- 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 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 - 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. A current alphabetical list of all available titles can be found here.
Education titles included in the Gale Virtual Reference Library include
URL: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/uiuc_csu?db=gvrl- Encyclopedia of Language and Education. 2nd ed. 10 vols. 2008.
- SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods. 2 vols. 2008.
- 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.
URL: http://www.learnatest.com/lel/ - Mental Measurements Yearbook
- 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=loh - 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.asp?profile=novelistk8 - 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 - 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=lph
General Interest Databases
Academic Search Complete—is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for over 5,300 scholarly publications, including more than 4,400 peer-reviewed publications. Offers indexing and abstracts for 9,300 journals on nearly every area of academic study.
Gale Virtual Reference Library—is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely at all times.
JSTOR Arts and Sciences 1 (119 titles) is JSTOR’s first collection—includes core journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities, social sciences, ecology, mathematics, and statistics. Arts and Sciences IV (112 titles) has a strong focus on the professions of business, education, and law, and also includes titles in psychology, public policy and administration.
Newsbank—provides full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for nearly 500 U.S. newspapers – including the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Chicago Sun Times.
