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- Education Full Text

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles on education practice and educational research.

- Education Full Text offers the full text of over 600 journals. The articles can be viewed in either HTML or PDF. Articles need only be a column in length to qualify for inclusion. Book and video reviews are also included.
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- Coverage Dates: June 1983- (full text from 1996- )
- Updated: Monthly
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- Languages: English
- Database Provider: wilson
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xeaf-uga1
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- Education Full Text offers the full text of over 600 journals. The articles can be viewed in either HTML or PDF. Articles need only be a column in length to qualify for inclusion. Book and video reviews are also included.
- ERIC (at EBSCOhost)

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Educational Resources Information Center. Index and abstracts of articles, books, and documents covering education research and practice.

- ERIC (at EBSCOhost) covers all aspects of education and educational research, includes both abstracts of published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics. It corresponds to the printed indexes of RIE (Resources in Education) and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education). This database is produced by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education. The EBSCOhost version of the ERIC database includes the searchable Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors. The EBSCOhost version of ERIC is updated quarterly; to see citations of articles and documents added since the last update (but not the full text) go to Department of Education's ERIC web site.
- Coverage Dates: 1966-
- Updated: Quarterly
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zber
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- PsycINFO

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.The major index for articles, books, chapters, dissertations, and reports in psychology. The American Psychological Association offers YouTube videos on how to use PsycINFO.

- PsycINFO contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines. Some articles are available in full text. Journal coverage includes international material selected from more than 1,700 periodicals from nearly 50 countries. The historic portion of the database comes from from three sources: Psychological Abstracts (1927-1966), Psychological Bulletin (1921-1926), and all journals published by the American Psychological Association plus the American Journal of Psychology from the first issue of volume 1, number 1 in November 1887.
Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material published from 1987-present. Over 60,000 references are added annually.
- PsycINFO online help:
PsycINFO Search Help/Training Center includes Search Tips and How-To's and a search guide specific to the EBSCOhost interface.
The APA also offers YouTube videos on how to use PsycINFO.
Produced and copyrighted (c) by the American Psychological Association.
- Coverage Dates: 1887 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbpy
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- PsycINFO contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines. Some articles are available in full text. Journal coverage includes international material selected from more than 1,700 periodicals from nearly 50 countries. The historic portion of the database comes from from three sources: Psychological Abstracts (1927-1966), Psychological Bulletin (1921-1926), and all journals published by the American Psychological Association plus the American Journal of Psychology from the first issue of volume 1, number 1 in November 1887.
Related / Narrower Databases
- Advanced Placement Source

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from full-text journals as well as photos, maps, and flags.

- Advanced Placement Source is designed to meet the needs of high school students enrolled in various AP courses. It contains more than 6,100 full-text journals and over 200,000 photos, maps and flags. Subject areas include mathematics; physics; chemistry; biology; computer science; human geography; psychology; economics & statistics; government & politics; environmental science; U.S., European and world history; the arts and music.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary.
- Title List
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbad
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- Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD)

Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.A comprehensive source on reading materials for Pre-K to Young Adult, CLCD has more than full-text 300,000 reviews and 1.4 million entries.

- Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database is the most comprehensive source for PreK-12 and young adult reading materials, with over 300,000 reviews, all of which are keyword searchable. There are over 1.4 million records in the database and they are searchable by awards, prizes, best book and reading list entries. Links are included to over 100,000 authors and illustrators, with links to lesson plans. Most reading measurement programs are included. A free newsletter is also available to anyone interested.
- Coverage Dates: Titles: 1960s; Reviews: 1996+. Reviews for various journals are being added retrospectively.
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: clcd
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=chin-uga1
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- Ejournals in Education
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Links to electronic journals that are scholarly, peer-reviewed, full text and free. Does not include non-refereed professional magazines or commercial journals with only a few articles available in full text for free. Created and maintained by the American Education Research Association Special Interest Group Communication of Research.
- URL: http://aera-cr.asu.edu/ejournals/
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- LexisNexis Statistical

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Statistics published by the U.S. government and other agencies

