Databases by Subject
Education Research Guide
Education
| Database | Description | Available In SuperSearch | Alumni Access | More Info | Tutorial | |
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| Cabell's Directories of Publishing Opportunities |
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Directories of publishing opportunities by journal title, including submission process, type of review, acceptance rates, and more. | No | No | more information | |
| Chronicle of Higher Education |
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News, information, and jobs listings for college and university faculty members and administrators. | No | No | more information | |
| Chronicle of Philanthropy |
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News and information source covering the non-profit world. | No | No | more information | |
| Education (Sage) |
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Full-text of 23 journals published by SAGE and participating societies. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
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Education Source (EBSCO)
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Full-text journals, indexing and abstracts, book reviews, and conference papers covering all aspects of education. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Educator's Reference Complete (Gale)
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Database of periodicals and reports seeking to provide full text for titles in ERIC. | Partial | Yes | more information | |
| ERIC (Department of Education) |
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Government site providing free access to Education Resource Information Center. Some full-text. | Yes | No | more information | |
| ERIC (Ebsco) |
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Ebsco provided access to Education Resource Information Center. More full-text than the government site. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Oxford Bibliographies Online |
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Authoritative research guides in Atlantic History, Education, Music, Psychology, and Public Health. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Project Muse |
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Full-text of scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
| Psychotherapy.net Videos |
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Collection of streaming videos in the fields of counseling, psychotherapy, addiction, and more. | No | No | more information | |
| Springer eBooks, 2010-2021 Collections |
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A collection of electronic books in a variety of subjects. Users have the option to order a personal print copy of ebooks owned by Drake (2010-2021 collections) for $24.99 (regardless of the actual book price). These "MyCopy" books are soft-cover b/w print copies that are mailed to the user’s address. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Teacher Reference Center (EBSCO)
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TRC provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 periodicals. In addition, 96% of journals indexed in TRC are peer-reviewed. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Vocational and Career Collection (EBSCO)
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Full-text coverage for 400 trade and industry related periodicals | Partial | No | more information |
Other Resources
| Database | Description | Available In SuperSearch | Alumni Access | More Info | Tutorial | |
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Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
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Scholarly, multidisciplinary full-text database, with full text from more than 10,000 periodicals. | Partial | No | more information | |
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America: History and Life with Full Text (EBSCO)
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Database of full text coverage of the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. | Partial | No | more information | |
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American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933-1955 (EBSCO)
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Searchable, open access database of dissertations from 1933-1955. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Artemis Primary Sources (Gale)
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Combines Gale primary source databases into one searchable environment. | No | No | more information | |
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ArticleFirst (OCLC)
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Index of articles from the contents pages of journals in business, science, humanities, social sciences, medicine, technology and popular culture. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Britannica Online |
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Fully searchable version of this authoritative, general encyclopedia. It also includes the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Britannica Book of the Year. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
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Business Source Premier includes full-text coverage of nearly 1,900 business and trade journals. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (GPO Access)
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Free index to federal government publications distributed through the Superintendent of Documents. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Chicago Manual of Style Online (University of Chicago)
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Online version of the 16th and 17th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style. Fully searchable. | No | No | more information | |
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College (Gale in Context)
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Database offering interdisciplinary content that reinforces the development of skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation. | Partial | Yes | more information | |
| CQ Press Researcher Online |
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Looking for a "hot topic" on which to do a research paper? This database is a great place to start! It offers pros & cons, background information, and in-depth analysis on a variety of topics, issues, and controversies currently in the news. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Credo Reference |
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Portal to over 500 highly regarded reference sources. Examples of sources covered include: Art, Business, Food & Beverage, History, Language, Law, Literature, Medicine, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science, Social Sciences, and Technology. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Current Contents Connect (Web of Science)
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Current awareness database provides access to complete tables of contents, abstracts, bibliographic information, abstracts from recently published issues of scholarly journals, and evaluated websites. | No | No | more information | |
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Data Citation Index (Web of Science)
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Indexes data studies and datasets across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences and links the datasets/studies with published literature. | No | No | more information | |
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Des Moines Register (scanned version) (ProQuest)
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Scanned digital version of the Des Moines Register from 2009 – present (with a 5-10 month delay) | No | No | more information | |
| Encyclopedia of Associations |
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The Encyclopedia of Associations is a comprehensive source of detailed information on over 151,000 nonprofit membership organizations worldwide. | No | No | more information | |
| eScholarShare (Drake University) |
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Scholarly repository of Drake University. Includes 1000+ electronic theses & dissertations. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
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Features newspapers, magazines, and journals from various ethnic and minority presses. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
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A collection of reference works on the Arts, Business, Education, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation & World, Religion, and the Social Sciences. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
