Titles by Subject - Education
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The APS Archive of Teaching Resources is a digital library of peer-reviewed science teaching resources that is free and open to educators worldwide. As of January 2009, the Archive contained more than 2,200 peer-reviewed teaching resources including audiovisual materials, lesson plans, teaching journal articles, and scientific content materials. (http://www.apsarchive.org/)
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Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
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Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost) is a multi-disciplinary database that provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
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BigChalk eLibrary serves as a starting point for student inquiry. eLibrary features a powerful user interface designed to make research easy. Students find the answers they need from more than 2,500 fulltext magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts - plus thousands of pictures, maps, web links, and audio/video files.
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Britannica Online includes the Encyclopaedia Britannica as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, the Britannica Student Encyclopaedia, and the Britannica Book of the Year. It also provides an Internet directory to more than 300,000 sites selected by Britannica editors. This is also filed under Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Ebrary is a comprehensive subscription database of e-books and other authoritative materials that includes more than 37,000 titles in 16 key subject areas. Students will need to download the ebrary reader onto their computer in order to read the available items. There is a download tab on the main page of ebrary that you may click to download.
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Educational Media Reviews Online Database contains more than 3500 reviews of educational videos, DVDs and CD-ROMs, written by librarians and teaching faculty from the United States and Canada. The University at Buffalo-SUNY sponsors the database, which focuses on adult media, but also contains reviews for grades K-12 media. (http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/emro/search.asp)
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Educator's Collection (InfoTrac) is perfect for educating future teachers and administrators. This set covers the latest technologies, developments, instruction and coaching breakthroughs as well as background information on child health and development. Included in this set are 250 journals.
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Educator's Reference Complete (InfoTrac) This comprehensive database covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college and includes virtually every educational specialty, such as bilingual studies, health, technology and testing. The database also includes resources on issues related to administration, funding and policy in education.
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| Encyclopaedia Britannica | Encyclopaedia Britannica Online includes the Encyclopaedia Britannica as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, the Britannica Student Encyclopaedia, and the Britannica Book of the Year. It also provides an Internet directory to more than 300,000 sites selected by Britannica editors. This is also filed under Britannica Online. |
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ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) is the world's most widely used index to educational-related literature. Established in 1966, ERIC is supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement and is administered by the U.S. National Library of Education (NLE). ERIC is the largest education database in the world—containing over one million records of journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, and books.
To access this database, you must change the database listed from ProQuest Educational Journals. To do this, click on the link on the left side of the page (right under the tabs). This link is called "Databases Selected." On the next screen select ERIC. When the next screen pops up you can continue your search. |
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Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac) provides information on topics from arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. This database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!
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| Films On Demand | Films On Demand offers streaming educational videos in a variety of subjects, including the humanities, social sciences, business, science, math, health and medicine. |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library (InfoTrac) is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office).
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The Gateway to Educational Materials allows you to search for educational resources, such as lesson plans and curriculum units. GEM draws from some of the country's best museums, universities, and government programs, including NASA, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, the National Science Foundation, and the Exploratorium in San Francisco. GEM is sponsored by the National Education Association (NEA). (http://www.thegateway.org/)
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General OneFile (InfoTrac) is a one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.
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General Reference Center Gold (InfoTrac) is a general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.
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| International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship | International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship is the first fully electronic peer-reviewed journal in which original papers on nursing education issues and research are published. Papers involving theory, research, innovations, issues and perspectives about nursing education, as well as responses to articles are published in IJNES. |
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JSTOR provides access to archived backfiles of journals in arts & sciences, language & literature, general science, ecology & botany, and music. The full-text of journals is provided for each title beginning with Volume 1. Recent volumes may or may not be included, depending on the agreement between JSTOR and the publishers. Some titles may be from 2 to 5 years behind current publishing. Journals may be browsed or searched.
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Junior Edition (InfoTrac) has over 330 titles, cross-searchable with E-Books. This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Junior Edition K-12 (InfoTrac) now has over 330 titles, cross-searchable with E-Books. This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Kids InfoBits (InfoTrac) is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Featuring a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, the most popular search method is moving from a broad subject to a narrower topic using the subject-based topic tree. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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LearningExpress Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons—students and adult learners—succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.
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NetLibrary contains electronic books you can read online. Through our subscription with NetLibrary, you have access to over 19,000 books covering a wide variety of issues. ***NetLibrary is now owned by EBSCO.***
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Professional Collection (InfoTrac) has articles from more than 300 full-text periodicals covering a variety of topics for teachers/educators, including: health and fitness, school law, drug and alcohol abuse, learning disabilities, sports, arts and humanities, social sciences, and psychology.
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| Project Gutenberg | Project Gutenberg is a collection of free digitized books whose copyright has expired. It contains more than 100,000 online books, which can be read on your screen or downloaded to an ebook reader. |
| Project Muse | Project Muse provides full-text access to current content from scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences. |
| ProQuest® Education Journals gives users access to over 790 top educational publications, including more than 615 of the titles in full text. ProQuest Education Journals covers not only the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education, but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics. Image articles include all the charts, tables, diagrams, and other graphical elements often used to enhance the editorial value of articles that focus on education topics. | |
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Student Edition (InfoTrac) now has over 1100 titles, cross-searchable with E-Books. This periodical database is designed for high-school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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Student Edition K-12 (InfoTrac) now has over 1100 titles, cross-searchable with E-Books. This periodical database is designed for high-school students, with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
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| TEL Lesson Plans | TEL Lesson Plans are a collection of over 50 lesson plans available for use via the Tennessee Electronic Library portal. These lesson plans cover many different grade levels and subjects and incorporate the Curriculum Standards for Tennessee as well as a variety of the TEL databases. (http://tnsos.org/tntel/LessonPlans/index.php?showall) |
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WilsonWeb OmniFile Full Text (now owned by EBSCO) dramatically expands your periodical resources with electronic access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from over 4,000 journals. Coverage back as early as 1982 ensures that every search is as deep as it is broad. Users have access to information on virtually any subject.
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| World Book Encyclopedia | World Book Online provides online access to the popular encyclopedia. |