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EDUC970 Course Research Guide: Find Articles

This guide contains information about databases, citation management tools, and search tips for the literature review.

Recommended Databases

For EDUC 970: Dissertation Literature Review, you will want to search several databases for your literature review. Depending on your specific topic, the following databases will be the most useful. See the library's A-Z Databases list for all available databases. You can also search for specific journals using the library's Journals A-Z tool.

Search Web of Science

The following video introduces searching in Web of Science, useful filters for results, and how to access full text of articles. 

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Last updated: May 2025


Citation Chaining

The video below will show you how to do citation chaining, also known as the "snowball method," using Web of Science.

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Last updated: May 2025

Search PubMed

PubMed Subject Search: How it Works

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Databases at Other Libraries

Depending on your research topic, there may be other databases from the disciplines of business, education, and the social sciences that are available at other academic libraries. Here are some examples:

  • Business Source Complete (would include literature about job satisfaction/burnout, work-life balance, career development)
  • Educational Administration Abstracts
  • Gender Studies Database
  • LGBTQ+ Source
  • APA PsychINFO
  • Sociological Abstracts 

The above databases are available at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As a student, you can obtain a library card, and you can search the databases at UNL.

Cochrane-Woods Library at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, NE has the following databases:

  • ABI/Inform: comprehensive business database
  • PsycINFO
  • PsycTESTS: access to psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys and other assessments as well as descriptive information about the tests.