SJSU Research Guides: Education (General): Articles & Databases

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Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Most highly recommended for education research.
Education Full Text This link opens in a new window
Covers key areas of education and related fields of study, as well as educational specialties, administration, funding and more. Additionally, this database includes indexing for nearly 1,025 periodicals dating back to 1983. Education Full Text also features in-depth coverage of special education, with more than 50 journals dedicated to this important topic.
ERIC via Ebsco This link opens in a new window
The Education Resource Information Center (ERIC) provides access to educational literature and resources.
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ERIC via US Govt web site This link opens in a new window
Established in 1966, ERIC is the largest education database in the world-containing over 1.5 million records of journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books. It. is supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement and is administered by the U.S. National Library of Education (NLE).
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA) contains citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines, dating from the 1800s. PsycINFO is indexed with controlled vocabulary from APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.
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CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Covers 1923 to the present. This weekly publication gives background information on current and controversial issues. Unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the economy.
Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Provides an excellent first-step in researching any current social issue. Includes pro-con articles, opinion pieces, newspaper pieces, scholarly articles and information from many other types of sources, all full text.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary full text, peer reviewed academic journals that support scholarly research in key areas of academic study.
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CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
1300+ full-text journals available to support nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This resource also provides access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, evidence-based care sheet and quick lesson disease overviews, and continuing education modules.
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SocINDEX with FullText This link opens in a new window
A resource for core journals in sociology and related disciplines including criminology, ethnic studies and more. In addition to full-text journals, it contains informative abstracts for core coverage journals dating as far back as 1895.
Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983 This link opens in a new window
Covering a century of research, this database provides cover-to-cover indexing for an international range of English-language periodicals and yearbooks in the field of education. Limited to 2 concurrent users
JSTOR Journals and Books This link opens in a new window
The journals archive consists of older (at least 2-5 years) issues of core scholarly journals across a wide range of subjects including the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The eBook collections are DRM-free and allow for unlimited concurrent use and unlimited chapter downloads and printing.
LearnTechLib This link opens in a new window
(formerly known as Ed/ITLib Digital Library). Peer-reviewed and published international journal articles and proceedings papers on the latest research, developments, and applications related to all aspects of Educational Technology and E-Learning. The library subscribes to some but not all titles.

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Teaching Channel Video Library This link opens in a new window
Offers educators a wide range of subjects for grades K-12. The videos also include information on alignment with Common Core State Standards and ancillary material for teachers to use in their own classrooms.
Education in Video This link opens in a new window
Education in Video is a collection of streaming videos developed specifically for training and developing teachers. Covers teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms. Note: The library subscribes to Volume 1.
Kanopy Streaming This link opens in a new window
Distributes online educational videos including documentaries, films, interviews plus a range of short video series. The videos are arranged by collections: Arts, Business, Communication/Media, Education (K-12), Health, Humanities, Science. SJSU students, staff, and faculty: You will be asked to authenticate on and off campus.
TeachingBooks.net This link opens in a new window
TeachingBooks.net is for anyone who reads, teaches, or enjoys books for children and teens. This service is primarily used in the K–12, university, and public library setting. Includes: original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of professional book readings, guides to thousands of titles, booklists and a wealth of multimedia resources on children's and young adult literature. It debuted at the American Library Association convention in San Francisco in June 2001, and was launched on the Internet September 1, 2001.
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) This link opens in a new window
Covers children’s literature books and media from beginning readers to young adults. Includes over 1.2 million titles and supporting content such as 600K professional reviews, 1.25K award sources representing 110K book awards, reading measurement programs, author links, lesson plans, and teaching guides. The Enterprise search engine offers 50 search filters and an 18 STEM terms search feature. It’s an excellent tool for selecting trade books, creating thematic reading lists, annotated bibliographies, interpreting reviews, and developing classroom collections
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print This link opens in a new window
Critical reviews and descriptive information for commercially available English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas (as included in the printed Mental Measurements Yearbook).
Tests in Print This link opens in a new window
A companion to Mental Measurements Yearbook, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to commercially available tests (English language and currently in print). TIP provides information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).
MAS Ultra - School Edition This link opens in a new window
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines and other resources. Also provides 360+ full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, 107,000+ primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags, etc.
Primary Search This link opens in a new window
Primary Search provides full text for 70+ popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.
Middle Search Plus This link opens in a new window
This database contains full text for more than 170 popular middle school magazines as well as more than 103,000 biographies and historical essays. Titles covered in this database include Sports Illustrated Kids, Scholastic News, National Geographic and dozens more. contains primary source documents including Essential Documents in American History, reference books such as the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia of Animals, and more than 1.2 million relevant photos, maps, and flags. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).

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