Not sure which databases to search? Try the Education 360 Search to see which databases have the most articles about your topic.

Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson) (now via EBSCOhost)
Provides full text of articles from 350+ journals as far back as 1996, in addition to indexing of more than 770 periodicals dating back to 1983. Subject coverage includes adult education, multicultural/ethnic education, teaching methods and much more.

ERIC (via EBSCOhost)
A public database sponsored by the U. S. Department of Education, ERIC contains more than one million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. Most ERIC "ED" documents 1993-present are accessible online through ERIC. Older documents are on microfiche in Arrigoni Library.

ProQuest Education Journals (1988 - Current)
Gives users access to 900+ top educational publications, including 600+ titles in full-text; covers not only the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.

Professional Development Collection (via EBSCOhost)
A collection of information for professional educators and education researchers. This collection offers information from over 500 full-text journals on everything from children’s health and development to pedagogical theory and practice.

Teacher Reference Center (via EBSCOhost)
Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LITA)(via EBSCOhost)
Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.

PsycARTICLES (via EBSCOhost)
Full-text access to 75+ journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA). Content is available from 1894 - Current. (Note: All full-text articles can also be accessed by searching the much larger PsycINFO database.)

Psychiatry Online
A web-based portal featuring DSM-IV-TR® - the most widely used psychiatric reference in the world - and The American Journal of Psychiatry, along with a variety of other popular psychiatry journals, textbooks, news and more.

PsycINFO (via EBSCOhost)
The PsycINFO database, produced by the APA, contains 3 million+ records and summaries dating as far back as the 1600's. Journal coverage spans from the 1800's to the present and includes material from 2,500+ international periodicals in all fields relating to psychology, including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law, etc.

Sage Journals Online
SAGE Journals Online contains 600+ journals covering business, humanities, social sciences, science, technology and medicine. The full text of every issue is available from Volume 1, Issue 1 to the present.

JSTOR
Full-text archive of over 400 core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and business. Coverage generally ends 3-5 years before the current year. Journals can be browsed individually or searched as a group.

Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities
Online directories of scholarly publishing opportunities in Business and Education subject areas including Accounting, Economics and Finance, Management, Marketing, Educational Curriculum and Methods, Educational Psychology and Administration, and Educational Technology and Library Science.

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Resources for K-8 Students: The following are designed for use by K-8 learners. Iona students interested in becoming educators of children in that age range, these are excellent resources to practice with.

Searchasaurus
This dinosaur-themed interface is designed especially for youth in grades K-5. Searchasaurus provides access to the popular K-8 databases: Primary Search, Middle Search Plus and Book Collection: Nonfiction. The Teacher Resources section includes access to EBSCO's Curriculum Standards Module, which contains 900+ standards aligned to the curriculum for specific US states.

Kids Search
Kids Search, powered by EBSCOhost, is an interface This easy-to-use, graphically-appealing interface is a great resource is designed for youth in grades K-8. The Teacher Resources section includes access to EBSCO's Curriculum Standards Module, which contains 900+ standards aligned to the curriculum for specific US states.

Grolier Online
This online portal provides access to Iona's e-copies of the Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and The New Book of Knowledge. Note that Grolier Online provides separate interfaces that cater to users at different levels, including Elementary and Middle School.

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General and Interdisciplinary Content Databases
General content databases cover a range of subjects and may be helpful to your research in this area.

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