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Use databases to find articles on your topic. These databases are the best place to start.

• ERIC
  The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related journal articles and documents.
  Date coverage: 1966-present.
  

• ProQuest Education Journals
  Over 745 top educational publications, including nearly 600 of the titles in full text. Covers not only the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.
  Date coverage: 1988-present.
  
  
• PsycINFO
  Nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others.
  Listen to a fun podcast "interview" with this database: iTunes RealPlayer
  Date coverage: 1872-present.
  
  
• Academic OneFile
  A premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.
  Date coverage: 1983-present.
  Listen to a fun podcast "interview" with this database: iTunes RealPlayer
  
  

• Databases for K-12 Students
  iCONN provides "Kids InfoBits, InfoTrac Junior Edition, InfoTrac Student Edition, and Student Research Center - History & Science for all Connecticut Residents.

  Tips: When searching databases, use AND, OR, and parentheses to focus your search.
  
  The asterisk * symbol will search for all variations of a word. For example: intell* will search for intellect and intelligent and intellectual. Using quotes will search for a phrase.
  
  Combine synonyms with OR and put them inside parentheses, like this:

  autism AND (play OR social*)

  Here's another example:

  ((developmental* AND disab*) OR learning disab*) AND education AND "social interaction"
  
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Databases are basically just search engines for articles on specific subjects.