Research Guides: Education Okanagan: STEP Students: Databases

Start with these Databases

ERIC (EBSCO)
Large index to journals/documents on all aspects of education, from preschool to post-secondary and adult education.
Education Research Complete
Index to a large collection of full text education journals and some books
CBCA Complete
Includes Canadian information in the field of education not available elsewhere.
Academic Search Complete
A multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals.

Additional Databases

Google Scholar
Google Scholar is the world's largest academic search engine providing free access to a full range of scholarly literature (ie. peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts, technical reports).
PsycINFO 1887-Current
The major index for psychology, but includes education topics that focus on cognitive development, gender, family, linguistics, special educaton and counselling.
Web of Science
A citation index covering the social sciences, humanities and sciences.

Database Tips

Many articles are full text online. Click on PDF full text link or the yellow UBC eLink button to link to full text articles.

For off-campus access for online items (journal articles and electronic books), you will be prompted to login using CWL or library barcode number and PIN.

See the Research Guide for Education to locate even more databases.