Databases for Education

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CLCD is an academic and research resource for courses needing to locate children’s and young adult books and other media. 

1993-present
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Education Source provides full text access for more than 1,800 journals, as well as indexing and abstracts for thousands more.

1929-present
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Sources include journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, and books. Each year approximately 30,000 new records are added.

1966-present
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Index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals, and books.

1960s-present
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Provides full text for over 8,500 magazines and journals, including more than 7,300 peer reviewed titles. Indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 12,500 journals.

1980-present
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Premium articles are available

The Chronicle of Higher Education is the primary source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.

1989-present
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Provides indexing of many Congressional publications from 1789 to the present, including Hearings, Committee Prints, Research Reports, Legislative Histories, and much more.

1789-present
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For North Carolina school officials and administrators, legal information pertinent to the management of schools and school systems.

Current
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Educational Administration Abstracts covers educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and more.

1966-present
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This curriculum and reference resource delivers one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries.

1948-present
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Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center is a comprehensive resource that enables users to explore industries and careers, plan their education, and prepare for job searching.

Current
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(formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library)

Provides full text access to more than 250 reference sources, primarily encyclopedias.

2000-present
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Core scholarly journals, ebooks, and images from a range of disciplines, with full-text searching and DRM-free downloads.

1800s-present (2-5 yr embargo)
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A kid-safe, advertisement-free media platform with over 9,000 titles and 12,000 segments from producers like PBS and Reading Rainbow.

Current
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PrepSTEP® for Colleges is an eLearning platform that can help you prepare for success in school and the workplace.

Current
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Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.

1975-present
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Produced by the Buros Institute, the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments.

1986-present
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Newspaper Source Plus provides full text coverage for 730 national & international newspapers.

2000-present
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Find free, open textbooks for frequently taught courses at North Carolina’s colleges and universities.

Current
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PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association, contains over 3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations.

1887-present
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Designed specifically for elementary and middle school students, SIRS Discoverer offers articles, nonfiction books, images, activities, and websites.

2000-present
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SIRS Issues Researcher is a portal to articles, primary sources, websites and graphics to support K-12 students with research, study and homework.

1989-present
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Sociological Abstracts indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines.

1952-present
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