- LexisNexis Statistical consists of:
- Search Tables Base Edition: selected statistical tables drawn mainly from sources published by the U.S. government since about 1998.
- Search Abstracts:
- American Statistics Index (ASI) abstracts (1970-) and full text (ca 2004-) of Federal government sources
- Statistical Reference Index (SRI) abstracts (1980-) of state and private sources
- Index to International Statistics (IIS) abstracts (1983-) of international and inter-governmental sources
Coverage ranges across many topics including income, production, retail and wholesale trade, interest rates, economic indicators, demographics, energy, environmental protection, agriculture and fisheries, crime, medicine, and education.
- Coverage Dates: 1970s-
- Updated: Biannually
- Database Provider: cis
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xstu-uga1
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- LexisNexis Statistical consists of:
- Mental Measurements Yearbook

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Full-text information on commercially-available, standardized English-language tests.

- Mental Measurements Yearbook contains full-text information on commercially-available, standardized English-language tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas. Information given on instruments includes test name and classification; author(s); publisher, publication date; price; time requirements; existence of validity and reliability data; score descriptions; levels; and intended populations. Published reviews of the tests are referenced. Please note that the online version is not a complete substitute for the print. Older versions of tests are removed from the online version when a more recent version is published. Consult the print edition for older versions of tests. Produced by the Buros Institute.
- Coverage Dates: 1985-
- Updated: Biannually
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=menm-uga1
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- Middle Search Plus

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles selected to meet the research needs of middle school/junior high students.

- Middle Search Plus provides full text from nearly 90 general, reference, health, and science publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for over 130 magazines, including charts, tables, graphs, and photographs.
- Coverage Dates: 1984 to the present for indexing and abstracts; 1990 to the present for full text (Dates of coverage may vary for individual publications)
- Updated: Weekly
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbms
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- Physical Education Index

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index of scholarly articles and research pertaining to physical education topics.

- Physical Education Index provides citations and abstracts on a wide variety of content, ranging from physical education curricula, to sports medicine, to dance. Other coverage includes sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, health education, physical therapy, and sport sociology/psychology.
Records are indexed and classified from peer-reviewed journals, report literature, conference proceedings, trade magazines, patents, articles from the popular press, and many other publications.
- Coverage Dates: 1970 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
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- Database Provider: cambridge
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zcph
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- Physical Education Index provides citations and abstracts on a wide variety of content, ranging from physical education curricula, to sports medicine, to dance. Other coverage includes sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, health education, physical therapy, and sport sociology/psychology.
- PILOTS: Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress

Online Access: On/Off Campus
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Worldwide literature on mental-health consequences of exposure to traumatic events.

- Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Its goal is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage. PILOTS includes: * post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder (with or without reference to the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) * the assessment, description, prevention, or treatment of any psychiatric disorder, especially dissociative identity disorder (formerly called multiple personality disorder), other dissociative disorders, or borderline personality disorder, associated etiologically or epidemiologically with exposure to a traumatic event, or to an event experienced as traumatic by the population under discussion * the preparation or provision of mental health services to a traumatized population or a population at risk of experiencing traumatic events * issues of professional ethics, scientific methodology, or public policy relating to traumatized populations. Use the browser's back button to return to GALILEO. Access: Free Database provider: ProQuest-CSA
- Coverage Dates: 1871-
- Updated: Monthly
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=pils-uga1
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- Primary Search

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles in magazines for elementary students.

- PrimarySearch is designed for students at the elementary-grade level. 55 full-text publications as well as 120 general publications for professionals working with students on the primary/elementary level are included. 300 full text pamphlets are also included. In addition to searchable full-text for some publications, photos are included in many articles.
- Coverage Dates: 1984 to the present for indexing and abstracts; 1990 to the present for full text (Dates of coverage may vary for individual publications)
- Updated: Weekly
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbps
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- SIRS Discoverer

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles and reference information for elementary and middle school students.

SIRS Discoverer is an award-winning general reference resource for beginning learners and researchers in grades 1-9. The database includes editorially-selected, full-text articles and images from over a thousand domestic and international newspapers, magazines, and government documents. The images include graphics, photos, charts, and maps, including U.S. historical, world historical, and outline maps. SIRS Discoverer also offers supplemental curriculum and learning materials, including an educator's guide, middle- and elementary-level student workbooks, citation guidelines, research strategy worksheets, and more through the Educator's Resources link.
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- Database Provider: Proquest
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zssd
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- SIRS Researcher (SIRS Knowledge Source)

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.High school research tools, articles.

