If a resource you require is not available through McMaster Libraries, you can request to borrow it from one of our partners at participating university libraries. Check out this page for more information or to make a request.
If you've found a journal that captures your SoTL interests, there's an easy way to stay updated with any new articles that it publishes: journal alerts. Signing up for these alerts will ensure that you receive emails that inform you of new content on a regular basis.
Please note that the ability and process by which to do so varies by journal publisher or database – usually, you can find a link to sign up via a journal's homepage, though some journal platforms do not offer this option. You can find generic advice on signing up for journal alerts here, and instructions for using Omni to flag new content via a search query here.
By its nature, higher education research literature – including SoTL – is interdisciplinary. ​ Scholars publish on teaching and learning both in their disciplinary journals and in interdisciplinary, education-focused journals. As such, to complete a thorough search of the SoTL literature, researchers should look in a variety of venues, including across several databases and in specific journals.
This section of the guide allows to you link directly to relevant journals in a variety of disciplines. Clicking on a journal title will take you to the Library's resource page of that journal title - some titles have multiple listings, and some titles have multiple options for accessing the resource.
You will have to log in with your MacID and password to access the resources from off-campus.
Note that this list is in no way exhaustive. If you have any recommendations, please contact us at liblearn@mcmaster.ca
The University of Toronto Libraries maintains a page on multidisciplinary SoTL journals, which you can find here. Consulting this list will provide an excellent starting point for searching the SoTL literature across the disciplines.
In particular, McMaster SoTL researchers may find the following journal titles of interest:
Advances in Health Sciences Education
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching
Journal of Research in Science Teaching
Research in Science and Technological Education
Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education
Advances in Physiology Education
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education
CBE Life Sciences Education (name changed in 2005 from Cell Biology Education)
Journal of Biological Education
Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
Chemistry Education Research and Practice
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
Journal of Statistics Education
Mathematics Education Research Journal
Statistics Education Research Journal
The American Journal of Physics
The Physical Review: Special Topics: Physics Education Research
Computer Applications in Engineering Education
Education for Chemical Engineers
European Journal of Engineering Education
IEEE Transactions on Education
International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education
International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education
Journal of Engineering Education
Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
The Journal of Aesthetic Education
Journalism & Mass Communication Educator
Pedagogy (resources linked here have a broad range of topics)
Research in the Teaching of English
Teaching History: A Journal of Methods
Language Teaching (this has a broad range of topics)
The Canadian modern language review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes
British Journal of Music Education
Anthropology & Education Quarterly
International Review of Economics Education
Journal of Political Science Education
PS: Political Science & Politics
British Journal of Educational Psychology
Journal of Educational Psychology
Journal of Instructional Psychology
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology
Journal of Social Work Education
Journal of Teaching in Social Work
A new open journal on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning has been released. It is called "Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning":
oSoTL is an open access and open peer review journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. The ethos of the journal is collegiality and open scholarship, with the aim to make submissions as accessible as possible.