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 Online Databases
and Websites in Education 
Citation Guides - correct
format for proper documentation
Databases - scholarly
material, citation only and full text
E Books - use free electronic texts when
you can't find the printed book
Government sites - local, state, federal and
international; also historical texts
Quick Reference -
quality, credible, and timely reference
resources -mostly all are free
Search Engines for Kids - great for
teachers too, resources labeled for age appropriate grades
Web Directories - subject guides
to selective and carefully chosen sites on the Web
Web Resources - selective list of
free sites
Web Search in a Nutshell -
getting started in library research
Subscription Databases Available
Only to the WSC Community:
Citation and abstract information from over 750 educational journals and
related documents from the Educational Resource Information Center, and report literature
dating back to 1966. More than 107,000 non-journal documents (issued
1993-2004) are available full-text at no cost. There is a
2 page overview of
The ERIC
Database( PDF)
We have 3 different ways to access ERIC:
ProQuest Education Journals -
Search the leading full-text journals in education and related
fields with coverage beginning in 1988. 745
top educational publications, including nearly 600 of the titles in
full text.
Professional Development Collection
A highly
specialized collection of nearly 360 full-text journals, designed for
professional educators. Information from children's health to cutting-edge
pedagogical theory and practice.
The more general
Academic Search
Complete is also useful for education topics and
contains a good deal of articles in full text.
Search Tips (PDF)
Teaching Reference
Center - provides journal information for K-12 teachers and
librarians. Includes over 260 titles from the most popular trade
journals on key educational topics.
Funk & Wagnalls New World
Encyclopedia - good for school projects
Academic One File
indexes
peer-reviewed, full text articles available in HTML or PDF formats from
the world's leading journals and reference sources. Also has full text
New York Times content back to 1995, hundreds of podcasts and
transcripts from radio and television broadcasts.
Search Tips
(PDF)
This site also
contains
Educator's
Reference Complete
for teachers and school
administrators. Finally, there are also 3 databases
targeted for specific age groups:
Student Edition - for high school
students; Junior Edition - for K - 12 and
Kid Info Bits
-for K-5
Funded
by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the six Massachusetts Regional Library Systems.
Public Affairs International. Public
affairs and worlds issues with coverage from 1972 to the present. An
index to over 1/2 million articles, books, government documents,
Internet sites and documents from more than 120 countries. Obviously useful for global
education
issues.
Kraus
Curriculum Development Library.
Quick and easy access to the 20th edition documents. Fully searchable utilizing ERIC descriptors and also searchable by subject,
keywords, grades and geographic location.4500 curriculum documents from across
the English-speaking world. Older editions can be searched using print indexes
that refer to guides on our microfiche collection.
Newspapers. Our
Web page that provides links to the 14 major Massachusetts newspapers
including the Boston Globe and Worcester Telegram; also 27
national papers such as the Los Angeles Times and Washington
Post. Provides
access
to Lexis-Nexis and other archive research
databases for full text of regional, national and international news
stories along with links to other news media.
E Books are here at
Net
Library. A good supplement to
the actual book when it is not available through traditional means, or time is
of the essence. Extensive list of titles in Education from curriculum
reform, creativity in the classroom, to technology in education,
etc. Remote access
is available if you
first set up an account
on campus. Info for
first time users.
There is also a page with
links to
more E-book collections
Biography
Resource Center
Includes full
text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search by nationality, birth or
death year, ethnicity, occupation, gender - or combine criteria for a highly
customized search. Also includes the full text for
Who's Who in Education.
More Online Biography Resources
Other Web
Resources - selective list of free sites
- Busy
Teachers Website - Covers all kinds of subjects and includes Lesson
Plans
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The Condition of Education -
from the National Center for Education Statistics; covers the years
2000-2005
- Education
Index - an annotated guide to the best education-related sites on the
Web
- Education
Virtual Library -
- Education
World - huge database of educational-related sites; lesson plans and
games, integrating technology, professional development, school issues,
administrator's desk.
- Educator's
Reference Desk - From the Information Institute of Syracuse; brings you
2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+
question archive responses
- Enchanted
Learning - Enchanted Learning produces children's educational web sites,
games, and quizzes designed to capture the imagination; geared to pre-school
through elementary
- GEM
Gateway to Educational Materials - Access to over 40,000 educational resources found on various federal, state,
university, non-profit and commercial Internet sites. Collection can be
browsed through keyword or topic index. Also has "limiters" such
as grade level and type of resource (such as lesson plans, curriculum
guides, activities, etc.).
- Global
Schoolhouse - sponsored by Microsoft; updated daily with latest projects
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International Ed - sponsored
by the Asia Society to promote understanding of other cultures and
educational pedagogy
- Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators - categorized list of sites useful for
enhancing curriculum and professional growth. Update frequently to include
the best sites for teaching and learning. Sponsored by the Discovery
Channel.
- Little
Red Schoolhouse Library - specialty search engines designed for
elementary to high school age children. 56 subject categories geared to
hobbies and school subjects
- Lesson
Plans - thousands of free lesson plans, articles, tips and other
resources for teachers, including a teaching resources search engine.
- Museum
Stuff - links to museums worldwide and 8,000 other museum related links
- Teachers
First - resources by subject and grade levels 1-12
- Teachers
Net Lesson Plans -
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Teachers Reference Center - a
free resource from EBSCO. Indexes
more than 260 top periodicals and trade journals for educators.
Bibliographic database covers assessment, best
practices, continuing education, curriculum development, elementary and
higher education, language arts, teacher training, etc.
Go to the Reference Shelf
page for
links to sites on financial aid, scholarships, and the Peterson's Guides.
Search Engines for Kids -
Since these are age-appropriate, they are
also a great source of pictures, games, activities and learning resources
suitable for use by teachers.
- Ask for Kids - filtered; no
sites on Surf Watch are linked
- Awesome Library - 17,000 sites
in a directory. Carefully reviewed, including the top 5% in education.
- Cyber
Sleuth - Kids 50,000 K-12 student friendly links, also clipart
- Fact
Monster - from Information Please
Almanac. Facts and information around the needs of children.
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Ithaki - a meta search engine for kids.
Finds results
searching only family-friendly sites, then
removes the duplicates across all the search engines and web directories,
puts them in order, and displays them in one search results page.
Appropriate for ages up to 12.
- Kids Click - web search
directory for kids
compiled by librarians, good for ages 6-9. For older kids 8-12, there is a
web searching guide.
- Kids Domain - great for clip art,
games, crafts. Also downloads, timely activities, software reviews by kids.
Resources for grownups too.
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Think Quest - from Oracle
Education Foundation; innovative learning resources
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Web Smart Kids -
nonprofit educational initiative that helps
families use the Internet safely and effectively.
- Yahooligans - Yahoo's site for
kids
Government
Sites -
Check out our links to government
resources for
free, reliable and authoritative material.
A great site of note is by the National
Endowment for the Humanities -The
Best of the Humanities on the Web covering art & culture,
literature, history and foreign languages. Every website profiled on the
site has been reviewed for content, design and educational impact in the
classroom. The site contains dozens of lessons plans to promote active
learning.
Web
Directories
There are excellent subject directories on the web. that can point you
to the best online resources in specific areas of education. These human
guides to the Internet are a great way to find the best of the Web, and
often find sites that can't be accessed by search engines.
The best ones
to use in education for scholarly material are:
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Librarians
Internet Index - Provides
a well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy,
librarian-selected Internet resources. Covers a broad range of
subjects, has both a topical directory arrangement and search capabilities.
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InfoMine - Virtual library of
scholarly Internet resources. Features
well organized access; notable for its
collection of annotated and indexed links.
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Academic Info -
gateway
to freely available academic resources on the web,
with annotated entries. General links, related topics, in
the news sections.
More
subject directories on the web
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