Research Guides: *Education: Getting Started in Education

Best Bets for Education

ERIC
Education journal articles and reports. Publication dates: 1966 to present.
Academic Search Complete
Full text journals and magazines across disciplines. ebsco scholarly articles asc
JSTOR
Humanities, social sciences, and science full text journals. Recent years not included.

LibrarySearch
The default search for our collections searches all Bates library databases and the shared library catalog of Colby Bates and Bowdoin simultaneously.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.

Topic Overviews for Education

Oxford Bibliographies - Education
Very helpful when starting research on a topic - authoritative bibliographies recommending the best books, articles, and other sources to get you off to a great start.
International Handbooks of Education series
This is just one example of a specific title in the series. The link will take you to a listing that you can search through.
International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Location: Available online.

Essays with bibliographies on topics in education and other social sciences.
Encyclopedia of Language and Education by Nancy H. Hornberger (Editor); Kendall A. King (Editor)
Location: Available online
Handbook of School-Family Partnerships by Sandra L. Christenson (Editor); Amy L. Reschly (Editor)
Location: LC225.3 .H356 2010

Article Databases for Education

ERIC
Education journal articles and reports. Publication dates: 1966 to present.
SocINDEX with Full Text
Sociology journal articles. Publication dates: 1895-present soc index
PsycInfo
Psychology journal articles. Citations with links to full text. Publication dates: 1887 to present APA PsycInfo PsychInfo psych info psyc

Research Tip: Do a combined search with ERIC, SocINDEX, PsycINFO, and Academic Search Complete by clicking on "Choose Databases" when you're in the EBSCO interface.

CQ Researcher (2006-present)
Comprehensive background and analysis on controversial issues in the news. Includes statistics, bibliographies, and pro & con opinions.
JSTOR
Humanities, social sciences, and science full text journals. Recent years not included.

ERIC Tricks

Student Attitudes
Use this term to find studies of the student perspective. But don't forget parent attitudes, teacher attitudes, administrator attitudes...ERIC has a subject term for all of them.
Curricular materials, texts, etc.
Use the Publication Type: Guides
"Program Evaluation" OR "Program Descriptions" OR "Program Development" OR "Program Effectiveness"
All about programs.
NOT DE "Foreign Countries"
Nothing against other countries, but let's say you want to focus on the United States.
DE "Teaching Methods" OR DE "Educational Methods" OR DE "Educational Strategies" OR DE "Teaching Styles"
When you want to know how to teach.

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Subjects: Education, Philosophy, Religious Studies