USF St. Petersburg Library: Education: Finding Articles

Education Databases

ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is an online digital library of education research and information. The ERIC database is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC corresponds to two printed journals: Resources in Education (RIE), formerly Research in Education, and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE).
Education Source (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Provides comprehensive coverage of an international range of English-language periodicals, monographs and yearbooks. Full text of articles cover to cover, from hundreds of journals, make this a one-stop source for education-related research.
Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983 (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Provides cover-to-cover indexing for an international range of English language periodicals and yearbooks for the years 1929-1983. It includes indexing of 500+ periodicals, as far back as 1929. It cites nearly one million articles, including book reviews.
JSTOR Education This link opens in a new window
Provides image and full text online access to back issues of selected education scholarly journals.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
In addition to scholarly journals, this database also includes news magazines (such as Time, Newsweek, or US News and World Report) and some newspapers (New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal). Use the links on the left side of your search results screen to limit to magazines or newspapers.
Catalog of US Government Publications This link opens in a new window
The CGP is the finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online.
Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Subjects covered include history, as well as many related disciplines such as: American studies, anthropology, classical studies, environmental studies, gender studies, geography, international studies, political studies, public administration, psychology, religion, social work, and sociology.
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) This link opens in a new window
Research areas cover news,industry, and market news; legal news and research; company financial information; general medical topics ; accounting, auditing, and tax information; law reviews; case law; U.S. Code.
PsycINFO (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Considered by many to be the key database for locating scholarly materials related to psychology.

The Findit@USF button is a linking tool that connects you to the full text of the article.

If the article is available Full Text, as list of databases that provide access will appear at the top of the pop-up window. Click on one of those links to access the full text. TIP -- in the new window that opens up, look for the words full text, .pdf, or download article to access the article.
If the item is NOT available electronically, click on the Inter Library Loan link, log into your account, and order the article from another library. The majority of articles requested through ILL will be scanned and made available to you as an electronic .pdf.