Educational Psychology: Applied Developmental Science Research Guide
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Databases Focused on Educational Psychology / Developmental Science
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APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowBeginning in the 1800s, covers journal articles in more than 30 languages and books in English about psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education.
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APA PsycBOOKS This link opens in a new window
Full books and chapters from APA books, classic books published by others, and the full electronic release of the Encyclopedia of Psychology. New books are added each month.
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ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowFull text of articles from most journals and some book series published by Elsevier Science.
API available, more information here: APIs for Scholarly Research
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7 Education DatabasesSimultaneously search the following 7 education databases:
1) ERIC, 2) Academic Search Complete, 3) Education Full Text, 4) Education Index
Retrospective: 1929-1983, 5) Education Research Complete, 6) Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, and 7) SPORTDiscus
Click the PEER REVIEWED button to limit articles to only peer reviewed journals.
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Web of Knowledge/Web of Science This link opens in a new windowIncludes Book Citation Index- Science (2005-), Book Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities (2005-), Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (1990-), Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Sciences & Humanities (1990-), Current Chemical Reactions (1985-), Index Chemicus (1993-), Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-), Social Sciences Citation Index (1900-), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-), and Emerging Sources Citation Index (2005-present).
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Child Development & Adolescent Studies This link opens in a new windowThis database contains references to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21.
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Journal Citation Reports This link opens in a new windowTool for journal evaluation, using citation data taken from over 8,000 journals in the areas of science and technology. Used to find impact factors.
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ScimagoUse to find journal impact factors. Remember, you should only compare journal impact factors if the journals are in the same field, for example, compare an Ed Psyc journal to another Ed Psyc journal. Journal Citation Reports (listed above this entry for Scimago also provides impact factors).