Databases
- Articles
- Tests & Mental Measurements
- Table of Contents Notification & Document Delivery Services
- Dissertations
- Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.
- Library Catalogs
Articles
- Searches Education Full Text and Education Index Retrospective simultaneously.
- Indexes almost 500 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 to present; abstracts since 1994; full text since 1996
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- Click here for an interactive tutorial about the search features in Education Full Text.
- Abstracts for more than 850,000 references to 750 education journals (EJ) as well as published and unpublished educational materials such as school system reports, conference papers, research reports, and dissertations (ED).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 in Documents/Microforms area on 2nd Floor Main
- Many recent ED publications available in full text
- 1966 to present
- More info on ERIC via EBSCO
- More info on ERIC via Institute of Education Sciences
Social Science Citation Index: SSCI (Web of Science)
- Provides citations (no full-text), author abstracts, and cited references (footnotes to a scholarly article) to more than 2,100 peer-reviewed social science journals.
- Dates of coverage: 1956 to present.
- Covers K-12, higher, special, and physical education, historical topics in the social sciences, substance abuse, school administration, counseling, library science, educational psychology, and educational research.
- Includes the capability to perform a cited reference search, which allows you to find articles from journals that have cited a book, a patent, 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.
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Science Citation Index: SCI (Web of Science)
- Provides citations (no full-text), author abstracts, and cited references (footnotes to a scholarly article) to more than 6,000 peer-reviewed science journals.
- Dates of coverage: 1955 to present.
- Covers biology, chemistry, nursing, medical sciences, scientific disciplines in education, sport sciences, and substance abuse.
- Includes the capability to perform a cited reference search, which allows you to find articles from journals that have cited a book, a patent, 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) Science journals by using Journal Citations Reports.
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- Covers more than 220 library and information science periodicals published internationally.
- Selectively indexes some state journals, books, conference proceedings, library school theses and pamphlets.
- Largely English-language. Cites book reviews.
- 1984 to present; full text covers 1994 to present.
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
- Our largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full text database.
- Abstracts and indexes over 7,880 journals (over 6,175 of those are peer-reviewed).
- Provides the full text of over 4,450 journals (over 3,500 of those are peer-reviewed).
- Includes unique or more in-depth full text coverage of about a dozen education titles.
- Largely English-language materials. Most materials in Jackson Library.
- Dates of coverage vary by title; full text from about 1990.
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- Provides citations and abstracts (5,156 full-texts titles), from over 9,200 periodicals, newspapers and wire services titles.
- Dates of coverage, 1980 to present.
- Includes scholarly journals dealing with all subject areas including education, library science, physical education, and psychology.
- Includes full text coverage of a few education journals not indexed elsewhere.
- Good coverage of general topics and current events.
- Most materials available in Jackson Library.
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MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO)
- Covers articles from more than 1,800 scholarly and popular periodicals, two-thirds of them full text in all subject areas
- 1984 to present; full text since 1990 but varies by title
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- Mix of 2,500 scholarly and popular journals from a variety of disciplines including education and educational psychology
- 1971 to present
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- Abstracts for over 1,300 periodicals, book chapters and books in psychology, psychiatry, counseling, and related areas. Useful for topics such as school or child psychology, mental health, and behavioral issues.
- Large number of foreign language titles.
- Jackson library owns only many of the core, English-language titles.
- 1872 to present
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- Full text of about 50 journals from the American Psychological Assn, Canadian Psychological Assn, and Hogrefe & Huber Publishers
- Covers all aspects of psychology. Includes related areas such as school counseling, learning disabilities, and educational measurement
- Mainly 1988 to present but varies by title
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- Provides detailed statistical information (impact factor and total cites) to more than 8,100 peer-reviewed science and social science journals.
- Dates of coverage: 1997 to present.
- Corresponds to the Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index.
- Useful for identifying the important (ranked) Social Sciences (includes Education) journals and for the Science journals.
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Tests & Mental Measurements
- Contains 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 are available on microfiche in Jackson Library: microfiche LB1131 .T550.
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- Contains full text information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, aptitude, intelligence, and related areas
- Does not have full text of the tests
- 1972 to present
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- Provides 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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Table of Contents Notification & Document Delivery Services
Ingenta (formerly Carl UnCover Reveal)
- Provides a searchable database of the tables of contents from over 25,000 journals.
- The records in this database are not searchable by subject; however, you can search for keywords in article titles.
- Useful for locating citations to articles available in a few of the core library and information science journals.
- Ingenta also provides a notification service that delivers the table of contents of your favorite journals directly to your e-mail box.
- The library underwrites document delivery service through Ingenta. On request, the full text of an article can be sent to any UNCG student, faculty, or staff member.
- Dates of coverage: 1988 to present.
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Dissertations
- Indexes dissertations (no full-text) accepted at accredited US institutions; includes abstracts for dissertations since July 1980.
- Dates of coverage: 1861 to the present date.
- Selectively covers dissertations from Canada, the United Kingdom, and a few other countries.
- Also indexes masters theses, with abstracts for theses since 1988.
- Can limit to Institution and type in University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
- Like most academic libraries, UNCG owns few dissertations and theses completed at other institutions. If you need such a dissertation or thesis, use Inter-Library Loan.
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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.
Encyclopedia of Education (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
- Over 900 signed articles describing the institution of education in the United States and in other parts of the world.
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Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
- Two volume set with over 600 signed articles on education leadership and administration
- Includes most recent research, theories, and terms for the field.
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World Education Encyclopedia:a survey of educational systems worldwide (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
- Provides detailed signed essays on educational systems of 233 countries.
- Includes a short history and an explanation of the legal foundations for each country.
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- A finding tool for fiction.
- Covers books for all ages.
- Allows readers to use a favorite author or book to find other authors and books with similar topics, themes, or plots.
- This is not a full-text database for books.
- Adds about 10,000 books to the database per year, along with reviews and descriptions when available.
- Includes theme-oriented book lists, as well as, awards lists, feature articles, book discussion guides, and book talks which are brief attention-grabbing presentations of selected titles.
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online
- Full text of the print encyclopedia plus more up-to-date articles not yet available in the printed version. Also includes Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition), the Britannica Book of the Year, and thousands of WWW links selected by Britannica editors.
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Library Catalogs
WorldCat
- Union catalog of materials held in libraries world-wide
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School of Education Subject Guides
- Curriculum and Instruction 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
Questions? Ask Us!
Mary Krautter
Education Librarian
