Periodicals Holdings List
The Periodicals Holdings List (PHL) is a listing of both the
print/microform periodicals available on the shelves of the Western
Illinois University Libraries, and the full-text e-titles available via
databases purchased by the Libraries. This resource currently indexes
over 20,000 periodical titles.
With the MyEBSCOhost account enabled, you have a more diverse set of retrieval options when using database like Academic Search Premier. You can store searches, particular articles, write notes, share information with other persons, and so on.
Watch the tutorial here to set up your account,
On the right side of the library database page there are links to databases by subject.
Below is a list of some of the most popular databases for research.
General Databases
Lexis Nexis-250 government periodicals, access to the congressional record.
Specialized Education Databases
ERIC - (via EBSCO) over one million citations to education articles, documents, and reports
Education Abstracts - Indexes (1983-)/abstracts (1994-) over 680 periodicals and yearbooks. Covers all aspects of education including administration, teaching, learning, curriculum, methods, theory
Primary Search - Full text from over 50 children's magazines and over 100 children's pamphletsfor the elementary school student
Professional Development Collection -Full text for 515+ journals (nearly 350 peer-reviewed); full text of 165+ education pamphlets covering all areas of education (designed for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers); subjects range from children's health and development to cutting-edge pedagogical theory.
Teacher Reference Center - Indexing and abstracts for 270+ periodicals for teachers & administratorsfull-text documents, reports, analysis