Research Guides: Early Childhood Education: Databases

Databases

These Databases are commonly used within the Education Department.

Education Research Complete
Database for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Indexing and abstracts for more than 2,100 journals, as well as full text for more than 1,200 journals are included.
ERIC
Abstracts and some full-text of journal articles and reports on education topics.
Academic Search Complete
A multi-disciplinary database that offers full-text access to more than 8,500 journals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Also offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications.
EBSCO Discovery Service
All in one search option to search all databases within EBSCO.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Directory that indexes & provides access to high quality, OA, peer-reviewed journals.
Google Scholar
Links to freely available full text articles.
MERLOT
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching. MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments.