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Education databases

  • Academic Search Complete

    A multidisciplinary database consisting of peer-reviewed journals, conference papers, newspapers, magazines, and other materials. A good starting place for undergraduate research and topics covering various subject areas.

  • Chronicle of Higher Education (The)

    A news source devoted to a variety of topics relevant to the higher education community. Includes their bi-weekly magazine, reports, guides, and calendar of virtual events. Full text access to commonly restricted online articles. 

  • Education Source Best Bet

    This database provides access to a wealth of education research from early childhood to higher education. It consists primarily of peer-reviewed journals but also includes magazines, trade publications, and conference proceedings. 

  • ERIC Best Bet

    An important education database that includes peer-reviewed journals and other education publications. It is maintained by the U.S. Department of Education and includes the work that it funds and produces along with the work of other federal departments, state and local agencies, policy organizations, and professional associations. 

  • ERIC and Education Source Combined Search

    This search feature lets you search the ERIC and Education Source databases simultaneously. It is helpful for those trying to be comprehensive in their education research. 

  • LearnTechLib: The Learning and Technology Library

    This collection of research on learning and technology includes peer-reviewed journals, conference papers, ebooks, dissertations, and other publications.

  • Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts

    A collection of journals, books, research reports and conference proceedings covering librarianship, classification, cataloging, online information retrieval, and information management.

  • ProQuest Central

    An especially useful multidisciplinary databases consisting of a broad range of publication types, including peer-reviewed journals, news sources, magazines, and trade publications helpful when first exploring a topic.

  • SAGE Journals

    This multidisciplinary database contains the peer-reviewed journals published by Sage with extensive coverage of health, technology, and the social sciences.

  • ScienceDirect

    A database of peer-reviewed journals and books from the academic press Elsevier that focuses on scientific, technical and health literature but also includes social science coverage as well.

  • Scopus

    An extensive and comprehensive and curated collection of social sciences and health sciences scholarly journals, conference proceedings, and books with a built in generative AI search tool to aid in searching and discovery. Search results include author profiles and author, article, and journal metrics.

  • Taylor and Francis Online

    This database of peer-reviewed journals published by Taylor & Francis is strong in the social and behavioral sciences including health, education, business, psychology, information technology, and public administration.

  • Teacher Reference Center

    Access to scholarly journals, magazines, trade publications, and reports helpful to educators, covering topics such as assessment, best practices, continuing education, curriculum development, instructional media, current pedagogical research, school administration, and teacher education.

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Books

Books are great for background information on topics, trends, and people.  Many of the most popular and influential theorists and theories will only be available in books.

The Walden Library has a wide collection of books in the field of education. 

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Education research basics

If you're unsure where to start your research, try the Education Source database to begin your search.  We know you love ERIC but Education Source has a broader collection with a higher percentage of peer-reviewed literature.

Helpful information on how to search the Library databases can be found under Get Help on the Library Skills Guides page.

We also have answers to many frequently asked questions (FAQs) available on our Quick Answers page.

Below is a video of a sample search to help you get started.

Video: Sample Search in an Education Database

(2 min 29 sec) Recorded Aug 2016
Transcript 

Literature review

When working on your literature review, you will read and look at hundreds of articles, books, and other materials. However, you will not include all of them in your final literature review. This does not mean you've wasted your time looking at unnecessary articles! Rather, this review of the literature is what helps you become an expert in your field.

Learn more about the Literature Review process in Education 

Learn more about the Literature Review process

Theories and Theorists

Part of your research will include identifying and obtaining original theoretical works, and integrating them into your research to tie your ideas together and keep them grounded in historical context. We understand that it may be challenging to find theories and theorists and track down their original works.  The Library can help!

Here is a short video demonstrating how to find articles by or about a theorist:

Methodology

The SAGE Research Methods Online database provides access to encyclopedias, journal articles, and books that discuss methodology.

Learn about research methods, design your research study, and explore different methodologies.

We also have tutorials on how to use SRMO - one with a qualitative search example and one with a quantitative search example.

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Statistics and Data

When you begin your search, you will need to determine if you need prepared statistics or raw datasets. The term statistics refers to data that has already been analyzed.

Locating Datasets

If you want to do your own analysis, then you need a dataset. You can find secondary datasets (data that has been collected by someone else) in sources like the ICPSR database (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Science Research Datasets) or the U.S. Census.

Data and Statistics in Peer-Reviewed Articles

You can search the Library's research databases for peer-reviewed articles that use statistics to support a position or argument. You may have to try several different searches to find relevant articles. Peer-reviewed articles can be very valuable if you are struggling to locate statistics or data from a government site or database. The Statistics in Articles page includes instructions that show you how to search for articles in the Library's research databases.

 

 Learn more about Statistics & Data

 

 Learn more about Statistics & Data for Education

 

Tests and Measures

Finding a test or measurement instrument for your doctoral study is often one of the most challenging parts of your research. The multidisciplinary aspect of Education research can further complicate the task of finding an instrument. In fact, many education dissertations use psychological measurement instruments.

Most measurement instruments can be used for a variety of research topics. The instrument(s) you choose will depend on the specific things you want to measure as part of your own research.

Start by looking at the Identify Tests page of the Tests & Measures Guide. It provides basic information about available test databases and provides videos of sample searches.

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