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Subject Research Guide -- Education
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This Research Guide is designed to help you find resources in Education - whether you're looking for books (print or e-books), multimedia (DVDs, CDs, streaming video, etc.), or articles from print or online databases - you will be able to find materials that are credible, accurate, and authoritative. Just follow the tabs above which will help you to focus on a topic, get background information, get recent information, use Internet resources wisely, and cite your sources.
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- Gale eBooksGale eBooks includes encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources.
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Databases
- ERIC This link opens in a new windowArticles and documents related to education research, searching scholarly and trade journal articles.
- Wilson Education Full Text This link opens in a new windowProvides full text of articles from 350+ journals as far back as 1996, in addition to indexing of more than 770 periodicals dating back to 1983. Subject coverage includes adult education, multicultural/ethnic education, teaching methods and much more.
- ProQuest Education Journals This link opens in a new windowGives users access to 900+ top educational publications, including 600+ titles in full-text; covers not only the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.
- Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new windowA collection of information for professional educators and education researchers. This database offers information from 500+ full-text journals on everything from children’s health and development to pedagogical theory and practice.
- Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new windowTRC provides indexing and abstracts for 280+ of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
- Britannica Elementary This link opens in a new windowEasy-to-read articles and age-appropriate reference and learning materials, the elementary level of Britannica School Edition is geared toward Pre-K and up.
- Britannica Escolar Primaria This link opens in a new windowA knowledge-building resource for accurate and age-appropriate content in Spanish. Primaria is for elementary-aged students.
- Britannica Escolar Secundaria This link opens in a new windowKnowledge-building resource for accurate and age-appropriate content in Spanish. Secundaria is for grades 6 through 8.
- Britannica High This link opens in a new windowGeared towards high school students. Also contains Learning Materials, a collection of educational exercises, activities, and study guides.
- Britannica Middle This link opens in a new windowArticles and age-appropriate reference and learning materials, ideal for 6th-8th grade students.
- Middle School (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new windowCreated specifically for middle-schoolers, Research in Context combines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Students will find outstanding support to complete assignments in core subjects including literature, science, social studies, and history.
- EBSCO (all collections) This link opens in a new windowArticles and ebooks covering multidisciplinary subjects from all Ebsco databases.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowScholarly journals and ebooks in the humanities, social sciences, and business. Journal coverage generally ends 3-5 years before the current year.
- ProQuest Central This link opens in a new windowArticles from journals and newspapers covering all subject areas. Includes dissertations, working papers from OECD, company reports, and country profiles.
- SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new windowSAGE Journals Online contains 600+ journals covering business, humanities, social sciences, science, technology and medicine. The full text of every issue is available from Volume 1, Issue 1 to the present.
- PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new windowFull-text of 50+ psychology journals, most published by the American Psychological Association. (Note: All full-text articles can also be accessed by searching the much larger PsycINFO database.)
- PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowThe PsycINFO database, produced by the American Psychological Association’s (APA), contains 3 million+ records and summaries dating as far back as the 1600's. Journal coverage spans from the 1800's to the present and includes material from 2,500+ international periodicals in all fields relating to psychology.
- Psychiatry Online This link opens in a new windowA web-based portal featuring DSM-V - the most widely used psychiatric reference in the world - and The American Journal of Psychiatry, along with a variety of other popular psychiatry journals, textbooks, news and more.
- Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities This link opens in a new windowOnline directory for scholarly publishing opportunities in various subject areas. Directories for BUSINESS COLLEGE SET and EDUCATIONAL SET can be found under Journalytics.
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