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Education-specific Databases
Education Research Complete
Provides indexing for over 1,700 education journals, with over 850 journals available in full text.
ERIC (Educational Resources)
ERIC contains citations and abstracts of the international journal and report literature in education and related fields. Sources include more than 980 journals, educational reports, project descriptions, curriculum guides, and dissertations.
Professional Development Collection
Designed for professional educators, this database provides the full-text of over 350 peer-reviewed education journals.
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General Databases with Some Education Content
Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier provides indexing and abstracting of almost 7,000 peer-reviewed journals, with full text for over 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. All major academic subject areas are covered.
Directory of Open Access Journals
This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. There are now 2,883 journals in the directory. Currently 927 journals are searchable at article level.
Ebrary
Ebrary contains hundreds of thousands of full text electronic books in all subject areas.
MasterFile Select
EBSCO MasterFile Select provides full text for more than 700 general reference magazines and journals, with coverage dating as far back as 1984.
ProQuest Research Library
ProQuest Research Library indexes more than 2,000 periodicals, and provides the full text of over 1,200 of them. It has a mix of general interest and academic journals that cover the arts, business, education, health, humanities, psychology, sciences, and the social sciences.
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Selected Websites
ED Pubs
http://edpubs.ed.gov/
ED Pubs is your source for Department of Education Publications.
The Educator's Reference Desk
http://www.eduref.org/
The Educator's Reference Desk provides high-quality resources and services for the education community. Including 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://www.free.ed.gov/
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence Internet-based education resources supported by U.S. Federal government agencies.
Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
http://www.thegateway.org/
Gateway to Educational Materials contains detailed descriptions of over 50,000 educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
http://nces.ed.gov/
The National Center for Education Statistics, located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
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Selected Print Resources
Almanac of American Education (E-Book)
Go to Ebrary and search for this book by title.
The Almanac contains historical and current data, analysis, and graphs that provides insight into the state of education in America.
Early Childhood Education: an ERIC Bibliography
Call Number: REF Z5814P6. U5.
This resource provides important bibliographic content on early childhood education.
Encyclopedia of Educational Research
Call Number: REF LB15 .E48 1992
This four volume set contain 257 new and revised articles, with extensive bibliographies written by some of the most prominent people in the field of education.
International Encyclopedia of National Systems of Education
Call Number: REF LB43 .I584 1995
This Encyclopedia, arranged alphabetically, contains 152 articles on national systems of education.
Learning Theories, A to Z
Call Number: REF LB15 .L4695 2002
Over 500 terms relating to learning theories and environments are covered in this substantive dictionary.
The Prentice Hall Directory of Online Education Resources
Call Number: REF LB1044.87 .B54 1998
A directory to over 1,000 of the most valuable education-focused internet sites, organized into 12 convenient sections.
Special Education: a Reference Handbook
Call Number: LC3981 .S33 2001
Provides background as well as chronologies, directories, and bibliographies on special education.
Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors
Call Number: REF Z695.1 E3 T49
Use this thesaurus to locate precise terms from the controlled vocabulary used to index the ERIC database.
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Created by Tim Hickey. Last updated November 2007.
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