Off-campus access to research databases is restricted to current CSU faculty, staff, and students.
To access research databases from off-campus, you will have to authenticate first -- select Cleveland State University, and then enter your Name, CSU ID No., and Library PIN. If you don't have a Library PIN yet, then you can create one on the My Account page.
Use Interlibrary Loan Services to get articles you need that are not in the Michael Schwartz Library or available online.
Here are the titles of some key journals in Adult Learning & Development that are available from the Michael Schwartz Library. To get started, search for these journals BY TITLE in the Library's Journals at CSU.
The results from your search will show you where you can access the full text of articles from a particular journal and the dates that are covered.
Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal
Adult Education Quarterly
Adult Learning
Adults Learning
College Student Affairs Journal
College Student Journal
Human Resource Development Quarterly
International Journal of Lifelong Education
Journal of Adult Education
Journal of College & University Student Housing
Journal of College Student Development
NACADA Journal
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education
New Directions for Community Colleges
New Directions for Higher Education
New Directions for Institutional Research
New Directions for Student Services
New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development
Articles are published in periodicals -- JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, and NEWSPAPERS. To find articles on a topic, search the Michael Schwartz Library's Research Databases. The databases are listed in Alphabetical Order by Title and grouped by Subject Category on the Library's website. The Library also provides access to several Newspaper Research Databases.
Research Databases contain citations or references to articles published in various journals, magazines, and newspapers. Research Databases also contain the full text of many articles, either in HTML or PDF format. You can read the articles online, print them out, email them, or save them to your USB. The Library pays to provide access to these Research Databases -- they are not free!
For academic research, you should include articles from scholarly, peer-reviewed journals. These journals are sometimes called refereed journals. In the peer review process, an article is reviewed by experts before it is published in a scholarly journal. Most Research Databases will allow you to LIMIT your results to peer-reviewed journals when searching.
The Michael Schwartz Library provides access to thousands of scholarly, peer-reviewed journals online via the Research Databases and in paper format on the 4th floor of the Library.
Start your search for articles in these Core Education Research Databases. Please note that you have access to two versions of the ERIC database.
Research Databases available from the Michael Schwartz Library are listed in Alphabetical Order by Title and grouped by Subject Category. Look under the Education category for a listing of related research databases. Below are some additional research databases that will be helpful.
The Michael Schwartz Library provides access to several Newspaper Research Databases. Here are just a few to use if you are looking for newspaper articles on a topic: