Database Guide
- Wide selection of EDUCATION databasesexpand your research to related subject areas
Best General Databases for Teacher Leadership
- 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.”
See also Education Index Retrospective (1929-1983) - Education Index Retrospective (H.W. Wilson) (1929-1983)"Education Index Retrospective™: 1929-1983 indexes more than 800 periodicals and yearbooks, and cites approximately 850,000 articles, including book reviews."
See also Education Source - Education in Video (Alexander Street)
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"includes hundreds of in-classroom videos on key teaching topics and themes from the most respected education publishers worldwide." - ERIC (EBSCOhost) (1966+)ERIC is the most complete index to articles and reports on educational topics.
- 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."
- Teacher Reference Center (EBSCOhost)"Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 periodicals."
Additional Resources for Graduate Students
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (1637+)
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"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."
For abstracts from 1938-1980 see the print volumes of Dissertation Abstracts International - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
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Provides citation indexing of top high-impact journals with powerful tools such as cited reference searching and Author Finder, 256 categories thoroughly cover the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. - 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.
Business / Management Aspects
- ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) (1971+)
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Covers advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, business conditions, trends, corporate strategies & tactics, management techniques, competitive & product information, company histories & new product development - Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)Covers management, economics, finance, banking, investment, and related fields. Full text included for nearly 2,300 journals.
International Aspects
- Taylor & Francis Journals (T&F)a one-stop site hosting international journals published by Taylor & Francis and Routledge
Other
- 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.
- Art & Architecture Source (EBSCOhost)“This art research database covers a broad range of subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. It features full-text articles, indexing and abstracts for an array of journals, books and more.”
see also Art Index Retrospective (1929-1984) - Florida's PK-20 Education Reports & Resources (Florida Department of Education)"Florida’s PK-20 Education Information Portal connects people with reports and statistical information about PK-12, college, career and adult education and employment outcomes for Florida students, staff and schools."
- JSTORFull text of research journals and eBooks from numerous publishers. For most of the journal content, we can access all but the 3 to 5 most recent years of the journal.
- Nexis Uni
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Full text of news and legal sources, as well as company and industry data. - Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) (ProQuest) (1973+)abstracts & indexes the international literature in linguistics & related disciplines in the language sciences.
- Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print (EBSCOhost) (1985+)Information about and reviews of English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas.
- OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson) (1982+)*[Canceled due to budget cuts.]
Use the following databases which contain content contained in OmniFile:
- Business Abstracts Full Text
- Education Source
- General Science Full Text
- Humanities Source
- Readers' Guide
- Social Sciences Full Text (canceled due to budget cuts) - SPORTDiscus (EBSCOhost) (1975+)comprehensive, bibliographic coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines.
- Taylor & Francis Journals (T&F)a one-stop site hosting international journals published by Taylor & Francis and Routledge
- U.S. Department of Education Research & StatisticsInformation on education-related data and research.
- What Works Clearinghouse (U.S. Dept of Education)identifies studies that provide credible and reliable evidence of the effectiveness of a given practice, program, or policy (referred to as “interventions”)
- 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.
-See also Wiley-IEEE eBooks
Psychological / Behavioral Aspects
- 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.
- SAGE Journalsfull text of hundreds of Sage journals in Sciences, Social Sciences & Humanities
Scientific / Technology Aspects
- LearnTechLib - the Learning & Technology LibrarySource for peer-reviewed and published articles and papers on the latest research, developments, and applications related to all aspects of Educational Technology and E-Learning
- Science Direct (1997+)
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Full text scientific, technical and medical research journals, eBooks, Reference works, handbooks and book series published by Elsevier. - Springer LINKProviding researchers with access to millions of scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols and reference works.
Social Aspects
- America: History & Life (EBSCOhost)America: History and Life provides information about American history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
- 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+)
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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.
Statistics
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)"the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education."