Basic Article Searching Tips & Tricks
Curriculum Related Journals/Websites
This selection of journals have lists of recommended books as well as curriculum ideas.
- Scholastic Teacher
- Language Arts
- Mathematics Teacher
- Middle School Journal
- Multicultural Education
- School Arts (print journal)
- Science Teacher
- Social Studies and the Young Learner (print journal)
- Voices from the Middle
- International Reading Association Read, Write, Think
Top Education Databases
- Education Source This link opens in a new windowThis is the broadest database we offer to search explicitly on education topics across grades and educator roles. Particularly useful for the additional indexing and description of its contents.
- ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, and is an authoritative standard in the field of education. With its powerful indexing, it is particularly useful for focused searching on a given topic. In addition to the standard EBSCO filters, ERIC allows you to filter by Intended Audience, Education Level, and ERIC Number (EJ).
- Education Commons This link opens in a new windowPart of the Digital Commons Network, this open access database provides access to a wide array of available education research. This tool is particularly useful for dissertations, conference papers and presentations, and small university press journals.
- OED (Oxford English Dictionary) This link opens in a new windowAn unsurpassed guide for researchers in any discipline to the meaning, history, and usage of over 500,000 words and phrases across the English-speaking world.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowThis resource searches collections included in other EBSCO databases, meaning it searches across many disciplines at once. Use this for early research or for interdisciplinary topics. Also consider ProQuest Central or Library Search/Primo.
- Google Scholar (Find it @ George Fox) This link opens in a new windowFreely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across a wide array of publishing formats and disciplines. This link includes the setting to connect search results to George Fox holdings (Find it @ George Fox links). Learn more in our Google Scholar guide.
Journals
- Horn Book Magazine (GFU Subscription)Published six times a year by Media Source Inc. with reviews of children’s literature. Reviews are written by teachers, writers, and librarians and directed to professionals working with children.
- School Library JournalPublished monthly by Media Source Inc. with features about library issues and positive and negative reviews for children and young adult books, reference, and A/V material. The reviews are usually written by Children’s and Young Adults’ Librarians and the publication is directed to school and public librarians.
See also https://www.slj.com/ - Book List (GFU Subscription)Published bi-monthly (monthly only in July and August) by the American Library Association, Booklist contains over 8,000 recommended-only reviews of books, audio books, reference sources, video, and DVD titles each year. This publication is written by librarians, educators, and staff for public and school librarians.
- Library JournalPublished 20 times a year, 2 times a month with the exception of January, July, August, and December, by Media Source Inc. It contains articles on library issues as well as positive and negative reviews of books, reference materials, and A/V materials. It is written for public, academic, and school librarians by librarians.
See also https://www.libraryjournal.com/.
Additional Resources
- Gale Literature Criticism This link opens in a new window
Why Search Here?
You are researching authors and specific works of literature and are looking for scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals. An excellent companion to the more scholarly MLA International Bibliography with Full Text database.What's Included?
The series that comprise Gale Literature Criticism represent a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras and genres. - MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Why Search Here?
Your best bet to find scholarly sources in all aspects of modern languages and literature.What's Included?
In addition to full-text scholarly articles, check out top tabs for the MLA Thesaurus, Browse Works, and Browse Authors. - Gale Literature: Something About the Author This link opens in a new window
Why Search Here?
You are looking to learn about children's book authors.What's Included?
Illustrated biographical profiles of children's authors and artists from 1970-current. - WorldCat (Find it @ George Fox) This link opens in a new window
Why Search Here?
You are looking for materials not indexed in Library Search/Primo to facilitate an ILL request. Also useful if you are looking for local libraries that may have a particular title.What's Included?
The catalogs of thousands of libraries around the world, including records for books, eBooks, articles, dissertations, audiovisual matierials and more. This link connects to George Fox Library holdings and Interlibrary Loan Services. - Gale Books and Authors This link opens in a new window
Why Search Here?
You want to decide what books to read next, especially for popular and juvenile literature.What's Included?
Readers advisory help: read-alikes, reviews, award winners, and themed book lists.