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Education Research Guide

Welcome to the Education Research Guide!

Follow the tabs on the menu to the left of this guide to locate different resources all related to topics in education research!

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Education Full Text (H. W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Use to find scholarly research covering all aspects of education.
This full-text source of education scholarship provides coverage for a wide range of topics, including adult education, continuing education, literacy standards, multicultural/ethnic education, secondary education, teaching methods and much more. In addition, Education Full Text provides in-depth coverage of special education, with over 50 journals dedicated to this important topic.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
Search and read education articles, instructional materials, and reports.
ERIC is the world's largest source of education information, containing abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. The database covers descriptions and evaluations of programs, research reports and surveys, curriculum and teaching guides, instructional materials, position papers, and resource materials. In 1993, ERIC began indexing education-related books, including the output of major publishers.
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Search and read education articles.
Education Research Complete is a bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. 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 also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,500 journals, as well as full text for more than 750 journals. This database also includes full text for more than 100 books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers.
Some institutions use a web-based citation manager called RefWorks. For hel
Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window
Search and read pedagogical theory and educational practice articles designed for teachers in the classroom.
Professional Development Collection™ includes full text for more than 520 high-quality education journals including: Booklist, Education, Education Digest, Education Week, Educational Leadership, High School Journal, Journal of Education, Journal of Educational Research, Phi Delta Kappan, Reading Teacher, School Library Journal, and many others. This database also contains nearly 230 educational reports.

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