Other Useful Article Databases
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Good database for most research topics and contains lots of full text, peer reviewed articles. More than 18,000 of the journal titles indexed are peer reviewed and almost all of the full text is. Provides searchable cited references for more than 1,000 journal titles so you can easily see what sources a given article cites.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window JSTOR allows you to search across approximately 2,000 journal titles from more than 50 disciplines. It contains complete backfiles of scholarly journals starting with the first issues, many of which date back from the 1800s. Although the majority of titles do not have the most recent 3 to 5 years available in full text, there are some which have the current issues available.Note: Additional content has been permanently added to JSTOR, including archived journal collections and primary resources. Searches performed using the databases page link will include results from the additional sources, as will the link above.
- Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window Covers education journals geared towards teachers and other education professionals.
Interlibrary Loan: Get Books & Articles We Don't Have
- Interlibrary LoanRequest a book, article, or other materials not available in the Ball State University Libraries.
Short videos on research
If you learn best by watching, you may want to take a look at this collection of Library Research Mini-Videos. It includes short 3 - 6 minute videos covering basic to advanced searching in ERIC, PsycINFO, and OneSearch. Explore!
Article Databases in Special Education & Applied Behavior Analysis
These are the most important databases in the fields of special education and applied behavior analysis:
- APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new windowKey database in the field of psychology.
To limit results to journal articles, look under Source Types for "Academic Journals."
Further useful limiting options are on the Advanced Search page. - ERIC (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowA key database in the field of education, providing access to records of journal and non-journal literature.
To limit results to journal articles, look under Source Types for "Academic Journals." - OneSearch This link opens in a new windowOneSearch allows searching across all the library databases at once. Useful for searching by article title to see if the library has access to it.
Use the limiters on the left of the results page to narrow to articles.
Other databases to try:
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary database including articles from highly impactful journals. Allows citation chaining to learn who has cited an article you're interested in.
- Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window
Covers education journals geared towards teachers and other education professionals.
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines related to child development, cognitive science, educational psychology, and criminology.
CHOP, DROP, and OR method...illustrated
Start with your topic.
CHOP it up into its individual concepts.
DROP those terms into individual search boxes.
Add synonyms or related words for relevant concepts, using OR.
Look at good records for related words you can add into your search.
After you evaluate your results, and revise your search, you repeat the process...over and over!
