Researching
Websites for Graduate Research
Research is an important part of the grad school experience, which means you're probably going to need some great
online resources. The following list of websites can help you dive into nearly every topic, from labor and economic
information to scientific data. Consider bookmarking these sites to help make life easier as you navigate your grad
school journey.
Open Dissertation Database by EBSCO
EBSCO is a free index offering more than 172,000 theses and dissertations accepted at American universities from 1902 to
the present. There are links to access the full text via the database, or the institutional repository where the thesis or dissertation
is housed. This is an ideal resource for graduate students who want to see the existing research in their field of study.
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Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
ERIC is an online index of academic journals and non-journal research sources. Journals include education-related articles while
non-journals offer more broad-based research options. You can find studies produced by the U.S. Department of Education,
other federal agencies, universities, research agencies, nonprofit organizations and foreign organizations.
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iSEEK
TM
Education
iSEEK™ Education is a search engine that contains hundreds of thousands of authoritative resources from universities,
governments and established non-commercial providers. This unique service provides an intelligent search that identifies lesson
plans, grade levels and more. It also allows you to create a personal library where you can search through the URLs you've
bookmarked from your searches.
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Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides you with the same search experience you're used to from Google, only the results are geared toward
scholarly literature from many disciplines and sources. You can use this powerful search tool to find authoritative articles,
books, abstracts and court opinions from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other
web sites.
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