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In order to locate online databases listed below:

Go to library web page at http://www.cuw.edu/Tools/library.html

Click on Online Databases

Click on name of database. Off-campus users will need to type last name and library barcode number.

1. Subject-Specific Databases

ERIC [EBSCO]  Provides citations and abstracts from ERIC documents (links are provided to EDRS – see below) and over 1000 journals, and the full text of ERIC digests, from the Educational Resource Information Center and educational symposium report literature.  (<1965 to date)

Professional Development Collection [EBSCO]     Contains over 550 full text education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles, and indexing and abstracts for more than 800 journals.  (1965 to date) 

ProQuest Education Journals [ProQuest]  Contains over 550 titles with nearly 300 in full text. (<1970 to date)

ProQuest Wilson Education Abstracts [ProQuest]     Provides abstracts and full text articles from over 400 education journals.  (1994 to date)

2. Other Databases which may provide additional information:

Academic Search Premier [EBSCO]   Covers education, computer sciences, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, and other fields.  Offers full text for nearly 3,500 scholarly publications, almost 2,600 of which are peer-reviewed.  (1975 to date)

EBSCO Animals [EBSCO]  This database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.

Expanded Academic ASAP [InfoTrac]  Provides citations, abstracts, or full text articles from scholarly and general-interest publications.  Use this database to find information on the arts and humanities, current events, social sciences, and science and technology.  (1980 to date)

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia [EBSCO]   Allows searching of over 25,000 full text records of this encyclopedia.

InfoTrac OneFile [InfoTrac]  Articles from periodicals, newspapers, and newswires on the arts and humanities, education, business, science, current events, social sciences, law, health care, computers, technology, environmental issues, and hobbies and general interest topics.  (1980 to date)

JSTOR    Provides access to the full text of articles in more than 300 journals from their first issue to within the last 3 to 5 years.  Over 25 subject areas include African American studies, Asian studies, business, ecology, education, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies, sociology, and statistics.

MAS Ultra - School Edition [EBSCO]    Provides full text coverage for over 500 general interest and current events publications of interest to high school students, along with pamphlets, reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection.  (1984 to date)

MasterFILE Premier [EBSCO]  Provides abstracts and indexing for over 2,500 periodicals, full text for over 1,900 periodicals, and Magill Book Reviews and reference sources.  Covers general reference, business, general science, multi-cultural, and other subjects.  (<1984 to date)

Middle Search Plus [EBSCO]  Provides abstracts and indexing for over 200 magazines of interest to middle school students, full text for over 100 magazines, and reference sources.  (1984 to date)

Newspaper Source [EBSCO]      Provides full text for 23 national and international newspapers, more than 200 regional US newspapers, and television and radio news transcripts.

OCLC FirstSearch Includes the following databases with citations/abstracts:

• ArticleFirst Index of articles from nearly 12,500 journals.
• ECO Electronic Collections Online. Index of over 3000 academic journals.
• UnionLists OCLC Union Lists of Periodicals.
• WorldCat Books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
• AltPressIndex   Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political, and social change.
• Dissertations Dissertations accepted at accredited US institutions.
• GPO US government publications.
• MediaRevDigest   Reviews of educational and entertainment media.
• NewsAbs Significant items in over 50 national and regional newspapers.
• PapersFirst An index of papers presented at conferences.
• PerAbs Periodical Abstracts. General topics and radio/TV transcripts.
• Proceedings An index of worldwide conference proceedings.
• SIRSResearcher Social, scientific, economic, and political issues worldwide.

Primary Search [EBSCO]   Provides the full text of over 50 magazines for young readers, abstracts and indexing for over 80 magazines, and a children’s dictionary.  (1984 to date)

Project Muse  Provides access to the full text of almost 200 journals covering the past 3 years for most titles in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.

