Articles

ERIC	ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) is the Education database, maintained by the U.S. Dept. of Education, containing millions of educational abstracts as far back as 1966. It is probably the first and best place you might visit when doing TESOL research. The library has two different subscription services (FirstSearch & WebSpirs) which allow you access into the ERIC database. Which one should you use? It doesn't matter, since they both tap into the same ERIC database (first time users might want to start with FirstSearch). For a complete comparison chart of the three, click here.
LLBA	LLBA (Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts) is the Linguistics/Language database. Whereas ERIC contains many practical, teaching-orientated articles, LLBA focuses more on theory and research. It contains millions of abstracts on scholarly research topics (pronunciation, SLA, dialects, phonetics, etc.) Click to the left to link to LLBA.
Ingenta providing full-text of: TESOL QUARTERLY	Ingenta is not one of the Library's main databases, and is not included on the Library's list of databases. Instead, it simply provides full-text of certain journals on an as-needed basis. Luckily, TESOL Quarterly is one that it provides!
Academic Search Elite	Academic Search Elite database provides articles from publications on all subjects, not just TESOL. This can be helpful when researching an interdisciplinary topic (e.g., the psychology of SLA, or the business aspects of running an ESL school). It includes both popular (magazine) as well as scholarly (journal) articles. Many of the articles are full-text, and can be printed out or emailed to yourself. Click to the left to link to Academic Search Elite.
Education Full Text (Wilson) Education: A Sage Full Text Collections (CSA)	These two databases have recently been added to Pollak Library's resources. Both provide full-text articles to journals in the field of education. Click to the left to link to either of these.
Related databases: - PsycInfo - Kraus Curriculum - Sociological Abstracts - Oxford English Dictionary	PsycInfo, the psychology database, is valuable in researching topics like the psychological effects of SLA. Kraus Curriculum provides access to hundreds of curriculum materials (lesson plans, state frameworks, etc.). Sociological Abstracts, the sociology database, may be helpful in researching topics like new immigrant acculturation. And the Oxford English Dictionary is full-text access to this definitive authority on the English language.