What is a peer-reviewed article?
Peer-reviewed or scholarly articles are studies that are evaluated by experts prior to publication. Experts consider if the article meets certain criteria of originality and quality, recommending revisions that must be made as a condition for publication in an academic journal.
ERIC provides access to education literature and research. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Content includes journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books dating back to 1966.
Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.
Academic Search Ultimate is a multidisciplinary database, including both peer-reviewed content and content from popular magazines and trade publications.
Other article databases
Teacher Reference CenterThis link opens in a new windowTeacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
Canadian Periodicals Index QuarterlyThis link opens in a new windowThis database provides the most-requested Canadian reference information available. It includes more than 1,300 Canadian periodicals (more than 700 full text), a bilingual interface (English/French), indexing from 1980 forward, full-text articles from 1983 forward, The Globe and Mail, Maclean's weekly magazine, and even travel handbooks from Fodor's for Canadian destinations.
Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA)This link opens in a new windowThis database is a longstanding, comprehensive Canadian periodical collection covering multiple subjects and topics, with millions of full-text records. Accessible to readers and researchers at every level, the Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database features a diversified mix of publications, including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, reports, radio and television transcripts, news, dissertations, and more.
JSTORThis link opens in a new windowJSTOR is a multidisciplinary collection of databases, including peer-reviewed content about various topics. YukonU has access to 15 JSTOR collections in the arts & sciences areas.
APA PsycArticlesThis link opens in a new windowAPA PsycArticles®, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. It contains articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA), its imprint the Educational Publishing Foundation (EPF), and from allied organizations including the Canadian Psychological Association and the Hogrefe Publishing Group. It includes all journal articles, book reviews, letters to the editor, and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1894 to the present and nearly all APA journals go back to Volume 1, Issue 1.
Use Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT) to combine keywords. E.g.: childcare AND sleep routines
When doing your search, use nouns instead of a question. For example, instead of searching for "how to socialize toddlers in day care centres?", search for toddlers AND socialization AND day care centres
Explore ERIC to find articles. Also try ERIC's thesaurus search (top left of the database). Learn more about the thesaurus search here.
Including keywords or using search filters that describe a specific age group can help you narrow results. Example: storytelling AND toddlers instead of storytelling AND children (children is more generic and will include results concerning various ages).
Consider using synonyms or related keywords separated by the boolean operator OR. Use advanced search or group the keywords using parenthesis (nested search). Example: childcare AND (toddlers OR infants OR young children).
