LibGuides: Early Childhood Education: Education-Centered Databases

Recommended Databases for Early Childhood Education Research

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Education-Centered Databases

The specialized databases below are best for limiting content to publications that focus on education or closely related fields. That said, the majority of our databases provide content on a variety of topics, including education. While the resources below are a great place to start, you will find additional resources related to the field by following the links to the left.

Education Resource Information Center (ERIC)
Provides access to educational literature and resources. This database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC contains more than one million records and links to hundreds of thousands of full-text documents dating back to 1966.
PrepSTEP for Community Colleges
LearningExpress Library PrepStep is an interactive online learning platform featuring over 770 practice tests, tutorials, and eBooks related to job search and workplace skills improvement, career certification and licensing exam preparation, college entrance and graduate school admissions exam preparation, GED exam preparation, and basic skills improvement in reading, writing, and math, for all ages. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.
Education Journals Database
Access to over 900 top educational publications, including more than 600 of the titles in full text. The coverage spans the literature on primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education. Many titles are indexed in the ERIC database.
Teacher Reference Center
Teacher Reference Center (TRC) provides indexing and abstracts for 280 peer-reviewed journals covering a variety of topics of interest to teachers, including assessment, best practices, continuing education, current pedagogical research, curriculum development, elementary education, higher education, instructional media, language arts, literacy standards, school administration, science and mathematics, teacher education, and more.