Core Databases
- EagleSearch This link opens in a new window
Searches multiple databases simultaneously.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
- Educational Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new window
- Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
- ERIC - Education Database (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
- Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
- Social & Behavioral Sciences Journal Collection (ScienceDirect) This link opens in a new window
- SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
- Sociological Collection This link opens in a new window
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
Reference Databases
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
- Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Tips & Examples
✓ Search keywords in the default field and text fields.
✓ Combine subject and keyword searching.
✓ Identify relevant descriptors (DE), or subjects, in the article record and click the link for more items on the subject.
Examples:
The examples below include a variety of formats and search types, such as database "controlled vocabularies," or subjects, with keywords. Click the links below to view the results then evaluate and tweak the search for other similar results. Use the database limits, such as date, peer-reviewed, academic journals, and subjects. Try the searches in different databases.
- DE "children with disabilities" AND TX caribbean (DE=descriptor or subject term, TX=text)
- "special education" AND cultur* and russia (phrase and keywords search)
- DE "Special education" AND hispanic and u.s. (DE=descriptor or subject term and keywords)
Search Strategies
Boolean Operator | Strategy | Examples of key terms for searching |
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AND | Use to search different concepts together; produces fewer results | culture AND education |
OR | Use to link similar terms; produces more results | disabilities OR special needs |
NOT | Use to specify a term you do not want in the search results | (children OR child) AND disabilities NOT therapy |
Other Search Techniques | Strategy | Examples of key terms for searching |
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Truncation (*) | Searches the ROOT of a word ended with *; searches alternative endings | educat* AND culture Searches: educate, educates, education AND culture, cultures, cultural |
Phrase Search | Use quotation marks to search an exact phrase | "children with disabilities" AND educat* AND cultur* |