Use Databases to Find Articles
The databases below are "best bets" for finding education-related articles. Use the links to go them directly. Or, you can find these, and other databases from the library homepage. In the yellow search box, click the Databases button.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowA multi-disciplinary resource that includes full-text articles from several thousand journals, in virtually every area of academic study.
- Education Full Text This link opens in a new windowThis database focuses on education and related fields. It provides access to over 260 full-text journals and indexes nearly 700 open access journals.
- ERIC (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowProvides indexing and abstracts for journals and ERIC documents in areas relating to education at all levels. | Watch video tutorial
- Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new windowDesigned for professional educators. Includes full text for more than 550 education and library science journals. This database also provides full text for 167 education pamphlets and scholarly monographs.
- PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowContains nearly two million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations, all in the field of psychology
- Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new windowProviding indexing and abstracts for 280 peer-reviewed journals, Teacher Reference Center (TRC) covers subjects including assessment, best practices, current pedagogical research, school administration, teacher education, and more
- SocINDEX This link opens in a new windowSocINDEX is the authoritative bibliographic database for sociology research. It offers indexed records from top sociology journals covering many related studies. It also provides full-text access to articles from curated open-access journals.
Use Canva: Make presentations, posters, infographics, and more
Did you know that all UM students have free access to a Canva Pro account? Use the link below to log-in. Then start creating posters, infographics, slide presentations and more. Working on a group project? Canva makes collaborating on a project easy.
- Canva This link opens in a new window
UM has institutional accouts for the Pro version of the Canva Visual Suite, an online graphic design tool, available free for students when you sign in here. Follow the Microsoft sign-in prompts and sign in with your full UM email address and password.
