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Due to recent defunding and staffing cuts at the U.S. Department of Education, significant changes are occurring with ERIC and other Education databases. Penn State librarians are monitoring the evolving situation and recommend that researchers use various search strategies to find desired materials. Please contact us if you want assistance in conducting a thorough search. We're happy to help you!
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ProQuest Education Database This link opens in a new windowProQuest's largest database for Education journal articles. Provides full-text for many publications. Recommended for most research projects.
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ERIC (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowContains materials indexed by the U.S. Department of Education, reflecting recent (2025) changes to ERIC's scope. It continues to be valuable for its thesaurus and for its coverage of non-journal items (grey literature) that aren't included in other tools. Unlike the USDE version (linked below), this ProQuest version links to Penn State's paid journal subscriptions, enabling you to read articles online.
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ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new windowSearch a complete database comprising full-text business periodicals and news sources from ABI/INFORM Global, Dateline, and Trade & Industry.
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LionSearch This link opens in a new windowAn integrated search of books, e-books, research articles, newspaper articles, and other publications. Contains vast materials that are not covered by ERIC or ProQuest Education Database.
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Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowGoogle's search engine for scholarly journals. A vital tool for exploring materials outside of the Penn State library system, using algorithms that are different from library databases.
To Expand Your Search
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ERIC (USDE) This link opens in a new windowPublic version of ERIC from the U.S. Department of Education, reflecting recent (2025) changes to ERIC's scope. Does not provide full-text of most journal articles, but does offer full-text of other documents that are not in the ProQuest databases.
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Business Source Premier This link opens in a new windowHelpful for studies of education/training in the workplace, and for literature from the Human Resources field.
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Education Research IndexCombines ProQuest's ERIC with ProQuest's Supplemental Education Index (see description below).
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Supplemental Education IndexA new database, created by ProQuest, which "actively covers 75% of the journal titles covered by ERIC at its peak with the intention of increasing coverage over time." It is most useful for researchers who need a tool that is similar to ERIC, without ERIC's recent (2025) reductions.
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DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new windowArticles that are freely accessible on the internet, including many that are not included in library databases.