Research Databases: Education
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Research Articles
Background Information & Overviews
E-Books
Videos
Resources for Education Professionals
Test Preparation & College Success Skills
Research Articles
- Chronicle of Higher Education Online
(EBSCO) Features the latest news related to colleges and universities and includes employment listings for higher education. Full-text from 1999. Most current month unavailable. Note: Access is also available through http://www.chronicle.com/. Articles not marked as premium content are accessible. - ERIC.ed.gov (free web). Summaries and/or full-text of education-related reports are accessible.
- JSTOR
(Ithaka Harbors) Includes full-text back issues of selected peer-reviewed journals in a wide range of humanities and social science fields. - Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete
(Gale) Gain insight on issues in administration, funding, and policy. Best for educators, administrators, and education students. - Academic Search Complete
(EBSCO) A scholarly multi-disciplinary database that provides full text, indexing, and abstracts of articles, videos and images from journals, magazines, and newspapers.
Background Information & Overviews
- Credo Reference
(Credo) Includes materials from over 650 reference books on a variety of topics in higher education, including art, business, history, languages, literature, science, criminal justice, and political science.
E-Books
- eBook Collection
(EBSCO) E-books on a full range of topics. Visit EBSCO's instructions on how to read on a mobile device. Create a free account to download to your device.
Download books to your device using Adobe Digital Editions. - Ebook Central
(ProQuest) Over 100,000 ebook titles covering a full range of academic topics. General reference works are also included. Mobile-friendly site.
Download books to your device using Adobe Digital Editions. - Gale eBooks
(Gale) Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform. For multidisciplinary research.
Videos
- Films on Demand
(Films Media Group) High-quality, educational streaming video from companies such as Films for the Humanities, BBC, and PBS. - Academic Video Online: Premium
(Alexander Street Press) Full-length videos on various topics, documentaries, instructional materials and limited historical news reports. - Kanopy
(Kanopy) Classic cinema, independent films, and top documentaries in streaming video. Includes Media Education Foundation Collection.
Resources for Education Professionals
- ERIC.ed.gov (free web). Summaries and/or full-text of education-related reports are accessible.
- Chronicle of Higher Education Online
(EBSCO) Features the latest news related to colleges and universities and includes employment listings for higher education. Full-text from 1999. Most current month unavailable. Note: Access is also available through http://www.chronicle.com/. Articles not marked as premium content are accessible. - JSTOR
(Ithaka Harbors) Includes full-text back issues of selected peer-reviewed journals in a wide range of humanities and social science fields. - Teaching Books.Net
(TeachingBooks.Net) Provides multimedia resources (including audio excerpts, discussion guides, and author interviews) that can enhance and enliven reading experiences in the K-12 environment. - New Directions for Community Colleges (LSC-Tomball)
(Wiley Online Library) Expert guidance for administrators and leaders in open-door educational institutions. If you have a LSC barcode number from another campus, browse or search issues from 1997 to date in Academic Search Complete or the Professional Development Collection; full-text for articles within the current year may be requested through interlibrary loan. - Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
(EBSCO) "Indexes 600+ periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings on classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more" from the mid-1960s to the present. Contains some full text.
Test Preparation & College Success Skills
- LearningExpress Library
(LearningExpress/EBSCO) Prepare for entrance and exit exams, review writing, grammar, and math skills, and learn study, research, and other college success skills. Ten centers focus on tests and skills for levels from elementary to adult; includes job & career information.