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General OneFile (Gale)
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Gale's largest general interest database of articles from general, specialized, and professional newspapers and periodicals, many with full text and images. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
| Glassdoor |
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A comprehensive career resource with information on 26,000+ companies. | No | No | more information | |
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Global Issues (Gale in Context)
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A resource for international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. | No | Yes | more information | |
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Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO)
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Provides consumer-oriented information on many health topics, including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. | Partial | No | more information | |
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InfoTrac Student Edition (Gale)
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Database of educational topics geared towards a high school audience. | Partial | Yes | more information | |
| JSTOR |
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More than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources | Yes | No | more information | |
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Kids InfoBits (Gale)
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Database of educational topics geared towards an elementary school audience. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts - LISTA (EBSCO)
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Subject coverage includes librarianship, online information retrieval, search engines, printed and electronic information sources, the information industry, and scholarly communication and electronic publishing. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Marquis Who's Who in America |
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Biographical information from various "Who's Who" series. | Yes | No | more information | |
| New York Times |
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New York Times access 1851-present. Direct access to virtually all NY Times content from that time period. Requires a separate, one-time registration. For details, visit http://researchguides.drake.edu/nyt | No | No | more information | |
| New York Times (Proquest Historical Newspapers) |
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Full-text including scanned digital images of the New York Times, 1851-2014 | Yes | No | more information | |
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Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)
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Newspapers, television and radio news transcripts. | Yes | No | more information | |
| NewsVault |
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Cross-search Gale newspaper archives using a single interface. Drake has access to the complete (London) Times Digital Archive and the 19th Century U.S. Newspaper Digital Archive. | No | No | more information | |
| Nexis Uni (LexisNexis Academic) |
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Provides over 9,000 full-text news, business, and legal sources. Note: LexisNexis Academic is now called "Nexis Uni." | No | No | more information | |
| Oxford English Dictionary |
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2nd edition of the 20-volume set. Includes meaning, history, & pronunciation of over 1/2 million words, both past and present. | No | No | more information | |
| Oxford Reference Online |
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Access to dictionaries & reference works in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Limit of 5 simultaneous users. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Oxford Scholarship Online Ebooks |
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Over 4,000 ebooks published from 2016-present in humanities, sciences, business, and social sciences. Full chapters can be downloaded by PDF. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Periodicals Archive Online (ProQuest)
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Archive of backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences, spanning more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages. | Yes | No | more information | |
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PsychiatryOnline Premium (APPI)
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The PsychiatryOnline Premium collection covers diagnosis and differential diagnosis, case vignettes to bring abstract concepts to life, multidisciplinary treatment guidelines, the latest research – all within a single search and navigation interface that integrates journals and books. | Partial | No | more information | |
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PsycINFO (Proquest )
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Citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Research (Gale in Context)
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Database geared towards middle schoolers of age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, and primary sources. | Partial | Yes | more information | |
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SciELO Citation Index (Web of Science)
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SciELO content includes regional journals from Latin American and the Caribbean as well as titles from Spain, Portugal and South Africa. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Social Services Abstracts (Proquest)
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Provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Sociological Abstracts (Proquest)
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This database abstracts and indexes the international literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Sociology (Proquest) |
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Access to the full-text of more than 310 journals in sociology and social work. This collection provides full-text coverage of many core titles included in Sociological Abstracts and Social Services Abstracts. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Statista |
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Online statistics portal providing access to data from market and opinion research institutions, as well as from business organizations and government institutions. Includes many easily-cited authoritative infographics. | No | No | more information | |
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Statistical Abstract of the United States (ProQuest)
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Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. | No | No | more information | |
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Very Short Introductions (Oxford)
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Concise introductions to a wide range of subjects. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Wall Street Journal (Proquest) |
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Full-text of the newspaper's eastern edition, 1984 - present. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Web of Science |
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A multidisciplinary research platform which searches a range of citation indexes and databases, covering over 33,000 of the worlds top journals. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Web of Science Core Collection |
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This subset of Web of Science indexes primary journals and article citations in several databases spanning a wide range of disciplines. | Partial | No | more information | |
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World History in Video (Alexander Street Press)
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Contains a wide-ranging collection of critically acclaimed documentaries that allow you to explore human history from the earliest civilizations to the late 20th century. Videos are global in scope, and capture longer-term and multiple perspectives, so you can make connections across cultures and over time. | Yes | No | more information | |
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WorldCat (OCLC)
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WorldCat is a catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. | No | No | more information | |
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WorldCat Dissertations (OCLC)
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Bibliographic database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat | No | No | more information |