Library databases (also known as "indexes") identify journal articles published on a particular topics. In addition to journal articles, many databases will also include records for book chapters, dissertations, and other reports.
The library subscribes numerous databases filled with articles from thousands of respected publications. The following are the top databases for doing research on the subject of educational technology and psychology, and a great place to start your research:
Topics in Educational Psychology and Technology may overlap with complementary areas of inquiry. It may be useful to search within a multidisciplinary databases, or other subject specific databases.
Subject Databases
Multidisciplinary Databases
Offers an unprecedented multidisciplinary collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes.
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Top Journals in Educational and Developmental Psychology
Scimago SJR ranks the following journals as those with the highest "impact factor" in Educational and Developmental Psychology:
• Educational Psychologist
• Journal of the Learning Sciences
• Journal of Abnormal Psychology
• Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
• Developmental Review
• Current Directions in Psychological Science
• Educational Psychology Review
• Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Child Development
• Exceptional Children
• Behavior Research Methods
• Child Development Perspectives
• Developmental Science
• Cognition and Instruction
• Journal of Educational Psychology
• Contemporary Educational Psychology
• Learning and Instruction
Top Journals in Educational Technology
Scimago SJR ranks the following journals as those with the highest "impact factor" in Educational Technology:
• Internet and Higher Education (not available full text through the library)
• Computers and Education
• British Journal of Educational Technology
• International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education
• Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
• American Journal of Distance Education
• Educational Technology and Society
• International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
• Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
• IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies
• International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
• Education and Information Technologies
• Interactive Learning Environments
• Learning Environments Research
• Communications in Information Literacy
• Information Technology for Development
Top Journals in Education
Scimago SJR ranks the following journals as those with the highest "impact factor" in Education:
• Review of Educational Research
• Journal of the Learning Sciences
• Developmental Review
• Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
• American Educational Research Journal
• Review of Research in Education
• Sociology of Education
• Research Synthesis Methods
• Journal of Teacher Education
• Educational Research Review
• Strategic Organization
• Exceptional Children
• Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics