Best Databases for Articles on Topics in Higher Education
- Gale OneFile: Educator’s Reference Complete
A broad education database that seeks to provide full text for titles in the ERIC database. Covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty. - OpenAIRE
Search and access over 24 million publications and data from research projects funded by governmental and non-governmental organizations all over the world (primarily European Union). - PERSEE - Portail de revues scientifiques en sciences humaines et sociales
Provides free and open access to complete collections of scholarly publications (journals, books, conference proceedings, etc.) and to a range of research tools. - Academic Search Complete
With access to full-text articles in journals from many disciplines, this is an excellent resource for any subject. - ERIC (Institute of Education Sciences)
An excellent resource for abstracts and full-text articles and documents in all aspects of education. Access provided by the IES. - Taylor & Francis
Mostly scholarly/peer reviewed articles; especially good in the realm of Education! - Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Open access to scholarly journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, humanities, and more. - Sage Premier
Access to abstracts and full-text articles in all disciplines. - Project Muse
Full-text access to scholarly research in the humanities, arts, and social sciences.
Important Trade Publications
- Chronicle of Higher Education
A weekly news and job-information source for university faculty, administrators, and students. - Education Week
Covering K-12 education by providing news and analysis.
Selected Important Journals Available Through the Steen Library
- College Student JournalSteen Library access from 1996 to the present. Publishes original investigations and theoretical papers dealing with college student values, attitudes, opinions, learning, etc. Includes coverage of graduate and professional schools.
- College TeachingSteen Library has access from 1990-present.
Research on issues in teaching and learning at the undergraduate/graduate level including instructional practices. - Journal of College Student DevelopmentSteen Library has access from 2003 to present. A leading source of research about college students and the field of student affairs since 1959.
- Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & PracticeSteen Library has access from 2009 to present. Featuring articles pertaining to constructs and research on student retention and attrition including practices, programs and services to help students persist.
- Journal of Critical Scholarship on Higher Education and Student AffairsA student-run, open-access journal examining higher education and student affairs through the explicit use of critical frameworks.
- Diverse: Issues in Higher EducationCovering issues & events affecting diverse groups in higher education. (Former title: Black Issues in Higher Education, from 1996-2005).
- Higher Education Research & DevelopmentArticles on the theory and practice of higher education and educational development.
- Student SuccessDisseminates research about student learning experiences. (Former title: International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education from 2010-2015.)
- Journal of Women and Gender in Higher EducationFocus on issues affecting women in higher education: students; staff; and faculty.
(Former title: Journal of Women in Higher Education, from 2008-2019.) - Journal of Higher Education Outreach and EngagementAdvancing theory and practice in all forms of outreach and engagement between educational institutions and communities.
- Journal of Higher Education Policy and ManagementAn international journal for those seeking to influence higher educational policy making.
- Journal of Hispanic Higher EducationAdvancement of knowledge and issues at Hispanic-serving institutions.
- Teaching in Higher EducationCritically examines and interrogates the values and presuppositions underpinning teaching at the university level.
- NACADA JournalPeer-reviewed, scholarly journal from The Global Community for Academic Advising.
All Higher Education Journals Available through Steen Library
- List of all Higher Education Journals In Steen LibraryImportant journal titles with the year span of availability through Steen Library, and the database to use to locate it.
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