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Find journal and newspaper articles as well as other resources by searching the following database families useful to researchers in Education


Project MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, user-friendly online access to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers.
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Education: SAGE a Full-text Collection Includes the full text of 26 peer-reviewed journals published by SAGE and participating societies, including up to 40 years of backfiles, and encompassing over 8,000 articles. ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center) Spanning 1966 - present, ERIC is the primary database for educational research, and consists of two subsets: Journals in Education (EJ) and Eric Documents (ED). Many of the Eric Documents are available full text. ERIC is also available at the U.S. Dept. of Education website. PsycINFO Information on psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines including Education. PsycINFO is the electronic version of Psychological Abstracts.

Academic Search Premier Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. Teacher Reference Center Provides indexing and abstracts for over 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals to assist professional educators. Mental Measurements Yearbook Contains descriptive information and critical reviews of tests from the Buros Institute's Yearbooks. The database covers more than 2,200 commercially-available tests in categories such as personality, developmental, behavioral assessment, neuropsychological, achievement, intelligence and aptitude, educational, speech & hearing, and sensory motor. Tests in Print From the Buros Institute, a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. Information includes: test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, publication dates, and test authors.

ProQuest Search here for basic coverage of a broad range of subject areas including: arts, children, education, general interest, humanities, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. SIRS Also from ProQuest SIRS Discoverer Includes middle and elementary school curriculum topics. Articles and graphics from more than 1,600 U.S. and international magazines, newspapers and U.S. government documents. SIRS Researcher Research tool for high school students.	InfoTrac As well as a database for teachers and administrators, the InfoTrac family includes databases currently being used by students in the South Dakota schools. These can be valuable to Education students as well as pre-service teachers. They include: Professional Collection Full-text periodicals for teachers and school administrators. The topics cover counseling, education, librarianship and technology. Kid's Edition & Kids InfoBits Two databases designed for elementary students, with access to full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. Kids InfoBits includes an interface that utilizes more pictures. Junior Edition Similar to Kid's Edition, but designed for junior high and middle school students. Student Edition Designed for high school students.

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