Research Guides: ED 555: Teacher as Researcher: Searching the Education Literature

Essential Education Databases

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) This link opens in a new window
Leading resource for education. Some full text. 1966-
Education Source This link opens in a new window
Full text education journals and books. 1929-

ERIC Journal (EJ) vs ERIC Document (ED)

ERIC Database Source Types

EJ = ERIC Journal

Journal articles indexed by the US Department of Education. Includes peer reviewed journals, as well as professional newsletters and magazines.

ED = ERIC Document

Non-journal sources indexed and collected by the US Department of Education. Includes reports, conference papers, issue papers, monographs, lesson plans, and more. Not peer reviewed.

ERIC database citation

Reflections on Theory and Pedagogy of Challenges in Facilitating Children's Dialogues in the Community of Inquiry

By: Canuto, Abigail Thea O. International Journal of Whole Schooling, v11 n1 p1-15 Jan 2015. (EJ1048089)

What Makes Teachers Reflect to Improve Their Practice? Reflective Practice in a Social-Organizational Context

By: Croasdaile, Susanne. Online Submission, Paper presented at the Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Annual, Chicago, IL, 2007). 2007 14 pp. (ED505866)

APA style citation

Canuto, A. T. O. (2015). Reflections on theory and pedagogy of challenges in facilitating children's dialogues in the community of inquiry. International Journal of Whole Schooling, 11(1), 1-15.

Croasdaile, S. (2007). What makes teachers reflect to improve their practice? Reflective practice in a social-organizational context. Retrieved from ERIC Database. (ED505866)

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Advanced Searching for Education Research

This tutorial presents advanced strategies for searching the ERIC database for education research, including identifying relevant search terms, accessing full text, and saving citations.

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Cited by Searching: Finding Who Cited A Key Resource

Search Google Scholar for key articles that you have located on your topic to look for more current publications that cited your original article.

Choose the Cited by link to find more current publications that cited your original article:

Browse through the list of citations, or search within citing articles to find a specific topic: