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Education Research Guide

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ERIC

ERIC Documents are temporarily unavailable online. Microfiche may be available. Request specifying Call # Microfiche 10 and the ED number in your citation.

Education journal articles (EJ references) and ERIC documents (ED references), 1967-present. EDs before 1997 are in Microforms, Floor 3. Public access version.
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Education Journals Star

Articles from 550 periodicals in the field of primary, secondary and higher education, 1988-present.
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Additional Databases in Education

Academic Search Premier
A good starting point: articles from key journals in many scholarly disciplines, with some trade journals and magazines, 1975-present.
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Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstract
Good indexing of articles in core journals of the social sciences in practice, 1987-present.
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Children's Literature Review
Biographical and critical essays on major children's writers and their work. Part of Literature Criticism Online.
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Chronicle of Higher Education
News, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. Browse issues 1995-current; search articles 1989-current.
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CollegeSource Online
About 20,000 college catalogs from U.S and international institutions, 1994-present.
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Data-Planet

Database trial ends 12/31/11. Please send comments to J. Michael Davis, 413-545-6822.

Data-Planet Statistical Ready Reference provides simple searching of a huge repository of standardized and structured statistical data.
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Educator's Reference Complete
Scholarly journal articles and reports on all aspects of education, 1980-present.
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Films On Demand
3,800 educational videos and historical newsreels. To create playlists and link to course pages, see FAQ.
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International Bibliography of the Social Sciences : IBSS
Unique international coverage of social sciences journals, books and book chapters in over 100 languages, 1951-present.
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International Encyclopedia of Education
Third edition of Elsevier's authoritative title.
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International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Articles, with bibliographies, from experts on all aspects of the social sciences. Current.
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Kraus Curriculum Development Library
Curriculum guides from educators at the state, county and municipal level. Older guides are in microfiche at #553: ask on 3rd floor. 1966-present.
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Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts - LLBA
Indexes the scholarly literature of linguistics and related fields from 1994 to present.
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Mental Measurements Yearbook
Full-text reviews and ordering information for psychological and educational tests, 1916-present.
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PsycINFO
Citations and abstracts for psychology journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations, 1800’s-present.
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Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans
Guide to non-governmental educational financial aid.
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Social Sciences Abstracts
Citations to journal articles in the social sciences, 1983-present.
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