Database Guide
Best General Databases for Education
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Chronicle of Higher Education (1989+)Full text of the premier newspaper for college and university faculty and administrators.
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Education Source (EBSCOhost)“This database provides scholarly research and information to meet the needs of education students, professionals, and policy makers. It covers all levels of education — from early childhood to higher education — as well as all educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.”
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ERIC (EBSCOhost) (1966+)ERIC is the most complete index to articles and reports on educational topics.
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ERIC Thesaurusa carefully selected list of education-related words and phrases assigned to ERIC records to organize them by subject and make them easier to retrieve through a search.
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Education in Video (Alexander Street)"includes hundreds of in-classroom videos on key teaching topics and themes from the most respected education publishers worldwide."
Additional Resources for Graduate Students
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (1637+)"Each dissertation published since July, 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Simple bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637. Where available, PQDTGlobal provides 24-page previews of dissertations and theses."
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Web of Science (1965+)For search tips see the Web of Science Unraveled guide.
Citation Indexes for finding articles that cite a given author or citation.
- Science Citation Index Expanded (1965+)
- Social Sciences Citation Index (1965+)
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975+)
Citation Connection is now available. This includes:
- Data Citation Index (1900+)
- Derwent Innovations Index – Patents Database (1963+)
- Book Citation Index: Scholarly Books (2005+)
- Conference Proceedings Citation Index (1990+)
- Index Chemicus (IC) (1989+)
- Current Chemical Reactions (1993+)
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WorldCat (FirstSearch)Catalog of library collections from the U.S. and around the world. The world's most comprehensive bibliography, with millions of records for books, periodicals, and other materials in 370 languages and covering information from 4,000 years of knowledge. Includes RLIN catalogs and the Union List of Periodicals.
Other Resources
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)Indexing and full text of articles for array of scholarly and popular topics. Provides full text for over 4,600 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, science, cultural studies, education, and much more.
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Florida Department of Education (FLDOE)Offers directories of schools and colleges by district and name along with press releases, publications, statistics, and employment opportunities.
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MAS Ultra-School Edition (EBSCOhost) (1975+)full text from 500+ popular, high school magazines, 360+ reference books, 85K+ biographies, 100K+ primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 285K+ photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines
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MathSciNet (American Mathematical Society) (1940+)Access to over 70 years of of Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications from 1940 to the present.
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National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)"the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education."
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PapersFirst (FirstSearch) (1993+)OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide; covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.
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Professional Development Collection Education (EBSCOhost)"designed for professional educators, provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles."
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U.S. Department of EducationReports policies on federal financial aid for education, collects and disseminates research, focuses national attention on key educational issues, and promotes equal access to education.
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What Works Clearinghouse (DOE)Collects, screens, and identifies studies of the effectiveness of educational interventions.
Psychological/Behavioral Aspects
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APA PsycInfo (EBSCOhost) (1887+)American Psychological Association's (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.
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Social Sciences & Humanities (SAGE Journals)Browse journals by discipline: Anthropology & Archaeology; Communication & Media Studies; Criminology & Criminal Justice; Cultural Studies; Economics & Development; Education; Ethnic Studies; Family Studies; Gender Studies; Geography; Gerontology & Aging; Group Studies; History; Information Science; Interpersonal Violence; Language & Linguistics; Law; Management & Organization Studies; Marketing & Hospitality; Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution; Philosophy; Politics & International Relations; Psychoanalysis; Psychology & Counseling; Public Administration; Regional Studies; Research Methods & Evaluation; Science & Society Studies; Social Work & Social Policy; Sociology; Special Education; Theology & Biblical Studies; Urban Studies & Planning
Science Resources
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Applied Science & Technology Source (EBSCOhost)“This database offers a diverse array of full-text and indexed content that covers the full spectrum of the applied sciences and computing disciplines—from acoustics to aeronautics, and neural networks to nuclear engineering.”
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General Science Full Text (H.W. Wilson - EBSCOhost) (1984+)"provides full text from more than 100 periodicals dating as far back as 1995, in addition to indexing and abstracts for nearly 300 periodicals dating back to 1984. Subject coverage includes astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, conservation, health & medicine, oceanography, physics, zoology and much more."
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Institute of Physics Journals (IoP)Full text of IOP electronic journals, providing publications through which leading-edge scientific research is distributed worldwide.
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Science Citation Index Expanded (1965+)a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences.
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Science Direct (1997+)Full text scientific, technical and medical research journals, eBooks, Reference works, handbooks and book series published by Elsevier.
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SciFinder Scholar (CAS) (1907+)Bibliographic, compound and reaction information. First-time users must register.
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Springer LINKProviding researchers with access to millions of scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols and reference works.
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Wiley Online Library-Now linking to Wiley Online Homepage. For Publications, click link for Journals, Reference Works, or Online Books below search box
-Full text of Wiley's scholarly journals and many eBooks covering a variety of disciplines.
-For Wiley-IEEE eBooks click here
Social Aspects
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Social Sciences Index (H.W. Wilson) (1974-2004)[online access cancelled due to budget cuts]
paper index available: UCF ARC Main General Collection -- AI3.R492
"Subject coverage includes addiction studies, anthropology, community health & medical care, communications, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies, geography, international relations, law, mass media, minority studies, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, urban studies and much more." -
Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest) (1952+)Sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Includes information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations.
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