Education and Counseling Databases
(see also
Speech & Hearing,
Psychology, and
General)
[Indexes to Journals and Books]
Online Books: [Education]
[Children's Literature]
[Directories]
[Educational Technology]
[Psychology and Development]
[Subject Teaching]
[Also of Interest]
- Indexes to Journals and Books:
- Education
Full Text (WilsonWeb)
 
- Comprehensive coverage of an international range of English-language
periodicals, monographs, and yearbooks, indexing and abstracting articles of at least one column
in length. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Cover to cover full-text from
hundreds of journals begins in January 1996. English-language books relating to education
published in 1995 or later are also indexed.
- ERIC :
Education Resources Information Center (Ebsco)
- Covers education literature and resources by providing access to information from
journals included in the Current Index to Journals in Education and from documents in the
Resources in Education index. The database contains more than 1,282,000 records and
links to more than 314,000 full-text documents from ERIC.
- ERIC :
Education Resources Information Center (FirstSearch)
- Contains annotated references to journal articles
issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in
Education (CIJE) and to nonjournal material
issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE).
Includes full text of ERIC documents and some journals.
- ERIC :
Education Resources Information Center
(US Dept of Education)
- United States Department of Education website access to the ERIC database and the
full text of ERIC documents. No password needed for remote access
- Education
Research Complete (Ebsco)
- Resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education
from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as
multilingual education, health education, and testing. Provides indexing and abstracts
for more than 1,500 journals, as well as full text for more than 750 journals, and includes
full text for more than 100 books and monographs, and for numerous education-related
conference papers.
- Education:
A Sage Full-Text Collection (Sage)
- Provides the full text of 33 education journals, some dating as far back as 1917.
- ProQuest
Education Journals (ProQuest)
- Provides indexing of over 785 leading publications in education and related fields,
including the full text of more than 615. Covers not only the literature on primary,
secondary, and higher education but also special education, home schooling, adult education,
and hundreds of related topics.
(See Using ProQuest Databases for searching tips)
- Teacher
Reference Center (TRC) (Ebsco)
- Offered free from Ebsco, this database provides indexing and
abstracts for over 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator trade
journals, periodicals, and books. Covers key education topics such as
assessment, continuing education, current pedagogical research, curriculum
development, instructional media, language arts, literacy standards, science,
mathematics, and more. No password needed for remote access
- LIUCat
on the Web:
- The online public access catalog of Long Island University's
six campuses. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.
- Online Encyclopedias and Books:
- Almanac
of American Education - 2006 (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides current and historical education statistics on the national,
state, and county levels, along with analysis and graphs.
- ebrary (ebrary)
- Currently
offers over 25,000 full-text books, sheet music titles, maps, reports, and other authoritative documents from more
than 180 leading academic, trade, and professional publishers. The collections are particularly strong in
business, economics, education, computers, technology, science, medicine, history,
language, literature, humanities, politics, and social sciences. Publishers include The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Random House, Penguin Classics, Taylor
& Francis, Yale University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Greenwood, and more.
- Note: to use ebrary, you must first download and install the
ebrary Reader on your computer (more information).
- Encyclopedia
of Disability (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Covers the definitions, fundamental concepts, basic history, diversity,
cultural contexts, experiences, health care issues, environmental constraints, helpful
accommodations, social movements, laws, policies, theories, and practices in the
disability arena for both the general reader and the specialist. Contributors are from
the fields of sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics, law, government,
philosophy, and ethics. Includes a wealth of primary source documents.
- Encyclopedia
of Education (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Intended to provide a comprehensive description of the enterprise of
education both within the United States and throughout the world. Approximately 900 articles
offer a view of the institutions, people, processes, and products found in educational practice.
- Handbook
of Research on the Education of Young Children (Credo/xrefer)
- Reference on research in early childhood education in both the United
States and worldwide with a comprehensive overview of important contemporary
issues in child development, curriculum, foundations for policy, and research and
evaluation strategies. Includes moral development, creativity, movement education,
cultural diversity, childhood poverty, historical research, postmodern and feminist
orientations, and more.
