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Chronicle of Higher Education (1989+) (current website access ceases 12/31/2025) This link opens in a new windowFull text of the premier newspaper for college and university faculty and administrators.
NOTE: UCF's subscription access to the Chronicle's web version expires 12/31/2025. Access to full text through various other databases will continue, with an embargo blocking the most recent 1 month of content.
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Education in Video (Alexander Street) This link opens in a new window"includes hundreds of in-classroom videos on key teaching topics and themes from the most respected education publishers worldwide."
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Education Source (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window“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+) This link opens in a new windowERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and research. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Content includes journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books dating back to 1966.
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ERIC + Education Research Index (1966+) This link opens in a new windowEducation Research Index combines ERIC, the leading education research database produced by the U.S. Department of Education, with the new Supplemental Education Index, which was created to expand upon the current scope of ERIC. Together, they offer journal articles, reports, documents, books, all indexed with the ERIC vocabulary for a unified search experience.
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ERIC Thesaurus This link opens in a new windowa 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.
Curriculum Materials Center (CMC) Databases
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Child Care and Early Education Research Connections Offers a comprehensive and easily searchable collection of more than 10,000 resources from the many disciplines related to child care and early education. To find the most current Reports & Papers, Fact Sheets & Briefs, Executive Summaries, Datasets, and Instruments & Measures, conduct a search or browse Recently Added Resources
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Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowThis multi-disciplinary database provides active full text for more than 8,500 journals, including active full text for over 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.
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Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) This link opens in a new windowPublication information and MARC records on over 600,000 children's books, and more than 100,000 reviews. "The CLCD Enterprise PreK-12 dB is the premier academic resource for courses needing to locate Children’s and Young Adult books and other media. The content includes millions of fiction and non-fiction titles, thousands of awards and quality reviews including author/title links, lesson plans and teaching guides. The search engine offers multiple options including 50 search filters to find materials for determining interest & reading levels; selecting trade books based on standards; creating thematic, annotated biographies; interpreting reviews; developing classroom collections and 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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National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) This link opens in a new window"the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education."
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Primary Search (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowPrimary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.
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Professional Development Collection Education (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowDesigned for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.
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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.
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