strategy, strategies, strategize, and strategic.
Here are some example searches: