Education Research Guide

Finding Articles

1. To locate scholarly journal articles, use an article database and search by topic or key terms.
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Core Education Databases

Keep in mind that education can be cross-disciplinary. If your topic relates to another subject (like psychology, physical education, etc.), be sure to try More Education Databases.

Education Full Text & Education Full Text Retrospective from Wilson (also searches ERIC simultaneously)

• Citations and abstracts from over 500 education journals.
• Full-text articles from over 240 journals from 1996-present
• Abstracts from journals and yearbooks from 1995-present
• Abstracts from books from 1995-present
• This is the electronic, full-text version of Wilson's print index, Education Index.
• Date coverage: 1983 - present.  Retrospective component includes abstracts from 1929-1983.

ERIC Database - Available from 3 different platforms. The content is the same, use whichever you prefer.

ERIC from CSA
ERIC from EBSCOhost (This link also simultaneously searches other Ebscohost databases listed below)
ERIC from WilsonWeb

• The ERIC database is availalbe for free from the US Government. University Library also has access to the content in ERIC from two commercial database companies: CSA and EBSCO. Both commerical versions of the database contain the same citation information, so it is a matter of personal preference between the two search interfaces. Using a commerical version will let you use the library's Find It linking services to connect to full-text articles and other library catalogs.
• The ERIC database contains two types of material: references to journal articles and ERIC Documents.
• ERIC Documents are identified by 'ED' followed by a 6-digit number, e.g. ED234567. ERIC Documents can be conference papers, government documents, theses, dissertations, research reports, books, curriculum units, and many other types of materials. Most ERIC documents published since 1993 can be found in full text. Older documents are available on microfiche on the 2nd floor of the library.
• Journal articles are identified by 'EJ' followed by a 6-digit number, e.g. EJ123456. A complete list of the journals covered by ERIC can be found at the Dept. of Education's ERIC website.
• Date Coverage: 1966 - present.

Professional Development Collection from Ebscohost (This link also simultaneously searches other Ebscohost databases listed here)

• Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of 520 high quality education journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.
• In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 900 journals.
• The majority of full text titles included in the database are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color.
• Date Coverage: 1965 - present.

Education Administration Abstracts from Ebscohost (This link also simultaneously searches other Ebscohost databases listed here)

• Includes bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
• The index contains over 60,000 records.
• Date Coverage:  1944 - present.
  

PsycINFO from Ebscohost (This link also simultaneously searches other Ebscohost databases listed here)

• PsycINFO provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines.
• Nearly all records contain nonevaluative summaries,
• The sources include over 1,400 professional journals, chapters, books, reports, theses and dissertations, published internationally.
• Date coverage: 1967 - present.

More Databases

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracs (LLBA) from CSA

• CSA Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) assists both generalists and specialists in keeping abreast of cutting-edge developments in disciplines concerned with the nature and use of language.
• The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
• Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics.
• The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,500 journals, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, and dissertations.
• Date coverage: 1973 - present.

Physical Education Index from CSA

• CSA Physical Education Index covers subjects ranging from physical education curricula, sports medicine, dance, sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sport sociology/psychology. Health education and physical therapy are also covered.
• Records are indexed and classified from peer-reviewed journals, report literature, conference proceedings, trade magazines, patents, articles from the popular press, and many other publications.
• Beginning in January 2001, enhancements to the database include the addition of abstracts, e-mail addresses, expanded publisher and author information, and other data to facilitate access to the fulltext.
• Date coverage: 1970 - present.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses

• Access to citations of doctoral dissertations and master's theses.
• Citations for dissertations published from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts written by the author.
• Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts.
• More than 600,000 are available in native or image PDF formats for immediate free download. UMI offers over 1.8 million titles for purchase in microfilm or paper formats.
• Date coverage: 1861 - present.

Social Services Abstracts from CSA

• CSA Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
• The database abstracts and indexes over 1,600 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
• Date coverage: 1979 - present.

Finding Books & Media

Find books at IUPUI, IU and beyond at IUPUI WorldCat.

Search the native interface of IUCAT, the online catalog for all the Indiana University libraries.

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IUCAT Searching Tips

For help searching IUCAT, Ask A Librarian or view a podcast.

Once you perform your search, you'll see a list of records (not ranked by relevance) that describe books, journals, and other items containing the keywords you searched. 

• Click on a record to see:
  • Title
  • Author
  • Publication information
  • Subject terms (tip: Click on a subject term to find similar items)
  • Location information:
    
    

• Finding Books and other items in the stacks:
  • 3rd floor shelves if the call number starts with the letters A-N
  • 4th floor shelves if the call number starts with the letters P-Z
  • Other locations
• Getting items not available at IUPUI:
  • Get books from other IU libraries with Request Delivery . (This may take 4-7 days.)
  • Get items from other libraries with Interlibrary Loan .  (Average turnaround time is 2 days for articles, 7-10 days for loans.)
• Need full-text books that can be accessed and read online?
  • Then e-books are for you. Most of our e-books can be found by title in IUCAT , but you can also go directly to our e-book databases, such as NetLibrary and ebrary.

 

Reference Materials

Dictionaries | Encyclopedias | Handbooks

Education Dictionaries

The Greenwood Dictionary of Education (LB15 .G68 2003, Reference)
Edited by John W. Collins III and Nancy Patricia O'Brien
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003 

The Cyclopedic Education Dictionary
By Carol Sullivan Spafford, Augustus J. Itzo Pesce,and George S. Grosser
Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers, 1998 

Dictionary of Education (LB15 .D48 1982, Reference)
Edited by P.J. Hills
London; Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982 

Special Education Dictionary (LC3957 .S64 1997, Reference)
Horsham, PA: LRP Publications 1997 

Dictionary of Multicultural Education
Edited by Carl A. Grant and Gloria Ladson-Billings
Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1997. 

The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2^nd Ed. (12 volumes, LB15 .I569 1994, Reference)
Editors-in chief Torsten Husén and T. Neville Postlethwaite
Oxford, England: Pergamon, 1994 

Dictionary of British Education (LA632 .L35 2003, Reference)
By Peter Gordon and Denis Lawton
London: Woburn Press, 2003 

International Dictionary of Adult and Continuing Education, Rev. Ed.
By Peter Jarvis in association with A.L. Wilson
London : Kogan Page, 2002. 

Historical Dictionary of American Education
Edited by Richard J. Altenbaugh
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999

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Education Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Education, 2^nd Ed.
Edited by James W. Guthrie, editor
New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&doc 

Encyclopedia of American Education, 2^nd Ed. (LB 17 .U54 2001, Reference, 3 volumes)
By Harlow G. Unger
New York: Facts on File, 2001 

Encyclopedia of Education and Human Development (LB15 .E473 2005, Reference, 3 volumes)
Edited by Stephen J. Farenga and Daniel Ness
Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2005 

Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia (LB17 .P485 1996 Reference)
Edited by J.J. Chambliss
New York: Garland, 1996 

Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for the Education of the Handicapped and Other Exceptional Children and Adults, 2^nd Ed. (LC4007 .E53 2000 Reference, 3 volumes)
Edited by Cecil R. Reynolds and Elaine Fletcher-Janzen
New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 2000 

Concise Encyclopedia of Special Education, 2^nd Ed. (LC4007 .E53 2002, Reference)
Edited by Cecil R. Reynolds and Elaine Fletcher-Janzen
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002 

World Education Encyclopedia, 2^nd Ed.
Edited by Rebecca Marlow-Ferguson
Detroit: Gale, 2001

Encyclopedia of Multicultural Education (LC1099.3 .M58 1999 Reference)
Edited by Bruce M. Mitchell and Robert E. Salsbury
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999 

Encyclopedia of African-American Education
Edited by Faustine C. Jones-Wilson
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996 

International Encyclopedia of Adult Education (LC5211 .I56 2005)
Edited by Leona M. English
Basingstoke & New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 

International Encyclopedia of Adult Education and Training, 2^nd Ed. (LC5215 .I586 1996)
Edited by Albert C. Tuijnman
Oxford, UK: Pergamon, 1996 

Education and Sociology : An Encyclopedia (LC189.95 .E38 2002)
By David L. Levinson and Peter W. Cookson, Jr.
New York: Routledge Falmer, 2002 

Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education (LC3707 .E53 1998, Reference)
Edited by Colin Baker and Sylvia Prys Jones
Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, 1998 

Encyclopedia of Language and Education (P40.8 .E539 1997 Reference, 8 volumes)
Edited by David Corson
Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1997 

Education and Technology: An Encyclopedia (LB1028.3 .E17 2004, Reference, 2 volumes)
Edited by Ann Kovalchick and Kara Dawson
Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2004 

Higher Education in the United States : An Encyclopedia (LA 225 .H54 2002 Reference, 2 volumes)
By James J.F. Forest and Kevin Kinser
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2002

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Education Handbooks & Guides

International Handbook of Teachers and Teaching (LB1775 .I56 1997, 2 volumes)
Edited by Bruce J. Biddle, Thomas L. Good, and Ivor F. Goodson
Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997 

The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences (LB1060 .C35 2006)
Edited by R. Keith Sawyer
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006 

The Handbook of Education and Human Development: New Models of Learning, Teaching, and Schooling (LB1115 .H313 1996, Reference)
Edited by David R. Olson and Nancy Torrance
Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1996 

Educational Leadership: A Reference Handbook
By Pat Williams-Boyd
Santa-Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2002

Curriculum Trends: A Reference Handbook
By Valerie J. Janesick
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2003

Elementary Education: A Reference Handbook
By Deborah A. Harmon and Toni Stokes Jones
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2005

Handbook on Information Technologies for Education and Training (LB1028.3 .H353 2002 Reference)
Edited by Heimo H. Adelsberger, Betty Collis, and Jan M. Pawlowski
New York : Springer, 2002 

Middle Grades Education: A Reference Handbook
Edited by Pat Williams-Boyd
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2003

Teacher Training : A Reference Handbook (Paper: LB2165 .P87 2001)
By Dave Pushkin
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2001

Teaching and Learning Through Inquiry: A Guidebook for Institutions and Instructors (LB1027.44 .T43 2004 Reference)
Edited by Virginia S. Lee
Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, 2004

 

 

Education Statistics

State Statistics | US Statistics | International Statistics | Statistics Database | E-Books

State Statistics

Indiana Higher Education Facts (Indiana)
This site from the Indiana Commission on Higher Education (ICHE) provides baseline data about higher education in Indiana, including number of 2- and 4-year institutions, enrollments, median household income, appropriations, etc.

