Secondary Education Databases: Secondary Education

formerly called Applied Science & Technology (EBSCOhost/Wilson) (1983+)

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Graduate Schools:
-GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test)
-Graduate School and Scholarship Search
-GRE (Graduate Record Examinations)
-LSAT (Law School Admission Test)
-MCAT (Medical College Admission Test)
-Miller Analogies (MAT)
-PCAT (Pharmacy College Admission Test)

International
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
- TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication)
- U.S. Citizenship
-IELTS (International English Language Testing System) (Foundation Skills)

Career Tools:
-Accountant/Auditor
-ACT WorkKeys
-American Foreign Service Officer
-Aviation & Transportation
-Career/Vo-Tech School Search
-Clerical
-Cosmetology
-Firefighter
- IT: - Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
-- CompTIA A+
-Journeyman Electrician
-Journeyman Plumber
-Law Enforcement Careers
-Medical: Nursing - Dental - EMT/Paramedic - Massage Therapy - Physician Assistant -
-- Physical Therapy - Radiologic Technologist - Surgical Technician - Veterinary Technician
-Military (ASVAB and AFOQT)
-Postal
-Real Estate
-Resume Writing
-Social Work
-Teacher
-Virtual Career Library

High School Tools:
-Advanced Placement (AP)
-Catholic High School Entrance Exams
-Florida Standards Assessment (FSA)
-High School Equivalency Exams
-Independent/Specialized High School Entrance Exams
-High School Subject Tests
-SHSAT (Specialized High School Admissions Test - New York City)
-State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR)
-STEM Resources
-Texas Success Initiative Assessment 2.0 (TSIA2)

Foundation Skills:
-Basic Skills English/Writing Tutorials
-Basic Skills Math Tutorials
-Basic Skills Question Banks (Math, Reading, Science, Writing)
-Microsoft Office Tutorials
-Math Videos
-Windows 11 Tutorials

College Prep Tools:
-ACCUPLACER
-ACT
-ASSET
-CLEP
-College and Scholarship Search
-DSST (DANTES Subject Standardized Tests)
-PERT (Postsecondary Education Readiness Test - Florida)
-PSAT (Preliminary SAT)
-Resume Writing
-SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)
-TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education)
-THEA (Texas Higher Education Assessment)

You can use the custom table builder to create a table, graph, or map of any indicators you wish.

Subject coverage:
- Adult education
- Elementary education
- Higher education
- Home schooling
- Secondary education
- Special needs education
- Teacher education

"The database provides information on societal trends affecting education, including segregation, multiculturalism, feminism, and economic developments. Subject coverage includes adult education, continuing education, literacy standards, multicultural/ethnic education, teaching methods and much more."

(previous database name: Public Library Core Collection: Fiction)
Print version is shelved at Z 5916.W74 (latest edition in Reference)
- Fiction Core Collection (2010+)
- Fiction Catalog (1991-2008)

Use Google Scholar as a first step of discovery, but then focus your research by using specific databases relevant to your subject discipline.

The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,500 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, and dissertations.

Sources include newspapers, wire services, magazines, SEC filings, law cases, state and federal codes, law review journals, and reference works. Limited coverage of health administration news.
LexisNexis Academic (previous platform) is no longer accessible, as of December 2018.

"This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 700 journals."

You can search and browse the journals and reference works on Taylor & Francis Online for free. Use advanced search to restrict to "Only content I have full access to" unless you want to request articles through Interlibrary Loan since UCF's subscription only includes some journals, one reference work, and none of the abstract databases.
Journal subject coverage includes:
- Area Studies
- Arts
- Behavioral Sciences (includes Archive Collection)
- Bioscience
- Built Environment
- Communication Studies
- Computer Science (includes Archive Collection)
- Development Studies
- Earth Sciences
- Economics, Finance, Business & Industry
- Education (includes Archive Collection)
- Engineering & Technology (includes Archive Collection)
- Environment & Agriculture
- Environment & Sustainability
- Food Science & Technology
- Geography
- Health & Social Care
- Humanities
- Information Science
- Language & Literature
- Law
- Mathematics & Statistics
- Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Allied Health
- Museum & Heritage Studies
- Physical Sciences (includes Chemistry Archive Collection)
- Politics & International Relations
- Social Sciences
- Sports & Leisure
- Tourism, Hospitality & Events
- Urban Studies

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+)
- Current Contents Connect (1998+)

Disciplines include:
- Agriculture, Aquaculture & Food Science
- Architecture & Planning
- Art & Applied Arts
- Business, Economics, Finance & Accounting
- Chemistry
- Computer Science & Information Technology
- Earth, Space & Environmental Sciences
- Humanities
- Law & Criminology
- Life Sciences
- Mathematics & Statistics
- Medicine
- Nursing, Dentistry & Healthcare
- Physical Sciences & Engineering
- Psychology
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
- Veterinary Medicine

"The publication contains information on a variety of subjects in the field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, federal funds for education, libraries, and international education. Supplemental information on population trends, attitudes on education, education characteristics of the labor force, government finances, and economic trends provides background for evaluating education data."

You can use the custom table builder to create a table, graph, or map of any indicators you wish.

The U.S. Census Bureau terminated the collection of data for the Statistical Compendia program effective October 1, 2011.

Formerly PrimaryTOM, this periodical database with almost 125 titles, is designed for elementary school students, with easy access to full-text magazines, from publishers such as Cobblestone and Scholastic and Time, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) provides information about behavioral measurement tools used across diverse professions and disciplines, including medicine, nursing, public health, psychology, social work, sociology, communication, and organizational behavior. HaPI helps researchers, students, and clinicians locate questionnaires, interviews, and other tests relevant to their investigations, theses, dissertations, and grant proposals and helps researchers to enhance the quality, reliability, and validity of their measurement techniques.