GSU Library Research Guides: EDUC 2110/2120/2130: Annotated Bibliography Assignment

Searching for articles: the essentials

If you're not sure where to start, use the Discover box on the library home page.
If you're off campus, always use links from the library site so we can verify that you're a student. You'll need your campus ID.
Use the A-Z Databases page for more specialized databases. (For education classes, ERIC is often your first choice.)
Use the library website, not the GALILEO website. You'll find more sources and you don't need a separate GALILEO password. (We have all the GALILEO databases, and a lot that they don't list.)

ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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ERIC is your best bet for this assignment. This database includes all the major education journals you'll need. Select Reports - Research in Advanced Search to find empirical articles.

APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
PsycInfo is our main psychology database -- it may be useful for many education-related topics as well. If you use Advanced Search, you can select empirical studies under Methodology.

An empirical article reports on research conducted by the authors, based on observations or experiments.

Things to look for when determining whether an article is empirical include:

Published in a scholarly journal
Reports details of a study, observation or analysis of a group of participants or subjects
Includes sections such as Methodology or Methods, and Results or Findings
May use methodologies such as interviews, surveys, etc.