Professional Seminar Research Resources: Resources
Overview of Education at Virginia Tech University Libraries
- An overview of resources for education can be found in the University Libraries' general Education Subject Guide.
- Most physical education books have a call number that begins with "L" and are located on the third floor of Newman Library. (More specific call number information can be found here.)
- However, please note we offer a lot of electronic books as well!
- The libraries offer many journals related to education:
- The libraries provide access to a number of subject-specific databases to simplify finding articles within these journals.
- Discovery Search is the libraries' tool to allow you to search across a wide variety of sources from books to articles to journals to databases. Access it from the library homepage.
General Education Research Databases
- Education Research Complete from EBSCOhostEducation Research Complete indexes citations, abstracts, and full text from journals, books, book chapters, case studies, essays, interviews, conference proceedings, product reviews, and experiments in all areas of education. You can limit to peer-reviewed journals. 1865-present.
- Educators Reference Complete from GaleEducators Reference Complete Indexes citations and full text of academic journals, reports, and reference works in administration, child development and psychology, funding, health education, technology, and testing.
- ERIC from EBSCOhostERIC indexes citations, abstracts, and full text from journal articles, conference and meeting papers, government documents, theses and dissertations, reports, A/V materials, books, and more on all aspects of education. Many documents are available in full text (HTML and PDF). You can limit to peer-reviewed sources for documents published since 2004. 1966-present.
- Teacher Reference Center from EBSCOhostTeacher Reference Center indexes abstracts, citations, and full-text articles from academic journals, magazines, directories, biographies, and case studies on all aspects of education.The full-text materials are available in both HTML and PDF formats. You can limit to peer-reviewed sources. 1984-present.
- Education Index Retrospective: 1929 -1983 from EBSCOEducation Index Retrospective indexes citations and abstracts of journal articles covering all aspects of education.
Additional Resources
- Chronicle of Higher EducationThe Chronicle of Higher Education provides full text HTML articles from the publication back to 1970.
- SAGE Research Methods OnlineSAGE Research Methods indexes full-text books, reference sources, the "little green book" series (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences), the "little blue book" series (Qualitative Research Methods), journal articles, and videos. Since this platform focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, it can be used by researchers from the social sciences, health sciences, and more. Full text available in HTML and PDF. You can limit searches by research method type. 1970s-present.
- Cabell's Scholarly AnalyticsCabell's provides information on the journal article publishing process: acceptance rates, style and formats, types of review processed, time required, and other criteria to find the best fit for your manuscript. Reports provided in HTML and PDF.
Need to connect with the Education Librarian?
Searching Specific Journals
- Review of Educational ResearchUse this link to access a searchable version of the Review of Educational Research. To search much in the same way you would a database, click on "Advanced Search" next to the standard search box.
- Review of Research in EducationUse this link to access a searchable version of the journal. Use the search box to search within the journal.
Looking for full text?
Remember to look for the Get VText icon:
If that doesn't work, don't hesitate to contact your librarian for help accessing the full text of an article.
Browse Journals
Click on any of the journals below to browse both the newest issue and back issues.
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