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Using Education Research Complete: Keyword Searching in Education Research Complete

Using Education Research Complete

Keyword Terms

search form has kindergarten on the first line and "social skills" on the second line

The default search in Education Research Complete is a keyword search. You can search for any terms you wish. The terms you search for will make all the difference in the number of results you get and how satisfied you are with those results.  Putting phrases like "social skills" in quotation marks will search for those two words in exactly that order.  

You can limit your results to articles published in academic research journals by using the Peer Reviewed) Journals limiter. 

If your keyword search doesn't find any articles, try using other search terms. If your search does find articles, it's time to slow down and look at the results.  Remember this is not a Google search; the contents of Education Research Complete are articles that are rarely available online for free.

Click on the title of an article to see more information about it.

  • The author, title, and source (journal and date) are all included
  • Most articles have an Abstract, a short description of the article
  • The Access Options menu will display links to full text, if any
  • There is an option to check other databases for full text, too

Full text articles and citations can be printed, emailed. or saved to your cloud drive. 

The Cite icon will display a citation for the article in APA, MLA and several other styles. Always check to be sure the citation is complete and accurate.  Citation builders make mistakes.  For more information about citing sources, go to the APA Citations Guide or the MLA Citations Guide

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