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Welcome! This guide is designed to help you research topics in Education. To find books, articles, websites, and other relevant resources, click on the tabs above.

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Quick Database Links

Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Full text of nearly 1400 scholarly and professional journals (indexing and abstracts for more than 2,300 journals)
Covers all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties.
Also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues.
Education Full Text This link opens in a new window
Full text of over 350 scholarly journals. (indexing of over 770 journals and other periodicals)
In-depth coverage of special education, with over 50 journals dedicated to this important topic.
Also covers adult education, continuing education, literacy standards, multicultural/ethnic education, teaching methods, and much more
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) This link opens in a new window
Version of ERIC is maintained by U.S. Department of Education. Can be freely accessed by anyone; no username / password required.
Includes journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books dating back to 1966.

Education Research Strategies - Handouts

2022/2023 handouts

Other Handouts

Library Search Tips - Education
Popular, Professional, or Peer-Reviewed?
This table, authored by staff at Simpson Library, lists specific characteristics that distinguish scholarly articles from articles found in popular magazines and professional / trade journals.
Professional or Popular?
Finding Virginia state statutes in Nexis Uni

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