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Key Databases

Education Database
Gives users access to over 900 educational publications, including more than 600 of the titles in full text from 1988 to present. Coverage spans the literature on primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling, and adult education.
Education Research Complete
Covers all aspects of education including multilingual education, health education, testing, curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and all levels of education from early childhood to higher education. Provides indexing for over 1,800 journals, as well as full-text for over 900 journals, 81 books, and numerous education-related conference papers.
ERIC
References to thousands of educational topics. Indexes journal articles, books, theses, curricula, conference papers, standards, guidelines and more. ERIC documents (non-journal literature) are available full-text, 1993 to the present.
Teacher Reference Center
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
Wiley Online Library
Provides access to: the full-text of nearly 1500 journals; the table of contents and abstracts of print books and reference works; as well as some full-text access to e-books. Subject areas include the sciences, social sciences, business, education, law, computer science and technology.

American Mathematical Society (AMS) Journals
Access full-text to all 8 journals published by the AMS.
MathSciNet
Provides access to reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for the mathematical sciences literature. Includes access to Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications from 1940 to present.
Springer Nature Link
Access over 480 journals, books, book series (including Lecture Notes in Computer Science and Topics in Current Chemistry), protocols, and reference works published by Springer and its partners. Covers subjects in computer science, engineering, humanities, social sciences, law, business and economics, biomedical and life sciences.

ScienceDirect
Access (searching and browsing) journals and eBooks published by Elsevier and its partners. Covers most disciplines, including science, medicine, economics and the social sciences.
IEEE Xplore
Provides full-text access to all journals, transactions and conference proceedings published by IEEE and IET. Accesses more than 1,000 books in the IEEE-Wiley eBook Library and IEEE-MIT eBook Library-Computing and Engineering Collection.
PubMed
Comprises over 27 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations and abstracts include the fields of biomedicine and health, covering portions of the life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering. Provides access to additional relevant web sites and links to the other NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) molecular biology resources.
Environment Complete
Offers coverage in the areas of ecosystem ecology, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, and urban planning. Contains full-text for more than 600 journals and 100 books and indexes over 1,500 journals from 1888 to present.

eHRAF World Cultures
Multi-cultural database of books, articles & dissertations organized by cultures, ethnic groups & traditions. Provides in-depth information on all aspects of cultural social life for selected cultures. Formerly called eHRAF Collection of Ethnography.
Global Issues (Gale In Context)
Formerly Global Issues in Context. Offers global perspectives on issues, topics, and current evens of international importance. Features frequently updated issue and country portals focusing on social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues.
ProQuest Social Sciences Collections
Provides global indexing of the scholarly literature in the social sciences, including full-text scholarly journals and key non-periodical sources such as dissertations and working papers, covering political science, sociology, the applied social sciences, criminal justice, education, and other areas. Search one or more of these databases, from Alt-PressWatch to Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
Taylor and Francis Online
Search, browse, and access the full text of more than 2,000 journals published by Taylor & Francis covering the humanities, medicine, the social sciences, science, and technology.

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Key Journals

American Educational Research Journal
Featuring articles that advance the empirical, theoretical, and methodological understanding of education and learning.
Educational Researcher
Articles that are of general significance to the education research community and that come from a wide range of areas of education research and related disciplines.
Learning and Instruction
Provides a platform for the publication of the most advanced scientific research in the areas of learning, development, instruction and teaching.
Review of Educational Research
Publishes critical, integrative reviews of research literature bearing on education.

Educational Studies In Mathematics
Presents new ideas and developments of major importance to those working in the field of mathematical education.
Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education
Seeks to improve the education of mathematics teachers and develop teaching methods that better enable mathematics students to learn.
Journal of Urban Mathematics
Fosters a transformative global academic space in mathematics that embraces critical research, emancipatory pedagogy, and scholarship of engagement in urban communities.
Mathematics Educator
Its purpose is to promote the interchange of ideas among the mathematics education community, locally, nationally, and internationally and to present a variety of viewpoints on a broad spectrum of issues related to mathematics education. (OA Journal)
Research In Mathematics Education
Publishes original refereed articles on all aspects of mathematics education.
Mathematics Teacher Education & Development
Focuses on mathematics teachers education in the broader sense. Includes research reports, papers addressing general issues and perspectives, successful pathways, discussions on recent and potential policy decisions, curriculum developments, etc.

Journal of Research in Science Teaching
Publishes reports for science education researchers and practitioners on issues of science teaching and learning and science education policy.
Journal of Science Teacher Education
Serves as a forum for disseminating high quality research and theoretical position papers concerning preservice and inservice education of science teachers.
Science Activities
Publishes innovative manuscripts that will provide teachers and educators with the best classroom-tested projects, experiments, and curriculum ideas that promote science, inquiry through active learning experiences.
Science Education
Original articles on the latest issues and trends occurring internationally in science curriculum, instruction, learning, policy and preparation of science teachers with the aim to advance our knowledge of science education theory and practice
Science Educator
Focuses primarily on K-16 STEM issues, especially those topics associated with science education reform, outreach to schools, and the professional development of K-16 science teachers.

Journal of Social Studies Research
Designed to foster the dissemination of ideas and research findings related to the social studies.
Social Education
Contains a balance of theoretical content and practical teaching ideas. The award-winning resources include techniques for using materials in the classroom, information on the latest instructional technology, reviews of educational media, research on significant social studies-related topics, and lesson plans that can be applied to various disciplines.
The Social Studies
Peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles of interest to educators at all levels. Suitable topics include those concerned with the social studies, the social sciences, history, and interdisciplinary studies.
Social Studies & the Young Learner
The goal of Social Studies and the Young Learner is to capture and enthuse elementary teachers across the country by providing relevant and useful information about the teaching of social studies to elementary students.
Social Studies Research and Practice
Focuses on providing a venue for P-16 social studies research and practice manuscripts, lesson plans, reviews and issues related to higher-level learning outcomes.
Theory & Research Social Education
Its purpose is to foster the creation and exchange of ideas and research findings that will expand knowledge and understanding of the purposes, conditions, and effects of schooling and education about society and social relations.

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