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 | |
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Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print (EBSCO)
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The Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 20,000 contemporary testing instruments. | No | 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, 2010-2019 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 (2010-2019 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
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
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Scholarly, multidisciplinary full-text database, with more than 6,000 full-text periodicals, including more than 2,800 peer-reviewed journals. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Academic Video Online (Alexander Street Press)
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A single cross-searchable repository of Alexander Street Press online video titles currently available to Drake users. This includes American History in Video and World History in Video. | Yes | No | more information | |
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America: History and Life (EBSCO)
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Index to 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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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 | |
| Duke University Press Journals Online (e-Duke Scholarly Collection) |
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Provides access to 39 Duke University Press journals in the humanities and social sciences. Can search across the entire collection or search individual journals. | Partial | 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 | |
| Journal Citation Reports |
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Measures research influence and impact at the journal and category levels by showing the relationship between citing and cited journals available in the Web of Science. (Essential Science Indicators is another similar database for exploring scholarly metrics.) | Yes | No | 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 | |
| LexisNexis Academic (Nexis Uni) |
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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 | |
| Marquis Who's Who in America |
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Biographical information from various "Who's Who" series. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Nation Archive (EBSCO)
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Full-text of The Nation, a weekly magazine, from 1865 - present. | Yes | No | more information | |
| National Review Archive |
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The National Review has been a leading journal of opinion since its inception in 1955. | 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 | |
| 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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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 |