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SUBJECT: Education

Recommended starting places

Education Full Text (WilsonWeb)
(article index)
Provides comprehensive coverage of an international range of English-language periodicals, monographs and yearbooks. Indexing coverage begins June 1983; abstracts are included beginning spring 1994; full text of some journals is available beginning Jan. 1996.

ERIC (CSA); ERIC (ED.gov)
(article index)
1966-present. Covers both journal and non-journal literature in education. The non-journal ERIC documents are available in Michener Library on microfiche; some 1993 and newer ERIC documents are also available online.

Professional Development Collection (EBSCOhost)
(article index)
Designed for professional educators, this collection provides nearly 520 education journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles, as well as more than 200 educational reports.

ProQuest Education Journals
(article index)
Full text articles from leading journals in education and related fields. Also includes ProQuest's Career and Technical Education.

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Cabell's Directories - Education Directory
(reference resource)
Click on Member Area to access directories. Includes Business Directory, Education Directory, and Psychology Directory. These directories list scholarly journals, providing information such as manuscript guidelines, review information, and circulation data.

Colorado Education Statistics
(statistics)
Provides access to Colorado School District data as well as general education statistics at the state level.

Digital Dissertations (ProQuest)
The online version of Dissertation Abstracts, with citations for dissertations from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities beginning in 1861, and master's theses beginning in 1980. For a fee, the full text of many of these titles is available in paper and microform formats, and titles published from 1997 forward are available in digitial format. (Check The Source catalog and Interlibrary Loan for availability at no charge.) In addition, see Dissertations & Theses @ University of Northern Colorado for free downloads of theses and dissertations completed at UNC beginning in 1997.

Education Index Retrospective (WilsonWeb)
(article index)
1929-1983. Indexes over 500 English-language periodicals covering all aspects of education. For more current articles, use Education Full Text, listed above.

ETS Test Link Database
(tests)
Provides description, abstract, and source for more than 25,000 tests and other measurement instruments. About 1200 of these tests are available for download at a cost for $25 per test.

GoENC.com
(reference resource)
A database of lesson ideas, articles about teaching practices, curriculum resources, and professional development tools for math and science teachers.

Kraus Curriculum Development Library
(reference resource)
A database of curricula, frameworks, and standards bringing together educational objectives, content, instructional strategies, and evaluative techniques for all subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education.

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (CSA)
(article index)
1973-present. Covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics, as well as various fields of linguistics.

Mental Measurements Yearbook (EBSCOhost)
(tests)
Mental Measurements Yearbook, from the Buros Institute, contains descriptive information and reviews of commercially available standardized educational, personality, aptitude, neuropsychological, achievement, and intelligence tests.

National Center for Education Statistics Table & Figures Search
(statistics)
This search tool provides access to all tables/figures/charts published in NCES publications including Condition of Education, Digest of Education Statistics and the National Education Data Resource Center.

NEBR Working Papers
(reference resource)
1994-present. Economic Research disseminated by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization.

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
(dissertations and theses)
Index to restricted and unrestricted electronic theses and dissertations; use the Scirus ETD search

Special Ed Connection
(reference resource)
Contains special education case law, statutes, regulations, and administrative rulings at federal and state levels. Request assistance at the Michener Reference Desk for the required username and password for use in Michener Library.

Testing & Education Reference Center (Gale)
(reference resource, tests)
Current information on colleges and universities, scholarships, and financial aid. Also includes a wide variety of test preparation eBooks and sample tests. Note: the actual standardized tests are not included in this product.

Tests in Print (EBSCOhost)
(reference resource, tests)
Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides information including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).

WorldCat (FirstSearch)
(reference resource)
A catalog of books and other materials from libraries worldwide.

K-12 Databases

EBSCO Animals (EBSCOhost)
EBSCO's Encyclopedia of Animals offers in-depth information, including images, on a variety of topics relating to animals.

History Reference Center (EBSCOhost)
Features full text for more than 2,300 reference books and non-fiction books, and more than 130 leading history periodicals. Also contains historical documents, biographies of historical figures, historical photos and maps, and historical video.

Literary Reference Center (EBSCOhost)
A comprehensive literary reference database that combines information from over 1,000 books, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, and hundreds of literary journals.

MAS Ultra – School Edition (EBSCOhost)
Full text for more than 500 popular, high school magazines as well as reference books, biographies, images, and primary source documents.

Middle Search Plus (EBSCOhost)
Full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines as well as biographies, historical essays, images, and primary source documents.

Points of View Reference Center (EBSCOhost)
Essays and additional materials, including supporting articles, about a wide variety of controversial subjects.

Primary Search (EBSCOhost)
Full text for nearly 70 popular, elementary school magazines, as well as the American Heritage Children’s Dictionary and an image collection.

Science Reference Center (EBSCOhost)
Provides full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, and periodicals.

TOPICsearch (EBSCOhost)
A current events database featuring full text for over 105,000 articles from diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.

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