- Key
Concepts in Early Childhood Education and Care (Credo/xrefer)
- Identifies and explains key terms and practices dealing with children from birth to the
end of the foundation stage. Includes origins, definitions, research issues, examples from practice,
international issues, weblinks, and more.
- Philosophy
of Education: An Encyclopedia (Credo/xrefer)
- Covers the philosophical points of view that have had the greatest influence on
educational thinking from ancient Greece to the present, along with the diversity of
topics that contribute to the study of the philosophy of education and relevant topics
from the field of philosophy.
- World
Education Encyclopedia (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Survey of the educational systems of 233 countries. Each entry
covers history, background; constitutional & legal foundations; educational system
overview; preprimary & primary education; secondary education; higher education;
administration, finance, educational research; nonformal education; teaching profession;
summary; and bibliography. Includes information on topics such as new political &
educational philosophies, new technologies, and study abroad programs.
- Children's Literature:
- American Juvenile
Collection:
- A research collection of children's fiction,
folklore, and fairy tales printed in North America, covering the years
1910-1960. The AJC continues the gathering of children's books by
Christine B. Gilbert, that included fiction and non-fiction, mostly from Great Britain, published
before 1909. The AJC retains a few of them, especially appropriate
fiction titles. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.
- Cambridge
Guide to Children's Books in English (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides a critical and appreciative overview of children's books
written in English around the world. Covers the history of children's books from pre-Norman
times to the present as well as current developments in publishing practices and in children's
own reading. Includes coverage of television, comics, annuals and the growing range
of media texts.
- Cambridge
Guide to Children's Books in English (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Children's
Core Collection: A Selection Guide (WilsonWeb)
- Formerly Children's Catalog, this selective listing of fiction and nonfiction works,
story collections, picture books, magazines, and web resources recommended for readers from
preschool through sixth grade. Entries provide complete bibliographic data, price, subject headings,
a descriptive annotation, evaluative quotations from a review (when available), and citations to
additional reviews.
- Children's Literature
Comprehensive Database (CLCD)
- Provides an extensive array of information about more
than 900,000 children's books, video and audio recordings,
film strips, and other children-focused media.
Records come with all of the official cataloging data, subject
terms, and annotations. In addition, CLCD contains more
than 130,000 critical reviews of thousands of children's books,
ranging from the earliest baby board books to novels and
nonfiction for young adults, and an average of more than 1500
new reviews are added to the database monthly. Includes
award information and placement on Best Books lists.
- Continuum
Encyclopedia of Children's Literature (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Graphic
Novels Core Collection: A Selection Guide (WilsonWeb)
- For collection development, readers' advisory, curriculum support, and selection and
purchasing, this database highlights approximately 2,000 recommended titles with descriptive and
evaluative annotations (including review excerpts and awards the title has won), plus cover art.
Standards for rating material by age appropriateness are strictly applied, plus all titles are searchable
by author, title, subject, genre, and grade level.
- Growing
and Knowing: A Selection Guide for Children's Literature
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Middle
and Junior High Core Collection: A Selection Guide (WilsonWeb)
- Formerly Middle and Junior High School Library Catalog, this is a selective listing of
thousands of fiction and nonfiction works (including CD-ROMs) for children and
adolescents in grades five through nine to help with collection development, curriculum support,
selection, readers' advisory, and general reference. Entries provide complete bibliographic data,
price, subject headings, a descriptive annotation, evaluative quotations from a review (when available),
and citations to other reviews.
- Primary
Search (Ebsco)
- Contains the full text of nearly 70 popular magazines written for
elementary school students, all of which are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexile),
and abstracts for nearly 100 additional magazines. Includes over 100 student pamphlets,
the American Heritage Children's Dictionary (3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin),
and an image collection of 202,164 photos, maps and flags. Full text
goes back to 1989, while indexing goes back to 1984.
