LibGuides: EDU 8302: Principles of Educational Research: Individual Databases

Comparison of Databases

Academic Search Complete

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
This database covers many subjects found at colleges and universities. Contains articles from thousands of journals, magazines, news sources, and videos from the Associated Press.

Total Number of publications indexed 17,518

Total Trade Publications 238

Full Text Journals and Magazines 6,415

Full-text Peer-Reviewed Journals 5,792

Educational Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Access to journal and magazine article citations on educational administration topics.
Education Source This link opens in a new window
Access to millions of journal articles from thousands of journals and 550 books, and conference papers on subjects pertaining to education.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
A unique database of educational materials from two sources:
(1) Current Index of Journals in Education and (2) Resources in Education (RIE) Index. The RIE contains materials not available anywhere else.
ERIC (IES version) This link opens in a new window
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world’s premier database of journal and non-journal education literature.
Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window
A valuable resource aimed primarily at professional educators and others interested in the field of education. Information on everything from child development to theories and practices of different teaching methods.

MAS Complete This link opens in a new window
Designed for high school students, this database contains hundreds of magazines and books. It also includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents, plus over a million photos, maps and flags.
Middle Search Plus This link opens in a new window
Designed for middle and junior high school students, this database includes popular K-12 magazines for middle schools, e-books, primary source documents, and 75,000 videos from the Associated Press.
Primary Search This link opens in a new window
Contains more than 70 elementary school magazines. In addition, there is a general encyclopedia, an encyclopedia of animals, a children's dictionary, and thousands of photos, maps, and flags.

Why Search One Database at a Time When You Can Search Everything at Once? (EBSCO Discovery Service)