To find journal articles, choose an education database from the library website, or search in one of the following databases:
Index of journal articles, books, theses, curriculum guides, conference papers, standards, and guidelines on a wide range of education topics. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education.
Provides full text of articles from over 350 journals as far back as 1996, in addition to indexing of more than 770 periodicals dating back to 1983.
References to articles from over 10,000 full text journals on a wide range of academic areas. Included is a searchable collection of images plus videos from the Associated Press from 1930 to the present.
Specialized information for librarians, teachers, and education researchers.
References to articles, books, and more on sociology and related disciplines, 1952 to present.
References to articles, books, and more on the psychological, social, and behavioral sciences, 1806 to present.
Once on the site, click the “hamburger icon” (3 horizontal lines at the top left). Visit Settings then Library links. Search for "NEIU Libraries - Find It @ NEIU", check its box, and click Save. This will let you easily link to the NEIU Libraries' subscriptions through Google Scholar. In the results list click the >> icon to see the Find It @ NEIU link.
What Does "Peer Reviewed" or "Refereed" Mean?
Peer review is a process that journals use to ensure that the articles they publish represent the best scholarship currently available. When an article is submitted to a peer reviewed journal, the editors send it out to other scholars in the same field (the author's peers, sometimes called "referees") to get their opinion on the quality of the scholarship, its relevance to the field, its appropriateness for the journal, etc.
Publications that don't use peer review (e.g., Time, Newsweek, Psychology Today) rely only on the judgement of the editors about whether an article is interesting enough to get people's attention. While their articles can be exciting and even informative, you can't rely on those magazines to provide you with accurate, up-to-date scholarship.
When searching ERIC, remember that there are different types of results that you can get: documents and journals.