Locating Scholarly Articles - TCH 204 - Introduction to Elementary Education - Guides at Milner Library, Illinois State University

Finding Education Journal Articles

With your keywords you can begin searching for scholarly sources in education databases provided by Milner Library. There are many different way to search for journal articles, even specifically education journal articles. This page will focus in on using two different interfaces of the ERIC database, which is geared specifically towards education. Other databases that might be helpful are linked below. These databases look very similar to the ERIC Ebsco database and the same strategies can be applied when searching in them. You can also try searching for databases in the Milner Library Advanced Article Search.

ERIC (OVID)
This interface emphasizes use of controlled vocabulary mapped to the ERIC Thesaurus. Premier full text education database includes journal articles, ERIC documents, conference proceedings, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, and books.
ERIC (EBSCO)
This ERIC interface emphasizes keyword searching. Premier full text education database includes journal articles, ERIC documents, conference proceedings, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, and books.

Other Top Education Databases

Education Full Text
Full text database includes journals and educational tests covering special education, adult education, multicultural/ethnic education, and teaching methods.

Includes sources published from 1983 to present
Education Index Retrospective
Citation database includes journals, magazines, yearbooks, and book reviews, published between 1929-1983, covering adult education, continuing education, literacy standards, multicultural/ethnic education, and teaching methods.

Includes sources published from 1929-1983
APA PsycINFO
Premier full text psychology database includes journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations.
Academic Search Complete
A scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database of sources including peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers, books, ebooks, reports, and conference proceedings.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gather background knowledge using this full text multi-disciplinary database of reference books, encyclopedias, and handbooks.