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Education Databases

Name Description
Education Research Complete
1990 - Present

NEW!

EbscoHost Education Research Completeoffers the world's largest and most complete collection of full text education journals. It is a bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, as well as areas of curriculum instruction and administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,870 journals, and full text for more than 1,060 journals.

ERIC
1966-current

Click on the 'Find In A Library" link within your results to link to full text of articles.

A searchable database of annotated citations for education-related research, technical reports and journal articles.

ERIC (EbscoHost)
Dates vary

Includes full text linking to articles via SFX.

A searchable database of annotated citations for education-related research, technical reports and journal articles.

Professional Development Collection
Dates vary

Designed for professional educators, this provides a highly specialized collection of more than 550 full text journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles.

Name Description
AP Images
1826 - Current

formerly AccuNet/Associated Press Multimedia Archive; 1 user maximum

an International photo archive (1826-present), a Graphics Database which contains graphics, maps, illustrations and logos, and an AP Audio Database which contains searchable audio clips dating back to the 1920s.

EBSCOHost Professional Development Collection
1965 - Current

Professional Development Collection, designed for professional educators, provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles.

Internet Archive Open Educational Resources

Open Access

Contains Open Educational Resources and university lectures culled together on the Internet Archive. This library contains hundreds of free courses, video lectures, and supplemental materials from universities in the United States and China. Many of these lectures are available for download. The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format.

Kids Search
Dates vary

A research tool for kids in kindergarten through fifth grades.

Kraus Curriculum Development Library Online: KCDLonline
Current Edition

Provides curriculum information on a variety of subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education. Access to over 5,000 curriculas, searchable by subject, keywords, forms of educational content, grades covered, and geographic location.

LexisNexis Statistical
1973 - Present

Includes tables, abstracts, and links to statistical information from State, US, and International sources through LexisNexis. The American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index, Index to International Statistics.

Mental Measurements Yearbook
1985-current

1 concurrent user maximum

Mental Measurements Yearbook is a major resource for descriptive information about and critical reviews of standardized tests- educational, personality, aptitude, neuropsychological, achievement and intelligence.

NoveList K-8
Dates vary

NoveList K-8 allows you to discover the fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in a classroom.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Current

An online library of current event topics: the facts as well as the arguments of each topic's proponents and detractors. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center's unique features include Viewpoint articles and access to statistics and government data placed in context.

Searchasaurus
Dates vary

Searchasaurus is a searchable database for kids that offers resources in a user-friendly interface. Some advanced search options are available, such as the ability to search by Lexile Reading Level.

SimplyMap

5 concurrent users maximum. Free personal registration is required for access.

a web-based mapping application that lets users create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using United States demographic, business, and marketing data. Data sources include the U.S. Census and Census projections.

Student Research Center
Dates vary

EBSCO's Student Research Center allows for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc. Videos are also available for some topics.

Teacher Reference Center (TRC)
current

Journal Information for K-12 Teachers & Librarians. Contains over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals and books.

World Higher Education Database (WHED) Online (Trial)
Current

This trial runs through November 24, 2009. Please send feedback about this resource to Tim Siftar, Education Librarian.

The most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of information on higher education systems and institutions worldwide.  World Higher Education Database Online brings together information on 14,000 institutions offering at least a post-graduate degree or a four year professional diploma in more than 180 countries. Features include fully searchable and cross-referenced data and detailed information on the higher education system of each country

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