Research Guides: HERO-T Fellows: Selected Ejournals

Online STEM/Education Journals for Browsing (Peer-reviewed)

The American Biology Teacher
(2000-present). From the National Association of Biology Teachers. Supports the teaching of K-16 biology and life science.
Journal of Science Education and Technology
(1992-present). Focused on improving and enhancing science education at all levels worldwide.
Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research
(2002-present). From Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education (LITEE) at Auburn University. Focused on real-world case studies and research articles intended to be used by STEM instructors in high schools, colleges, and universities. Journal site has most recent issue.

Open Access

There's a lot of great -- and often scholarly -- information available for free online. The Open Access movement has resulted in many rigorously reviewed collections of scholarly information available fre online.

Open Access Journals

PubMed Central (PMC)
Full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
BioMed Central
Open access publisher of more than 275 peer-reviewed science, technology, and medical journals.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Indexes and provides access to quality open access, peer-reviewed journals.
Google Scholar
Searches scholarly literature. Quite a few results will have open access links.

Other Open Access Resources

VCU Scholars Compass
Repository of work from VCU's academic, research, and administrative communities.
OpenDOAR
Directory of academic open access repositories.

You can also find highly credible information other than scholarly content online. There are advanced ways to search Google, and to use Google for your research. To learn how to evaluate the quality of online information use this handout from CSU-Chico.