Reading Research Guide (Education): Find Articles
What are Research Databases?
Research databases contain articles from periodical publications such as:
- Scholarly journals
- Magazines
- Newspapers
These articles are published daily, weekly, or monthly (periodically).
The library subscribes to these databases yearly.
Databases may contain:
- The full text of some articles
- A combination of full text and citations/abstracts
- An abstract is a summary of the article
- Images and audio
- Articles from reference books
Use the Help screens for information on how to search or ask a librarian
Users will be prompted for their college e-mail address and password to access databases with a computer off-campus.
Tutorials & Help with Databases
- Finding a Periodical Article (tutorial)From Carroll Community College Library
- Anatomy of a Scholarly ArticleVisual representation and description of the various parts of a scholarly article
General databases (all subjects)
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowVery large database including scholarly articles from all subject areas
- *Directory of Open Access JournalsDirectory of scholarly journals freely available on the Internet
Finding Periodicals
Do you need an article listed in the references of another article or in the bibliography of a book?
To learn how to find out what periodical titles are available in this library in full text and what years are available, take this tutorial on our E-Journal Finder.
- Have a Citation? Find the Article! (tutorial)Learn how to use the E-Journal Finder & find out about Interlibrary Loan
- Interlibrary Loan - order articles from other librariesCheck the E-Journal Finder above to see if a title is available in this library in any format--if not, order it from another library for free using this online form
Core Reading Journals
These 2 journals are available in paper and electronic format at CCC.
To identify additional reading journals, use the Periodicals Titles List above.
- Choose "title contains all words"
- Search the word "reading" to obtain a list of reading journals available in the research databases
- LInk to those journals and search them
- Reading TeacherPublished by the International Reading Association--available in the Proquest Education Journals and Academic Search Premier databases
- Reading TodayPublished by the International Reading Association--full text available from 1994-2015 in the Proquest Education Journals and Academic Search Premier databases
Education databases
- ProQuest Education Journals This link opens in a new window
- ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) This link opens in a new windowA large database of journal and non-journal education literature containing citations/articles back to 1966--from the U.S. Department of Education
- CultureGrams This link opens in a new windowCountry, state, and province reports for a K-12 audience
Psychology databases
- ProQuest Psychology Journals This link opens in a new window