Databases
Articles
ERIC (EBSCO)
- Abstracts for about a million references to education and counseling journals (EJ) as well as published and unpublished educational materials such as school system reports, conference papers, research reports, and dissertations (ED)
- Most journals (EJ) accessible through the University Libraries
- Most ERIC Documents (ED) available on microfiche. Some recent ED numbers available in full text. Ask for assistance at the Reference Desk
- 1966 +
- More info on ERIC via EBSCO
- More info on ERIC via Institute of Education Sciences
PsycINFO (EBSCO)
- Abstracts and some full text for peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and books in psychology, counseling, psychiatry, gerontology, child development, and related areas
- Sample topics: behavioral assessment, community mental health, casework with special populations
- Large number of foreign language titles
- 1872 +
- More info
Child
Development and Adolescent Studies (EBSCO)
- Covers the growth and development of children through the age of 21
- Indexes articles, book reviews, technical reports, books, book chapters, theses, and dissertations
- More info
- Search any combination of 20+ databases from this vendor
- NB: In most cases the thesaurus and some of the other limiters will
not be available
Social Science Citation Index: SSCI (Web of Science)
- Citations , author abstracts, and cited references (footnotes to a scholarly article) to 2,000+ peer-reviewed social science journals
- No full-text but links to Journal Finder to locate many full text articles
- Covers K-12, higher, and special education, historical topics in the social sciences, substance abuse, school administration, counseling, educational psychology, and educational research
- Cited reference search: allows you to find articles from journals citing a book or an article
- Indexes articles, bibliographies, book reviews, editorials, letters, meeting abstracts, notes, review papers, reviews of software, and more.
- Journal Citations Reports : identifys the important (ranked) Education journals
- Dates of coverage: 1956 +
- More info
- Detailed statistical information (impact factor and total cites) to thousands of peer-reviewed science and social science journals.
- Corresponds to the Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index.
- Useful for identifying the important (ranked) science and social sciences (includes Education) journals
- Dates of coverage: 1997 +
- More info
Education Index (Wilson)
- Searches Education Full Text and Education Index Retrospective simultaneously.
- Indexes hundreds of English-language journals and yearbooks as well as some books
- Strong on educational and psychological topics including all educational levels, educational administration, child development, and counseling
- 1929 +; abstracts since 1994; full text since 1996
- More info
- Biomedical literature covering psychology and psychiatry journals
- Useful for topics such as counseling for healthy lifestyles, vocational counseling of medical personnel, mental health issues, and sex counseling
- 1965 +
- More info on PubMed
- Mix of 2,000+ scholarly and popular journals, many full-text, from a variety of disciplines
- Limited indexing of counseling and psychology journals
- full text for 8 counseling journals since about 1994
- 1971+; full text dates vary by title
- More info
- Covers articles from more than 1800 scholarly and popular periodicals, two-thirds of them full-text, in all subject areas. Includes full-text of many of the core counseling journals.
- 1984 +; full text since 1990 but varies by title
- More info
- Union catalog of materials held in libraries world-wide
Tests & Mental Measurements
Mental Measurements Yearbook (EBSCO)
- Contains full text information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology and related areas.
- Does not have full text of the tests.
- 1972 to present
- More info
- Descriptions of over 10,000 tests and research instruments from the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Tests in Microfiche Collection and ERIC Document Reproduction Service, tests described in journal articles or book chapters, and descriptions that were created or verified after 1989 of commercially available tests
- Tests listed in the collection are NOT available from ERIC/AE; however, those from ETS may be available on microfiche in Jackson Library: microfiche LB1131 .T550
- More info
- Practice tests and tutorial course series for GRE, LSAT, MCAT, TOEFL, Praxis, Nursing Assistant, ACT, SAT, ASVAB, GED, and other educational and occupational tests.
- Provides immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of test results.
- More info
Dissertations
Dissertation And Theses: Full Text
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Most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses in the world; selectively covers dissertations from Canada, the United Kingdom, and a few other countries
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Full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for selected older graduate works
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Indexes dissertations accepted at accredited US institutions since 1861
- More info
- Full text of dissertations and theses published after 1996. Abstracts for earlier years
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Provides the full text of the many specialized encyclopedias,
including:
- Encyclopedia of Education
- World Education Encyclopedia
- Child Development
- Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
School of Education Subject Guides
- Teacher Education and Higher Education Resources
- Counseling and Educational Development Resources
- Educational Research Methodology Resources
- Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations Resources
- Library and Information Studies Resources
- Specialized Education Services Resources
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Nancy
Ryckman
CED Librarian
