Education databases
The databases listed below can be searched from workstations in both Webster and Vanier Libraries as well as from home. Click on the name of the database for a full description and for connection instructions.
- Education Source
This database offers the world's largest and most complete collection of full-text education journals, numbering over 1,700 titles. - ERIC
Covers over 1,100 current journals, most of which are peer reviewed. It also features conference papers, government reports, curriculum materials, and books; coverage from 1966 onwards. - Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
Internationally published literature on second language learning and teaching, language acquisition, etc. - PsycINFO
International coverage of research publications in educational psychology and child development; updated weekly, PsycINFO is a useful complement to the ERIC database. - LearnTechLib
Produced by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), EdITLib includes peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings related to all aspects of Educational Technology and E-Learning.
- ABI/INFORM Global
Essential Proquest resource for research and trade publications on human performance technology, online instruction, corporate training, etc. - Academic Search Complete
Multidisciplinary database which includes scholarly education journals, many of which are fulltext. - Eureka (Policies)
Search for Education related stories in fulltext French language daily newspapers like La Presse and Le Devoir, as well as the magazine L'Actualité; also includes English language Canadian newspapers. - Business Source Complete
Essential EBSCO resource for research and trade publications on human performance technology, online instruction, corporate training, etc. - Canadian Business & Current Affairs (Policies)
Includes Canadian information in the field of education;currently over 130 education journals are indexed, covering both research and practice oriented publications; - Canadian Newsstream (Policies)
Search for Education related stories in fulltext Canadian daily newspapers like The Gazette, Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, Calgary Herald, and Vancouver Sun. - Canadian Public Policy Collection (Policies)
Online collection of policy documents, government reports, and scholarly books. - ProQuest Combined Canadian (Policies)
Searches Canadian newspapers and journal articles - INSPEC Web
Covers computer aided instruction, distance learning, and instructional design. - ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global
Includes the fulltext of North American University Theses and Dissertations from 1997 onwards. - Repère (Policies)
French language periodicals; useful for coverage of the Quebec education system. - Sage Research Methods Online
- Contains authoritative encyclopedias, dictionaries, books, journal articles and videos dealing with research methods; includes a Methods Map, a visualization tool used to discover relationships between methods.
- OECD ilibrary (Policies)
Useful for Comparative Education, providing International perspectives on Education issues; access to fulltext publications such as World Education Indicators, Education at a Glance:OECD Indicators. - Sport Discus
Covers the research literature on physical education. - Web of Science
Search by cited author, cited work, etc. from 1989 onwards.