Journal databases:

• Are the best source of academic or scholarly information for your assessments
• help you locate peer reviewed articles
• Are subject specific, so that you get more relevant results
• Have many options for refining results

You can find the Library's databases on the Journal Databases page.

Databases are grouped into subject areas. The Education & Teaching Database List will be particularly useful for your study.

Have a look at the Database Help Guide for tips on how to search a particular database.

Here is an example on a search in EBSCOhost Education:

• Search Row 1: educat* OR school
• [AND] Search Row 2: issue* OR problem*
• [AND] Search Row 3: profession*

In this search I have used:

• AND to narrow the results
• OR to include synonyms
• An asterisk* at the end of the word to allow all endings

Can you try a search in EBSCOhost Education where you find three articles useful for your assignment?

Try to:

• limit to the last five years
• change the term profession* to an area you are interested in; for example: technolog* or cultur*

Write down the details of articles. You will need these details later in this tutorial.