SIRS Researcher is a general database of selected full-text articles on social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political, and global issues. In addition to full-text articles, the following are also available: Today's News, Almanac Excerpts, and Maps of the World. Many articles are accompanied by graphics, including charts, maps, diagrams, and illustrations. Content is aligned to state standards, and articles include Lexile scores to match readers with articles at their reading level.
SIRS Researcher also offers relevant, credible resources aligned to standards that tell the whole story on the major issues of the day. Information for each SIRS Leading Issue:
- Offers introductory overview for context
- Reviews the issue's pro/con viewpoints with resources for each viewpoint
- Displays My Analysis that frames important questions
- Links to printable PDFs for use in classroom instruction
- Provides relevant, full-text documents and multimedia resources, updated daily
- Offers sample activity templates for student essays, research papers, debates, etc.
- Promotes critical thinking and inquiry-based learning
- Updated: Daily
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- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zsks
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- SKS WebSelect (SIRS Knowledge Source)

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Directory of web resources on most subjects, plus topics and featured Web sites of special interest.

- SKS WebSelect is an online database of Internet resources providing access to quality Web sites on almost any subject. WebSelect is continually updated to include new sites and dynamically changing data. Summaries provide a concise overview of site content and authority. Keyword, Subject Heading, and Topic Browse searches can be performed. Topics are assigned based on site content and mission. WebSelect is dynamically updated and offers Internet resources from around the globe, including those of leading universities, government agencies and respected organizations.
- Coverage Dates: Current file
- Updated: Ongoing
- Database Provider: sirs
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zsws
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Broader Databases
- Academic Search Complete

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from some peer-reviewed journals as well as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and other sources.

- Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database is updated daily and features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary. Some content goes as far back as 1865.
- Updated: Daily
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbac
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- Dissertation Abstracts (ProQuest Dissertations and Theses)

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to doctoral dissertations and masters theses

- Dissertation Abstracts / Digital Dissertations at ProQuest covers dissertations accepted at accredited U.S. institutions since 1861. Approximately 47,000 new dissertations and 12,000 new theses are added to the database each year. It selectively covers masters theses, Canadian dissertations, British, and other international dissertations. Abstracts are included for dissertations beginning July 1980 and for masters theses beginning spring 1988. For dissertations done in 1997 and later, full text is PDF form of some titles is available.
For dissertations and theses completed prior to those dates, references are given to the print edition of Dissertation Abstracts, American Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Abstracts. Abstracts may be consulted in those publications.
Not all dissertations from all participating universities are included in Dissertation Abstracts. Coverage depends on the date a university began online contribution of their abstracts to University Microfilms International (now ProQuest). Also, for many European universities the contribution of abstracts was the responsibility of the student.
ProQuest Digital Dissertations offers subscribers access to dissertations in digital format starting with titles published from 1997 forward. Users affiliated with participating doctoral-granting institutions may download for free PDF copies of disserations granted by their own institutions (but not from institutions other than their own). The free PDF downloads are available only from on-campus computers. Free preview copies of the first 24 pages of many dissertations (1997- ) are available to all users of the database. NOTE: It is possible to purchase copies of dissertations in a variety of formats online in the Dissertation Abstracts / Digital Dissertations database. However, if you wish to borrow disserations from other institutions, please contact the Interlibrary Loan Department.
Students who want tips on preparing digital dissertations and theses can go to ProQuest Digital Dissertations, Guidelines for Submitting Electronic Theses and Dissertations.
- Coverage Dates: 1861-
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: proquest
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zudi
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- Dissertation Abstracts / Digital Dissertations at ProQuest covers dissertations accepted at accredited U.S. institutions since 1861. Approximately 47,000 new dissertations and 12,000 new theses are added to the database each year. It selectively covers masters theses, Canadian dissertations, British, and other international dissertations. Abstracts are included for dissertations beginning July 1980 and for masters theses beginning spring 1988. For dissertations done in 1997 and later, full text is PDF form of some titles is available.
- EJS E-Journals Database

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Search across all 8700+ e-journals available through EBSCOhost.

