UNT Dallas Library: Language Arts : Getting Started

About This Guide

Welcome to the Language Arts Research Guide!

This guide serves as a starting point for your research in language arts. Its intention is not to present an exhaustive inventory of all related resources, but rather to highlight essential materials available in the library, both in print and electronic formats.

Guide Navigation

Use the menu to the left side of this guide to navigate to each page of information and resources.

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Key Databases for Language Arts Research

Start your research here:

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Find information from academic peer-reviewed journals, periodicals, reports, books, and more.
Education Source This link opens in a new window
Education Source covers all levels of education from early childhood to higher education. Providing access to academic peer-reviewed journals, 550 ebooks and monographs, education-related conference papers, citations for over 4 million articles including book reviews and over 100,000 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests.
ERIC via Ebscohost This link opens in a new window
an authoritative database of indexed and full-text education literature and resources.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
The database provides access to archived backfiles of journals in the arts and sciences, business, language and literature, science, ecology, botany, and music. Users can access full-text content beginning with the first volume of some journals although recent volumes may or may not be included. Content ranges from 1890 to the present.
Master File Complete This link opens in a new window
MasterFILE Complete offers the largest collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books and other highly-regarded sources from the world's leading publishers. Covering virtually every general interest subject area, it also includes an extensive collection of photos, maps, and flags.
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. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full-text education journals in the world.

Search Multiple Databases at the Same Time

EBSCO and ProQuest, two major online database providers, manage various databases. However, you can use their search engines to explore all the databases they offer in one search.

Ebsco EDS This link opens in a new window
Ebsco EDS provides users with a streamlined search of multiple databases through a single search box. Search over 50 Ebscohost databases, from Academic Search Complete to Web News.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Periodical resource that includes major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Language and Literature, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, as well as core titles in the Performing and Visual Arts, History, Religion, Philosophy, and includes thousands of full-text newspapers from around the world (Access: Wall Street Journal and New York Times).