Databases by Subject: Education
Pedagogy / Research/ Theory/ Methods/ Issues
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A multidisciplinary database, Academic OneFile is a great source of authoritative, peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Provides extensive coverage of the humanities, technology, and the physical and social sciences, including education. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily. |
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Academic Search Premier |
Provides full text for over 4,700 news magazines and journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more |
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Offers comprehensive reporting and analysis and in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. |
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An authoritative source of information on the activities of all 3 branches of the U.S. government including the U.S. Congress. Gives a complete wrap-up of the previous week's news, including laws passed, the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, and debates. Use to track education related issues: bills proposed, debates, the budget, etc. |
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A database that features online content from a hundred reference books in a broad range of subjects. |
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Educator's Reference Complete is a selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education. Majority of the full-text titles included are also found in the ERIC database. |
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ERIC |
Provides citation and abstract information from over 1,000 educational journals and related documents from the Educational Resource Information Center and educational symposium report literature dating back to 1967. |
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Professional Development Collection (EBSCOhost) |
Designed for professional educators. Provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 550+ full text education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. |
Curriculum / Teacher / Classroom / Resources
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An acquisition, research, and reference service that offers more than 1,000,000 cataloging records and more than 240,000 reviews of children's books--all full text searchable from 35 review sources |
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A searchable database of curricula that brings together educational objectives, content, instructional strategies, and evaluative techniques for all subjects covered in Pre-K-12 and Adult Basic Education. |
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Kids Infobits* (InfoTrac) |
Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more. (Includes a teacher's toolbox link.) |
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(InfoTrac) |
This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. (Includes a student's toolbox link.) |
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(EBSCOhost) |
Designed specifically for public libraries, this database includes many types of publications useful to both the student and educator. Provides full text for 1,700+ magazines and journals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, health, and much more.World Almanac & Book of Facts, and the latest edition of the American Heritage Dictionary. |
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This periodical database is designed for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. |
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TeachingBooks.net provides original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators and a wealth of multimedia resources on K-12 books that generate enthusiasm for books and reading. |
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World Book Online* |
World Book Online is based on the World Book Encyclopedia, developed by World Book Publishing, Inc. It includes access to over 31,000 encyclopedia articles; 6,000 Web links; 25,000 periodical articles; 800 videos, animations, and sounds; 400 interactive maps; and 3-D bubble views. (Includes an "Educator's Tools" feature with links to curriculum, lesson plans & to Massachusetts standards) |
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