This EBSCO database provides access to the latest research published in thousands of scholarly journals. If you want the latest, best, most relevant research, you might: (1) click on the box for “Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals”; (2) make sure your keywords are located in the title or abstract — choose those fields; and (3) fill out the date fields to limit your search - See more at:
http://journalistsresource.org/skills/research/database-checklist-key-academic-research-resources-free-restricted
This non-profit database covers more than a thousand academic journals, and a university or library affiliation provides access to the full text of articles. It can be terrific for background research, but it does not provide access to the latest studies. By agreement, the database lags the academic publishing world by several years - See more at:
http://journalistsresource.org/skills/research/database-checklist-key-academic-research-resources-free-restricted
3. Academic
OneFile: http://www.gale.cengage.com/PeriodicalSolutions/academicOnefile.htm
This database, often available through public libraries, has access
to thousands of journals. Not all articles are available in full text, but you
can limit your search to full text and peer-reviewed studies - See more
at: http://journalistsresource.org/skills/research/database-checklist-key-academic-research-resources-free-restricted
4. Google
Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/
This
database is free to anyone, but access to the studies listed in your search
results may be restricted. If you can’t get a particular study itself through a
university/library affiliation, be sure to click “All Versions” at the bottom
of the search result - See more at: http://journalistsresource.org/skills/research/database-checklist-key-academic-research-resources-free-restricted
5. Microsoft Academic
Search: http://academic.research.microsoft.com/
This evolving database has tools for seeing connections between
researchers and their work. It provides a “profile” of many academics and
charts how their findings have been cited - See more at: http://journalistsresource.org/skills/research/database-checklist-key-academic-research-resources-free-restricted
6. Directory of Open
Access Repositories (Open DOAR): http://www.opendoar.org/find.php
This
site, run by the University of Nottingham (U.K.), aggregates databases from
around the world, locating open access research across disciplines - See more at: http://journalistsresource.org/skills/research/database-checklist-key-academic-research-resources-free-restricted
7. National Bureau of
Economic Research: http://nber.org/
A
nonprofit research organization that publishes top scholarship in the economics
discipline. Many important articles first appear in working paper form here,
and much of the scholarship has a broad, public policy focus - See more at: http://journalistsresource.org/skills/research/database-checklist-key-academic-research-resources-free-restricted
8. Directory of Open
Access Journals: http://www.doaj.org/
A growing database that covers only journals
that are free and open to the public. Already, it provides access to more than
a thousand U.S. journals, and many international ones - See more at: http://journalistsresource.org/skills/research/database-checklist-key-academic-research-resources-free-restricted
9. Public Library of
Science (PLoS): http://www.plosone.org/home.action
The
flagship journal of this open-access academic project, PLoS One, features
original peer-reviewed research on science and medical topics; many studies
have policy implications - See more at:http://journalistsresource.org/skills/research/database-checklist-key-academic-research-resources-free-restricted
A
library and database project from Stanford University that provides full
access to a huge collection of research. It is mostly science-related, but
there is significant social science scholarship, as well - See more at: http://journalistsresource.org/skills/research/database-checklist-key-academic-research-resources-free-restricted
A site that aggregates research-related studies and reports from across the universe of information. The materials are hand-picked - See more at:
http://journalistsresource.org/skills/research/database-checklist-key-academic-research-resources-free-restricted
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