UCF Research Guides: Instructional Design & Technology Databases: Instructional Design & Technology

Instructional Design & Technology Databases

Relevant Databases

ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) (1971+)
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Abstracts in New Technology & Engineering -- ANTE (ProQuest) (1993+)
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(formerly Current Technology Database)
Sources covered include over 350 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books, and press releases.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
ACM Digital Library
Applied Science & Technology Source (EBSCOhost)
formerly called Applied Science & Technology (EBSCOhost/Wilson) (1983+)
Blended Online Learning & Distance Education (BOLDE)
Education Database (ProQuest) (1988+)
Subject coverage:
- Adult education
- Elementary education
- Higher education
- Home schooling
- Secondary education
- Special needs education
- Teacher education
EDUCAUSE Library
Library Topics:
- Cybersecurity
- Information Systems & Services
- Information Technology Management & Leadership
- Infrastructure & Emerging Technologies
- Libraries & Technology
- Policy & Law
- Teaching & Learning
Specific resources include: Agreements or Contracts; Articles, Briefs, Papers & Reports; Blogs & Wikis; Certification, Education, Training & Tutorials; E-Books; Government Documents; Infographics; Multimedia; Plans & Guidelines; Policies & Procedures; Presentations & Seminars; Programs & Projects; RFPs; Webinars; Surveys; Tools; Web Sites
JSTOR
National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
Professional Development Collection Education (EBSCOhost)
"This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 700 journals."
SAGE Journals
Taylor & Francis Journals (T&F)
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
Teacher Reference Center (EBSCOhost)
"96% of journals indexed in the database are peer-reviewed. Topics include: Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School Administration, Science & Mathematics, and Teacher Education."
Wiley Online Library
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
WorldCat (FirstSearch)

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Dissertations

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (1637+)
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"ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Global (PQDTGlobal) is the world's most comprehensive collection of full-text dissertations and theses. As the official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and as the database of record for graduate research, PQDTGlobal includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. Over 2.1 million titles are available for purchase as printed copies. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works. It also includes PQDT UK & Ireland content."
DART-Europe E-theses Portal
Dissertations (Center for Research Libraries)
EThOS -- e-Theses Online Service (British Library)
"There are approximately 380,000 records relating to theses awarded by over 120 institutions. Around 120,000 of these also provide access to the full text thesis, either via download from the EThOS database or via links to the institution’s own repository. Of the remaining 260,000 records dating back to at least 1800, three quarters are available to be ordered for scanning through the EThOS digitisation-on-demand facility."
Global ETD Search
Open Access Theses & Dissertations (OATD)
Theses Canada
Trove (National Library of Australia)
WorldCat Dissertations & Theses (FirstSearch)
Provides access to over 5 million records of dissertations and theses. Also available via WorldCat.org by performing an advanced search and selecting Thesis/dissertation in the content box.

Research Guides and Other Resources

Aviation Training

ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) (1971+)
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Applied Science & Technology Source (EBSCOhost)
formerly called Applied Science & Technology (EBSCOhost/Wilson) (1983+)
Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)
IEEE Xplore
IEEE Electronic Library (IEL) includes access to the full text of IEEE content published since 1988 with select content published since 1872 from:
- IEEE journals, transactions, and magazines, including early access documents
- IEEE conference proceedings
- IET conference proceedings
- IEEE published standards
- IEEE Standards Dictionary Online
VDE VERLAG Conference Proceedings includes complimentary access to the AbstractPlus records and select full text published since 2005
Bell Labs Technical Journal includes access to the AbstractPlus records and full text articles published from 1922
IEEE-Wiley eBooks Library includes full text access to all IEEE-Wiley eBooks titles copyrighted in the year(s) 1974-2013
Individual Online Journals includes access to all AbstractPlus records and full text published since 2005 from:
- Systems Engineering and Electronics, Journal of
-IET journals are now largely Open Access at the IET Research Hub on Wiley Online Library

Healthcare/Medical Simulation Training

CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCOhost) (1937+)
PubMed (MEDLINE) (1948+)
PubMed citations and abstracts include the fields of biomedicine and health, covering portions of the life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering. PubMed also provides access to additional relevant web sites and links to the other NCBI molecular biology resources.
PubMed is a free resource that is developed and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Publishers of journals can submit their citations to NCBI and then provide access to the full-text of articles at journal web sites using LinkOut."
Applied Science & Technology Source (EBSCOhost)
formerly called Applied Science & Technology (EBSCOhost/Wilson) (1983+)
Biotechnology & Bioengineering Abstracts (ProQuest) (1982+)
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Biotechnology Research Abstracts (ProQuest)
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Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Wiley)
"includes reports published in conference proceedings and in many other sources not currently listed in MEDLINE or other bibliographic databases."
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Wiley)
"Data is evidence-based medicine and is often combined statistically (with meta-analysis) to increase the power of the findings of numerous studies, each too small to produce reliable results individually."
Compendex (Ei Engineering Village) (1884+)
Coverage includes nuclear technology, bioengineering, transportation, chemical and process engineering, light and optical technology, agricultural engineering and food technology, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications, control, civil, mechanical, materials, petroleum, aerospace and automotive engineering as well as narrower subtopics within all these and other major engineering fields.
Health Technology Assessments (HTA)
IEEE Xplore
IEEE Electronic Library (IEL) includes access to the full text of IEEE content published since 1988 with select content published since 1872 from:
- IEEE journals, transactions, and magazines, including early access documents
- IEEE conference proceedings
- IET conference proceedings
- IEEE published standards
- IEEE Standards Dictionary Online
VDE VERLAG Conference Proceedings includes complimentary access to the AbstractPlus records and select full text published since 2005
Bell Labs Technical Journal includes access to the AbstractPlus records and full text articles published from 1922
IEEE-Wiley eBooks Library includes full text access to all IEEE-Wiley eBooks titles copyrighted in the year(s) 1974-2013
Individual Online Journals includes access to all AbstractPlus records and full text published since 2005 from:
- Systems Engineering and Electronics, Journal of
-IET journals are now largely Open Access at the IET Research Hub on Wiley Online Library

Hospitality Industry Training

ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) (1971+)
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Hospitality & Tourism Complete (EBSCOhost) (1960+)
Leisure Tourism Abstracts (CABI) (1974+)
Hospitality and Tourism (Gale OneFile)

Instructional Tools

Military Training

Inspec and Inspec Archive (Ei Village) (1896+)
IEEE Xplore
IEEE Electronic Library (IEL) includes access to the full text of IEEE content published since 1988 with select content published since 1872 from:
- IEEE journals, transactions, and magazines, including early access documents
- IEEE conference proceedings
- IET conference proceedings
- IEEE published standards
- IEEE Standards Dictionary Online
VDE VERLAG Conference Proceedings includes complimentary access to the AbstractPlus records and select full text published since 2005
Bell Labs Technical Journal includes access to the AbstractPlus records and full text articles published from 1922
IEEE-Wiley eBooks Library includes full text access to all IEEE-Wiley eBooks titles copyrighted in the year(s) 1974-2013
Individual Online Journals includes access to all AbstractPlus records and full text published since 2005 from:
- Systems Engineering and Electronics, Journal of
-IET journals are now largely Open Access at the IET Research Hub on Wiley Online Library
ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) (1971+)
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Applied Science & Technology Source (EBSCOhost)
formerly called Applied Science & Technology (EBSCOhost/Wilson) (1983+)
Compendex (Ei Engineering Village) (1884+)
Coverage includes nuclear technology, bioengineering, transportation, chemical and process engineering, light and optical technology, agricultural engineering and food technology, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications, control, civil, mechanical, materials, petroleum, aerospace and automotive engineering as well as narrower subtopics within all these and other major engineering fields.
Military & Government FullTEXT (EBSCOhost) (1975+)

Legal Resources

Nexis Uni - Education
Education Law -- Florida Cases -- Florida Statutes & Administrative Code -- Florida Administrative Hearings & Decisions
Index to Legal Periodicals & Books Full Text (H.W. Wilson)* (print only)
-UCF online access ended on Dec. 31, 2018 due to funding.
-Print index UCF Main Library Reference Collection K 9 .N75 (1926-1994)
-Print index UCF Main Library Reference Collection K 9 .N75 (1994-2004)
LegalTrac (Gale OneFile) (1980+)

Yearbook of Education Law / Yearbook of School Law
Call Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- KF 4102.5 .Y4 (1972+)
Online editions 1997+
ch4ck availability of print editions (1988+)
ch4ck availability of print editions (1972-1987)
federal and state cases
Typical annual chapters: School Governance -- Employees -- Students -- Bargaining -- Students with Disabilities -- Torts -- Sports -- Higher Education -- Students in Higher Education -- Federal & State Legislation
Special Chapters: 2021 - COVID | 2020 - Polish Education Law | 2019 - Taiwan | 2018 - Nigeria; Sweden | 2017 - Hungary; South Africa; Vietnam | 2015 - England; Spain; China | 2014 - Canada; Turkey; Brazil | 2013 - Netherlands; South Africa | 2012 - Germany; Malaysia; Russia | 2011 - Australia; China; England

Social Aspects

Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest) (1952+)
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Statistical Resources: Florida

Statistical Resources: U.S.

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
U.S. Department of Education Research & Statistics
Laws
"Legislation, regulations, guidance, and other policy documents can be found here for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, No Child Left Behind, and other topics."

Videos

Academic Video Online Premium (AVON) (Alexander Street)
Extensive collection of streaming videos in many genres and disciplines.
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."
Florida PBS Learning Media
"PBS LearningMedia provides PreK-12 educators with access to free digital content and professional development opportunities designed to improve teacher effectiveness and student achievement."