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Recommended Databases: Education

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ERIC via Ebsco (with links to full text ERIC Documents)
A complete bibliography of educational materials from the Educational Resources Information Center at the US Department of Education. MORE DETAILS...


Abstracts: 1966
Full text: 1996

Education Full Text [a subset of Wilson's OmniFile]
Covers contemporary education issues, including government funding, instructional media, multicultural education, info technology, etc. MORE DETAILS...


Abstracts: 1994+
Full text: 1996+

choose Omnifile with Education as subject
Professional Development Collection via Ebsco
Provides a highly specialized collection of information especially for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers.
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Full text: 1965+

Social Sciences Citation Index
Published by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI); Delivered via the Web of Science platform.
The Social Sciences Citation Index® (SSCI®) and Social SciSearch® provide access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 1,700 of the world's leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines. They also cover individually selected, relevant items from approximately 3,300 of the world's leading science and technology journals. MORE DETAILS...


1991+
additional databases
ABI-Inform via ProQuest Direct
Covering business and management as well as related functional areas. Abstracts: 1971+, Full text: 1991+. MORE DETAILS...

Abstracts: 1971+
Full text: 1991+
Academic Search Elite via Ebsco
Broad coverage —including biological sciences, economics, communications, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences and women's studies. MORE DETAILS...

Abstracts: 1984+
Full text: 1990+

Contemporary Women's Issues via FirstSearch
Focuses on timely and relevant topics and meaningful issues for women, including health, human rights, the work place, legal status, and more. MORE ABOUT FIRSTSEARCH DATABASES...


1992+
CQ Researcher
The Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology.

1991+
Current Contents Connect
A multidisciplinary current awareness Web resource providing access to complete bibliographic information from over 8,000 of the world's leading scholarly journals and more than 2,000 books. MORE DETAILS...

1998+
Dissertations & Theses via Proquest
The database includes citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester; those published from 1980 forward also include 350- word abstracts, written by the author. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Of the millions of titles listed, UMI offers over 1.8 million in full text.

The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European universities. MORE DETAILS...

ebrary
A collection of 13,000+ electronic books (ebooks) online. Strong in key academic subject areas including Business & Economics, Computers, Technology & Engineering, Humanities, Life & Physical Sciences, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. MORE DETAILS...

eBooks
FirstGov
A centralized place to find information from 20,000+ local, state, and US Government Agency websites.

US Government
Website

Index to Legal Periodicals & Books via FirstSearch
Covers all areas of jurisprudence, including court decisions, legislation, and original scholarship. MORE ABOUT FIRSTSEARCH DATABASES...

1981+

LexisNexis Academic
Access to full-text legal, medical, business, biographical and news and information from over 5000 sources. MORE DETAILS...

MAS Ultra - School Edition via Ebsco
Covers popular high school level magazines. MORE DETAILS...

Abstracts: 1984+
Full text: 1990+
MasterFile Select via Ebsco
Full text from over 750 general reference, business, consumer
health, general science, humanities, and multicultural periodicals. MORE DETAILS...

Abstracts: 1984+
Full text: 1990+

PapersFirst via FirstSearch
Provides access to individual papers presented at worldwide meetings, conferences, expositions, workshops, congresses, and symposia. MORE DETAILS...


1993+
Primary Search via Ebsco
Primary Search provides full text from 50 children’s magazines appropriate for elementary schools and children’s reading rooms and more. MORE DETAILS...
PsycARTICLES via Ebsco
PsycARTICLES is an online database containing full-text articles from 49 peer reviewed journals published by APA and allied organizations. Covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology. MORE DETAILS...

1988+

PsycINFO via Ebsco
PsycINFO extensively covers psychological literature and includes relevant materials from related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, law, criminology, social science, and organizational behavior.
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1967+
Reader's Guide Full Text part of WilsonWeb's OmniFile
Covers the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the US and Canada. MORE DETAILS...

1994+

then search within Omnifile
Research Library via ProQuest Direct
Provides access to full-text journals across a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, literature, political science, and psychology.MORE DETAILS...

1971+

SIRs Government Reporter
Documents from the US government. Information on health, science, economics, environment, politics, foreign affairs, workplace issues, business and industry is included. MORE DETAILS...


Abstracts: 1971+
Full text: 1991+

SIRS Researcher
Select full-text articles covering a a variety of social, scientific, historic, economic, political and global issues. MORE DETAILS...


Abstracts: 1971+
Full text: 1991+

Social Sciences Full Text part of WilsonWeb's OmniFile
Covers the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, etc. MORE DETAILS...


Abstracts: 1994+
Full text: 1995+

then search within Omnifile
Special Education Online
Provides full text of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Law Report® (IDELR), Early Childhood Law and Policy Reporter and complete Federal Education Statutes and Regulations and more. MORE DETAILS...

Star-Online
A
comprehensive, collaborative communication system which provides a rich array of individualized training available to teachers and students anytime, anyplace.

Westlaw Campus
An online legal research tool designed specifically for undergraduate and graduate students who need to research law-related issues. MORE DETAILS...

 

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