Databases/Article Indexes for Education


Red Star indicates highly recommended databases for the subject area

 
AP Images
1826 - Current

formerly AccuNet/Associated Press Multimedia Archive 1 user maximum
an International photo archive (1826-present), a Graphics Database which contains graphics, maps, illustrations and logos, and an AP Audio Database which contains searchable audio clips dating back to the 1920s.
 
Education Full Text : Wilson Omnifile
1982-current

Choose Education subject area
Fulltext and abstracts of scholarly journals specializing in Educational research at all levels.
 
Professional Magazines and Periodicals related to all aspects of education and education-related issues. A sub-file of the larger Proquest collection. Provides full text access to over 350 Education journals.
Recommended resource
ERIC
1966-current

Click on the 'Find In A Library" link within your results to link to full text of articles.;Open Access
A searchable database of annotated citations for education-related research, technical reports and journal articles.
Recommended resource
ERIC (FirstSearch/OCLC)
Dates vary

Includes full text linking to articles via SFX.
A searchable database of annotated citations for education-related research, technical reports and journal articles.
 
Contains Open Educational Resources and university lectures culled together on the Internet Archive. This library contains hundreds of free courses, video lectures, and supplemental materials from universities in the United States and China. Many of these lectures are available for download. The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format.
 
Kids Search
Dates vary
A research tool for kids in kindergarten through fifth grades.
 
Provides curriculum information on a variety of subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education. Access to over 5,000 curriculas, searchable by subject, keywords, forms of educational content, grades covered, and geographic location.
 
Includes tables, abstracts, and links to statistical information from State, US, and International sources through LexisNexis. The American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index, Index to International Statistics.
 
Mental Measurements Yearbook
1985-current

1 concurrent user maximum;IMPORTANT! Be sure to logoff at the end of your session to ensure the service is available for other Drexel users.
Mental Measurements Yearbook is a major resource for descriptive information about and critical reviews of standardized tests- educational, personality, aptitude, neuropsychological, achievement and intelligence.
 
NoveList K-8
Dates vary
NoveList K-8 allows you to discover the fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in a classroom.
 
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Current

2 concurrent users maximum
An online library of current event topics: the facts as well as the arguments of each topic's proponents and detractors. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center's unique features include Viewpoint articles and access to statistics and government data placed in context.
Recommended resource
Designed for professional educators, this provides a highly specialized collection of more than 550 full text journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles.
 
Searchasaurus
Dates vary
Searchasaurus is a searchable database for kids that offers resources in a user-friendly interface. Some advanced search options are available, such as the ability to search by Lexile Reading Level.
 
SimplyMap

5 concurrent users maximum. Free personal registration is required for access.
a web-based mapping application that lets users create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using United States demographic, business, and marketing data. Data sources include the U.S. Census and Census projections.
 
EBSCO's Student Research Center allows for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc. Videos are also available for some topics.
 
Journal Information for K-12 Teachers & Librarians. Contains over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals and books.

For further resource recommendations, see the following Research Guides:

 

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