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Webpage.This is a list of some of the basic databases to find resources for your subject. There are a number of very extensive guides on doing research in Education such as Education Journals, Education Web Sites, Government Documents for Education, Guide for Sports and Fitness Education. You may also want to consult the main page of Guides for Education, or check out Online Reference Sources for Education
Education Full Text brings you comprehensive coverage of an international range of English-language periodicals, monographs and yearbooks. With full text of articles, with indexing cover to cover, from hundreds of journals coverage includes about 79 journals (37 with full text) not covered by ERICs CIJE. Previous vendor was Wilson.
ERIC is available from several database vendors. UCF students are advised to use ERIC in EBSCOhost, which provides many links to full text and allows users to search multiple education databases simultaneously. Users who are not UCF students are advised to use ERIC from DOE because no login is required.
The most complete index to articles and reports on educational topics.
UCF students are advised to use ERIC from EBSCOhost for the easiest access to full text and other education databases.
ERIC is most complete index to articles and reports on educational topics.
ERIC is available from several database vendors. UCF students are advised to use ERIC in EBSCOhost, which provides many links to full text and allows users to search multiple education databases simultaneously. Users who are not UCF students are advised to use ERIC from DOE because no login is required.
Education descriptors used in ERIC.
Use the Look Up feature on the Search Wizard to see the terms, definitions, and arrays of related terms to help the searcher to pinpoint the desired concept.
CSA Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences.
Primary government agency for collecting and analyzing educational data for the U.S. and its comparison to those of other countries.
Provides a highly specialized collection of hundreds of full text journals, designed for professional educators.
A database of more than 38,000 chapters in PDF from over2,5000 books published by APA and other distinguished publishers.
The database includes most scholarly titles published by APA from copyright years 1953 - 2005.
Covers scholarly literature in all aspects of psychology and related fields.
Materials are selected from more than 1,300 journals published in 50 countries and 28 languages.
Covers the literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences, with abstracts of journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.
Collects, screens, and identifies studies of the effectiveness of educational interventions. By DOE.
Articles on business-related disciplines and over 60,000 companies.
Covers advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, and computers. Includes business conditions, trends, corporate strategies and tactics, management techniques, competitive and product information, company histories and new product development.
Indexing and full text of articles for array of scholarly and popular topics.
Provides full text for over 4,600 scholarly journals, including nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 8,500 journals. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more.
No longer free on the web.
Citation index of the leading arts and humanities journals. Part of Web of Science
Biography Resource Center combines Gale biographies with related full-text articles from magazines and newspapers, thousands images, and links to vetted websites.
Featuring retrospective coverage from Biography Index back to its first publication in 1946, it combines retrospective coverage with current indexing. Previous vendor was Wilson.
Citations to articles in business and related fields.
Covers management, economics, finance, banking, investment, and related fields. Full text included for nearly 260 journals.
Indexing and full text of to U.S. dissertations and thesis. Search by author, title, school, year, and discipline. Full text available for most dissertations granted from 1997 forward. From 1980 forward, citations include a 350-word abstract. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts.
Full text of news and legal sources, as well as company and industry data. See the LexisNexis Academic Research Guide for tips and information. The old interface is also available .
Limited coverage of business and health administration news. Sources include newspapers, wire services, magazines, SEC filings, law cases, state and federal codes, law review journals, and reference works.
Multi-disciplinary source for citations and full text articles. Previous vendor was Wilson.
Includes the complete content from six Wilson database:
Full text of Oxford University Press journals covering a variety of disciplines.
Indexes statistical publications and some full text. Previous title Lexis Statistical insights
Includes:
The UCF Library has the full text of some ASI, SRI, and IIS reports in print or microfiche. Tips for Searching.
Science Citation Index Expanded is a multidisciplinary citation index to the journal literature of the sciences. Part of Web of Science.
The Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary citation index to the journal literature of the social sciences. Part of Web of Science.
SpringerLink is an integrated full-text database for journals, books, protocols, eReferences, and book series published by Springer.SpringerLink offers access to search, tables of content, abstracts, and alerting services.
ISI databases, including the Citation Indexes. Databases include:
Full text of Wiley's scholarly journals covering a variety of disciplines.
Disciplines include:
Catalog of library collections from the U.S. and around the world.
The world's most comprehensive bibliography, with 36 million records for books and material in 370 languages and covering information from 4,000 years of knowledge.
Last Updated October 16, 2012
