Database Descriptions and Available Journals

For a brief description of the available databases, click Find Articles from the Library home page.  Click Databases by Vendor.  You will see a very brief description.  Clicking the Vendor Name will take you to the vendor home page where you will see a more detailed description of the database.  In most databases there is a list of titles, collections, or journals.  The location of these lists varies with each database but is usually available on the vendor introductory page.

Education Specific Databases

From the Find Articles page select Databases by Subject, Education.  This is a listing of just a few education databases that we have found to be very useful when searching for education related articles.  This list does not imply that these are the only education databases.

Ask ERIC is the world's largest source of education information, with more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. Our version of the Database, updated monthly with the latest citations available, provides access to ERIC Document citations from 1966 through August 2002 and ERIC Journal citations from 1966 through August 2002.  You can search this database by a specific topic or subject or you can browse a list of suggested topics from A – Z.

Education Complete through ProQuest is a very good source of articles, many full text.  From the ProQuest introduction page you can search all collections.  To search just the Education Complete collection, click on the Collections button, and check mark Education Complete.  To begin a search, click the Continue button.  To view titles of the collections, touch a collection name with the mouse, click the View Titles link on the right side of the screen.  This list is just for your information only, searches can not be initiated from the list. 

ERIC (FirstSearch) may have some full text articles but many are abstract only.  Click on an article title, scroll to the bottom and click E*Subscribe & EDRS order options.  If there is an ED number at the top of the screen the full text document is available from microforms.  Request the document through ILL and be sure to specify the ED number.

ERIC (Ebsco) provides access to articles in many education journals.  Some articles will be citation/abstract only, available as EDRS direct order or through UWA’s ILL.  Some will have links to the full text.  To see a listing of all available journals through Eric (Ebsco) click the Choose Databases tab at the top of the screen. 

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