This guide is intended to provide links to information resources for researching topics in Educational Studies.
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Core Resources
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center -- ProQuest)
Note (updated 5/1/25): At this time, ERIC continues to be supported, but with some reduction in functionality. There has been uncertainty about the future of ERIC due to changes at the Department of Education. Please see our FAQ for more information.Comprehensive research database in the field of education. Use to find journal articles, educational research reports, curricula, dissertations, conference papers, and more.
Google Scholar
Search across a wide range of scholarly literature from around the world. This custom link for Google Scholar includes the Macalester Library code and will display a "MACLINKS FULL TEXT" link next to resources available from Macalester Library. You will also see MACLINKS if you are logged in to the on-campus network. If you are off campus and don't use the above custom link, you can configure Google Scholar to display MACLINKS by customizing your library links settings.
An abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature with tools to track, analyze, and visualize research.
Web of Science
Note: The library has begun a subscription to Scopus as a replacement for our Web of Science subscription. Access to Web of Science will end on December 31, 2025. Indexes information covering disciplines in the sciences, arts and humanities, and social sciences. Includes six citation databases: the Science Citation Index, the Social Sciences Citation Index, the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, the Book Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, and Index Chemicus.
View the full list of databases the Dewitt Wallace Library subscribes to and select the appropriate subject