Full-Text Databases

• Chronicle of Higher Education. News and information on the academic world, including reports of current events and issues, developments in information technology, and job opportunities. Includes the full current issue and 10 years of archives.

• Congressional Universe.  The world's most comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information from Congressional Information Service, Inc. The service offers access to a variety of information by and about the United States Congress.  With Congressional Universe, you can: 1) Search an index of congressional publications from 1970 to the present, 2) Retrieve CIS Legislative Histories for public laws going back to 1970, 3) Find testimony from congressional hearings; 4) Track bills as they move through the House and Senate; 5) Search the Congressional Record and Federal Register; and 6) Locate information about members and committees.

• CQ Researcher. Presents full-text articles on current social, political, economic, and international issues.

• CQ Weekly Report. Offers in-depth full-text articles on U.S. Congressional legislation, actions, and developments.

• InfoTrac OneFile. A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles many with images. Updated daily.

• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.  Provides access to a wide range of legal, business, news, and reference information, including many full-text sources. Its coverage includes magazines, journals and law reviews, newspapers, state and federal laws, court rulings and reference sources. 

• Mental Measurement Yearbook. The Mental Measurements Yearbook, from Buros Institute, contains descriptive information and critical reviews from the Buros Institute's 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th Yearbooks. The database covers more than 2,200 commercially available tests in categories such as behavioral assessment, achievement, intelligence and aptitude, speech and hearing, and sensory motor. Each entry includes test name and classification; author(s); publisher and publication date; price; time requirements; score descriptions; levels; and intended populations. Mental Measurements Yearbook is updated every six months to ensure timely access to new test information and to eliminate out?dated descriptions and reviews when new ones are available. A valuable resource for academic libraries, the Yearbook provides a convenient tool for educators, counselors, psychologists, personnel directors, lawyers, and medical professionals to locate and evaluate testing instruments.

• ProQuest Education Journals. This database offers complete information on hundreds of educational topics. This database covers almost 400 leading journals in the field, including journals such as Childhood Education, College Teaching, Harvard Educational Review, Journal of Athletic Training, Educational Theory, and Urban Education. Full text articles include all the charts, tables, diagrams and other graphical elements. Coverage includes literature on primary, secondary, and higher education, special education, home schooling, adult education, and related topics.
  Natural language searching, database segmenting, and conceptual smart searching are just a few of the features that help users find the information they need quickly and easily. Users may search by keyword, topic guide (subject directory), or journal publication.
   

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• Dissertation Abstracts.  Selectively covers masters thesis and dissertations including dissertations from North American and Europe.  Covers all subject disciplines.  Covers 1861 to present and includes abstracts since 1988.  Thesis abstracts have been included since 1988.  Database is updated monthly.

• ERIC. Journal articles and reports on education topics.  Contains annotated references to educational
materials issued in the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE).  Indexes over 2,000 titles and is updated monthly.  Covers 1966 to present. 

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Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

• American Educators' Encyclopedia.  by Edward J. Dejnozka. New York, Greenwood Press, 1991.  This encyclopedia was written to provide school administrators, teachers, teacher educators, school board  members, graduate students, librarians, parents and others interested in American education with a ready (one-volume) reference book.  The principal portion of this work consists of almost 2,000 entries (short articles that are based on the names and terms frequently found in the literature of professional education).  Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF LB15.D37.

 
• Encyclopedia of Educational Research.  Marvin C. Alkin. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1992.  This work was designed as a major work of scholarship to enlighten and guide readers on matters relating to educational research.  This encyclopedia provides an overview of a specific area of research, with references providing a point of embarkation for further study.  Insights into educational practice are discussed.   Location: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF LB15.E48 



• Handbook of Research on Educational Administration: A Project of the American Educational Research Association.  by Joseph Murphy.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1999.  The book's content is limited to administering elementary and secondary schools. Subjects covered include the development of educational administration, the changing nature of education and schooling and emerging foundations for the new profession, and rethinking the challenges of educational leadership.  Location: Circulation Stacks, third floor, LB2805 H2864.