- Senior
High Core Collection: A Selection Guide (WilsonWeb)
- Formerly Senior High School Library Catalog, this is a selective list of more than ten
thousand fiction and nonfiction books, CD-ROMs, and curriculum-related material
recommended for young people in grades 9 through 12 to aid in collection development, readers'
advisory, and curriculum support. Entries provide complete bibliographic data, price, subject headings,
a descriptive annotation, evaluative quotations from a review (when available), and citations to other reviews.
- Directories:
- College
Blue Book - 35th ed. (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Guide to thousands of two- and four-year schools in the United States and Canada.
Different volumes cover: narrative descriptions - tabular data - degrees offered by college & subject -
occupational education - scholarships, fellowships, grants, & loans - and distance learning programs.
- Comparative
Guide to American Elementary and Secondary Schools - 5th ed. (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Offers a profile of every public school district in the United States serving
1,500 or more students and provides pertinent evaluative and demographic statistics
necessary to evaluate educational programs nationwide.
- Scholarships,
Fellowships and Loans (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides more than 4,200 sources of education-related financial aid
and awards at all levels of study. Includes a section on federal financial aid that features
a quick summary of programs sponsored by the federal government. Also includes a
state-by-state listing of agencies that users can contact in their home state.
- SPIN: Sponsored Program Information Network (InfoEd)
- Consolidates information about funding opportunities
for research, scholarship, programs, residencies, conferences, creative
projects and more in order to help users make comparisons between a
multitude of programs and their sponsors and therefore pick the best
prospects for their funding applications. Made available by the
LIU Office of Sponsored Research.
For more information or to obtain a password to access
this database from off-campus, contact Christopher P. Egan at (516) 299-2712.
- Educational Technology:
- Advanced
Teaching Methods for the Technology Classroom (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides a comprehensive, critical approach to meeting the new
challenges of technology in the classroom by covering the analyzing, designing,
evaluating, and implementing technology-based curriculum and instruction.
- Encyclopedia
of Virtual Communities and Technologies (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides comprehensive coverage of the concepts and realities in the field of
virtual communities and technologies, presenting an in-depth analysis of the conceptual and
technical impacts of virtual environments in our global village. Includes definitions of over
830 terms and an extensive bibliography.
- Enhancing
Learning Through Technology (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Presents the latest research on theory and practice, as well as capturing
learning designs and best-practices in education. Covers learning activities, brain-based learning,
web-based instruction, 3-d virtual environments, global learning environment, online learning
communities, networked course collaboration, computer supported collaborative learning, and more.
- Nonbook
Materials Core Collection: A Selection Guide (WilsonWeb)
- Selective listing of electronic resources, audiobooks, video recordings, sound recordings,
games, simulations, and much more for collection development, readers' advisory, and curriculum
support, highlighting resources for schools and public libraries. Searches are possible by document
type, author, title, subject, genre, and grade level. Annotations include review excerpts and awards.
Cataloging information is provided for all items.
- Teaching
and Learning with Virtual Teams (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Investigates the issues around collaborative group e-learning in both the
online and hybrid higher education classroom, offering a view of the current research
and practice on how students can effectively learn to work in virtual teams in
universities around the globe.
- Teaching
in the Knowledge Society: New Skills and Instruments for Teachers (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Investigates changes induced by information and communications
technology in today's education system including learning environments,
learning success, virtual environments, the world wide web, media selection, and more.
- Technology
and Diversity in Higher Education: New Challenges (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides current and effective educational practices, and examines
new challenges involving emerging technologies in increasingly diverse learning environments.
- Technology
Application Competencies for K-12 Teachers (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Based on national and state standards for what teachers and students should
know and be able to do, this book helps teachers develop both a general computer literacy
and a profession-specific literacy that can be successfully applied in the classroom to
design instructional materials, perform professional jobs, and teach via multimedia
materials delivered in many formats.