- EJS E-Journals Database offers searching of all journals available through EBSCOhost's Electronic Journals Service. Covers multiple subjects.
- Coverage Dates: varies
- Updated: monthly
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=ejse-uga1
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- Emerald Fulltext

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Full text articles from over 100 business and library science research journals.

- Emerald Fulltext contains the full text of 42,000 articles in over 100 research journals in the fields of management, marketing, and library/information science, 1994-present. You may do a topic search of the entire database or browse journals issue by issue. The full text is usually in both HTML and PDF formats.
- Coverage Dates: 1994- full text; 1989- abstracts
- Updated: Daily
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: Emerald Journal Publishing Limited
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=emeu-uga1
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- Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale)


Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Reference books from Gale.

- Gale Virtual Reference Library complements titles in the Gale E-Book Collection with the following additional titles:
- Almanac of American Education, 2006 ed., 2006
- Copyright Catechism: Practical Answers to Everyday School Dilemmas, 2005
- Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy, 2nd ed., 3v, 2002
- Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 3rd ed., 5v, 2004
- Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, 2nd ed., 4v, 2002
- Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd ed., 8v, 2003
- A Financial History of Modern U.S. Corporate Scandals: From Enron to Reform, 2006
- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Transformation of the Supreme Court, 2004
- Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce, 2v, 2002
- Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, 2v, 1999
- Handbook of Fixed Income Securities, 7th ed., 2005
- Handbook of Mortgage Backed Securities, 6th ed., 2006
- Historical Dictionary of the Old South, 2005
- International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family, 2nd ed., 4v, 2003
- National Survey of State Laws, 5th ed., 2005
- St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide, 2v, 2003
- World Education Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., 3v, 2002
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies, 4v, 2002
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, 11th ed., 6v, 2004
- Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States, 6th ed., 2004
- Coverage Dates: varies
- Updated: varies
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: gale
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=galj-uga1
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- Gale Virtual Reference Library complements titles in the Gale E-Book Collection with the following additional titles:
- JSTOR

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals.

- JSTOR provides electronic access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals. The goal of the project is to build a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature. The journals are organized into the Arts and Sciences Collections I & II, the General Sciences Collection, the Ecology and Botany Collection, the Business Collection, the Language and Literature Collection, the Mathematics and Statistics Collection, and the Music Collection.
- Coverage Dates: 1800s- (dates vary)
- Updated: Ongoing
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- Database Provider: jstor
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xjst-uga1
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- OregonPDF in Health & Performance


Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Provides full-text dissertations in areas related to health and performance.

- OregonPDF in Health & Performance provides over 10,000 dissertations and theses in full-text in areas related to health and performance. Academic areas of interest include biochemistry, biomechanics, dance, exercise physiology, history or philosophy of physical education, kinesiology, motor control, obesity, recreation, sports marketing, sports medicine, psychology, and tests and measurements.
- Coverage Dates: 1948
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=oreg-uga1
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- Project Muse

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Full text archive of articles on literature and criticism, history, art, and social sciences.

- Project Muse is a full-text journal database for over 100 journals in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, and gender studies.
Database provider: Johns Hopkins University Press, in collaboration with the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins University.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary
- Updated: Ongoing
- Title List
- Database Provider: johns_hopkins
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xpmu-uga1
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- Project Muse is a full-text journal database for over 100 journals in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, and gender studies.
- ScienceDirect

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from scholarly journals on all the sciences, including the social sciences.

- ScienceDirect provides full text access to scholarly journals published by Elsevier and its subsidiaries.
- Coverage Dates: 1995 - present (Academic Press journals: 1996 - present)
- Updated: Ongoing
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- Database Provider: Elsevier
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xsdi-uga1
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- Web of Knowledge

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Provides access to the Web of Science suite, Current Contents Connect, and Journal Citation Reports.

