Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences: Reading/Literacy
This guide highlights resources relevant for students completing programs in the School of Teaching and Curriculum Leadership at Oklahoma State University.
Recommended Databases
- Academic Search Premier
This multi-disciplinary database offers full text for nearly 2,000 scholarly journals, including more than 1,500 peer-reviewed titles. Covering virtually every area of academic study, Academic Search Premier offers full text information dating as far back as 1985. This database is updated on a daily basis.
- ERIC (ed.gov interface)
The Educational Resources Information Center is an index that contains peer reviewed and full-text education-related literature and research, and a thesaurus.
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses GlobalA collection of over a million full-text dissertations and theses since 1861 with 70,000 new entries added each year.
Suggested Keywords
Here are some suggested keywords for searching concepts related to reading and literacy. Remember these are suggestions. When searching for books or articles, think of synonyms or related words. It is sometimes helpful to try several different search terms before choosing results.
- reading
- lexicon
- literature
- vocabulary
- language development
- fluency
- adult learners
- early reading gains
- dyslexia
