Higher Education Research Guide
Librarian
Databases Focused on Higher Education
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7 Education Databases (EBSCO)Simultaneously 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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APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowExcellent coverage of education and psychology topics. Top tier, peer reviewed journals are indexed as well as some books and dissertations. Click here for video tutorials.
Be sure to also consider searching the PsycBooks database to read full text book chapters by clicking on the PsycBooks radio button at the top of the PsycINFO database page. You can also search it separately using the link below. -
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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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowIncludes articles in business journals about higher education as well as any business related topic.
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Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text This link opens in a new windowIndex to Legal Periodicals Full Text indexes hundreds of journals from 1981-date, with full text coverage of selected journals beginning in 1995 and page-image PDFs for most of these titles 2001-date. See also Index to Legal Periodicals Retro, which provides index coverage from 1908-1981.
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Legal Collection This link opens in a new windowLarge collection (over 250) of law journals plus some case studies and documents.
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Public Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new windowProviding up-to-date bibliographic records covering essential areas related to public administration, including public administration theory, administration and economy, administration and politics, administration and society, administrative structures and organization, public and social services, public service personnel and theory and methods.
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Web of Knowledge/Web of Science This link opens in a new windowSearch for peer reviewed articles from top tier journals.Citation and often full text is available. Citations include the number of times an article has been cited.
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Journal Citation Reports This link opens in a new windowJournal Citation Reports provides impact factors for journals. Be sure to compare impact factors in journals from the same field. Scimago is another tool for finding journal impact factors. See the Scimago listing below. Click here to view a 2 minute tutorial on locating journal impact factors.