- Web of Knowledge contains a suite of research tools, including:
- Web of Science (Arts and Humanities Index, Science Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation Index)
- Current Contents Connect (last 5 years)
- Journal Citation Reports (1999-)
- Coverage Dates: Last 5 years (Current Contents Connect); 1999- (Journal Citation Reports); 1945- (Science Citation Index); 1956- (Social Science Citation Index); 1975- (Arts and Humanities Citation Index)
- Updated: Weekly
- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: isi
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=webf-uga1
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- Web of Knowledge contains a suite of research tools, including:
- Wiley InterScience Journal Finder

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles in journals and e-books from the publisher Wiley.

- Wiley InterScience permits subscribers to Wiley journals to have full-text access to those same journals electronically. Also includes online full-text books.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary
- Updated: Ongoing
- Title List
- Database Provider: john_wiley
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xwis-uga1
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Biographical Sources
- Biographical Dictionary of American Educators
Call Number: Main Ref LA2311.B54
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection

- Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators
Call Number: Main Ref LA2311.O55
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection

- Who's Who in American Education
Call Number: Main Ref LA2311.W47 (Index Table 3)
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection

- Who's Who on the Web

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Biographies from various Who's Who publications.

- Current biographies of all individuals who appeared in any one of the following Marquis print titles since 1985: Who�s Who in America, Who�s Who in the East, Who Was Who in America, Who�s Who in the Midwest, Who�s Who in the World, Who�s Who in the South & Southwest, Who�s Who of American Women, Who�s Who in the West, Who�s Who in Science & Engineering, Who�s Who in Media & Communications, Who�s Who in American Law, Who�s Who in Entertainment, Who�s Who in Medicine & Healthcare, Who�s Who in American Education, Who�s Who in Finance & Business (Formerly Who's Who in Finance & Industry), Who�s Who in American Nursing, Who�s Who in Religion, Who�s Who in 20th Century America, Who�s Who of Emerging Leaders in America, Who�s Who Among Human Services Professionals; profiles on over 1 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor. Search by name, gender, occupation, geography, hobbies and interests, religion and much more.
- Coverage Dates: 1985-
- Updated: Daily
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: Marquis
- One user allowed at a time.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=whos-uga1
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Books
- GIL Library Catalog
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Search the UGA Libraries catalog for books, journals, CD-ROMs, and other media. Use title, author or subject searches, or perform a keyword search.
- URL: http://gil.uga.edu
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- The National Academies Press: Education Collection
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Majority of titles are available in full text, but some contain highlights only. Many fields of education are represented, but heaviest concentration of titles is in math/science/technology education and assessment.
- URL: http://books.nap.edu/v3/makepage.phtml?val1=subject&val2=ed
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- NetLibrary (full-text electronic books)

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.A collection of electronic books (eBooks) on most topics, including computers and technology.

- NetLibrary provides access to electronic books (eBooks), including reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many university presses, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format. It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. There is no checkout period for NetLibrary eBooks.
Users can create an account in order to use personalization tools, including creating a Favorites list, but a personal account is not required for accessing eBooks through the GALILEO interface. A personal login is required when accessing through library catalogs and through the NetLibrary web site.
NetLibrary Titles Index for Shared Collections 1 and 2 (at SOLINET).
Database provider: NetLibrary, a Division of OCLC.
- Coverage Dates: Currently available
- Updated: Collections are closed.
- Database Provider: netlibrary
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zmnl
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- NetLibrary provides access to electronic books (eBooks), including reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many university presses, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format. It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. There is no checkout period for NetLibrary eBooks.
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia of American Education
Call Number: Main Ref LB17.U54
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection

- The Encyclopedia of Education
Call Number: Main Ref LB15.E45
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection

- Glossarist: education glossaries and education dictionaries
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- URL: http://www.glossarist.com/glossaries/education/
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- Glossary of Distance Education Terminology
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- URL: http://www.uidaho.edu/eo/dist13.html
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- International Encyclopedia of Education
Call Number: Main Ref LB15.I569
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection

- International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
- The International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (IESBS) contains over 3,800 scholarly articles on all aspects of the social and behavioral sciences. In addition to the topical articles there are 150 biographical articles on major figures. All articles are signed and have extensive bibliographies. The online version provides enhanced navigational and search features to the 26-volume print set. All articles are available in both HTML and PDF formats. Also available in print: Main Library Reference H41.I58 2001
- URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/referenceworks/0080430767
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- Parent Pals Special Education Dictionary
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- URL: http://www.parentpals.com/2.0dictionary/dictnewsindex.html
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- Slavin Online Glossary of Education
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- URL: http://www.abacon.com/slavin/vocab.html
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Directories
- American School Directory
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Descriptive and contact information on over 100,000 K-12 schools.
- URL: http://www.asd.com/
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- Cabell's Directories: Curriculum & Materials and Psychology & Administration

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Directory of scholarly journals in the field of Education with detailed descriptions and submission guidelines.

