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Education Research Guide: Finding Articles & More

Resource guide for researching education-related topics, including early childhood education.

Off-Campus Access to Databases

To access any database in this Research Guide from off campus, you will need your myMCC login.

Starting Point - Education Research

EBSCO provides a number of databases that are good starting points for in-depth, full-text articles on education-related topics. The search box below will cross-search Academic Search Complete, ERIC, Professional Development Collection, and PsycARTICLES for you.

Make sure to combine your key terms with Boolean AND (to include all the terms) or Boolean OR (for related terms). Check out the YouTube video for a quick tutorial on Boolean operators.

Research databases
Limit Your Results
  • Select / Deselect all
  • Academic Search Complete
  • APA PsycARTICLES
  • ERIC
  • Professional Development Collection

Selecting and Using Keywords Video (3:50)

keyword with magnifying glass over research

Joshua Vossler's video "Selecting and Using Keywords"

Keywords and Database Searching

  • Use specific keywords, not questions.
  • Revise your keywords to see how that changes your results.
  • Look for more keywords in the articles you find.

Quick Tips and Shortcuts for Database Searching (video 5:19)

Chronicle of Higher Education

ERIC (Education Resource Information Center)

Books

This database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to education-related literature. ERIC provides coverage of journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.

Suggested Databases

Education Journals