Research Guide: EDSE 604
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MnPALS Quick Fitz Library Catalog
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
E-book collection, includes access to Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership & Administration and Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology.
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Designed specifically for academic institutions, contains scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text articles and citations from over 8,500 journals. Includes over a thousand journals in education. (from EBSCO) 1975--current | Some full text | More info |
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Index to dissertations and theses in all fields of study. Provides citations and/or abstracts, as well as a 24-page preview of any dissertations that have been digitized in the Humanities and Social Sciences fields. (from ProQuest) 1861--current | Some full text |
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Provides more than a 1000 academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many reference sources for education students. Contains full text coverage of nearly half the titles indexed in ERIC.(from Gale's InfoTrac ) 1980--current | Full text | More info |
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The Education Resource Information Center provides access to education literature and resources both in journals and ERIC documents. Excellent source for educational research. (from EBSCO) Search ERIC on the government platform. 1966--current | Some full text | More info |
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Google Scholar provides a simple way to search for scholarly literature. When accessing this database through the link provided here you will find free connections to the pay for view materials that are located in our subscription sources. Just click on "Find Full Text @SMU." Some full text, some pay for view |
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print From the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals, the MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. (from EBSCO) Coverage from Volume 9--current | Full text | More info |
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From Gale's InfoTrac, provides access to over 300 full text journals for educators. To become familiar with what K-12 students are using in MN, look at the complete Gale list of databases which includes a variety of databases for primary and secondary students. Full text | More info |
Professional Development Collection Designed for professional educators, provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles as well as more than 200 educational reports. Includes full text for Chronicle of Higher Education, Educational Leadership, Journal of Education, Journal of Higher Education, Journal of Learning Disabilities, and Theory Into Practice. (from EBSCO) Some full text | More info |
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Offering complete information on hundreds of educational topics, this database covers almost 400 leading journals in the field. (from ProQuest) 1988--current | Full text |
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Contains the full text of articles from APA journals and selected EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals. 1988--current | Full text |
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Encompasses a wide range of topics from leading psychology and psychosomatic publications. In addition to clinical and social psychology, it also provides coverage of related disciplines including genetics, psychology of business and economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, social welfare, and more. (from ProQuest) 1971--current | Partial full text | More info |
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From the American Psychological Association, contains over a million citations and summaries of articles from journals, books, book chapters, dissertations, and technical reports in psychology and related fields. 1800s--current | Abstracts & citations only | Quick Reference Guide |
Sage--Education/Psychology Collection Sage scholarly journal collection. Covers topics in education including methodology, higher education, secondary education, vocational, measurement & testing, educational psychology. Also find here titles for applied psychology, assessment, child development, clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, counseling psychology, and social psychology. 1999--current | Full text |
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Multidisciplinary database for middle school to high school students. Includes content based on national curriculum standards in history, literature, science, and social studies.(from Gale's InfoTrac ) Full text | More info |
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Now part of Mental Measurements Yearbook. Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s). (from EBSCO) Full text | More info
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Full Text Options - Saint Mary's University
Provides an A-Z list of all journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Fitzgerald collection, both online and in print. If the journal you are looking for does not appear in our Journal Finder, you may order the article needed from that journal through our interlibrary loan service.
Link to search skills help pages: Boolean Operators I Truncation/Wildcards
Government Web Sites |
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Digest of Educational Statistics
Compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from pre kindergarten through graduate school. The Digest includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
ELM for K-12 Academic Standards
ELM for K-12 Academic Standards matches the great content in Electric Library for Minnesota to Minnesota Academic Standards in order to present it in a very practical way to educators. Simply find the benchmark included in a curriculum or lesson plan and discover relevant content to use for class preparation or to pass along to students for homework or research projects.
Minnesota Department of Education
Recommended Web Sites |
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Cooperative Children's Book Center
Is a unique and vital gathering place for books, ideas, and expertise in the field of children's and young adult literature. The CCBC is an non circulating examination, study, and research library for Wisconsin school and public librarians, teachers, early childhood care providers, university students, and others interested in children's and young adult literature.
From the United Nations Statistics Division, a valuable resource for primary and secondary teachers developing curricula on such global concerns as peace, poverty, human rights, and world hunger.
Research based education practices online--from the U.S. Department of Education
Education Resource Organizations Directory
"Use the Education Resource Organizations Directory to find organizations that provide information and assistance on many education-related topics, such as multicultural education, at risk persons, standards, teaching methods, and much more. You can also utilize the advanced search option to find organizations that provide curriculum guide services."
From University of Connecticut, voted in Choice as Outstanding Academic Title 2003. Links to resources and research, all age groups.
Mathematics Education Resources
From the Syracuse University Mathematics Library, a collection of the most valuable resources on the Internet for mathematics teachers as well as for mathematics education students
From Drexel University, a comprehensive resource for math education assistance. Contains hands-on web learning tools, lesson plans, and activities for preK to college courses.
The National Association for Music Educators
Free professional development resource helps teachers quickly and easily find 4,000 + lesson plans and teaching techniques for grades K-12. Choice Outstanding Academic title 2003
Perpich Center for the Arts Education
Arts education resource center, its library collection may be searched through MNPALS
School Psychology Resources Online
Provides information about educational systems world-wide. Includes coverage of issues such as literacy, early childhood education, teacher education, HIV-AIDS education, etc. from an international perspective.
Teaching certification requirements for all 50 states
From Harvard Graduate School of Education, provides educators with access to research that can be used to improve education.