Education and Economic and Business Education
We make literature, databases and other search options for research in Education/ Economic and Business Education available to you.
If you want to learn more about research in your field of study or need tips on academic writing and research, you are welcome to attend our courses. We are happy to offer individual advice.
Databases
Databases help you to research literature, press releases and factual information.
Use the database and information system (DBIS) to find more databases on Education and databases on other subject areas. Please note that some databases are only available within the network of the University of Mannheim or via VPN, if you are not on campus.
In the OECD iLibrary, you will find publications on the current PISA results.
E-journals
In the Electronic Journals Library (EZB) and the Primo catalog, you will find e-journals on Education/
Economic and Business Education. E-books
All e-books available at the University Library in Mannheim can be found in the Primo catalog.
The publisher Springer offers an extensive selection of e-books for Education.
Research data
Publishing research data makes research transparent and reproducible. Universities, publishers and research funding organizations increasingly expect researchers to publish their research data.
The website forschungsdaten.info and the publication “Auffinden – Zitieren – Dokumentieren” offer introductory information.
If you are looking for repositories for research data, the re3data service might help. The DataCite service might be helpful for researching individual data sets internationally.
At the University of Mannheim, you can use MADATA to publish research data. The forschungsdaten bildung service, provided by DIPF, is a special offer for Education studies.
Subject-specific Internet resources
The following websites are a selection of relevant Internet resources for Education:
- Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education (DIPF)
- Max Planck Institute for Human Development
- Fachportal Pädagogik – Education Research Portal
- Deutscher Bildungsserver – German education server
- German Educational Research Association (GERA)
- Landesbildungsserver Baden-Württemberg, the education server of the Land of Baden-Württemberg
Locating resources
In the A3 Library, you will find literature on Education which you can use on site. The items are freely accessible and organized according to subject area. Borrowing from this collection is only possible for academic staff of the University of Mannheim.
The Central Lending Library Schloss Westflügel hosts more literature on Education which you can borrow with your ecUM or your library card.
The textbook collection in the Central Lending Library Schloss Westflügel hosts multiple copies of the most important textbooks. Students of the University of Mannheim and cooperating institutions are eligible to borrow from the textbook collection.
In the Primo catalog, you can search for the literature available at the University Library.
Local research institutions
Education in Mannheim:
- Center for Teacher Education (in German)
- Information on teacher education at the University of Mannheim
- Chair of Educational Psychology
- Chair of Psychology of Education
- Assistant Professorship of Quality of Instruction in Heterogeneous Contexts
- Assistant Professorship in Sociology of Education and Family
- Chair of Economic and Business Education – Instructional Systems Design and Evaluation
- Chair of Economic and Business Education – Learning, Design and Technology
- Chair of Economic and Business Education – Workplace Learning
- Chair of Economic and Business Education – Professional Teaching and Learning
- Chair of Economic and Business Education – Competency Development and Training Quality
Journal ranking
In the Journal Citation Reports, you will find current information on the “impact factors” of international journals. Just open them in the “Web of Science” and select the “Education” categories.
Courses and tutorials
The University Library offers regular trainings on research in Education/
Courses for Education and Economic and Business Education
Pädagogische Literatur finden – Recherche in Datenbanken – German-language Ilias course with learning videos and other self-study materials for an introduction to literature research in pedagogical databases. The next face-to-face courses will take place before the Bachelor's thesis phase in FSS 2025.
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Literatur finden – Recherche in Datenbanken – German-language Ilias course with learning videos and other self-study materials for an introduction to literature research in business databases. The next face-to-face courses will take place before the Bachelor's thesis phase in FSS 2025.
Academic writing and research
The collection of the University Library includes a variety of guidebooks on academic writing and research, for example:
- “Die Technik wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens: eine praktische Anleitung” by Norbert Franck
- “Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten” by Bänsch/Alewell
- “Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten im Studium der Pädagogik” by Thorsten Bohl
- “Wissenschaftliches Denken und Arbeiten: eine Einführung und Anleitung für pädagogische Studiengänge” by Fromm/
Paschelke - “Empirisches wissenschaftliches Arbeiten: ein Studienbuch für die Bildungswissenschaft” by Aeppli et al.
In case of absence, please contact Dr. Irene Schumm.