LibGuides: Education: Quick Start

Top Library Resource

ERIC (EBSCO)
Are you looking for research from top scholarly journals and academic resources? ERIC is a good place to start. This database has a ton of information- articles, books, reports and statistics - and it is easy to become lost in it all. To help see the sources through the research, one can focus their search by audience or publication and limit search results to peer review.

Supplemental resources

Teacher Reference Center (EBSCO)
Teacher Reference Center offers scholarly content for educators. This content includes case studies. A case study focuses on a person, group or situation over a period of time. Researchers use a case study to explore a topic in greater depth. You can use a case study to examine the educational impact on a person or group. Select this source type under Refine Results.
Education Database (ProQuest)
Education database has a lot of academic content on wide ranging education topics such as special education. In this database, one can find academic journals, magazine articles, and research reports. If you need to double check a fact, put together a bibliography or find an overview of an unfamiliar topic, then start here.

Online Encyclopedias and Books

Gale Virtual Reference Collection
Encyclopedias are credible academic sources you can use at every stage of research. Get an overview of an unfamiliar topic, find a bibliography of important sources and gather more in-depth information. Browse encyclopedias by subject area or keyword search.

Gale Virtual Reference Collection is part of Gale Group. It is available both on-campus and off-campus. Access GVRC from the Find Books and Articles section of the library homepage.
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCO)
Books provide in-depth information on a topic. Not a finding a book on your topic? Use a book’s index to find pages that discuss your topic or scan the table of contents for book chapters. The best part about eBooks most support keyword searching so you can quickly identify the most important parts.

Look for this database at the bottom of the EBSCOhost Choose Database list

Possible search terms -

Education -- Curricula, Education -- Evaluation, Primary education, Education -- Standards, Secondary education

APA citations

Online Journal Article

Zawacki-Richter, O., Baecker, E., & Hanft, A. (2010). Validation of competencies in e-portfolios: A qualitative analysis. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 12(1), 42-60. Retrieved from http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/893/1671

Book

Arnold, D. (2004). Art history: A very short introduction. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Website

Clark, L. (2000, November 11). The lost Inca empire. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/lost-inca-empire.html

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