Online Research Databases online index to journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. about various subjects most available by subscription
Online Research Databases Access – full-text articles – peer-reviewed articles – abstracts – bibliographical information Sometimes you don’t even need a subscription to see what is available. – a good place to gather possible sources
Online Research Databases Questia – (free to search) EBSCOhost – search.ebscohost.com (fee to access) ERIC – (free to search) Check your public and school’s library for subscriptions to these and other databases
Using an online database Enter search term – Be specific Broad searches return many results Look through returned search results – Do you want peer-reviewed articles, full-text, recently published? Refine search with keywords and filter search by – author – title – type of source – year published
ERIC
Tips If full-text is not available online, check to see if it is available in your library Sometimes searches can lead you to other sources; look for related items