Research Guides: English : Teaching English

Best Databases for English

NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English
FHSU subscribes to these NCTE Journals which can be searched from their web site:
*College Composition and Communication
*English Education
*English Journal
*English Leadership Quarterly
*Research in the Teaching of English
*Talking Points
*Teaching English in the Two-Year College
*Voices from the Middle

Humanities Full Text This link opens in a new window
This database contains citations, abstracts and/or the full text of feature articles, criticism, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction, drama, poetry, book reviews, as well as reviews of ballets, dance, movies, musicals, operas, plays, radio and television programs.
MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new window
The MLA International Bibliography is a subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. contains millions of citations as well as full text for 1,000 journals. Coverage includes journal articles, series, books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. While the majority of records are from English-language publications, at least sixty other languages are represented.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR offers high-quality, interdisciplinary content to support scholarship and teaching. It includes citations and some full-text articles from over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Scholarly articles from a variety of humanities and social science journals. To find complete articles, check the boxes for "articles only" and "only content I have access to" before searching.
Literary Reference Source This link opens in a new window
Literary Reference Center contains full text of thousands of plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, articles/essays of literary criticisms, author biographies, book reviews, classic texts and much more.
Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new window
A searchable compilation of hundreds of literary criticism volumes including:
19th Century Literary Criticism
20th Century Literary Criticism
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Poetry Criticism
Short Story Criticism
Children's Literature Review
Something About the Author

Best Databases for Education

Education Source This link opens in a new window
Combines full-text content from other education databases such as Education Full-Text, Teacher Reference Center, and Professional Development Collection into one source.
ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Same content as ERIC.ed.gov, with the advantages of the EBSCOhost search interface, more full-text, and the ability to search other databases at the same time.
Education Full Text This link opens in a new window
This database provides indexing, abstracting, and full-text articles for English-language periodicals, monographs, and yearbooks regarding education. Seventy-nine journals not covered in ERIC are also included. It also has 1,500 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests and is updated on a daily basis.
Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Scholarly articles, many in full-text, from leading humanities and social science journals.
Sage Premier This link opens in a new window
This database has scholarly articles, book reviews, editorials, etc. for education as well as several other subjects. In order to get full-text articles, click on “Advanced Search,” enter your keywords, choose “Sage Journals Available to Me,” and then limit the time period from January 1999 to the present. Articles prior to 1999 usually only have a citation and/or abstract available.
Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Provides citations and abstracts for over 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals, 90% of which are peer-reviewed, to assist professional educators. Some citations have links to the complete articles.
Omnifile Full Text This link opens in a new window
Article citations, abstracts, and many full-text articles from thousands of magazines, newspapers and scholarly sources. A good choice for most subjects.