Research Help: King Curriculum Lab: Databases

Research Databases

Start with these databases to find scholarly articles relating to the field of education.

ERIC This link opens in a new window
Education Source This link opens in a new window
Education Index Retrospective (1929-1983) This link opens in a new window
Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window

Children's Literature Databases

E-books K-8 Collection This link opens in a new window
E-books specifically geared toward grades K-8 covering topics such as agriculture, American history, anthropology, education, geography, history of the Americas, language, leisure, literature, recreation, science, and technology.
NoveList This link opens in a new window
NoveList is a comprehensive source of information about books that includes expert recommendations, reviews, articles, lists and more. It is a comprehensive readers' advisory solution for fiction lovers.

Scholastic Book Wizard
Teaching resources provided by Scholastic including book lists and collections.

Teaching Books This link opens in a new window
Includes thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment, with every resource selected to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities. It is a portal to thousands of multimedia resources that can enhance and enliven your reading experiences.

Kentucky Virtual Library

Kentucky Virtual Library
KYVL contains databases, websites, and more meant to assist education professionals after graduation and is free for Kentucky residents. It contains databases for book searching and selection including TumbleBook, TeenBook Cloud, NoveList, and WorldCat. It also contains research-centered databases such as EBSCOhost databases, Britannica, Ancestry Library Edition, Kentucky Digital Library and more.

Note: The databases in KYVL using this link are only available if you are an Asbury student and you access this website on campus. If you are not on campus and work at a public school in Kentucky, ask your Media Specialist for instructions on how to access these resources.

Journals

Online Journals

There are several education journals available online through Kinlaw Library. To search for a specific journal, go to PubFinder. Select "journals" and type the journal title. Choose a database according to a specific date range. Either type a topic in the search box or pick a specific year, volume and issue. Click here for a tutorial on PubFinder.

Click below for a partial list of online education journals by topic.

Online Education Journals
Contains a list of online education journals by subject.