Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations Databases - The University Libraries

Searches Education Full Text and Education Index Retrospective simultaneously
Indexes English-language periodicals 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
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Abstracts for almost a million items from education journals (EJ) as well as published and unpublished educational materials such as school system reports, conference papers, research reports, and dissertations (ED).
Largely English-language. Most journals (EJ) available in Jackson Library.
Most ERIC Documents (ED) are on microfiche. Many recent ED publications available in full text. Ask for help at the Reference Desk
1966 +
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Citations (no full-text), author abstracts, and cited references (footnotes to a scholarly article) to 2000+ peer-reviewed social science journals
Covers K-12, higher, and special education, historical topics in the social sciences, school administration, sociology, educational psychology, educational research, etc.
Cited reference search: find articles from journals that have cited a book or another article.
Indexes articles, bibliographies, book reviews, editorials, letters, meeting abstracts, notes, review papers, reviews of software, and more
Useful for identifying the important (ranked) Education journals by using Journal Citations Reports
Dates of coverage: 1956 +
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Useful for identifying the important (ranked) social sciences and science journals including education and psychology
Detailed statistical information (impact factor and total cites) for thousands of peer-reviewed science and social science journals
Dates of coverage: 1997 +
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Abstracts and some full text for periodicals, book chapters and books in psychology, psychiatry, counseling, and related areas
Sample topics: school or child psychology, mental health, behavioral issues
Large number of foreign language titles
Dates of coverage: 1872 +
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Full text of about 50 core journals including all from the American Psychological Assn
Subject coverage: all aspects of psychology, school counseling, learning disabilities, educational measurement, etc.
Mainly 1988 to present but varies by title
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Covers materials relating to the growth and development of children through the age of 21
1927 +

Subjects: sociology, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, religion, rural sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, socio-cultural anthropology, etc.
Full text from half the thousands of journals, books and conference papers
Dates of coverage: fulltext mainly 1985+; abstracts 1895+

Our largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full text database for popular magazines and peer-reviewed journals
Includes unique or more in-depth full text coverage of about a dozen education titles.
Largely English-language materials. Most materials accessible through University Libraries
Dates of coverage vary by title; full text about 1990+
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Citations, abstracts, and substantial full text for magazine, journals, newspapers and wire services stories
Multidisciplinary, includes education, sociology, and psychology
Includes full text coverage of a few education journals not indexed elsewhere
Good coverage of general topics and current events.
Dates of coverage: 1980 +
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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
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Descriptions and reviews of English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, aptitude, intelligence, and related areas
Does not have full text of the tests
1972 +
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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
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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
Selectively covers dissertations from Canada, the United Kingdom, and a few other countries
Indexes masters theses, with abstracts for theses since 1988
For items not available in full text, use Inter-Library Loan
Dates of coverage: 1861+
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Provides the full text of UNCG dissertations and theses published after 1996. Provides abstracts for earlier years

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