Off-Campus Journal Access
Article databases
- ERIC* Covers all aspects of education as published in conferences,government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs. (1966 to present)
- PsycINFO* A research database published by the American Psychological Association (APA). Educators and education researchers can use it to locate research in the behavioral and psychological aspects of education. A resource guide for Education resesearch and a more general Quick Reference guide. Video tutorials on various database features.
- MEDLINE* Includes bibliographic citations and abstracts for clinical medical literature on medical topics relating to research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services.
- Web of Science Multidisciplinary database covering journal articles and conference proceedings in arts and humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
*These and many other subject-specific EBSCOhost databases can be searched simultaneously by selecting Choose Databases at the upper left-corner of each of their respective search screens.
For more: A-Z Database List: Education
Basic mechanics for making efficient search statements
Core principles for creating efficient search statements that are applicable in virtually any database.
| And | Or | Not |
| Each result contains all search terms. | Each result contains at least one search term. | Results do not contain the specified terms. |
| The search heart and lung finds items that contain both heart andlung. | The search heart or lung finds items that contain either heart or items that containlung. | The search heart not lung finds items that contain heart but do not containlung. |
- Wildcard (#): The “#” replaces any extra characters that may appear in alternative spellings. For example, “colo#r” finds both color and colour.
- Wildcard (?): The “?” replaces one character, for example “ne?t” finds neat, nest, or next, but will not find net.
- Truncation (*): The “*” replaces any number of characters and will find all forms of a word root, for example, “therap*” finds therapy, therapies, therapist, therapists, therapeutic, therapeutically, etc.
Find a known article/journal
What if my search result is "No electronic version available for this item"?
- From the search result page, use the "Request this item through interlibrary loan (ILL)" link to request the article through your interlibrary loan account.
How do I know if a journal is peer-reviewed/refereed?
- Look up the journal, by title, in the Ulrichsweb
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