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Search databases like the ones recommended below when you need to find journal articles written about education and related topics:

Major Databases:

ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center (EBSCO) This research database indexes education-related literature, beginning in 1966. The ERIC database is the world's largest source of education information, containing abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.
Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK) Offers full text of more than 7,000 online journals in many subject areas. Most electronic indexes available to the Ohio academic community link from article citations to the full text in the EJC.
Education Research Complete (EBSCO) A bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education.
APA PsycInfo (EBSCO) APA PsycInfo is the American Psychological Association's (APA) resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. Its coverage centers on peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health, and contains citations and summaries. Additional topics covered include the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, technology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law.

Guide to Searching ERIC From Odum Library at Valdosta State University, this guide provides tips on searching ERIC, using the Thesaurus and descriptors, and offers video tutorials.

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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) (EBSCO) Provides full text of journal articles and indexing of books, research reports and conference proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, search engines, printed and digital information sources, the information industry, scholarly communication, makerspaces, educational technology, and electronic publishing.
ERIC (Public Access Interface) Indexes education-related literature, beginning in 1966. The public access (.gov) version of ERIC does NOT include the “Find Full Text” feature in other MSJ Library databases. The public access version of ERIC covers descriptions and evaluations of programs, research reports and surveys, curriculum and teaching guides, instructional materials, position papers, and resource materials.
Professional Development Collection (EBSCO) As a collection of education-related journals for teachers, librarians, and researchers, this database is designed for professional educators and provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. This is the most comprehensive and most valuable collection of full text education journals in the world. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 700 journals.
SocINDEX (EBSCO) Provides full text of journal articles, and indexing and informative abstracts for "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, plus "priority" coverage journals and "selective" coverage journals.
Teacher Reference Center (EBSCO) A research database for teachers, Teacher Reference Center (TRC) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 230 peer-reviewed journals.

LibKey Tools

LibKey is a suite of products designed to connect users easily and quickly to the full-text of journal articles that are available to them from their library's collections or from open access with fewer clicks. It works by checking MSJ Library's digital journal holdings to provide quick access to the full-text of journal articles available to MSJ patrons. Users may need to log in with their MSJ login credentials when connecting to full text content off-campus.

LibKey Nomad (browser tool) LibKey Nomad is a browser extension which you download and install from your browser's store or extension. Once set up in your browser, LibKey Nomad pulls from our EBSCO journal holdings to help you access the full text of articles from the MSJ Library's journal collections.
LibKey.io (DOI Search) Search by an article's DOI or PMID to find full text of MSJ Library-subscribed and open access articles.
LibKey BrowZine (Visual Search of MSJ Journals) A visual list of journals in the MSJ Library collections along with selected open access journals. Helpful to researchers & instructors is a feature that ranks top journals in each subject area.

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