Education (SJU Online) 

Remember that if you're doing research on current topics, your research should be limited to more recent journal articles.  Some of these databases have articles ranging back as far as the early 1900's, and JSTOR doesn't generally include articles more recent than 3-5 years ago.  If you're not sure how far to go back in your research, ask your professor.

You can also use any database to limit by date:

See also:

Children's Literature

Education

ERIC
A very extensive database covering all topics in educational research.  Note you can also limit, before or after your search, to Academic Resources or Peer-reviewed Resources.

PLEASE NOTE: ERIC contains not only journal articles (EJ), but government documents, books, book chapters, etc. (ED). When you find a good title, be sure and note what type of material it is.  (Most ED items are available online, via the "Full Text from ERIC" link. If it’s a book or a chapter within a book, we may have it in print-- search our catalog.)

Proquest Research Library: Education Module - info
This database is less extensive than ERIC, but it is certainly worth a try.  The link takes you straight into the Advanced Search page, and you can search for your topic from there.  Note that you can limit to Scholarly journals, including peer-reviewed, before you search.

PsycINFO - info
A very extensive psychology database that will be useful to anyone looking at cognition or psychology and educational development.  Note that you can limit to Scholarly journals, including peer-reviewed, before you search.

Academic Search Premier - info
A general database that indexes articles in academic journals, newspapers and magazines covering nearly all academic disciplines. Note that you can limit to Scholarly journals, including peer-reviewed, before you search.

JSTOR - info
Includes archives of over 60 Education journals. Complete journal runs have been digitized, although recent issues are not included (the latest issues will be from 3-5 years ago).  This is an entirely full-text database, so searching will produce lots of results, but you will be able to access the complete article in every case.