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Child Development & Adolescent Studies / EBSCOhost
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CDAS provides access to references to the current and historical literature related to the growth and development of children through the age of 21. The index includes citations for book reviews, journal articles, technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations. Over 10,000 new records are added annually. |
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Chronicle of Higher Education / Chronicle of Higher Education
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No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators |
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CollegeSource / CollegeSource
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Features over 18,878 College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate and professional schools. (Note: Requires Adobe Acrobat to view catalog pages, available at http://www.adobe.com) |
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CollegeSource / CollegeSource
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Features over 18,878 College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate and professional schools. (Note: Requires Adobe Acrobat to view catalog pages, available at http://www.adobe.com) |
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Dissertation Abstracts (Proquest Digital Dissertations) / Proquest
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References, abstracts and full text (1997 onwards) of doctoral dissertations from accredited American and Canadian, selected British and European universities, covering all academic subjects. Masters theses are also included from accredited North American Universities. |
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ebrary / ebrary
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Electronic collection of approximately 44,000 books in the Academic Complete collection which includes 16 key subject areas. |
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EBSCO Animals / EBSCOhost
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Indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. Includes many illustrations. |
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Educational Administration Abstracts / EBSCOhost
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Bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 66,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline, such as: Educational Administration Quarterly, Review of Higher Education, Journal of Educational Administration, etc. |
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ERIC / EBSCOhost
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Contains over 700,000 citations covering research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials in the field of education. |
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MAS Ultra / EBSCOhost
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Designed specifically for high school libraries, is a comprehensive reference database that offers full text for nearly 500 important periodicals going back as far as 1975. This is a quality resource for academic libraries that offer teaching programs, MLS programs and other areas of study that lend toward high school research. Full text coverage also includes 150 reference books including the World Almanac and Book of Facts and the CIA World Fact Book, 88,000 biographies, more than 60,000 full text primary source documents and an image collection of over 91,000 photos, maps and flags. Reading level indicators (Lexiles) are also included for all full text articles, and EBSCO has recently expanded full text backfiles (to 1975) for key magazines. |
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Mental Measurement Yearbook with Tests in Print / EBSCOhost
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MMY 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 allowing users to make knowledgeable judgments and informed selection decisions about the increasingly complex world of testing. Tests in Print is 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). |
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Primary Search / EBSCOhost
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A database designed specifically for elementary school libraries and children’s reading rooms, Primary Search® is a valuable resource for any academic institution offering coursed in children’s education, library studies, etc. This database contains full text for more than 50 popular, elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for over 100 student pamphlets. Additionally, Primary Search includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™, and features the Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, which provides students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids. This database also provides the American Heritage® Children’s Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin, and an Image Collection of 91,000 photos, maps and flags. |
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Professional Development Collection / EBSCOhost
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Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of more than 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. Also contains more than 200 educational reports. |
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Wiley Interscience / Wiley Interscience
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Access to electronic versions of many of the journals that the library currently subscribes to in paper. All other Wiley InterScience journals are available as table of contents and article abstracts. Individual full-text titles are listed under "Find journals & newspapers at Benedictine". |
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WilsonSelectPlus / FirstSearch
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Full text and abstracts from the following Wilson databases: Reader's Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts and Wilson Business Abstracts. (Please note that each periodical can begin on a different month and year.) |
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