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Academic Search Complete is a multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 7,000 full-text periodicals, including 6,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 11,000 journals and a total of 11,600 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women’s studies, and other fields. The database 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. Academic Search Complete is updated daily.
URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=a9h

Chronicle of Higher Education

Full text access to the Chronicle of Higher Education updated daily with the latest news in academe. Includes all the text from the current print edition, a searchable archive of back issues going back to September 1989, commentary and essays from the weekly magazine, The Chronicle Review, as well as data from the annual Almanac.
URL: http://chronicle.com

Education in Video

"This collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers. Upon completion, the collection will contain more than 3,000 video titles totaling 1,300 hours of teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms. It will give education faculty, students, and in-service teachers a single source for the best research-based professional development video resources available.
URL: http://ediv.alexanderstreet.com

Education Research Complete

Education Research Complete is a major online database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, testing, administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,870 journals, as well as full text for more than 1,060 journals and also includes full text for 133 books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers.
URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=ehh

ERIC (EBSCO)

A national information system supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Library of Education, and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. It provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1000 educational and education-related journals. This is a good choice for ERIC because of the increased full-text linkage from all EBSCO databases.
URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=eric

ETS Online Research Library

The ETS Online Research Library is an database of citations to research conducted by the Educational Testing Service Company. It includes ETS-authored research that has appeared in external publications (including scholarly journals, books, book chapters and conference papers) as well as ETS-produced publications (such as the ETS Research report series, the GRE® and TOEFL® report series and the Policy Information Center report series). Links are provided to full-text if it is available electronically.
URL: http://1340.sydneyplus.com/Authors/ETS_Authors/portal.aspx

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. In many cases, these are multi-volume reference works previously only available in a physical form in the library. Now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Chicago State has access to more than 40 titles. Featured titles include Contemporary Black Biography, a 71 volume biographical reference source and International Directory of Company Histories, a massive 93 volume encyclopedia of business history.

Education titles included in the Gale Virtual Reference Library include

Encyclopedia of Language and Education. 2nd ed. 10 vols. 2008.

SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods. 2 vols. 2008.

URL: http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=uiuc_csu&authCount=1

Kraus Curriculum Development Library

is the resource educators need to implement educational strategies and improve learning. This searchable database of curricula, frameworks, and standards brings together educational objectives, content, instructional strategies, and evaluative techniques for all subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education.
URL: http://www.kcdlonline.com/

Learning Express Library

Learning Express Library provides access to a broad range of online practice tests (over 300) based on the official exams. This resource provides practice tests and preparation materials for tests such as the ACT, SAT, GED, MCAT, ASVAB, Firefighter, Police Officer, and many more. Includes interactive skill-building courses, comprehensive courses in math, reading, and writing, essay writing practice, resume writing and workplace skills enrichment.

Job & Career Accelerator combines everything you need for a successful job search into one online application. Explore detailed information on over 1,000 different occupations. Match your interests and skills with the career that’s best for you. Search over five million up-to-the-minute local and national job postings. Create professional resumes and cover letters and practice and master interviewing skills and much more.

URL: http://www.learnatest.com/lel/

Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print

Mental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. The MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. MMY provides coverage from Volume 9 to the present.
URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=mmt

NoveList

is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 120,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles. Included are Standards-Based Thematic Units and Picture Book Extenders, as well as specific teaching guides for using fiction in the classroom. NoveList allows readers to use a favorite author or title as a template to locate other authors and titles of interest.
URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=novelist

Novelist K-8

allows you to discover the fiction titles that are popular with young readers as well as titles to use in your classroom. With NoveList you can use your students' favorite books (or the books you use in your classes) to find more books to read and use. You can search by instructional unit, theme or topic. Includes full-text book reviews from Booklist and School Library Journal. Users can also browse hundreds of theme-oriented book lists for readers at all grade levels through Explore Fiction, and look for award-winning and recommended titles in Best Fiction.
URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=novpk8

Professional Development Collection

Designed for professional educators, provides a highly specialized collection of more than 750 full text journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 900 journals. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Full text information in the Professional Development Collection dates as far back as 1965.
URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=tfh

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses

A comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses in the humanities and social sciences

Includes 2.4 million searchable citations to dissertation and theses from 1861.
Features 1.2 million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format from 1997 forward and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works.
More than 60,000 new full text dissertations and theses are added to the database each year.

URL: http://search.proquest.com/pqdtft/advanced?accountid=10079

Tests in Print (Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print)

Tests in Print Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).
URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=mmt

Wilson’s Core Collections Series

The five core collections are selective annotated lists of recommended fiction and nonfiction books and magazines. The entries include quotations from review sources and provide professional aids for parents, educators, and librarians. Nonfiction works are classified by subject according to the Dewey Decimal Classification. Works of fiction, story collections, and picture (Easy) books are designated Fic, S C, and E.

Children’s Core Collection is a selective annotated list of fiction and nonfiction books and magazines for children from preschool through sixth grade.

Middle & Junior High Core Collection is a selective annotated list of fiction and nonfiction books for young people in grades five through nine.

Senior High Core Collection is a selective annotated list of fiction and nonfiction books for young adults in grades nine through twelve.

Graphic Novels Core Collection is a selective annotated list of graphic novels that allows for searching by categories of grade level, editorial recommendations, and fiction/nonfiction/biography. The cover art delivers important insights into the suitability of each novel.

Public Library Core: Nonfiction is a selective annotated list of nonfiction and reference works with analytical entries for anthologies, collections, and parts of books.

URL: http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?un=BCA52&pw=UNIL077067