Education 203 Journals

Finding Journal Articles in Education

Locating scholarly or professional journal articles typically starts with searching for your topic in one of the library’s online indexes/databases.

Some of these databases provide citation only. Others contain the full text of the journal articles. When you’ve identified a useful article, click the "check availability" link in the database citation to launch a page that will list the options—print, electronic full text, or interlibrary loan—for obtaining the journal article.

You can also check journal availability through the “Journals” tab above the online catalog display at http://library.bowdoin.edu. Click the journals tab and fill in the name of the journal. Another useful function in the “Journals” module is browsing journals by subject. Under Education you may find some professional journals whose tables of contents can be browsed electronically to find your subject.

Databases/Indexes of scholarly and professional literature on education and educational policy:

Academic Search Premier
http://library.bowdoin.edu/erl/ip/academicsearch.cgi

PAIS
http://library.bowdoin.edu/erl/ip/pais.cgi

Professional Periodicals:

Education Week http://phebe.bowdoin.edu/record=b1655199

Chronicle of Higher Education http://ezproxy.bowdoin.edu/login?url=http://chronicle.com/

Phi Beta Kappan http://phebe.bowdoin.edu/record=b1660899

Rethinking Schools http://www.rethinkingschools.org/

Sources of Newspaper Archives

LexisNexis Academic

Access World News

New York Times

Government Publications:

Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov

National Center for Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/

Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS)
http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/

Congressional Hearings—Search Library Catalog

General Accountability Office Reports

G. Hopcroft
Sept 2007
ghopcrof@bowdoin.edu