Research Guides: Education: Research Databases

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Research Databases

Search across education research, scholarship, and other pertinent topics in these suggested databases.

Please note, in Education Source, you can select the "Choose Databases" link above the search box and add ERIC to your search, allowing you to search across both databases at once. This strategy can be great for keyword searching, though for precise advanced searches, the subjects/descriptors for the two databases are different.

ERIC (via ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs on education-related literature compiled by the U.S. Institute of Education Science but using the ProQuest search interface.
For material not available in full text, ProQuest links to where UCI has full text access. A free, publicly accessible version of ERIC is at https://eric.ed.gov/ .
Education Source This link opens in a new window
Education Source via EBSCO is an excellent place to research a vast array of education topics. This database includes peer reviewed, scholarly journals, conference papers, videos, and some Open Access journals.
Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Published by the American Psychological Association (APA), PsycINFO provides an international index for scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. The database includes material of relevance to psychologists and professionals in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Sociological Abstracts indexes social and behavioral sciences journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. It also covers topics such as culture and social structure; health, medicine and law; policy and planning; religion and science; and women's studies.

Multidisciplinary Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A scholarly, multidisciplinary database that provides access to journal articles covering a range of topics, including archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields. It also indexes monographs, reports, and conference proceedings.
PubMed@UCI This link opens in a new window
Medical and behavioral articles. Will also include organizational studies that might be applied to educational institutions.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. In addition to journal articles, users can access book chapters, ebooks, and primary source documents.

Evidence Synthesis

Campbell Systematic Reviews
An open access journal thatl publishes systematic reviews, evidence and gap maps, and methods research papers. Prepared under the editorial control of the Campbell Collaboration.
What Works Clearinghouse
The WWC is a central and trusted source of scientific evidence on education programs, products, practices, and policies. They review the research, determine which studies meet rigorous standards, and summarize the findings. They focus on high-quality research to answer the question “what works in education?”

Prominent Journals

Review of Educational Research
An American Educational Research Association journal that publishes critical, integrative reviews of research literature bearing on education.
Review of Research in Education
Pubilshed annually, this journal provides a forum for analytic research reviews on selected education topics of significance to the field. Each volume addresses a topic of broad relevance to education and learning, and publishes articles that critically examine diverse literatures and bodies of knowledge across relevant disciplines and fields.
Sociology of Education
Publishes research that examines how social institutions and individuals’ experiences within these institutions affect educational processes and social development.