Research Guides: ISTC 301/501: Integrating Instructional Technology: Find Scholarly Journal Articles

Getting Full Text Articles

If you do not see a full text article link look for the button in order to:

Access online full text (when available)
See if the journal is available in print (library catalog)
Request a pdf of the article if full text is not available online (Interlibrary Loan)

If you have the citation for the article you are trying to access, search the Journal List to check if the library subscribes to your specific article.

Education and Educational Technology Databases

Some of these databases provide access to the full text of articles, but some only provide access to the citation and abstract. Read the descriptions to pick the type you need.

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
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Indexing and abstracts for over 7,000 journals. Full text of articles for over 4,000 scholarly publications, including more than 3,100 peer-reviewed publications. Multidisciplinary subject coverage, including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, and ethnic studies.
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
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Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing, including areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. EBSCO databases are not compatible with Internet Explorer.
ERIC- EBSCO This link opens in a new window
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Contains materials in all areas of education and at all levels from preschool through college. EBSCO databases do not work with Internet Explorer.
LISTA: Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. EBSCO databases are not compatible with Internet Explorer.
Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window
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Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles.
Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window
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Provides indexing and abstracts for over 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals to assist professional educators.

Find Articles with Cook OneSearch

Cook OneSearch This link opens in a new window
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Find books, articles, media, government information, and other library resources all in one place. Search what Towson owns as well as resources at other USMAI Libraries.

This brief video tutorial demos how to find articles from the library homepage. It features closed captions and audio narration. To easily navigate the many different sections of this 5 minute video, please watch it on YouTube to access the Table of Contents in the Description field.

Other Subject Specific Databases

Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
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Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media.
APA PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
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PsycARTICLES is an online database covering general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology.
APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
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Produced by the American Psychological Association, this database is a comprehensive index to the professional and academic literature in psychology, counseling and related disciplines. Covers 1860-present.
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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SocINDEX with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database.

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ISTC 301/501: Integrating Instructional Technology

Getting Full Text Articles

Education and Educational Technology Databases

Find Articles with Cook OneSearch

Other Subject Specific Databases