- A directory of scholarly journals in the field of Education. Entries include the topic areas covered by the journal, type of review process, number of external reviewers, time required for review, availability of reviewers' comments, acceptance rate and submission guidelines.
- Updated: Monthly
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: Cabell
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=cabs-uga1
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- College Navigator

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Searchable profiles of US colleges and universities.

- COOL: College Opportunities Online Locator is a database of college and university profiles searchable by location or program. Provides statistics on financial aid, enrollment, retention/graduation rates and more.
Database provider: National Center for Education Statistics.
- Coverage Dates: current
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: National Center for Education Statistics
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=cool-uga1
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- COOL: College Opportunities Online Locator is a database of college and university profiles searchable by location or program. Provides statistics on financial aid, enrollment, retention/graduation rates and more.
- GreatSchools.net
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Demographic, performance and contact information for public, private and charter schools in all 50 states. Detailed school profiles for selected states.
- URL: http://www.greatschools.net
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- PILOTS: Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress

Online Access: On/Off Campus
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Worldwide literature on mental-health consequences of exposure to traumatic events.

- Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Its goal is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage. PILOTS includes: * post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder (with or without reference to the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) * the assessment, description, prevention, or treatment of any psychiatric disorder, especially dissociative identity disorder (formerly called multiple personality disorder), other dissociative disorders, or borderline personality disorder, associated etiologically or epidemiologically with exposure to a traumatic event, or to an event experienced as traumatic by the population under discussion * the preparation or provision of mental health services to a traumatized population or a population at risk of experiencing traumatic events * issues of professional ethics, scientific methodology, or public policy relating to traumatized populations. Use the browser's back button to return to GALILEO. Access: Free Database provider: ProQuest-CSA
- Coverage Dates: 1871-
- Updated: Monthly
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=pils-uga1
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- Yahoo Directory: K-12 Schools
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Contact information for schools, school districts, and state and local officials.
- URL: http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/K_12/Schools/
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Guides/Handbooks
- Handbook of Research on Teaching
Call Number: Main Ref LB1028.H315 (2nd copy on 2nd floor, Main Library)
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection

- The Social Sciences: A cross disciplinary Guide to Selected Sources
Call Number: Main Ref H61.S68 (shelved at reference desk)
- Contains a chapter devoted to reference sources in education.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection

News Sources
- Education Week on the Web
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Full text of the publications Education Week (1981- present)and Teacher Magazine (1989- present) as well as daily education news updates.
- URL: http://www.edweek.org/
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- LexisNexis Academic

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Full text news, business, legal, medical, and reference information.

- LexisNexis Academic contains approximately 5,000 publications, virtually all include full text. Many types of publications are included: newspapers (in English, other languages, and translations of international papers), legal news, general interest magazines, medical journals, trade publications, company financial information, transcripts, wire service reports, government publications (such as the federal case law, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Testimony, etc.), law reviews, and reference works (such as the Forbes Annual Directory, the Official Guide/American Marketplace and the US Global Trade Outlook).
If you wish to search for articles published in only a specific publication, click on 'Sources' in the black bar at the top of the screen. Search for the publication, click on 'Find Title', then choose "Search This Title" next to the publication you want to search. This will paste the name of the publication into the search screen, and will ensure that you are searching the correct section of LexisNexis.
- Coverage Dates: Dates of coverage vary by publication
- Updated: Varies by publication (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, annually)
- Title List
- Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Database Provider: lexis_nexis
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zxau
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- LexisNexis Academic contains approximately 5,000 publications, virtually all include full text. Many types of publications are included: newspapers (in English, other languages, and translations of international papers), legal news, general interest magazines, medical journals, trade publications, company financial information, transcripts, wire service reports, government publications (such as the federal case law, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Testimony, etc.), law reviews, and reference works (such as the Forbes Annual Directory, the Official Guide/American Marketplace and the US Global Trade Outlook).
Online Curriculum Materials
- Blue Web'n
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- An archive of over 1000 annotated "learning sites". Searchable by subject, grade level, keyword and type (e.g. activities, projects.)
- URL: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
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- Discovery School Lesson Plans
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Lesson plans and activities organized by grade level and subject.
- URL: http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/index.html
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- EdSitement
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- A joint project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of Great City Schools and others. Covers arts, literature, foreign languages, social studies and history.
- URL: http://edsitement.neh.gov
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- The Educator's Reference Desk: Lesson Plans
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- URL: http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml
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- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (Teaching and Learning Resources from Federal Agencies)
Online Access: On/Off CampusTeaching resources and lesson plans from the federal government.

