Web Resources for Education Students
Graduate Students, Boise State University
Library Orientation, Summer 2003
Indexes : to Scholarly Journals : to
Dissertations : to Government
Documents and Bibliographical Resources : to Newspapers and Popular Magazines
| Web Search Tools : Meta-Search Engines :
Search Engines and Directories :
Specialized Search Engines : Education
Subject Guides | Education Agencies |
Other
Web Resources | Book Citations
Indexes to Scholarly Journals and Other Resources
These indexes via the Web are available to Boise State University students,
staff and faculty. Clicking on the title links to a page from which the
database's name will link to the database (if you are on the Main BSU campus or the Canyon County campus).
Indexes to Scholarly Journals
ERIC
via Ebsco, 1966-Jan 2004
ERIC via
FirstSearch, 1966-Jan 2004
ERIC via U.S. Dept.
of Education, 1966-Jan 2004
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the
Department of Education, is in transition. A contract was awarded in Fall
2004 to the Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) to develop and operate a new
database system. The addition of new material was suspended for several
months; current journal and non-journal material should begin to be added in
the near future. The ERIC database is still available to search. The past
structure included 16 topical clearinghouses for ERIC documents and a joint
abstracting service that covered journal articles and ERIC documents.
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Education
Full Text, 1983-current
Indexes 550 English-language journals of
interest to the educational community. There are unique titles in this index
that are not covered by ERIC. The full text of selected titles are available
back to 1996. Some yearbooks and monographs are also listed.
Family Index,
1995-current
This index covers articles from over 1,000 journals and includes literature on the family from fields such as family studies, child development, education, law, psychology, nursing, and sociology
Professional
Development Collection, 1965 (selectively)-current
Indexes 597 periodicals that are aimed at professional educators, with
full-text available for 515 journals.
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Psychology
and Behavioral Sciences Collection, 1965-current (selectively)
An index to 545 psychology and behavioral sciences journals,
with full text available for 538 journals. 506 of the full-text titles
are peer-reviewed.
PsycINFO, 1887-current
This abstracting service covers psychology and
related fields. Approximately
1300 international journals are indexed, as well as over 1500 books and book
chapters.
Sociological
Abstracts, 1963-current
This abstracting service covers journal articles, conference papers,
dissertations, and books in the field of sociology and related disciplines.
Approximately 2500 international journals are either fully or selectively
covered.
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Indexes to Scholarly Journals, Interdisciplinary
Academic
Search Premier, 1965 (selectively)-current
Indexes a variety of subjects from over 7,000 journals, with full text
available for nearly 4,000 journals.
A significant number of the journals are peer-reviewed. Indexing for 100 core journals goes back to 1965, or
whenever the first issue was published.
ArticleFirst, 1990-current
Provides tables-of-contents information for almost 12,500 journals on all
subjects.
Ingenta, 1989-current
An interdisciplinary database that includes
article information from 25,000 journal titles and is searchable by keyword
and author. To search on the full
25,000 titles, click on the drop-down menu and switch from "online
articles" to "fax/ariel". Table of contents for each of the journals is also available.
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Project
Muse, 1993-current
A compilation of articles from over 100 full-text electronic
journals.
Indexes to Dissertations
ProQuest Dissertations
and Theses, 1861-current
Provides coverage for 1.5 million dissertations
from colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, and some
coverage of master’s theses. Abstracts
are included for dissertations after 1980, for master’s theses after 1988.
Full text is available for titles dated 1997 and after.
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Indexes to Government Documents,
Bibliographical Resources and Curricula
GPO Monthly
Catalog, 1976-current
Provides information on the material
published by United States government agencies and distributed to Depository
Libraries. BSU Library is a
selective depository, receiving approximately 40% of the material available.
WorldCat
This
OCLC database contains more than 43 million catalog records from thousands
of libraries in the United States and the world. It includes books, journals (but not journal articles) and non-print
material.
Kraus
Curriculum Development Library, 1983-current.
Indexes curricula, frameworks, and standards for PreK-12 through Adult
Basic Education. Beginning with the 20th edition, materials are
online. References to items from 1984, 1988, 1991 and 1997 can be
found in the Boise State University Albertsons Library's microfiche
collection.
