Primary Education Databases & Article Indexes

Education Resources Guide
This guide is the current starting place for education resources. Includes book, journal article, dissertation search tools, reference works, news sources, more. Contact Education Librarian, Patty ...   [more]
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Education Source Ultimate (EBSCO)
“Education Source Ultimate is the world's largest and most comprehensive full-text research database designed for education students, researchers, professionals and policymakers. Coverage of education...   [more]
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ERIC - Education Resources Information Center (EBSCO)
Indexes education-related journal articles and other publications. Cross-file search with other EBSCO databases....   [more]

ERIC - Education Resources Information Center (ProQuest)
Indexes education-related journal articles and other publications. Cross-file search with other ProQuest databases....   [more]

PsycINFO
The American Psychological Association's comprehensive indexing and abstracting service for the professional and scholarly literature in psychology and related fields. Coverage is worldwide. Sources a...   [more]
Holdings: 1887 to the present. Updated monthly.
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    PsycINFO Classification Categories and Codes (APA Online)
    PsycINFO Journal Coverage List (APA Online)

Primary Education Databases & Article Indexes

America: History and Life
Also Known as: America History and Life
History of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present....   [more]
Holdings: 1964 to present. Updated three times a year.

Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
Also Known as: CLCD
Provides information about children's books, video and audio recordings, film strips, and other child-focused media. Entries include summary publication information, annotations, reading measurem...   [more]

Communication Source
Also Known as: Communication Abstracts, CMMC, Communication and Mass Media Complete, ComAbs, Communication & Mass Media Complete
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Education Index Retrospective (1929 - 1983)
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Holdings: 1929 - 1983

Health and Psychosocial Instruments
Also Known as: HAPI
Access to information on measurement instruments in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science. HAPI helps identify measures needed for res...   [more]
Holdings: 1985 to the present. Updated quarterly.

LearnTechLib
Also Known as: EdITLib Digital Library
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Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences Covers all aspects of the study of language including linguistics, language acquisi...   [more]
Holdings: 1973 to present.
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    Serials List
    Search Guide
    LLBA Classification Codes

Mental Measurements Yearbook and Test In Print 1st to 21st Yearbooks July 2022
Also Known as: MMY
Descriptive information and reviews of English-language test instruments. Subject areas include achievement, behavior assessment, development, education, intelligence and scholastic aptitude, En...   [more]
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Observatory on Borderless Higher Education
Tracks news, issues, and provides commissioned reports on higher education issues....   [more]
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PolicyFile
Also Known as: Policy File
Indexing with abstracts of U.S. and foreign domestic and international public policy research literature. ...   [more]

Professional Development Collection (EBSCO)
Also Known as: PDC
Indexes journals in education and related fields. Content contained in EBSCO's Education Source...   [more]

Proquest Dissertations and Theses Fulltext (formerly Dissertation Abstracts)
Also Known as: Digital Dissertations, Dissertation Abstracts, UMI, DAI, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT), Proquest Dissertations and Theses Fulltext
Indexing (since 1861) and abstracting (since 1980) for doctoral-level dissertations completed at North American universities. Page images or fulltext of all available dissertations - including Penn d...   [more]
Holdings: Indexing 1861-present, abstracts 1980-present, page-image or fulltext PDF for available dissertations dissertations from 1997 to the present.
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PsycTESTS
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Scopus
Indexes most peer reviewed journals in science, technology, and medicine, and many in the social sciences, arts, and humanities. Scopus also includes a number of trade publications and conference pap...   [more]
Holdings: 1823-present, although most records are from 1996 or later.
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    Mobile Site
    Scopus Tutorials
    Scopus support center
    Scopus tutorials

Sociological Abstracts
Also Known as: SocAbs soc abs
- from CSA Databases
Covers sociology, case work, demographics, policy studies, political science, family studies, feminist studies, and social security programs....   [more]
Holdings: 1963 to the present. Updated bimonthly.
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    Serials List
    Classification Codes (ProQuest LibGuide)

