Education Databases
Start with these databases:
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ERIC
- ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, is a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information. It is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences within the U.S. Department of Education.
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ProQuest Central
- A scholarly, multi-disciplinary, database; with full text coverage of
thousands of journals in a range of subjects. This database is a good starting
place for almost any topic search.
Other databases:
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Education Week
- Education Week is a United States national newspaper covering
K–12 education. It is published by Editorial Projects in Education (EPE), a
nonprofit organization, which is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland in
Greater Washington DC. The newspaper publishes 37 issues a year, three of them
special annual reports (Quality Counts, Technology Counts, and
Diplomas Count).
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Family & Society Studies Worldwide (EBSCOhost)
- Comprised of four database files, Family & Society Studies
Worldwide meets educational needs of professionals in all fields of
social work, social science and family practice. It indexes publications from
a wide range of social science disciplines, including anthropology, sociology,
psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history
and social work.
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JSTOR
- A scholarly journal archive that provides image and full text access to
archival (more than 5 years old) scholarly journals in a wide variety of
subject areas.
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Project MUSE
- Provides full-text access to a selection of humanities and social sciences
journals.
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PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)
- This database is a resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles,
book chapters, books, and dissertations and is the largest resource devoted to
peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains
approximately 3 million citations and summaries dating as far back as the 1600s
with DOIs for over 1.4 million records. Journal coverage, which spans from the
1800s to present, includes international material selected from around 2,400
periodicals in dozens of languages.
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Sage Journals Online
- General purpose database for scholarly articles.
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ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
- Extensive database of Elsevier journals in a wide range of subjects.
Excellent searching capabilities and full text access. An excellent resource
for authoritative information in many subject disciplines.
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TESOL Quarterly and
TESOL Journal
- Refereed journals for teachers of English as a second language.
Catalog with reviews:
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Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD)
- Index of reviews (some full text) for children’s literature with some
curriculum connections for specific books. Supports the Education Program and
classes in children’s literature taught in the English program.
Reference databases:
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Gale eBooks
- An online reference utility that hosts selected encyclopedias and other
reference publications.
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Oxford Reference Online - Premium
- Language and subject reference works from Oxford Press into single cross
searchable reference.
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Sage Knowledge
- Offers access to selected reference encyclopedias, handbooks, and videos
with coverage mostly in the areas of social sciences and health care.
Other useful resources:
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Library Catalog
- Search for books, audio, video, and periodicals at the Utah Tech University
Library.
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Electronic Books
- A list of ebook databases available at Utah Tech.
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Full-Text Periodicals List
- Find a specific journal or magazine.
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Interlibrary loan
- Borrow materials from other libraries.
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WorldCat Discovery
- Search library catalogs in Utah and beyond.
