Jackson Library: ECED 227: ECED 227

WDYK (What Do You Know 2)

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Peer Review

NCSU Libraries, 2014

Boolean operators

Use AND between keywords to narrow your search.

Example: technology AND "early childhood"

Use OR between keywords to expand your search.

Example: "early childhood" OR "child development"

Use NOT between keywords to exclude irrelevant results from your search.

Example: "early childhood" NOT "special education"

Bearcat Search: Articles

Not every database will appear in your search results. Be sure to check out our standalone databases too.

Subject Databases

Education Full Text provided by South Carolina's Virtual Library -- DISCUS This link opens in a new window
Educational specialties, administration, funding and more.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
Educational literature and resources.
Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window
Professional development materials for education.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Psychology, behavioral sciences and related disciplines.
APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Broad view of the behavioral and social sciences.
Social Sciences Full Text This link opens in a new window
Concepts, theories, and methods in social sciences
Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Best practices, continuing education, and current pedagogical research

Request article full text

Where's the article? The library's research databases include "abstract-only" records. These look like the other article records, but there's no PDF or HTML of the article's full text. That's okay! You can request the article's full text for free >>

How to Read a Scholarly Article

Video borrowed from Western Libraries.

APA 7 Citation

The Anatomy of an APA Citation
A tutorial and quiz to help you understand and write an APA 7th edition citation.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Call Number: Ready Reference BF76.7 .P83 2020