One of the most efficient ways to locate articles on topics is to use the library's subscription databases. More than 400 databases are available to FGCU affiliates from the Databases page.
Major Education Databases
Academic OneFile (Gale)This link opens in a new windowFind articles from scholarly journals in subject areas such as biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary resource that includes thousands of journal, magazine, and newspaper titles.
Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983 (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowIndexes education related journals and yearbooks and includes historical information on societal trends affecting education such as segregation, multiculturalism, feminism, and economic developments.
Education Source (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowFind full-text articles on a variety of Education topics from early childhood to higher education. It includes specialized topics such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.
Educator's Reference Complete (Gale)This link opens in a new windowContains access to academic journals, reports, and reference sources pertaining to topics in education. Content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education.
ERIC (ProQuest)This link opens in a new windowThis resource, sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Education, provides access to education related journal articles, conferences, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, directories, books and monographs from 1966 to present.
Education Database (ProQuest)This link opens in a new windowAccess to over 900 top educational publications, including more than 600 of the titles in full text. The coverage spans the literature on primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education. Many titles are indexed in the ERIC database.
Sage Journals OnlineThis link opens in a new windowContains social sciences, humanities, health sciences, life sciences, biomedical sciences, materials science and engineering journals.
Taylor & Francis OnlineThis link opens in a new windowSearch over 1500 academic journals in a wide range of disciplines, including behavioral studies, business, education, humanities, psychology, engineering, environment, health care, mathematics, political science, science & technology.
Communication and Mass Media (Gale)This link opens in a new windowFind journal articles on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature.
Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowBest database for areas related to communication and mass media. Subjects covered: advertising, linguistics, writing, business communication, communication theory, marketing, public relations, cross cultural communication, sign language, journalism, policy, media studies.
CQ Researcher Plus ArchiveThis link opens in a new windowProvides in-depth reports on topics pertaining to current issues. Reports provide an overview, historical background, pro/con arguments, chronological information, and a bibliography of the topic. Includes legal, political, and social issues, communication and mass media, health, education, science, and technology from 1923 to present.
DemographicsNow (Gale)This link opens in a new windowProvides comprehensive commercial and residential information for users to assess business viability, analyze population trends, identify potential customers, and more. Create and download customized reports based on geography.
GenderWatch (ProQuest)This link opens in a new windowOffers perspectives on the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgendered community and the changes in gender roles over the years. Includes scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books and NGO, government and special reports. Some content dates back to 1970.
PsycINFO (ProQuest)This link opens in a new windowIndexes and abstracts psychological literature (books, journals, articles, dissertations, etc.) from the 1800s to the present and is produced by the American Psychological Association. Scope is worldwide.
A literature database on disability and rehabilitation. It covers physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities, independent living, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, law, employment, and other issues as they relate to people with disabilities.
Social Sciences Citation IndexThis link opens in a new windowAccess original research articles, reviews, editorials, chronologies & abstracts from more than 3,000 leading social sciences journals across 50 disciplines. Cited Reference Searching allows tracking of prior research on a subject and Times Cited reveals influence of an article through links to all other articles citing the work.
SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowContains full text for 253 "core" coverage journals in sociology dating back to 1895, and 72 "priority" coverage journals. Also includes most social work journals and full text for related books monographs, and conference papers.