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Education Research

main guide for education research and resources for the College of Education

Best Bet Databases

Education Source This link opens in a new window
ERIC (on EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Educational Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new window

You can search all three of these databases simultaneously thus saving yourself time.

1. Click on the database name.

2. Click on "choose databases" - upper left.

3. Select the three & click ok.

Databases

Education Source This link opens in a new window
Includes the databases Education Full Text, Education Abstracts, and Education Index Retrospective
ERIC (on EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
US national database of education literature - includes grey literature as well as peer-reviewed lit
Educational Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new window

PsycINFO including PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) This link opens in a new window
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences This link opens in a new window
Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global This link opens in a new window
Dissertations & Theses @ BTAA Institutions This link opens in a new window

MSU Theses & Dissertations
Search MSU D&T. Post 2011 have been submitted electronically & will be of good quality. Earlier were scanned & quality may vary.
Guide on finding D&T
if you can't find what you're looking for in the three databases above, this guide might help

Oxford Bibliographies Online This link opens in a new window
authoritative, annotated bibliographies
SAGE Knowledge Encyclopedias and Handbooks This link opens in a new window
SAGE Research Methods Online This link opens in a new window
robust tool that includes foundations, cases and datasets

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