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Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
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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.
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Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Includes more than 3.7 million records.
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Education Database This link opens in a new window
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.
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Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print This link opens in a new window
Descriptive information and critical reviews of commercially-available standardized English-language educational, personality, aptitude, neuropsychological, achievement and intelligence tests.
Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Indexes more than 3,000 journals across 55 social science disciplines, as well as selected items from 3,500 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Covers from 1900 to the present. Part of Web of Science.
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text This link opens in a new window
Provides a comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day and offering full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. Contains new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text.

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Listed below is a list of selected special education journals. See also second tab for additional faculty recommended journals.

Exceptional Children
Original research on the education and development of exceptional infants, toddlers, children and youth and articles on professional issues of concern to special educators
1951 to present
Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities (FOCUS)
Offers practical educational and treatment suggestions for teachers, trainers, and parents of persons with autism or other pervasive developmental disabilities.
1996 to present
International Journal of Inclusive Education
Provides a strategic forum for international and multi-disciplinary dialogue on inclusive education for all educators and educational policy-makers
1977 to present
Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions (PBI)
Offers sound, research-based principles of positive behavior support for use in school, home and community settings with people with challenges in behavioral adaptation.
1999 to present
Journal of Special Education
Provides research articles and scholarly reviews on special education for individuals with mild to severe disabilities.
1966 to present
Learning Disability Quarterly
Research and scholarship concerning children, youth, and adults with learning disabilities.
1978 to present
Teaching Exceptional Children
Features research-to-practice information and materials for classroom use, as well as current issues in special education teaching and learning.
1999 to present

Journal of Learning Disabilities (PRO-ED)
Provides specials series, feature articles (extensive literature reviews, theoretical papers, and position papers), research articles, and intervention articles.
from 01/01/1968 to present
American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Focuses on intellectual disability, its causes, treatment, and prevention.
from 01/01/2009 to present
Continues the American Journal on Mental Retardation (02/01/1997 to 11/30/2008)
Behavioral Disorders
Articles, reports and reviews focusing on the education of students with emotional and behavioral disorders.
02/01/1997 to present
Older articles are available via JSTOR
Intervention in School and Clinic
Equips teachers and clinicians with hands-on tips, techniques, methods, and ideas for improving assessment, instruction, and management for individuals with learning disabilities or behavior disorders.
from 01/01/1991 to present
Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Offers interdisciplinary research, practice, and commentary related to individuals with emotional and behavioral disabilities.
from 01/01/1993 to present
Journal of Special Education
Provides research articles and scholarly reviews on special education for individuals with mild to severe disabilities.
from 01/01/1966 to present
Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice
Addresses the nature and characteristics of children and adults with learning disabilities, program development, assessment practices, and instruction.
from 2001 to present
Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities
Includes rticles on such topics as inclusion, augmentative and alternative communication, supported living and employment, early childhood issues, self-advocacy, positive behavioral supports, disability rights and issues of concern to families.
from 03/01/2002 to present
Remedial and Special Education (RASE)
Offers interdisciplinary articles that bridge the gap between theory and practice involving the education of individuals for whom typical instruction is not effective
1984 to present

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