Research Guides: Education Research: Articles & Journals

APA Style

In education, the American Psychological Association (APA) Style is usually the preferred citation style for bibliographies and in-text.

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association
Publication Date: 2020

Purdue OWL (APA)
Great website with tips and examples on how to use the APA Style. This is a great place to start.
Basics of APA Style (Tutorial)
On the APA website.
Sample paper in APA Style

Visit the UNM CAPS Writing Center for additional help with citations.

Education Literature Databases

Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Articles from scholarly journals and magazines covering all levels of education from early childhood to higher education on subjects including curriculum, administration, policy, multilingual education, health education and testing.
ERIC (U.S. Dept. of Ed) This link opens in a new window
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), is a premier database of journal and non-journal education literature from the US Dept of Education
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
The best resource for psychology related topics in journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and reports. Published by the American Psychological Association (APA). 1887-present.
LLBA - Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts This link opens in a new window
LLBA provides research literature covering linguistics, language, and the pathology of speech, language, and hearing.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Articles on sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Includes Social Services Abstracts database which focuses on social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development. Coverage: 1952-present.
Dissertations & Theses Global Full Text (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
More than 2.1 million full-text dissertations and theses, dating to 1861. It also contains indexing of 3.8 million graduate works. Primarily US, UK and Ireland but increasingly from other countries. Designated as an official offsite repository for the U.S. Library of Congress.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
A leading research database covering sport, exercise, fitness, sports medicine, and other sports related disciplines
Sports Medicine & Education Index This link opens in a new window
A database following subject areas: physical education curricula, sports medicine, dance, sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, etc.

Research Databases - Multiple disciplines

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
A large index of scholarly articles and other resources. Look for the "Check full-text @ UNM" to link back to full-text.

Google Scholar will link to some--not all--of the online resources to which the University Libraries subscribes. Use the "Check full text @ UNM" link to see if the resource is available through a UNM subscription. It may also be helpful to look up the journal or citation through UNM eJournals tool.
Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Database for finding articles in top journals in education and the social sciences. Also has great tools for identifying related articles as well as top authors and institutions related to a research topic. Includes Social Science Citation Index
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
The complete back files of more than 1000+ core scholarly journals in a variety of humanities, business, science and social science disciplines.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Titles in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.

Journal Search

Use the search box below to locate a specific journal.

Education-related databases

PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
Focused on public policy research and issues. Includes international journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, and publications of international agencies. Does not include newspapers. Coverage: 1915-present..
Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
Citations and extensive full text access to publications focusing on the impact of gender...
EconLit This link opens in a new window
The key resource for economic literature from scholarly journals, working papers, dissertations, etc. Research covers all fields of economics, including capital markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, etc. From the American Economic Association (AEA). Coverage: 1888-present.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
A detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations produced by the Modern Language Association.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Provides access to ethnic minority topics and viewpoints from journals, newspapers, reports, conference papers, and dissertations. Ethnic categories include African American/Caribbean/African, Arab/Middle Eastern, Asian/Pacific Islander, European/Eastern European, Hispanic, Jewish and Native People. Subject coverage: culture, religion, independent presses, ethnic studies, human rights, activism. Coverage: 1964-present.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
A database provides of Medline's bibliographic citations and abstracts in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine,health care systems, and preclinical sciences.

Off campus must use the UNM Find Article icon to gain access to UNM subscriptions, and requires NetID and password.