- Technology
Literacy Applications in Learning Environments (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Defines instructional technology skills and discusses the use of
technology literacy in higher education along with the changes needed in the
university culture. Also looks at problems created by the digital divide. Covers
such skills as word processing, presentation software, storage, human
interaction, problem solving, and virtual reality and presents a series of examples
and guides that promote instructional technology literacy.
- Technology
Supported Learning and Teaching: A Staff Perspective (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Enumerates the difficulties in implementing technology within the
college curriculum in the context of institutional policy and procedures. Covers
infrastructural issues, cultural issues, pedagogical issues, and technological issues.
- Psychology and Development:
(See also: Psychology and Psychiatry Databases)
- Cambridge
Encyclopedia of Child Development (Credo/xrefer)
- Interdisciplinary approach covers prenatal development,
education, pediatrics, neuroscience, theories, research methods, physical
development, social development, cognitive development, psychopathology, parenting,
cultural issues, sex differences, and more.
- Child
Development (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Part of the Macmillan Psychology Reference Series, this title
covers issues related to human development from conception through adolescence.
Written for the general reader.
- Encyclopedia
of School Psychology (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Guide to the latest research on school learning, motivation, and educational
assessment in the fields of psychology, education, counseling, child development,
and special education. Covers student success, behavior disorders, intelligence testing, learning disabilities,
strategies to improve academic skills, and more.
- International
Handbook of Giftedness and Talent (Credo/xrefer)
- Comprehensive review and critical synthesis of significant theory with
an increased focus on empirically supported scholarship that covers
development - identification - changing conceptions - counseling and nurturing -
education and programming - present and future of research and education -
and cross-national perspectives of country efforts, policies, programs, and issues.
- Learning
and Memory (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides an overview of the full range of current knowledge about learning and
memory, including advances in the changing fields of memory, neuroscience, and cognition. Covers
autobiographical memory, collective memory, schizophrenia and memory, and more.
- Mental
Measurements Yearbook (Ebsco)
- Produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, it provides users
with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments.
Contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse
areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership.
Covers from Volume 9 to the present.
- Subject Teaching:
- Handbook
of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts (Credo/xrefer)
- Covers the significant research, new developments, current approaches,
conflicts, controversies, and issues in studying the many ways and contexts
in which people learn language. Includes writing, oral discourse, theoretical bases,
language acquisition, computer applications, different methodological perspectives
on the English language arts curriculum, and more.
- Mathematics
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Real-Life
Math (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Science
of Everyday Things (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- MLA
International Bibliography (Ebsco)
- Produced by the Modern Language Association, this detailed index of journal articles, books,
book articles, and dissertations dates back to the 1920s and contains over 2.2 million citations from more
than 4,400 periodicals and 1,000 book publishers. Provides international coverage of the theory and
criticism of world literatures from the Middle Ages to the present. Also covers the dramatic arts, film,
theatre, folklore, languages, linguistics, the history of publishing, and more, along with the teaching of
these subjects on the college level.
- Also of Interest:
- Beyond
Degrees: Professional Learning for Knowledge Services (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Covers continuing professional development and lifelong learning in the
information services environment to provide guidelines for conceptualizing, designing, and
measuring successful programs for professional learning, staff development, and professional
growth in an organization.
- Encyclopedia
of Children and Childhood in History and Society
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Linguistics
and Language Behavior Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Covers all aspects of the nature and use of language
including phonetics, phonology, morphology,
syntax, and semantics, as well as the various fields of linguistics:
descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical, and
geographical. Includes hearing and speech physiology,
interpersonal behavior and communication,
learning disabilities and special education,
nonverbal communication, writing systems, and more.
Covers 1973 to the present.
- Turnitin (iParadigms)
- Compares submitted student papers against a database of websites,
journal articles, and other student papers to determine which passages, if any,
have been plagiarized and from which sources. Also includes features for class
assignments, peer review, and grading.
(More information about Turnitin and setting up an account.)
Database descriptions are adapted from each database's website.
NOVEL (New York Online Virtual
Electronic Library) is a statewide virtual library provided free to
the public by the New York State Library.
It is currently a pilot project funded through a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of
Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
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