The Purdue Library Catalog can be helpful in browsing books in the Purdue collection. The catalog also allows you to search for whole journal issues by performing a "Journal Search" and searching the journal title.
However, Article Databases are tools that enable library users to perform more sophisticated searches for scholarly literature. These databases are usually designed according to subject and can either simply index an article (or book chapter) or provide the article in full-text.
Tool Features
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Users can use the thesauri of subject-specific databases to perform more targeted searches. For more information on using this feature of EBSCO databases--including Education Source, ERIC, and PsycINFO--see EBSCO's help entry on Browsing EBSCO Databases Using the Thesaurus.
While the quality or impact of journals can be tricky to determine, below are tools that provide some relevant metrics.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Library Guide on Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis points to helpful, critical discussions on measuring the research impact of journals, articles, and authors.
Purdue Libraries provides access to many databases in Education and other related disciplines. A full list of databases is available at the A-Z Databases home page.
This list includes some of the most frequently-used databases in Education research.
Looking for the full text of articles in these databases? If an article does not have a direct HTML full-text or PDF link, look for the FIND IT @ Purdue Libraries icon or search for the article from the Purdue Libraries catalog to see if full-text access is provided through another source.