ED 201_2018: Educational Psychology: Home

All Monmouth University students, faculty and staff have access to subscription databases on campus.

Remote access to databases requires entry of username and password (same as email) for verification.

Many databases provide full text access to journals. However, you can use the GET ARTICLE icon to search for full text coverage of the title you need in one of the other databases.

Use the Journal Locator to see if the Library has access to a journal or periodical.

Need help? Check out the Journal Locator Tutorial.

This research guide was created to assist students in ED201/PY201 to find five articles in one major theory of cognitive, moral, social-cultural or psychological development and applying the theory to the art and science of teaching, using resources available through the Monmouth University Library.

Start with the following Monmouth University subscription databases to find journal articles. 

• Begin with one of the two Psychology databases to search for information on specific theories or theorists - search by theory or individual (egs. Piaget, cognitive theory)
• Use one of the Education databases for articles on applying theories to learning and teaching - narrow search results by combining theory/theorist and learning (eg. Vygotsky and learning and child development)

Remote access to research databases is available using your student ID and password.

Use the word "AND" to combine your keywords to make your search more specific. eg. cognitive theory AND learning

Use synonyms and alternative terms Related terms - broader or narrower - will also bring up relevant results. eg. teenagers | adolescents | youth

Use Truncation "*" to search for words with common roots without entering them individually. eg. searching for teen* retrieves teen, teens, teenaged, teenagers

Restrict searches to academic, peer-reviewed journals