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• American Association of School Administrators.  AASA mission is to support and develop effective school system leaders who are dedicated to the highest quality public education for all children.  Categories include government relations, education marketplace, scholarships, and education issues.  Articles from the following publications: Leadership News, School Administrator and many more are available.  A search feature is available at this site.

• Annenberg Institute for School Reform: Educational Leadership. AISR main focus is on identifying, shaping, and promoting effective forms of educational leadership. Programs in this area seek to build the capacity of schools and their communities to access and meet the leadership needs specific to improving education in their school communities. This site features such topics as leadership, accountability, community assets, and comprehensive school reform.
  

• Council of Chief State School Officers.   A nationwide, nonprofit organization, CCSSO is composed of public officials who lead the departments responsible for elementary and secondary education in the states, the US extra-state jurisdictions, the District of Columbia and the Department of Defense Education Activity.  In representing the chief education offices, CCSSO works on behalf of the state agencies that serve pre K-12 students throughout the nation.  Features of this website include policy statements, publications, news releases, federal legislative positions and implementation of federal programs.

• Directory of Organizations in Educational Management. The purpose of the Directory is to guide users to sources of information on a wide range of topics related to educational policy, management, leadership, and organization of K-12 schools. The Directory lists service and research organizations in this field. For each organization, the Directory gives the title, director's name, phone and fax numbers, address, purpose, scope of subject area, topics of publications, service policy, and other information.

• Education Commission of the States.  The purpose of the ECS is to help state leaders identify, develop and implement public policy for education that addresses current and future needs of a learning society.  This site features education issues.  A comprehensive picture is provided for each issue as well as a list of publications and websites dealing with the issue.

• Institute for Educational Leadership.  IEL is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization based in Washington, D.C. -- has provided policy and leadership assistance to people  and institutions since 1964.  The Institute for Educational Leadership's (IEL) mission is to improve education -- and the lives of children and their families -- through positive and visionary change. The institute endeavors to bring together diverse constituencies and empower leaders with knowledge and applicable ideas.  Features of this site include free publications available for downloading, a description of programs and fellowships offered.

• Leaders Count Initiative.  The Wallace-Readers's Digest Funds have developed a broad record of support for education and literacy.  They are now undertaking a national movement aimed at elevating quality education leadership as a core element of school reform, with a multimillion dollar investment to support this movement.  This website has multiple resources, newsletters and information about education leadership. 

• National Academy for Academic Leadership. The National Academy for Academic Leadership educates academic decision makers to be leaders for sustained, integrated institutional change that significantly improves student learning. Its curriculum is based on research and best practices. Its programs are designed both for institutional teams working on campus projects and for individuals--presidents, board members, vice presidents, deans, chairs and key faculty members--with role-specific responsibilities and concerns. The National Academy recognizes the considerable variation among institutions in their readiness for change and their resources for leadership development, and so programs are geared to the unique institutional contexts and specific needs of participants.

• National Association of Elementary School Principals. The mission of NAESP is to lead in the advocacy and support for elementary and middle level principals and other education leaders in their commitment to all children. Features include career center, leadership topics, professional development, resources and much more. Site can be searched.
  

• National Association of Secondary School Principles.  NASSP mission is to promote excellence in school leadership.  A wide variety of programs and services are provided to assist in administration, supervision, curriculum planning and effective staff development.  Features include research articles from NASSP Bulletin and Principal Leadership as well as many other publications.  A search feature is available at this site.

• National School Boards Association.  The mission of the National School Boards Association, working
with and through all of its Federation Members, is to foster excellence and equity in public education through school board leadership.


• School Law: Trends and Issues. This school law page is compiled by the Eric Clearinghouse on Educational Management.   The database features Clearinghouse publications, ERIC Digests, references, resources and links.

• Social Science Research Network. Composed of a number of specialized research networks in the social sciences.

• Trends and Issues: Educational Leadership.  This database is maintained by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management.  The database features a discussion of the topic, a list of references and resources.  Site includes Clearinghouse publications, ERIC Digests, and other organizations resources.  
   

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