FREE makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government.
More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies. New sites are added regularly.
- Database Provider: U.S. Dept of Education
- URL: http://www.free.ed.gov/index.cfm
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- The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- A project of the Natonal Library of Education and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology. GEM provides links to educational materials on the internet, such as lesson plans, activities and projects. Some sites require free or paid registrations. GEM can be searched by keyword, subject, title or grade level.
- URL: http://thegateway.org/
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- LD Online: Learning Disabilities Information and Resources
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- "An interactive guide to learning disabilties for parents, teachers and children." Includes an annotated list of web resources, discussion lists weekly research updates and links to related agencies.
- URL: http://www.ldonline.org
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- The National Science Digital Library
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Contains interactive learning materials and teaching resources in K-12 science and math, for example: lesson guides, classroom activities, interactive lessons, simulations, etc.
- URL: http://nsdl.org/index.php
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- PBS TeacherSource
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- A large collection of lesson plans, teacher guides and online student activities correlated to 90 sets of state and national curriculum standards.
- URL: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource
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- Thinkfinity
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Contains lesson plans, student activities, reviewed Web sites and other MarcoPolo resources.
- URL: http://www.marcopolo-education.org/about/about_index.aspx
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- UGA Curriculum Materials Library
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Houses materials for the College of Education's undergraduate programs, particularly those related to teacher training and preparation. Materials support Educational Field Experiences in the College of Education, the methods and practicum courses in the education curriculum, and children's and young adult's literature courses. Books and periodicals of the CML can be located in the online catalog of the Libraries, GIL.
- URL: http://www.coe.uga.edu/cml
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Organizations/Associations
- Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD)
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- A searchable directory of 3000+ education-related organizations. Entries include a description of the organization and a link to their website.
- URL: http://www.ed.gov/erod/
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Statistics
- 120 Years of American Education: A Statistical Record
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Contains statistical trends of elementary, secondary, and higher education institutions. Text and charts describe historical shifts in educational attainment, enrollment, staff, degrees and finance.
- URL: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=93442
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- American Council on Education: Online Information Center
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Data on a variety of higher education topics, including Access and Enrollment, Demographics, Distance Learning, Educational Attainment, Faculty, Graduate Education, International Education, Leadership, Persistence, Student Financing, Students and Teacher Preparation.
- URL: http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/OnlineResources/InfoCenter/index.htm
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- The Condition of Education
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Collection of statistics that summarizes the health of education, monitors important developments, and shows trends in major aspects of education. Published annually by the US government.
- URL: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe
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- Digest of Education Statistics (online)
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Current and historical data. Primarily national and state coverage. Some earlier editions are also at this site.
- URL: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/
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- International Archive of Education Data
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Contains raw data collected by public and private organizations dealing with all levels of education worldwide. Each data collection contains an abstract, codebook, and one or more data files for research use. No statistical tables or printed reports are included. Links to related sites are provided when available. The website also features an online data analysis system (DAS) that allows users to conduct analyses on selected datasets within the Archive.
- URL: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/IAED/sitemap.html
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- NAEP Data Explorer
Online Access: On/Off CampusOfficial statistics from decades of assessment of students' academic performance.

