Research Guides: Teens and Tweens: EDUC 0819/0919: Get Started

Research Help for Tweens & Teens

This guide is for EDUC 0819: Tweens and Teens. Use the resources and information on this guide to help with research in your inquiry assignments, final project, or any other assignment that requires you to find sources. For help with research, please contact your librarian or schedule an appointment.

Top Resources

Depending on the trend you choose there are many other possible databases you could search. For example: if sports is a defining or major aspect of your teen trend you may want to search in the database SPORTDiscus.

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
A scholarly search engine that is good for getting started. Do a quick search here to make sure you can find scholarly sources on your chosen trend as you are deciding on your topic.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A multi-disciplinary database that should have information on most teen trends. Scholarly/peer-reviewed articles as well as news and magazine articles appear here.
APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
This is a psychology database, but it contains a wide assortment of social science journals. It could be good for researching teen trends because many of the source here address identity formation. Also, this database lets you limit by age group, so you can search for articles that only address adolescents.
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
For film, TV, and media related trends.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Sports related journals and magazines.