Stats Indiana Education Page (Indiana)
Developed and maintained by the Indiana Business Research Center at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. This web site contains US Census data for educational attainment for 2000 for counties, cities, and townships in Indiana. It also provides data on school enrollment, graduates to higher education and high school dropout rates.

Indiana Commission on Higher Education (ICHE) Higher Education Budget and Fiscal Affairs (Indiana)
This web site has information regarding the 2003-05 budget development, state appropriations, higher education appropriations, faculty salaries, student fees, etc.

K-12 School Data (Indiana)
This is part of the official web site of the Indiana Department of Education and contains information regarding Indiana school corporations. Users can compare school corporations, find certain characteristics about school corporations, information regarding ISTEP, and trend data for the State of Indiana. This site also has information regarding assessments used by schools within the State of Indiana.

National Report Card on Higher Education: Measuring Up (All States)
Measuring Up 2006 consists of the national report card for higher education and fifty state report cards. Its purpose is to provide the public and policymakers with information to assess and improve postsecondary education in each state. Measuring Up 2006 is the fourth in a series of biennial report cards. Users can also view report cards from 2004, 2002, and 2000.

National Information Center for Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis (All States)
This site allows the user to make state-by-state comparisons in the area of preparation, participation, affordability, student learning, completion, benefits, employment, finance and crosscutting information such as poverty rates, minority participation, transition from secondary to higher education.

School District Demographics (All States)
Based on the both the 1990 and 2000 censuses, the School District Demographics web site from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) provides access to school district geographic and demographic data useful for describing and analyzing characteristics of school districts, children, and K-12 education.

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US Statistics

National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES)
NCES is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting education information and statistics on the condition and progress of education at the preschool, elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels, including data related to education in other nations.

Search ALL subjects/surveys
Browse NCES products by A-Z subject
Browse NCES products by Survey and Program Area (e.g. National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), K-12 Practitioners Circle, etc.)

FEDSTATS
Links users to “official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government. Users can track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, foreign trade, energy use, etc. Users can access official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them.” (http://www.fedstats.gov/aboutfedstats.html)

Higher Education Research Institute (National Surveys)
National Science Foundation Science and Engineering Statistics

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International Statistics

National Center for Education Statistics
Although the NCES focuses primarily on education statistics for the US, they also have data relating to their activities that provide statistical data for cross-national comparisons of education.

Browse International Program Areas
Search ALL subjects/surveys

OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Education Database
The OECD is a group of 30 member countries that share ideas on economic and social policies. The OECD “provides internationally comparable data on key aspects of education systems. ... The database covers enrollments, graduates and new entrants by sex, age and level of education, teaching staff and expenditure.”

OECD Education Policy Analysis
Contains international information on educational issues such as defining students with disabilities, new approaches to career guidance, and lifelong learning. It also includes a “summary of major education policy changes across a wide range of fields” in its 30 member countries.

UNESCO Education Statistics
The United Nations Organization for Education, Science & Culture's Institute for Statistics provides global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication.

World Data on Education
From UNESCO's International Bureau of Education, this databank provides profiles of over 80 countries' national education systems.

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Statistics Databases

ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
"The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), established in 1962, is an integral part of the infrastructure of social science research. ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction, and offers training in quantitative methods to facilitate effective data use. ICPSR supplies data files for use with statistical software, such as SAS or SPSS."

Browse Statistics by Topic
Search ICPSR (by keyword, title, etc.)

Edstats
EdStats is the World Bank’s comprehensive Database of education statistics. It makes a variety of national and international data sources (such as UIS and OECD) available in one location, compiles World Bank data on pertinent education topics, and provides links to a large number of education websites worldwide. Results are presented in an “analysis-friendly format,” offering flexible access and custom-tailored reports.

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E-Books

Public School Principals Report on Their School Facilities
By William Bradford Chaney
Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences (2007) 

The Almanac of American Education, 2005
By Deirdre GaquinLanham, MD: Bernan Press (2005) 

Education statistics of the United States
Edited by Deirdre A. Gaquin, Katherine A. DeBrandt, and Mary Meghan Ryan
Lanham, MD : Bernan Press (2003) 

NCES Handbook of Survey Methods
By Lori Thurgood (et al.)
Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (2003) 

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