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What Are Databases?

Articles provide very targeted information, usually focusing on one small segment of a broader topic. Articles also tend to be more recent. Newspaper and magazine articles can be updated within days or weeks of an event, while academic journal articles may take a few months or longer.

Library databases are the best place to locate articles. These databases contain thousands of sources for you to search for free full-text. Databases have different types of sources, mostly journal or magazine articles, but some databases provide multimedia such as videos or images.

This page provides suggestions for the databases and other resources you can use to find articles on your topic. You will log in with your Office 365 account if prompted.

Education Databases

From the Databases page, use the All Subjects drop-down menu to access all the Education databases.

Education Source

Access Education Source  |  Video Tutorial  |  How to Cite

A comprehensive database with more than 2,000 full text education journals covering all levels of education. A great place to start research on any topic related to education.

To get started, type your search terms in the search boxes.

Education Source search for: educational technology AND preschool

Education Source also offers a limit for scholarly, peer-reviewed articles.

Add Databases

In the Education Source database, you can add other education specific databases to your search. Click the Choose Databases link to make your selections.

 In the Choose Databases box, select the following databases and click the OK button:

  • ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
  • Teacher Reference Center

SAGE Journals

Access SAGE Journals  |  Video Tutorial  |  How to Cite

Provides full text access to scholarly journal articles in the areas of health sciences, life & biomedical sciences, materials science & engineering, social sciences, and humanities.

Enter your search terms in the search boxes and select Abstract from the drop-down menu:

Sage Journals search for: Abstract = educational technology AND abstract = preschool

To limit your search only to items you can access, select Only content I have full access to from the Access Type menu:

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a way to search for many different journal articles on a specific topic. However, it is important to note that the library databases will contain many more articles, and that not all articles you find in Google Scholar will be full text.

Setting Up Google Scholar

The following video tutorial will walk you through how to set up Google Scholar so that it will show you if an article in the search results is available in a library database. In the results list, look for items that are marked as Find it @ Santa Fe.

Google Scholar from Lawrence W. Tyree Library on Vimeo.

Hello! This video tutorial will demonstrate how to use Google Scholar and how to link database holdings.

Google Scholar is a subset of Google that allows you to search for scholarly information, including articles, scholarly books, and other types of publications. Not everything indexed in Google Scholar has the full text available. However, you can increase your full-text results by adding Santa Fe College as your library. To access Google Scholar, go to scholar.google.com.

At the top left of the page, click the icon with three horizontal lines, and then choose Settings.

On the next screen, click Library links.

On the Library links page, type Santa Fe College in the search box, and press the Enter key. In the resulting list, select Santa Fe College – Find it @ Santa Fe, and then click Save.

Saving your settings takes you back to the Google Scholar search screen. Enter your search in the box provided.

The results list displays matching articles and more. If you see a Find it @ Santa Fe link to the right of an article, the Tyree Library has access to that article. Click the Find it @ Santa Fe link.

Once you click the link, you may be prompted to sign using your Office 365 account. You might not see this screen if you are logged in elsewhere to Canvas or your Office 365 email.

You may be taken directly to the full text of the article or to an intermediary page. On this page, look at the View Online section to see the full text links.

Article options will vary, depending on the database it is part of. All articles should provide the full text.

Articles with other links in the far-right column are freely available online. As with any link to a file found online, be cautious. If you do not recognize the source of the link, you probably should not click it. Instead, contact a librarian for assistance.

If an article does not have a link in the right column, the full text is not currently available. To request a full-text copy of the article, click the double arrows icon.

Next, click the Request it link.

If you are not already signed in, click the Sign in link.

Choose Office 365 and log in with your Office 365 account.

Now you will see the option for an interlibrary loan request. This is the process of requesting that the Library obtain an item for you, which is free.

Fill out your information in the top part of the form. The bottom half should already be filled in with the article information, but you should double check before you submit. Articles are usually available within a week.

This concludes the video tutorial on using Google Scholar. If you have any questions, please contact a librarian:

352-395-5409
reference@sfcollege.edu
Building Y, NW Campus
sfcollege.edu/library

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