Databases by Subject
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Databases for Education
- Children's Literature Review
- Online, full-text literary criticism, anthologized and excerpted from books and journal articles. Criticism of classic to modern children's authors. Part of Literature Critcism Online
- EBSCO Animals
- Provides thousands of easy-to-read entries about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals.
- Education Abstracts
- Coverage: 1983 - current
- Subjects include administration, teaching methods and curriculum, literacy, government funding, and more.
- ERIC
- Coverage: 1966 - current
- References to thousands of educational topics. Includes journal articles, books, theses, curriculi, conference papers, and standards and guidelines.
- K-12 Resources (Ebsco)
- Coverage: 1984 - current
- Resource package developed by EBSCO for elementary and secondary schools containing full text resources including a Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia, an animal database, and periodical databases aimed at children and young adults (Primary Search, Middle Search Plus, and MAS Ultra - School Edition).
- MAS Ultra-school Edition
- Specifically designed for high school students with full text of 500 periodicals, 350 reference books, 100,000 primary source documents, 84,700 biographies - plus over 235,000 photos, maps, and flags
- Middle Search Plus
- For middle and junior high school students, with 140 full text titles (with Lexile reading level), as well as historical essays, 84,700 biographies, over 235,000 images, and 100,000 primary source documents.
- Primary Search
- Includes Searchasaurus interface plus full text of 70 periodicals (with Lexile reading level), plus encyclopedias, a dictionary and other reference books.
- Professional Development Collection
- Coverage: 1984 - current
- Highly specialized collection of nearly 440 full text journals, designed for professional educators.
- PsycARTICLES
- Coverage: 1988 - current
- Full text articles on current issues in psychology, general psychology, and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology, covering journals published by the American Psychological Association and other allied organizations. NOTE: You can search both PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES at the same time. Contact Reference Desk x6662.
- PsycINFO
- Coverage: 1887 - current
- Comprehensive international database of psychology. Covers the academic, research, and practice literature in psychology. NOTE: You can search both PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES at the same time. Contact Reference Desk x6662.
- Teacher Reference Center
- Coverage: varies
- Popular trade journals, periodicals and books covering key educational topics, such as asssessment, continuing education, current pedagogical research, curriculum development, instructional media, language arts, literacy standards, science and mathematics.
- Web Of Knowledge
- Coverage: 1900 - current
- Citation-based searching in all disciplines. Includes Science Citation Index (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1900-present), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present).
- Web Of Science
- Coverage: 1900 - current
- Citation-based searching in all disciplines. Includes Science Citation Index (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1900-present), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present).