EDTC 662 - Computer Utilization in Educational Research and Practice
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Subject Guide: Education subject guides
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SELECTED DATABASES
Academic Search Complete (EbSCO)
Multi-disciplinary full-text database including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals.
ACM Digital Library 1985-
Full-text for articles published in ACM and affiliated organizations' periodicals, as well as bibliographic information, abstracts, and reviews for those articles on computing, including software, hardware, computational theory, artificial intelligence, information science, human-computer interaction, instructional technology and more.
ERIC (EbSCO)
Probably the most extensive coverage on all educational-related topics.
Education Full Text (Wilson)
Indexed coverage since 1982, abstracted coverage since 1994 and full text coverage since 1996. A good starting point for full-text articles.
Web of Science
Multiple databases containing information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals in all areas of research. Search by author, subject, or look for all the papers which have cited another paper
Dissertations and Theses
The most comprehensive source of doctoral dissertations and master's theses in the world.
Education: a SAGE Full Text Collection (CSA)
Full text of 36 peer-reviewed journals by up to 90 years of backfiles, covering Adult and Continuing Edu., Edu. Adm., Edu. Policy, Elementary & Primary Edu., High School and Secondary Edu., Higher Edu., International Edu., Leadership, Measurement and more.
ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect is the web database of approximately 1,800 Elsevier journals covering mostly scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature, but also business, law and other social sciences.
Applied Science and Technology Full Text (Wilson)
A variety of applied science specialties—acoustics to aeronautics, neural networks to nuclear engineering—from leading trade and industrial journals, professional and technical society journals, specialized subject periodicals, buyers' guides, directories, and conference proceedings. The articles are in full text and include the graphical content.
OmniFile Full Text Mega (Wilson) (Wilson)
M-disciplinary database providing the complete content from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Standard CatalogsEducation Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text.
Social Sciences Full Text (Wilson) (Wilson) Indexing 1983-; Fulltext 1994-
Coverage: psychology, sociology, education, community health, policy sciences, minority studies, economics, social work, criminology, environmental studies, and more.
CSA Technology Research Database (CSA)
Combines the resources of the following CSA databases into a single searchable index:CSA Engineering Research Database, CSA High Technology Research Database with Aerospace, and CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX. Sources covered include over 4,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books, and press releases. Subfiles that make up the CSA Technology Research Database can be searched separately.