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Indexes to Newspapers and Popular Magazines
Alternative
Press Index, 1991-current
Indexes journals, newspapers and magazines covering cultural, economic,
political and social change. Over 440 titles, including 290 currently
published sources, are indexed in the database.
Computer
Source, 1985 (selectively)-current
An index to 381 high technology journals, with full text available for 301
journals.
Idaho Statesman,
1999-current
Provides coverage of the Idaho Statesman newspaper.
Most of the articles are full-text. The BSU Albertsons Library also has paper (for the current two
months) and microfilm (for older issues) copies of this newspaper.
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MasterFILE Premier,
1975 (selectively)-current
English language periodicals that primarily cover popular or news-related topics in
all disciplines are in this database. Approximately
2,700 periodicals are indexed and include abstracts.
Of these, over 2,000 periodicals include full-text articles.
Full-text of selected reference and travel works are also included.
National Newspapers, 1981 (selectively)-current
This database provides access to 25 national newspapers, with full-text
to 15 (after 1996) including the Christian Science
Monitor, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall
Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
Most of the articles after 1996 are full-text. The BSU Library has print (for the current two months) or
microfilm (for older issues) copies of these newspapers.
Newspaper
Source, 1995-current
Newspaper Source provides selected full-text coverage for more than
230
newspapers and other sources. This collection includes cover-to-cover
full text for USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor and The
Times (London) as well as selected full text from more than
200 regional
newspapers.
Readers’ Guide
Abstracts, 1983-current
For popular topics, over 300 general interest periodicals are indexed. Abstracts
are available since 1984.
TOPIC
search, 1991-current
Indexes 3,000 diverse sources, and includes the full-text from 1,550
journals. Besides journal articles, the database also includes biographies,
public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.
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This guide lists selected search tools in four categories: meta-search,
search engines and directories, specialized search engines, and education web
guides. To select from an even greater number of generic search tools
(not oriented specifically toward subjects in education), take a look at the Navigational
Tools for the Web page.
Meta-Search Engines
These tools search several different search engines and directories at one
time. They are great for sampling the top pages from selected resources
but for more specific searching (using search refinements or limits, or
reviewing more than the top ranked pages), use a search engine or search
directory.
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Search Engines and Directories
Search engines are programmed to automatically and systematically search
the Web for pages, index the words on the pages found, and add the indexed
information to a database that can be searched and results accessed. In
directories, individuals review each site and choose the appropriate subject
category for that site. These sites and categories can then be searched on
browsed. More advanced searches can help you retrieve more relevant
results. See Greg Notess' Search
Features Chart for a tabular presentation of refinements available for
several search engines.
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Specialized Search Engines
Some web sites are actually databases that create responses "on the
fly" and cannot be queried successfully by search engines. Other
web sites include material inaccessible to search engines for a variety of
reasons. Specialized search engines make many of these
"hidden" resources available. Alternatively, some of the
specialized search engines focus on a specific interest or discipline and
through this narrower focus can index relevant web sites more deeply.
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Education Subject Guides
These web sites and guides are specifically oriented toward
education. Most of them fall in the directory category.
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US Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics
Idaho State Department of
Education
Idaho State Board of Education
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For more comparisons of Web search engine features, look
at: Kansas City Public Library: http://www.kclibrary.org/guides/searchengines/
For search engine reviews:
http://searchenginewatch.com
and www.notess.com/search
Additional Internet indexes: http://www.ipl.org ,
http://www.refdesk.com,
http://www.libraryspot.com
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Sites that provide guidance when seeking reliable
information online:
Critical Thinking
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm
Information Quality
http://www.virtualchase.com/govdoc/quality.html
http://ils.unc.edu/~fents/310
Evaluation
http://www.widener.edu/Tools_Resources/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Evaluate_Web_Pages/659
http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/index.html
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/InternetEval/
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/Training/hott.html
http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm
Guides and Exercises for
Web Evaluation
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html
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Book Citations
Exploring
the Internet using critical thinking skills (ZA4201 .J66 1998)
Search
engines for the World Wide Web (ZA4230 .G56 2001)
Web of deception (ZA4201 .W43 2002)
Web
wisdom: how to evaluate and create information quality on the Web (ref
TK5105.888
.A376
1999)
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Page Creator: Beth Brin,
208-426-3136 Albertsons Library, Boise State University.
This page last modified:
02/06/08 12:13 PM
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