Each database gives you access to current, relevant, education-related journal content. Use more than one to complete your research.
The U.S. Department of Education sponsors this database to provide extensive access to education-related literature. ERIC provides coverage of journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books, and monographs.
Journal Information
Waggoner Library has thousands of journals on all subjects. Most are accessible through our databases but some may only be available in print. Typically when searching for articles in journals you would follow one of the paths below.
Searching a TOPIC
Searching for JOURNAL TITLES by SUBJECT
If you know the JOURNAL TITLE or the ARTICLE TITLE
Discovery Search: Finding Journal Articles
Watch this short video to learn how to use Discovery Search to find journal articles.
Note: Discovery is a good first start but databases are will provide better quality results.
Provides access to academic journals, reports, and many premier reference sources in the field of education.
Library Databases
Other Specific Education and Leadership Databases
These are databases from ProQuest and EBSCO about education-related issues and topics.
The U.S. Department of Education sponsors this database to provide extensive access to education-related literature. ERIC provides coverage of journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books, and monographs.
Provides access to academic journals, reports, and many premier reference sources in the field of education.
Databases to find assessment instruments
Databases to help prepare for formal testing.
Waggoner has both online and print newspaper subscriptions.
Print newspapers: Located on the main floor rotunda area, the Newspaper Nook provides a relaxing place to sit and read current issues of the following newspapers - Tennessean, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Nashville Business Journal. Online access to some content is available in the library only. Please ask at the reference desk for help.
Online access for newspapers: The following databases provide current and full text backfiles of local, national, and international news. Major newspapers such as the New York Times are included.
Learn more about the library newspaper collections here or click a title below to search a collection.
What if an article does not have full text?
1. Click on the Find it! link on the results list within the database.
2. Use the A-Z Journal Title search
3. Journal Article request can be made through the Interlibrary Loan link on the library homepage
What is Interlibrary Loan?
Interlibrary loan (ILL) is a cooperative effort between many libraries around the world to provide articles, books, and other materials to researchers, students, and others. ILL is offered through Waggoner Library for currently enrolled Trevecca students and current Trevecca employees.
Making an ILL Request
You can request items online through interlibrary loan in one of two ways:
1. Find the item in Discovery and click on its title to view the details. There will be a purple 'Request Item through Interlibrary Loan' button that you can click which will attach the item's information to your request, so that you don't have to type it out.
2. If the ILL request button for a title in Discovery is unavailable, use our online interlibrary loan form (you will need to type in the item details)
Important Notes: Your Trevecca email and the 11-digit Campus ID number from your ID card are both required on all ILL requests. Contact the library if you do not have your 11-digit campus ID number.
If you have questions or need assistance, please call the ILL office (615-248-1338) or email us (ill@trevecca.edu)
TEL is available to all citizens of Tennessee. All Tennessee public and private educational institutions have access to TEL databases. This includes TN K-12 schools throughout the state.
As future education leaders, you must know you have this incredible resource in your school. Your school librarian can assist with training and guidance as needed. Many of these databases are Gale products and part of the Waggoner Library A-Z Database collection.
Topic Finder visualizes connections between search terms and topics and view relevant articles for those topics
The Topic Finder is a cool interactive visual search tool in TEL/GALE databases. This tool takes the titles, subjects, and approximately the first 100 words from a subset of your top results and feeds them into an algorithm. Keywords shown in the graphics are those found most often in the text with your search term. Click the terms to narrow. Articles are shown on the right of the result screen. Below is the result of searching the term schools in the Information Science & Library Issues database. Give it a try!
