Waggoner Library: Master: Instructional Design & Technology: Articles & Databases

Looking for Journal Articles?

Waggoner Library has thousands of journals, newspapers, and streaming video on all subjects; most are full text, accessible through our databases; others we have in print, and a few are bound copies. Typically, when searching for journal information, you would search using Discovery or in databases by subject or journal-title. Use the tabs below to get started and direct you to the related information!

Multidisciplinary databases search over several databases for all kinds of topics or subjects.

They are a good place to start if you're unsure of your topic.

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
A multi-disciplinary database covering a broad range of important areas of academic study.
Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary database covering many subjects with content from journal articles, newspaper resources, magazines, and audio & video files.

Discovery Searching: Articles

Use Discovery search from the library homepage to search for journal articles across databases. It is a good place to begin research. Use the library databases for deeper and more scholarly content. View the video tutorial below and learn more!

Searching by SUBJECT

Begin with the A-Z Databases Link
You can select a general database or browse a subject list of databases
A list of databases can be viewed by title or by subject area.

Databases in the field

Review the descriptions and choose the most relevant database (or two or three!) for your research needs.

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Ultimate (ASU) is a multi-disciplinary database of over 10,000 academic journals, newspapers, magazines, reports, and books available through EBSCOhost. The database also provides access to current Associated Press video content back to 1930. Scholarly content covers a broad range of important areas of academic study, including biology, food science, landscape architecture, urban planning, engineering, animal science, law, and general sciences.
Business Source Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Nearly 3,300 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 1000 peer-reviewed business publications. The business side of instructional design.
ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
ERIC provides coverage of journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs. The learning theory & strategies aspect to ID.
Educator's Reference Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides access to academic journals, reports, and many premier reference sources in the field of education. The learning theory aspect to ID.
Gale OneFile: Information Science This link opens in a new window
100 leading industry journals with appropriate and useful information in IT areas of expertise, including such topics as information infrastructure, data processing techniques, instructional design and more. The technology side of ID.
Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Provides coverage on key education topics such as assessment, continuing education, current pedagogical research, curriculum development, instructional design, online learning, standards, and more. The learning theory, strategies, standards & models aspect of ID.

If you know the JOURNAL TITLE

Click Advanced Search on the library homepage
Enter the journal title in the search box.
Scroll down, click Limit your search
Select Journal/magazine under the format list
Select Trevecca Nazarene University from the Library list
If the library has full-text access to a database, you'll see an Access Journal button on the result list.
Follow that link to either browse journal issues or drill down by year of publication and issue number to discover the full-text article.

If you have the ARTICLE TITLE and citation

Mouse over the top left menu on the library homepage and hold on Find Information
Move the mouse down and select the link to E-Journals by Title.
Select the Search tab.
Then click on the Articles button to search by article title.
Complete the required information. (Article title and Journal/Publication title are all you need).
Finally, click search.
You will find links to database results if we have the full text for the article. Be sure you check date ranges, as many databases must deal with publisher embargoes of up to a year or more.
If no full text is indicated, scroll down to select the Request Item Through Interlibrary Loan button. Complete the information on the form to receive a PDF reprint. There is no cost.

Learn more about Browzine options by clicking the link below:

Browsing Academic Journals in BrowZine
BrowZine is a website that facilitates browsing tables of contents and articles from many academic journals. You can export to RefWorks and set up alerts.

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