Research Guides Homepage: Curriculum Materials Center: Databases

The Levi Watkins Learning Center subscribes to databases for use by students and faculty. This is a selected list of Education databases. Additional databases may be found on the Levi Watkins Learning Center's website.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary database provides full text for nearly 7,300 scholarly publications with coverage in virtually every subject area updated daily. Academic Search Premier is a section of this database.
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Becomeopedia.com This link opens in a new window
Description about various professions, the process and training needed to become a particular profession, along with salary and potential career paths.
CareerOneStop This link opens in a new window
Tools to help job seekers, students, businesses, and career professionals.
Child Care and Early Education Research Connections This link opens in a new window
Policy and research concerning early childhood education including reports, papers, fact sheets, briefs, executive summaries, datasets, instruments, and measures.
Chronicle of Higher Education Online This link opens in a new window
Online version of “Chronicle of Higher Education” including searchable archive.
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Education Research Complete is the most comprehensive resource for education research. Find articles (including full text and scholarly articles), books, and conference papers in all areas of education. Includes information about books and articles written in the last 100 years.
Educator's Reference Complete This link opens in a new window
Education research with full-text from journals, books, and conference papers.
Alabama Department of Archives and History Digital Collections This link opens in a new window
Various publications from many agencies, boards, and commissions within Alabama state government.
Encyclopedia of Alabama This link opens in a new window
History, culture, geography, and natural environment of Alabama.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
ERIC is an online library of education research and information, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. The site provides free searches of all ERIC documents and journal articles with downloading and viewing possible for ERIC documents from 1993 to the present. Supersedes EDRS.
ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Citation and abstract information for ERIC documents and journals with linked full-text to ERIC documents from 1993 to the present along with journals located in other EBSCO databases. (AVL)
GovInfo This link opens in a new window
Electronic access to information products produced by the Federal Government’s Government Printing Office.
General OneFile This link opens in a new window
General OneFile is a comprehensive general-interest resource providing periodical and news information. In addition, General OneFile also features more than 500 travel guides; a full collection of National Public Radio programs from 1990 to the present; links to over 5,000 video files; more than 3,000 full-text titles recommended by Bowker’s “Magazines for Libraries”.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR (Journal Storage) Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV, and VII consist of an archive of over 900 refereed, scholarly journals.
LegalTrac This link opens in a new window
LegalTrac provides indexing and selective full-text for all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers. The database offers coverage of federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice and taxation, as well as British Commonwealth, European Union, and international law.
Library Literature & Information Science Full Text This link opens in a new window
Abstracts from as well as some full-text of periodicals, e-books, e-journals, proceedings, pamphlets and library school theses regarding librarianship.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni, the successor of LexisNexis Academic, is a comprehensive full-text database covering business, news, legal, company and medical information.
Occupational Outlook Handbook Online This link opens in a new window
Most current edition of this career information and work conditions resource.
Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. (AVL)
Pronunciator This link opens in a new window
Pronunciator is an easy way to learn to speak, read, and write any of 80 languages. Includes live tutors, feature films, music with lyrics, pronunciation analysis, quizzes, and more! Also features ESL for 50 non-English languages, plus free apps for Android, Apple, and Kindle Fire devices. (AVL)
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
Contains citations for dissertations starting with 1861, abstracts for dissertations from 1980, abstracts for master's theses from 1988, and full-text access to dissertations (via PDF) from 1997 to the present. Previously named Digital Dissertations.
Science.gov This link opens in a new window
Science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results.
Tuition Funding Sources This link opens in a new window
Information about scholarships, financial aid, colleges, online degree programs, and careers as well as a career personality test. Registration is required.