ProQuest Newspapers [ProQuest]   Provides access to local, regional, and national newspapers with abstracts, citations, and full text.  Covers business (including the Wall Street Journal), arts and humanities, science and technology, general reference, and health care.  (<1970 to date)

PsycINFO [EBSCO]       Contains citations and some full text.  Indexes articles from over 1,700 periodicals, book chapters, books, dissertations, technical reports, and information about the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, sociology, education, business, and law.  (1887 to date)

Social Work Abstracts     Contains citations and abstracts from social work and related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more.  (1977 to date)

3. More Resources:

TOPCAT   This is the electronic index of the holdings of eight libraries making up the SWITCH consortium.  Request library materials, including copies of journal articles, from member libraries for M-F delivery to the CUW circulation desk -- books and audiovisuals are no charge, articles are 15 cents per copied page.    Visit http://caspian.switchinc.org/~tutorials/ for a tutorial on using TOPCAT.

SEE ALSO THE CUW CURRICULUM COLLECTION FOR K-12 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS; VISIT COURSE RESERVES (‘CUW MASTERS THESES’) OR INSTRUCTOR RESERVES (‘KONZ’) TO VIEW A LIST OF MASTERS THESES ON RESERVE.

Other Libraries    If you need library materials the SWITCH consortium does not have, you can search area libraries' electronic catalogs for them, visit the area library, and check out up to 3 items at a time with an InfoPass; please ask a CUW librarian to issue you this.  If area libraries do not have the materials, you can submit an Interlibrary Loan Request (book requests are $5.00 apiece and articles are 15 cents per copied page; allow two weeks for delivery).

Web Resources   Selected education Web resources are:
(SOURCES:  Ariew, S. Education: a core list of web resources for researchers and teachers.  CHOICE.  April 2000, p1409-21; and CHOICE July 2002 Special Issue 39.)

General Resources:

• Michigan Electronic Library – Education Subject Index --
  http://web.mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=10

• Education World -- www.education-world.com/

• Education Resource Organizations Directory -- http://bcol02.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/

• Yahoo! Education:Index -- http://dir.yahoo.com/education/index.html

• Wisconsin DPI Education Resource List  --  www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dltcl/imt/ed_res.html

• Educational Associations and Organizations  --  www.ed.gov/about/contacts/gen/othersites/associations.html

• Penn Library-Journals/Education -- www.library.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/res/sr.cgi?community=22&resourcetype=17

• Columbia Education Center -- www.col-ed.org/

• Developing Educational Standards -- http://edstandards.org/Standards.html

• Explorations in Learning & Instruction -- http://tip.psychology.org/

• School Psychology Resources Online --  www.schoolpsychology.net/

• US Dept of Education: Topics from A to Z  -- www.ed.gov/help/site/index/topics_az.jsp

• What to expect your first year of teaching -- www.ed.gov/pubs/FirstYear/index.html

ERIC & Test Resources:

• ERIC  -- http://www.eric.ed.gov 

• Test Reviews & Test Collection --  http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp & www.ets.org/testcoll/index.html

Curriculum Resources:

• Educator’s Reference Desk Lesson Plans  --  www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml

• Gateway to Educational Materials --  www.thegateway.org/

• NWREL’s Library in the Sky -- www.nwrel.org/sky/

• Skewl Sites --   www.skewlsites.com/

• Sites for Teachers  -- www.sitesforteachers.com/

• Blue Web’n  --  www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/

• edHelper.com  -- www.edhelper.com/

• ENC Online  --  www.enc.org/

• FREE – Federal Resources for Educational Excellence  --  www.ed.gov/free/index.html

Statistical Resources:

• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)  -- http://nces.ed.gov/

• World Data on Education  -- www.ibe.unesco.org/International/Databanks/Wde/wde.htm

Children’s Literature Resources:

• Carol Hurst’s children’s literature site  -- www.carolhurst.com/

• Children’s literature web guide -- www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/

  Please consult a librarian with questions on any of the above or for further suggestions.