LibGuides: Ed.D. Research • Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies: Library Databases

Library Databases

Education Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals
This database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Coverage Dates: 1984 –
Education Full Text This link opens in a new window
Provides coverage for a wide range of topics, including adult education, continuing education, literacy standards, multicultural education, secondary education, higher education, and distance education.
Also included are topics of religious education, instructional media, teaching methods, and school administration. Indexes over 770 periodicals dating back to 1983 and includes full text content from over 350 journals as far back as 1996. Dates covered: 1983-present.
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Covers scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education, including educational specialties, testing, curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and related issues
Provides full text for over 1,400 journals plus indexing and abstracts for 2,300+ other journals. Includes full text for over 550 books, monographs, and numerous education-related conference papers. Dates covered: 1960s-present.
Electronic Journal Center (EJC) This link opens in a new window
OhioLINK’s Electronic Journal Center (EJC) contains over 32 million full-text articles in 10,000 journals from large publishers to small presses
Coverage spans the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Many of the library research databases contain citations linking to full-text articles in the EJC. Dates covered: 1800s-present.
ERIC: Government Portal This link opens in a new window
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is an online digital library providing unlimited access to more than 1.3 million bibliographic records for education resources.
Indexed documents include journal articles, books, research syntheses, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers, and other education-related materials. Some full text is included; for fuller access to full text use ERIC in the EBSCO interface or use OneSearch. (U.S. Dept. of Education). Hundreds of new records added multiple times per week. Dates covered: 1966-present. Not included in OneSearch.
ERIC: EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC), the world's largest source of education information, contains abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.
Includes descriptions and evaluations of programs, research reports and surveys, curriculum and teaching guides, instructional materials, position papers, and resource materials. ERIC currently boasts more than 1.3 million bibliographic records plus links to more than 323,000 full-text documents. Dates covered: 1966-present.
Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive collection of full-text education journals.
Includes over 700 abstracted/indexed journals (500+ of which are peer reviewed) and over 500 full-text journals (350+ of which are peer reviewed). Also contains over 200 educational reports. This database is a subset of Education Research Complete. Dates covered: 1963-present (plus some older content). This database is not included in OneSearch

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences

APA PsycNET This link opens in a new window
APA PsycNET contains publications from the American Psychological Association. Subscriptions include access to content from APA Books, published 2017-present, and APA PsycArticles from 159 journal titles.
The APA is the largest professional association of psychologists in the United States, working to advance the psychological sciences across society.
APA Psycinfo This link opens in a new window
Contains over 3 million records devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral sciences and mental health. Includes abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations.
Journal coverage includes international material selected from over 2,500 periodicals in dozens of languages. Dates covered: 1920s-present (plus some older content).
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Psychology database containing full text from 400 journals, with total journal/magazine coverage exceeding 560.
Provides information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry, psychology, mental processes, and observational and experimental methods. Dates covered: 1970s-present (plus some older content). Included in OneSearch
Social Sciences Citation This link opens in a new window
Indexes over 2,470 of the world's leading social sciences journals across 50 disciplines.
Updated weekly. A component of the Web of Knowledge database platform. Dates covered: 1965-present This database is not included in OneSearch
Sociological Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides coverage of more than 500 full-text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles.
Covers all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture, and social structure. Dates covered: 1930-present. Included in OneSearch

Library Databases

Dissertation Databases

ProQuest Dissertations & Thesis A & I This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses in the world, with 2.4 million entries.
Over 930,000 dissertations and theses are available in PDF format, and most include free twenty-four-page previews. Dates covered: 1800s-present. This database is not included in OneSearch
Electronic Thesis & Dissertations Center (ETD) This link opens in a new window
ETD Center is a free, online database of Ohio's undergraduate, masters and doctoral theses and dissertations from participating OhioLINK member schools.
It contains the abstract for all included theses and dissertations. The full-text is also available if it was submitted.
WorldCat Dissertations & Theses This link opens in a new window
Indexes dissertations, theses, and published material based on theses as cataloged by OCLC members worldwide.
Contains over 8 million records. Updated daily. This database is not included in OneSearch

Network Digital Library of Thesis & Dissertations
About NDLTD: "This website contains information about the initiative, how to set up Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) programmes, how to create and locate ETDs, and current research in digital libraries related to NDLTD and ETDs."

Research Tip: Literature Review

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When working with dissertations in ProQuest or ETD, if full text is not available, an abstract and preview often are. It is possible to request the literature review as an Interlibrary loan article IF you have the page range.

Review the dissertation table of contents and find a page range for the literature review.
Locate the ILL article request form. Login to your AU account.
Provide needed dissertation details and specify the pages needed.

ILL article requests are emailed to users as PDF attachments.

Interlibrary Loan

Free interlibrary loan - or ILL - is available to AU students, faculty, and staff for articles not available in databases or print collections of Archer Library or Ashland Theological Seminary Library.

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Ed.D. Research • Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies: Library Databases

Library Databases

Education Databases

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences

Library Databases

Dissertation Databases

Research Tip: Literature Review

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