Research Guides: SEAL (Special Education Administration Leadership) and PPP (Principal Preparation Program): Databases/ Where to search

Databases

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Education Source is the largest and most complete collection of full text journals in education research. It includes full text for more than 2000 journals, 550 books and monographs, education-related conference papers. It also includes citations for over four million articles.
ERIC [EBSCOhost] This link opens in a new window
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ERIC is the premier U.S. national bibliographic database of education literature, covering published journal articles as well as non-periodical, document literature (such as master's theses and ERIC digests). ERIC documents published prior to 1966 are available on microfiche in the Microforms area on the lower level of the Library.
ERIC [ProQuest] This link opens in a new window
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Citations and abstracts to articles in education journals and documents. Full-text available via GetIt! for UD Library subscribed titles. Also contains resources on training and development; library and information science. (Coverage: 1966 --)
Educational Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Covers areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
Educator's Reference Complete This link opens in a new window
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Provides periodical and journal articles on education from preschool to college, and specialties such as technology, bilingual education, health education, testing and administration.

Many other disciplines are closely tied to the study of education. The following databases, while not specific to education, can be helpful for education researchers:

APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
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This database indexes articles in psychology journals, chapters in books, dissertations and other psychology resources. This database is an excellent choice for topics relating to educational psychology, counseling, special education, student motivation etc.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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This database indexes the world's scholarly literature in sociology and related disciplines. It is an excellent choice for researchers investigating social aspects of education.
Can also be searched as part Social Services Abstracts.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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This database is an excellent choice for research on language and literacy topics such as reading instruction, language acquisition, phonological awareness and related topics.
Sports Medicine and Education Index This link opens in a new window
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This database indexes the literature of physical education including peer-reviewed journals, reports, conference proceedings, trade magazines and articles from the popular press. This is an excellent database for topics such as motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, coaching and sport psychology.
OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
Books, papers, and statistics released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and development. Includes international educational statistics such as international student assessments, teachers' salaries, and education expenditure.

These databases cover materials in all subjects, including education, and can be excellent choices for exploring interdisciplinary topics.

DELCAT
Online catalog of the University of Delaware Library. Includes records for material on order and in process, as well as course reserves. Does not include periodical articles.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
This database is an excellent choice for searching through older, high-quality journal literature.
Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
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This is an excellent database for searching for professional publications for educators in addition to scholarly sources.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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Web of Science allows for searching for cited authors or cited works. This database is an excellent choice for discovering seminal, highly cited works on a topic.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
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Like web of science, this citation and abstracting database covers all subjects and can help you to search by citation, or compare journals along different measures of quality.
Learn more about using Scopus at Elsevier's Scopus LibGuide..

SAGE Research Methods This link opens in a new window
SAGE Research Methods is a cross-disciplinary research methods tool. It provides full access to SAGE books, journal articles, reference works, case studies, sample datasets and videos about designing and conducting a research project, specific research methods, performing a literature review and writing about research results.
JoVE Science Education This link opens in a new window
This streaming video collection is designed for educators and students to teach and learn key concepts and fundamental scientific techniques through video demonstrations. Subject-based collections cover a wide range of STEM subjects.
JoVE Video Journal is a companion to JoVE Science Education. It is a video methods journal consisting of video demonstrations and detailed text protocols in the physical and life sciences.

Dissertations and Theses @ University of Delaware This link opens in a new window
This database is a subset of the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global database. It contains only University of Delaware dissertations and theses. See below for detailed information about included dates and content coverage.
Includes:
- All University of Delaware dissertations: full text from 1948 to present.
- University of Delaware Master’s theses: full text from 1980 to the present. NOTE: Most UD master’s theses are not available in this database. This is NOT a complete collection of UD master’s theses.
- Winterthur Program in Early American Culture theses: full text 1970s to fall 2009
- Longwood Graduate Program in Public Horticulture theses: full text 2006 to present
Use the library catalog, DELCAT, to search for all print or microform copies of master’s theses 1980 – 2009 that are NOT available in Dissertations and Theses @ University of Delaware. For dissertations and theses from 2007 and later, it is possible, using Advanced Search, to limit by academic department.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global This link opens in a new window
The world's most comprehensive curated collection of multi-disciplinary dissertations and theses from around the world, offering over 5 million citations and 3 million full-text works from thousands of universities.

Google Scholar Tips

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
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Google Scholar is a powerful tool for searching through education scholarship as well as policy briefs, and articles from professional associations and trade publications. While it is powerful, we recommend that you use this tool in conjunction with the other subject-specific databases for the best results.
Google Scholar is only one of many ways to identify and access scholarly publications. Consult the Databases page or the Electronic Journalspage for other possibilities.