Education Specific Databases


  • ERIC
    • The ERIC(Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. In addition, ERIC provides coverage of conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs. This database can also be accessed through CSA and FirstSearch.
  • Educator's Reference Complete
    • Educator's Reference Complete is a selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. The database is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home.
  • Education: A Sage full-text collection
    • A collection of 35 Sage journals in the field of education.
  • Blackwell Fulltext Journals
    • A fulltext journal collection of over 800 journals from Blackwell Publishing covering a wide range of subject areas such as business, computing, economics, health sciences, humanities, law, life and physical sciences, mathematics, medicine, social and behavioral sciences, and the arts.
  • Education Abstracts on Firstsearch
    • Abstracts of leading education journals
  • Michigan Educators' Resource
    • MeL partners with Wayne State & the Michigan Dept. of Education to provide thousands of education web sites aligned to Michigan Content Standards. Formerly the Michigan Teacher Network (MTN).

Other Useful Databases for Research in Education

 

  • Academic OneFile 
    • Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources.
  • FACTS.com
    • Includes Facts On File World News Digest, Issues and Controversies On File, and Reuters On-Line News Service (last 2 weeks).
  • FirstSearch
    • Large collection of databases, some are full text. Search by journal title to see which database indexes your specific title. Be sure to search these databases:
      • Education Abstracts
      • Wilson Select Plus
      • WorldCat
  • Gale Literary Database
    • Full-text access to Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and Dictionary of Literary Biography.
  • History Study Center
    • A rich full-text history database from Proquest.
  • International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences
    • A rich encyclopedia with thousands of full text articles relating to the social and behavioral sciences.
  • Lexis Nexis
    • Use the database when searching for legal cases or current news items.
  • Literature Criticism Online
    • Thomson Gale database offering access to Children's Literature Review, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, and Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800. 
  • Project Muse (for on-campus users)
    • Provides online, worldwide, institutional subscription access to the full-text of about 200 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. See Journal Titles list.
  • Thomson Gale Databases
    • A large collection of databases that are mainly full text.

K-12 Databases

 

  • eLibrary Elementary
    • Easily searchable reference sources, especially suited to K-12, including 35 popular magazines, 37 reference books, 11 newspapers, TV & radio transcripts, and a rich archive of photos and maps.
  • Junior Edition
    • A general Infotrac database designed for students in junior high and middle school.
  • Kid's Edition
    • A periodical database designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
  • Kids InfoBits
    • A database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5 and covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
  • SIRS Discoverer
    • Research resources for grades K-9
  • Student Edition
    • A general Infotrac database designed for high school students.

Current Issues in Education

Curriculum Materials Center (CMC)

Miller Library's CMC brings together the children's literature and curriculum collections with materials (roll paper, cardstock, construction paper, posterboard, Ellison die cuts, and lamination) available for use and purchase in the work area.

Michigan Test for Teacher Certification