GSU Library Research Guides: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL): Finding Articles & Books

Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary Loan is a service that can be used to get copies of articles or a loaned book that the University Library does not hold in its collections.
Desktop Delivery
Desktop Delivery is a service that provides electronic copies of physical materials held in campus libraries, excluding Law Library materials. Available services vary by user group.

Education Databases

These are just a sampling of some of the Education subject databases that can be useful in researching SoTL-related topics. More resources can be found on the library's website by using the "Go to Databases by Subject" drop-down menu and selecting your teaching discipline or subject area.

SAGE Knowledge Collection This link opens in a new window
SAGE Knowledge is home to the full range of SAGE eBook and eReference content, containing over 5,100 titles. Content includes reference works - such as SAGE Handbooks, academic books, professional development titles, CQ Press titles and more. GSU EBA access is to the Books, Navigator and Reference collections only.
Education Database This link opens in a new window
Provides access to educational publications, most in full text. The coverage spans the literature on primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education.
Education Source This link opens in a new window
Developed from the merger of EBSCO and H.W. Wilson databases, and provides full-text education journals, international English-language periodicals, monographs, yearbooks, and more.
ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
A database sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education providing access to educational-related literature to facilitate the use of educational research and information to improve practice. Access to ERIC is provided by EBSCO.
Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides a highly specialized collection of electronic information for professional educators, offering information on everything from children's health and development to cutting-edge pedagogical theory and practice.

Finding Books

GSU University Library Catalog (GIL Find)
This catalog contains the collections of all GSU University Library campuses and has functionalities to request items from other GSU campuses and other University System of Georgia (USG) institutions.

Worldcat.org This link opens in a new window
https://www.worldcat.org/
Bibliographic information on collections of libraries from around the world. Note: the holdings of most Georgia libraries do not appear in WorldCat. To determine if a USG library holds a title, search the library catalog https://gilfind.gsu.edu and select "University System of Georgia." Search many Georgia public libraries at http://gapines.org/eg/opac/home, and the Atlanta Fulton Public Library at https://afpl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/.

Library Catalog Tutorials

GIL-Find Tutorials
This guide contains helpful tutorials and information on navigating the University Library's new catalog.

Subject Headings

The following subject headings can be helpful in searching for SoTL-related materials.

College Students--United States

College Students--United States--Attitudes

Critical Pedagogy--United States

Critical Theory

Education, Higher

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States

Education, Higher--Computer assisted instruction

Education, Higher--Curricula--United States

Education, Higher--Effect of technological innovations on

Education, Higher--United States--Evaluation

Education, Higher--United States--Philosophy

Education--Study and teaching

General Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete provides complete coverage of multidisciplinary academic journals. The collection includes peer-reviewed journals, full-text periodicals, reports, and books, for STM research, the Social Sciences, Humanities, and other areas of academic studies. PDF content dates back as far as 1887.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Includes the following databases covering over 160 subjects: ABI/INFORM Collection, Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection, Arts & Humanities Database, Asian & European Business Collection, Australia & New Zealand Database, Biology Database, Business Market Research Collection, Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database, Canadian Newsstream, Career & Technical Education Database, Computing Database, Continental Europe Database, Criminal Justice Database, East & South Asia Database, East Europe, Central Europe Database, Education Database, Family Health Database, Health & Medical Collection, Health Management Database, India Database, International Newsstream, Latin America & Iberia Database, Library Science Database, Linguistics Database, Middle East & Africa Database, Military Database, Nursing & Allied Health Database, Political Science Database, Psychology Database, Public Health Database, Religion Database, Research Library, Science Database, Social Science Database, Sociology Database, Telecommunications Database, Turkey Database, UK & Ireland Database, US Newsstream.