LibGuides: Special Education: Getting Started

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Subjects: Deaf Studies, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Special Education

Find Articles

Focus on education topics

Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Education Research Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
ERIC (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
ERIC (U.S. Department of Education) This link opens in a new window

Focus on sociology, psychology or multi-subject topics

Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
PsycINFO (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) This link opens in a new window

Searching Databases: Examples Using Education Toopics

How Can I Tell If An Article is Scholarly?

Watch a brief video and read more details about identifying scholarly articles

Research Therapy: What is a Scholarly Article

Check this database for individual journal titles to find out if they are scholarly or peer-reviewed

Ulrichsweb This link opens in a new window
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory provides detailed information on more than 300,000 periodicals of all types published worldwide: academic and scholarly journals, open access publications, peer-reviewed journals, popular magazines, newspapers, and newsletters.

Find Background Information

SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window
Collection of over 350 electronic encyclopedias and handbooks published by SAGE covering the social sciences and education. Former titles: SAGE Reference Online; SAGE eReference.

Find Videos

Education in Video (Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new window
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Docuseek2 This link opens in a new window

OneSearch

Use OneSearch to look for books and e-books, videos, articles, digital media, and more.

OneSearch Search Tips

SCOPUS - A Database Linking Citations

Cited reference search

Scopus provides the ability to search the list of cited references in articles, books, etc. If the reference which you are starting with is very relevant to your research, other related publications have probably cited references which are also relevant to your research. Cited reference searching is a useful extension to your standard keyword search.

Learn how to perform a cited reference search

CSU Resource Sharing

Is the book you want already checked out? Or perhaps the library does now already own a copy? Watch this video to learn how to use OneSearch to request an item available through another CSU library.

Interlibrary Loan - Getting Books from Non-CSU Libraries

You can borrow books from non-CSU libraries

Use WorldCat to find materials at other libraries
Then use Interlibrary Loan to request items

Find Theses & Dissertations

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window

ScholarWorks (CSUN theses)