The NAEP Data Explorer, from the U.S. Department of Education, provides national and state results in 10 subject areas, including mathematics, reading, writing, and science. Results have been produced for the nation and participating states and other jurisdictions since 1990, and for selected urban districts (on a trial basis) since 2002.
The Long-Term Trends section provides national mathematics and reading results dating from the 1970s.
The site also offers grade 12 assessment results from the 2005 mathematics and science assessments for students who graduated high school in 2005. Results are available for transcript data such as course-taking and grade point average.
With the NAEP Data Explorer (NDE) you can create statistical tables, charts, and maps to help you find answers. Explore the results of decades of assessment of students' academic performance, as well as information about factors that may be related to their learning.
- Database Provider: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education
- URL: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata/
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- National Center for Education Statistics: K12 Practitioners' Circle
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- The Department of Education's NCES is the primary federal resource for collecting and analyzing data related to national and international education. This gateway to NCES data is specifically designed for K-12 teachers and administrators.
- URL: http://nces.ed.gov/practitioners/
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- Projections of Education Statistics to 2016
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Projections at the national and state level.
- URL: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/projections/projections2016/
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- Statistical Abstract of the United States
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Statistical Abstract is available free in pdf & spreadsheet format. Sections 6, 7, 19, 20, 23, & 24 relate to ecology and environmental science.
- URL: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
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- U.S. Census Bureau: Education
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- URL: http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education.html
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- UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Contains a searchable database of UNESCO education statistics (1970-1997) as well as selected tables from the UNESCO Statistical Yearbook and 16 commonly used statistical indicators on education.
- URL: http://www.uis.unesco.org/en/stats/centre.htm
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- World Bank Group: Data & Statistics: Education
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- URL: http://www.worldbank.org/data/databytopic/education.html
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Tests/Measurements
- Finding Tests and Test Information in the UGA Libraries
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- An in-depth guide to many resources for locating and evaluating tests. Includes information on how to search for tests and test critiques in databases such as PsycINFO, and links to Internet resources on testing.
- URL: http://www.libs.uga.edu/researchcentral/subjectguides/testsbib.html
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- Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) (Ovid)

Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Information on measurement instruments in the psychosocial sciences.

- Health and Psychosocial Instruments features material on unpublished information-gathering tools for clinicians that are discussed in journal articles, such as questionnaires, interview schedules, tests, checklists, rating and other scales, coding schemes, and projective techniques. Over 2/3 of the tools are in medical and nursing areas such pain measurement, quality of life assessment, and drug efficacy evaluation. The database contains several categories of content:
- Citations to actual test documents that copyright holders authorize BMDS to make available
- Bibliographic citations to journal articles which contain information about specific test instruments
- A catalog of commercial test publishers and their available instruments
In addition to medical measurement instruments, HaPI presents tests used in medically related disciplines including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech & hearing therapy.
- Coverage Dates: 1985-
- Updated: quarterly
- Database Provider: ovid
- One user allowed at a time.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=hean-uga1
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- Health and Psychosocial Instruments features material on unpublished information-gathering tools for clinicians that are discussed in journal articles, such as questionnaires, interview schedules, tests, checklists, rating and other scales, coding schemes, and projective techniques. Over 2/3 of the tools are in medical and nursing areas such pain measurement, quality of life assessment, and drug efficacy evaluation. The database contains several categories of content:
- Test Critiques
Call Number: Main Ref BF176.T418 (Index Table 3)
- A comprehensive source providing descriptions, reviews and references for most frequently used and recommended psychologial, educational and business tests. A good supplement to Tests in Print.
- Location: Main Library Only

- Tests in Print
Call Number: Main Ref LB3051.T460 (Index Table 3)
- Published annually. Cumulative index to the Mental Measurements Yearbooks. Covers only commercially published tests.
- Location: Main Library Only

Web Subject Guides
- Academic Info: Your Gateway to Quality Internet Resources: Education
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- Annotated listing of Internet resources in education tailored to a college and university audience.
- URL: http://www.academicinfo.net/ed.html
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- Education World
Online Access: On/Off Campus
- One stop internet shopping for teachers. Allows teachers to share ideas on lesson plans, news, website reviews, research and career opportunities.
- URL: http://www.educationworld.com
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