Guides: Teaching and Learning: Databases

Education-Focused Research Databases

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.

Academic Search Complete
A scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database of sources including peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers, books, ebooks, reports, and conference proceedings.
Professional Development Collection
Full text database for professional educators and includes education journals and reports.
Additional topics: continuing education, curriculum
Primary Search
Full text database for elementary school research and includes magazines, books, reading level/readability indicators (Lexiles), digital images, the Encyclopedia of Animals, the Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia, and the American Heritage Children's Dictionary.
Includes sources published from 1984 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

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Annenberg Learner
Online video resource for K-12 educators for lesson planning, in-class activates, professional development, and licensure preparation. Covers all curricular areas: Arts, Foreign Language, Literature & Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, and History.

Accomplished Teaching, Learning and Schools (ATLAS)
"ATLAS provides a library of authentic cases of accomplished teaching practice indexed to common teaching and learning frameworks across a wide variety of classroom settings." [from ATLAS] Contact Laurie Sexton at lasext2@ilstu.edu to get an account.