LibGuides: Education Databases: Professional Literature

Citation Guides - APA & MLA

APA Format
Examples on how to manually create and cite using the APA format.
MLA Format
Examples on how to manually create and cite using the MLA format.
BibMe Citation Generator
Automatically create a bibliography just by entering your information. Must create a free account to store citations.
Understanding Plagiarism
What is plagiarism and how do I recognize it.
Plagiarism.org
Recognizing plagiarism.

Recommended Databases

Book Collection: Nonfiction This link opens in a new window
Book Collection: Nonfiction is a cross-curricular database providing abstracts and searchable full text for thousands of popular nonfiction books.
Child Care & Early Education Research This link opens in a new window
Child Care and Early Education Research Connections (Research Connections) is an online library of research relevant to the work of child care and early education (CCEE) policymakers, consultants, professionals supporting the CCEE workforce, and researchers.
Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new window
The Chronicle of Higher Education is a newspaper and website that presents news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty and student affairs professionals, including staff members and administrators.
Education Abstracts (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Education Abstracts is an education research database providing high-quality indexing and abstracts for hundreds of journals. Coverage spans all levels of education and includes adult education, multicultural education and teaching methods.
ERIC (Education) This link opens in a new window
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is an authoritative database of indexed and full-text education literature and resources. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, it is an essential tool for education researchers of all kinds.
Educator's Reference Complete This link opens in a new window
Gain insight on issues in administration, funding, and policy. Best for educators, administrators, and education students.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) is a free research database for library and information science studies. LISTA provides indexing and abstracting for hundreds of key journals, books, research reports.
Library Literature & Information Science Index This link opens in a new window
Library Literature & Information Science Index is a bibliographic database covering essential library and information science journals. It indexes hundreds of journals covering all related subjects, including librarianship, classification and cataloging.
LearningExpress Library This link opens in a new window
The LearningExpress suite of highly-acclaimed eLearning solutions provides interactive tutorials, practice tests, e-books, flashcards and articles for academic skill-building, standardized test preparation, career development and more.
Novelist Plus
NoveList Plus allows your library to stand out by helping readers find books that perfectly match their reading preferences and moods.
Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window
Professional Development Collection is a highly specialized database of full-text electronic information especially for educators, professional librarians and education researchers.
Education Database This link opens in a new window
Education Database includes full-text scholarly journals and dissertations, supporting research on the theory and practice of education. Education Database covers not only the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.
Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window
A complimentary research database for teachers, Teacher Reference Center (TRC) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 230 peer-reviewed journals.

College Source Online
Full cover-to-cover, original page format with 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional and international schools.
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
Access book titles via keyword or phrase searching, or by using a form to indicate reading level, genre, language, historical period, gender of the protagonist, and ethnicity of the protagonist, among other elements. Books listed have been recognized with awards ranging from the Caldecott Award to ALA Notable Books for Children.
KidsCount Data Center
Data on the status of children in the U.S. from the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Kids Count Data Book. Allows you to generate custom graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state profiles.
Peterson College Catalog
Our innovative, web-based products, such as CollegesWantYouSM, GradSchoolsWantYou, and online practice tests for the GRE, GMAT, SAT, ACT Assessment, ASVAB, and TOEFL, provide consumers with the depth and breadth of information they need to make informed decisions about their education or career.
Reading Rockets
Video interviews with top children's book authors and illustrators.
U.S. Universities by State
A listing of colleges and universities in the United States by state.
National Center for Education Statistics