Articles - Education - Research Methods - LibGuides at Seton Hill University

Key Databases

ERIC
ERIC stands for Education Resource Information Center and contains thousands of articles and documents related to education. Over 300,000 are available in full text.
Academic Search Elite
A good general-purpose database that includes both scholarly and popular material covering virtually all subject areas. Some items are available in full text and others are indexed only. Utilize the Subject Terms button in the top bar for more precise results.
SAGE Premier
Full-text access to over 1,000 peer-reviewed journals covering a range of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, education, health sciences, communication, business & management, criminal justice, political science, economics, religious studies, engineering & materials science, language & cultural studies, mathematics, and more.
APA PsycARTICLES
This database from the American Psychological Association (APA) is a collection of full-text, peer-reviewed articles in the field of psychology.
APA PsycINFO
This database, also from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in behavioral science and mental health. Its coverage is much broader and goes farther back than PsycARTICLES, but expect to find little full-text availability in this database. Interlibrary loan will be necessary to obtain many of these sources.
JSTOR
This database contains information in a variety of disciplines and includes many high-quality art and music journals. JSTOR contains content dating farther back than what is available in many of our other online resources. Most content will be available in full-text access.

Database Searching Tips

Your username and password are the same ones you use to log in to MySHU or your SHU email. If you are having login problems, please contact the Helpdesk (helpdesk@setonhill.edu or 724-830-1805).

How to search:

In EBSCOhost databases, clicking the "Peer Reviewed" box will limit your search to "scholarly" or "academic" articles.
Type a few keywords in the "Find" box (see the "Browse & Gather" video on the 'How-To' Tutorials tab for more help picking good searching words).
Use the narrowing options on the right and left to get more specific (limit the date range, etc.).

Finding the article itself (an abstract is a summary, not a source!):

Many articles are in full text; PDF format is best.
In EBSCOhost, "Display more details about this journal" links mean that we have a subscription, but not through EBSCO. Click the link for more information.
If we do not have full-text access to an article you need, check Full Text Finder (see the box below) to see if we subscribe in print or a different database. If we don't have a subscription, you may request the article through interlibrary loan.

Finding a Specific Journal

To find a specific journal, such as American Educational Research Journal, search for it in our Journal Finder tool. Journal Finder will link you to the appropriate database or will tell you where to find it if it is in the print periodicals collection downstairs in the library building.

Full Text Finder
To find the location of a subscription, search or browse for the journal, magazine, or newspaper title here.