Web of Science
Also Known as: ISI Citation Indexes, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, SSCI, SCI, AHCI, ISI, WOK, Web of Knowledge
Indexes journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Allows for cited reference searching. Includes Science Citation Index, the Social Science Citation Index[more]
Holdings: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)--1945-present, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--1956-present, Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)--1975-present. Updated weekly.
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Important Education Databases & Article Indexes

ABI/Inform - Proquest
Provides in-depth coverage of business conditions, trends, corporate strategies and tactics, management techniques, marketing, and product development, including complete runs of key business and mana...   [more]

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Broad collection of fulltext scholarly journals and related periodicals in all scholarly disciplines. Includes bibliographic citations, indexing and abstracting for more than 8,000 periodicals. A comp...   [more]
Holdings: Coverage varies: mostly 1990s to present.

Anthropological Index Online
Content is in Anthropology Plus. Index to current periodicals held in the Centre for Anthropology at the British Museum, London. Covers cultural and social anthropology, archaeology, biological and ph...   [more]
Holdings: 1957-.
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Anthropology PLUS
Also Known as: Anthropological Index, Anthropological Literature
Combines Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index from the Royal Anthropological Institute of the UK. Offers worldwide indexing of all core periodicals, in addition...   [more]
Holdings: Anthropological Index: 1957-present. Anthropological Literature: Early 19th century to present

Bibliography of Linguistic Literature
Also Known as: BLLDB, BLL-DB, Bibliographie Linguistischer Literatur
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Cogprints
Electronic archive for self-archived papers in psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, and fields relevant to cognitive science in computer science, philosophy, and biology, ...   [more]
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CompPile
An inventory of publications in writing studies, including post-secondary composition, rhetoric, technical writing, ESL, and discourse analysis...   [more]
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ERIC (from Department of Education)
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Family & Society Studies Worldwide
The most comprehensive coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare. Formerly produced by the National Co...   [more]
Holdings: 1970-present.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Also Known as: IBSS CSA
- from CSA Databases
Bibliographic citations and subject indexing for the international journal article and book literature in anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology. Produced by British Library of Poli...   [more]
Holdings: Covers 1951 to the present in three separate files.
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    IBSS Journal Coverage List (LSE IBSS Web)

JSTOR
JSTOR specializes in making available the back issues of journals in a wide variety of humanities and social science disciplines. Issues are available both as images and as text, making searching poss...   [more]
Holdings: active
Embargo: 195 month embargo on full-text
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    JSTOR Title List (by title)
    JSTOR Advanced Search
    JSTOR Printing Help
    JSTOR Title List (by discipline)
    JSTOR on Mobile devices

Kindex: An Index to Legal Periodical Literature Concerning Children
- from HeinOnline
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Holdings: 1965-2001

Linguistic Bibliography Online
Also Known as: Bibliographie Linguistique
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MEDLINE (complete file)
The premier database for bibliographic coverage of biomedical literature. MEDLINE encompasses information from Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index, as well as ot...   [more]
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MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)
Also Known as: Modern Language Association Bibliography, MLAIB
Covers literature, languages, folklore, and linguistics. Includes English and foreign languages. ...   [more]
Holdings: Covers 1963 to the present. New records are added ten times a year.

NBER Working Papers
Working papers in Economics for public policy makers, business professionals, and the academic community. Includes NBER Technical Working Papers and NBER Papers in Development of the American Economy...   [more]
Holdings: June 1973 No.1 - present

NCJRS Abstracts Database
Also Known as: National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database includes abstracts of over 140,000 research reports, journal articles, and government documents relating to crime, law enforcement, a...   [more]
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NCJRS Abstracts Database (via Proquest)
Also Known as: National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
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Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) (NYT & much more)
Also Known as: lexis/nexis, Lexis-Nexis, Lexis Nexis, LN Academic, LexisNexis Academic, Lexis Nexis Academic
Access to full-text national and international newspapers , including the New York Times, and the Times of London business and accounting information, biographical data, and some selected legal mat...   [more]
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OECD iLibrary
Also Known as: Source OECD, SourceOECD
Publications and statistical information from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) covering agriculture and food, education and skills, emerging economies and transition e...   [more]
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PAIS International
Also Known as: Public Affairs Information Service, PAIS Archive
- from CSA Databases
Bibliographic citations (1915-) with indexing on contemporary public affairs and policy issues worldwide related to a wide range of topics: agriculture, banking, finance, business, demographics, educa...   [more]
Holdings: 1915-
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    Journal List (OCLC PAIS via Internet Archive)
    Broad Topics Classification (OCLC PAIS via Internet Archive)

Periodicals Index Online
Also Known as: PIO,PCI,Periodical Contents Index,Chadwyck PCI,Periodicals Contents Index
Humanities and social sciences. The scope is international, including journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages. ...   [more]

Philosopher's Index
Also Known as: Philosophers Index
Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics,...   [more]

ProQuest Congressional
Also Known as: Congressional Universe, LexisNexis Congressional, Lexis Nexis Congressional
U.S. legislative publications and government information. Much of the material is fulltext. Includes pending bills, laws, legislative histories, committee reports and documents, Congressional heari...   [more]
Holdings: Varies with document series
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ProQuest Legislative Insight
Also Known as: Legislative Insight
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Proquest Statistical Insight
Also Known as: Statistical Universe, lexisnexis statistical
Statistical Universe indexes statistical data published in federal, state, and selected privately published titles, at the table level. In some cases the fulltext of the document is also available....   [more]

PubMed Plus (Penn Only)
Also Known as: PubMed Medline Pub Med
- from PubMed Central
PubMed is the public access version to Medline, the premier database for biomedical literature. PubMedPlus is an enhanced version with links to full-text journals that the Penn Library subscribes to....   [more]
Holdings: 1950 to the present. Updated daily.
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Race Relations Abstracts
Bibliographic records covering essential areas related to race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. ...   [more]
Holdings: 1975-present.

RAMBI - Index of Articles on Jewish Studies
RAMBI, the Index of Articles on Jewish Studies, is a selective bibliography of articles in the various fields of Jewish Studies and the study of the Land of Israel (Erets Israel), arranged by subjec...   [more]
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RePEc
Also Known as: Research Papers in Economics
Bibliographic information on economics articles, books, and working papers. Provides URLs for fulltext where available....   [more]
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    NEP - New Economics Papers (free e-mail announcement service)

Sage Family Studies Abstracts
- from OCLC FirstSearch ECO
Bibliographic citations with abstracts for literature on policy, theory, and research relating to the family, traditional and alternative lifestyles, therapy, and counselling. Subjects covered include...   [more]
Holdings: 1999-2004

Sage Urban Studies Abstracts
- from OCLC FirstSearch ECO
Bibliographic citations with abstracts describing scholarly literature in all aspects of urban studies. Topics include trends in urbanization, urban history, architecture and urban design, housing and...   [more]
Holdings: 1998-2004

Social Science Research Network
Also Known as: SSRN
Recent research results through abstracts, fulltext working papers, and journal articles in economics, finance, business and economic law, accounting, and business. Professional job openings and annou...   [more]
Holdings: 1997-present. Updated daily
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Social Services Abstracts
Also Known as: social service abstracts
- from CSA Databases
Indexing with abstracts for scholarly and professional journal literature in social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development. Major areas of coverage include: cri...   [more]
Holdings: 1979-present. Updates monthly
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    Serials List
    Classification Codes (CSA)

Social Work Abstracts
Also Known as: SWAB
Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Covers social work and other related topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, co...   [more]
Holdings: 1965 to present. Updated semi-annually.

Something About the Author
Also Known as: SATA
- from Literature Criticism Online
Biographical profiles of approximately children's authors and artists....   [more]

UNESDOC / UNESBIB
Also Known as: UNESCO Documents Collection
Fulltext or page image for UNESCO documents. Materials cover the subject areas of interest to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization): education, communication and in...   [more]
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Urban Studies Abstracts
Also Known as: Sage Urban Studies Abstracts
Bibliographic citations with abstracts describing scholarly literature in all aspects of urban studies. Topics include trends in urbanization, urban history, architecture and urban design, housing and...   [more]
Holdings: 1973-present.

What Works Clearinghouse
Reviews of best practices in educational interventions....   [more]
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