Education Research Guide

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
You can use library electronic resources from any computer on or off campus. See a complete listing of electronic resources by name, provider, or subject. Databases covering education are listed below.

• For Research
  • Education Specific Databases
    
    • Educator's Reference Complete (Gale/Infotrac) - full text periodicals for teachers and school administrators
    • ERIC (EBSCO) - articles, research reports, and digests from education-related journals and the U.S. Department of Education.
    • Professional Development Collection (EBSCO) - education journals
      
       
  • Other Databases Covering Education
    • Academic OneFile (Gale/Infotrac) - scholarly database containing journals, podcasts, and transcripts
    • Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) - scholarly database containing peer-reviewed journals
    • Lexis-Nexis Academic - news, business, legal, medical, and reference information
    • Oxford Reference Online - Find facts, figures, definitions, quotations, translations, and illustrations from over 175 Oxford reference titles.
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    • PsycINFO (EBSCO) - index for psychology journals, books, etc. with links to many full text articles
    • Religious and Theological Abstracts - indexes religion and theology
    • Sage Journals Online - a searchable collection of scholarly online journals published by Sage, covering many subject areas including education
       
• For Children and Teens
  • International Children's Digital Library (ICDL) - free digital library of children's books from around the world in 54 languages
  • Junior Edition - K12 (Gale/Infotrac) - for students in junior high and middle school, indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books
  • Kids InfoBits (Gale/Infotrac) - for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5
  • Kids Search (EBSCO) - Encyclopedia, dictionary and magazines and for middle school research
  • Middle Search Plus (EBSCO) - magazines for middle and junior high school research
  • Primary Search (EBSCO) - popular, magazines for elementary school research
  • Searchasaurus (EBSCO) - Encyclopedia, dictionary and magazines for elementary school research
  • Student Edition (Gale/Infotrac) - for high-school students with access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books
  • Student Resources In Context (Gale/Infotrac) - reference material, periodical and newspaper articles, and primary sources covering all core secondary school curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more.

More electronic resources are available through Boston Public Library. However, you must first take a minute to sign up for a BPL eCard.

• Boston Public Library Education Resources

JOURNALS

• Gordon's Periodical List is a complete list of all journals available through Jenks Library (full text in databases, online, and print).
  • You can search for a journal title in Periodical List.
  • You can also see subjects under the broad category of education in Periodical List. Click on a subject to view the journals available.
• Print journals are located in the periodicals area on the 4th floor of Jenks. Please note that journals are arranged alphabetically by title, not by subject area.

BOOKS, DVDs, VIDEOS, CDs

• Search the online catalog to find materials on topics in education.
• If you want to browse the shelves, some related call numbers are:

L	General Education
LA	History of Education
LB1-1139.1	Theory & Practice of Education
LB1139.2-1602	Early Childhood, Preschool, Kindergarten & Primary
LB1603-1696	Secondary & Middle School Education
LB1705-2286	Education & Training of Teachers & Administrators
LB2300-2799	Higher Education
LB2801-3640	School Administration & Organization
LC	Special Aspects of Education
LD	Individual Institutions - United States

• Location Guide

WEB SITES

• Doing What Works -  a website dedicated to helping educators identify and make use of effective teaching practices, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education
• ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center
• FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
• The Gateway to 21st Century Skills - One-stop access to lesson plans, curriculum, and more
• Massachusetts Online Network for Education (MassONE) - the Commonwealth's set of web-based tools for communication, collaboration, and curriculum planning, which are designed to support K-12 standards-based teaching and learning
• National Center for Education Statistics - Statistics and information showing the condition and progress of education in the US and other nations
• LINCS Literacy Informaiton and Communication System - Literacy research, practice, and resources.
• Worlds of Words - Browse or search a database of culturally authentic international children's and adolescent books. The database contains information on each book so you can find it in your local library or bookstore.

Recommend a Web site - Do you know of a good education related Web site to add to our list?

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