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Educational Psychology

Finding Articles - Starting Points

These are the core databases indexing the literature for educational psychology. When you search APA PsycInfo, results will link to the full text content contained within the other two APA databases below. 

Use the Finding Articles/Databases tab to the left to see more database options.

  • APA PsycInfo (EBSCO)  
    Core resource for all areas of psychology; roughly 2,500 journals, over 200 of which cover neuroscience; 99% of journals are peer-reviewed with coverage starting in 1880s. Includes citations & abstracts for articles, books, books chapters, conference papers, and selected dissertations.
  • APA PsycArticles (EBSCO) 
    Full run of over 100 full-text, peer-reviewed psychology journals; citations & abstracts are included in PsycINFO, which link back to the full-text in PsycARTICLES.
  • APA PsycBooks (EBSCO) 
    Over 4,000 full-text, current and historical scholarly books indexed at the chapter level in all areas of psychology, both practical and theoretical. Over 1,000 titles published by the American Psychological Association; the rest are "classic" or seminal titles in the history of psychology. Citations & abstracts are included in PsycInfo, which link back to the full-text in PsycBooks.
  • ERIC "Education Resources Information Center" (EBSCO)  
    Provides full-text access to scholarly journal articles and "ERIC Documents" (instructional materials, books, conference papers, research reports, and selected dissertations) relating to all levels of education from pre-school through higher education.
  • Education Source (EBSCO)  
    World's largest, most complete collection of full-text education journals; also includes international English-language books, yearbooks, and other unique sources covering all levels of education (from early childhood to higher education) as well as specialties such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. This is a Merger of the following databases: Education Abstracts, Education Index Retrospective, Education Full Text, Education Research Complete, and over 200 additional full-text journals not previously available in any database.