Finding Articles
- Choose a recommended database from the box to the right, or search the library collection in NV-Search. (You can search multiple databases at once by using the Choose Databases link on the search page.)
- Type your keyword(s) into the search fields and press search.
- Limit your results on the left side of the search results screen using Limit Your Results or Refine.
- Limit to Full Text for resources that you can read right away.
- Limit to Peer Reviewed to find articles that have been evaluated by experts in the field prior to publication.
- You can also limit by source type (ex. Articles, Newspaper Articles, Books etc.)
- Limit the date range under Publication Date or Creation Date to look at resources published within a certain time frame (ex. last five years 2019-2024).
Sample Search in NV Search:
Recommended Databases
- ERIC This link opens in a new window ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and research, and it contains over one million records of journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, and books. Content includes journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, and books dating back to 1966. Documents indexed in ERIC are produced by scholarly organizations, professional associations, research centers, policy organizations, university presses, the U.S. Department of Education and other federal agencies, state agencies, and local agencies. Also, individual contributors submit conference papers, research papers, dissertations, and theses.
- Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window This is the definitive online resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, multilingual education, health education, educational psychology, school nursing, technology, curriculum and instruction, classroom management, supervision and administration and testing. Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,100 journals, as well as full text for more than 1,200 journals, and includes full text for nearly 500 books and monographs.
- Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window Teacher Reference Center (TRC) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 230 peer-reviewed journals. Full-text articles are also included in this collection, primarily for K-12 educators, teachers and librarians to grow professionally and support classroom success. Topics include, but are not limited to, Curriculum Development, Literacy Standards, Pedagogical Research, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Science & Mathematics, School Administration, and Higher Education.
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