InfoGuides: EDCI 567: Teaching Social Studies in the Secondary School: Find Articles

Key Databases for Social Studies Education

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Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
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Education Research Complete covers all aspects of education including multilingual education, health education, testing, curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and all levels of education from early childhood to higher education.
APA PsycInfo (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Includes more than 3.7 million records.
Education Database This link opens in a new window
Coverage spans the literature on primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
References to thousands of educational topics. Indexes journal articles, books, theses, curricula, conference papers, standards, guidelines and more.

Aluka This link opens in a new window
Digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. Includes a wide variety of scholarly materials contributed by Aluka's partners, ranging from archival documents, periodicals, books, reports, manuscripts, and reference works, to three-dimensional models, maps, oral histories, plant specimens, photographs, and slides.
America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
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Provides English language abstracts of scholarly literature (journal articles, articles in collections, dissertations, book and media reviews) on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada with indexing for journals from 1910 in more than 40 languages.
American History in Video This link opens in a new window
Provides early newsreels, including the complete series of United Newsreel and Universal Newsreel that capture US history as it was made and reported to viewers of the time. Also contains award-winning documentaries and analysis from prominent scholars and experts.
eHRAF World Cultures This link opens in a new window
Multi-cultural database of books, articles & dissertations organized by cultures, ethnic groups & traditions. Provides in-depth information on all aspects of cultural social life for selected cultures. Formerly called eHRAF Collection of Ethnography.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Provides English language abstracts of scholarly literature from 1955 to present (journal articles, articles in collections, dissertations, book reviews) on world history from 1450, excluding North America. Note: with full-text links to 420,000 journals.
Social Science Database This link opens in a new window
Offers indexing for more than a thousand academic journals, most with full text. Covers a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work and sociology.

American Educational Research Journal
Articles that advance the empirical, theoretical, and methodological understanding of education and learning.
from 01/01/1964 to present
Curriculum Inquiry
It is dedicated to studies of educational experience in schools, communities, families, and other local or transnational settings, using a range of theoretical and disciplinary approaches
from 01/01/1976 to 12/31/2009 in JSTOR
from 01/01/1997 to present in Taylor & Francis Social Science and Humanities Library
Harvard Educational Review
A scholarly journal of opinion and research in education. It provides an interdisciplinary forum for discussion and debate about the field's most vital issues.
from Spring 1964 to present
Journal of Teacher Education
Research forum for a diverse group of scholars invested in the preparation and continued support of teachers who can have a significant voice in discussions and decision-making. Issues covered include preparing teachers to effectively address the needs of marginalized youth; program design and impact; local and national policy; and accountability.
from 03/01/1950 to present
Review of Educational Research
Publishes critical, integrative reviews of research literature bearing on education, including conceptualizations, interpretations, and syntheses of literature and scholarly work in a field broadly relevant to education and educational research.
from January 1931 to present
Studying Teacher Education
Primarily a forum for teacher educators who work in contexts and programs of teacher education.
from 05/01/2005 to present
Teachers College Record
A journal of research, analysis, and commentary in the field of education.
from 2005 to present -electronic
1970 to 1979 on microfilm
1997 to present in print in Fenwick Library
Teaching and Teacher Education
Concerned primarily with teachers, teaching, or teacher education situated in an international perspective or in an international context.
from 1985 to present

Geography Teacher

Provides a forum for educators and scholars to present innovative teaching strategies and essential content for K-12 geography, AP Human Geography, introductory college geography, and preservice methods classrooms and courses
from 10/01/2004 to present
History Teacher

Devoted to the teaching of history in the secondary & higher education classroom.
from 02/01/2001 to present
Journal of Social Studies Research

Designed to foster the dissemination of ideas and research findings related to the social studies.
from 01/01/2013 to present
Social Education

Resources include techniques for using materials in the classroom, information on the latest instructional technology, reviews of educational media, research on significant social studies-related topics, and lesson plans that can be applied to various disciplines.
from 01/01/2009 to present
Social Studies

A peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles of interest to educators at all levels on topics including those concerned with the social studies, the social sciences, history, and interdisciplinary studies.
from 01/01/1997 to present
Theory & Research in Social Education

Its purpose is to foster the creation and exchange of ideas and research findings that will expand knowledge and understanding of the purposes, conditions, and effects of schooling and education about society and social relations.
from 01/01/1997 to present