Research Guides: School for Professional Studies: Education Databases

Primary Databases for Education

SLUth - Search Plus This link opens in a new window
A multi-disciplinary "one-search" discovery search tool covering over 50 databases, the SLU Library Catalog, and journal content from multiple publishers.
Education Source This link opens in a new window
1880-present. This major education database indexes and abstracts thousands of journal articles and hundreds of books relating to all aspects of education from pre-K through higher education.
ERIC (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
1966-present. A major education database for locating articles, technical reports, policy papers, curriculum guides, lesson plans, research reports, and more about all levels of education.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Formerly LexisNexis Academic, Nexis Uni provides access to full-text of local, national, and international news sources; business, financial, and company information; legal sources for state and federal levels.
Oxford Bibliographies: Education This link opens in a new window
Contains over 200 articles on various themes and topics in education, each written by a scholar in the field to provide reliable, selective, and authoritative resources to help locate the best sources in that area.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
1700-present. Search a growing collection of North American and international dissertations and masters' theses. Full text is available for approximately half of those indexed.
Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
1990-present. Search by topic in peer-reviewed social science journals or do a cited reference search by cited author, cited article, and more. One of four databases that make up Web of Science Core Collection.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
1990-present. WOS consists of three citation databases. The one most appropriate for Education is Social Sciences Citation Index. Do a Cited Reference search or a Topic search. ....more.

Related Databases for Education

APA PsycINFO (OVID) (1967 - present) This link opens in a new window
Search the index and abstracts in this database for the professional and academic literature of psychology and related disciplines for the date range indicated.
Note: SLU Libraries' access to PsycINFO on OVID will end on 10/1/2024. Searches saved in OVID will remain in your OVID user account, but will no longer run in OVID PsycINFO. Access to PsycINFO will be available via EBSCO.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Some 1788-present. Search one of the largest abstract and citation databases for materials on science, engineering, technology, and medicine along with some social sciences and humanities.
Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window
1980-present. Indexes and abstracts articles from over 1,400 journals and magazines in the social services in addition to social work dissertations.
Social Work Abstracts This link opens in a new window
1965-present. Indexes and abstracts articles in over 850 social work and related human services journals as well as books and dissertations.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
1952-present. Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related social and behavioral science disciplines. Covers journals, book, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
1905-present. This is the primary database for communication with journal articles on topics related to communication, mass media, film, and television studies.
ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry and ABI/INFORM Dateline. Indexes and abstracts thousands of journals, trade publications, and regional and local business publications in all areas of business and management, many with an international focus. Some full text is available for many of the publications. This database is part of the Brepolis Latin Complete database collection, which has 3 simultaneous users.
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
1965-present. Another business database to search if your topic is related to the business side of K-12 education or higher education. Includes articles from scholarly business journals, trade journals, and general business magazines....more.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) This link opens in a new window
1961-present. Search article abstracts from hundreds of periodicals published worldwide on all aspects of language study including phonetics, child language acquisition, speech and hearing, and bilingualism.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
1937-present. Search the primary index for nursing and allied health literature including health education, medical records, occupational therapy, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, physician's assistant, and more. Max: 8 simultaneous users."
PubMed @ SLU This link opens in a new window
Using this unique link will display the “Find It @ SLU” full-text link for all articles. The definitive database for medical research and drug studies provided by the National Center for Biotechnology Information. 1809-present. Freely available online.

Databases by Subject, Type, Vendor
The Database tab provides access to all SLU's databases: an alphabetical list, databases by subject (Doing research on...), databases by type (Looking for...), and databases by vendor.

Additional Resources

See more detailed information using the LibGuides created for specific education topics: