Research, Citation, & Class Guides: Library Media & UWSSLEC: UW System School Library Education Consortium Distance Program: Education & Library Media Databases

Library Media Databases

Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
Search for children's books by keyword, author, title, awards, and reading level. Includes professional reviews. Searches may be filtered to show books held at UW-Whitewater.
Core Collections
Search within the Children's, Middle & Junior High, and Senior High Collections, which include reliable guides for library collection development, curriculum support, readers advisory, and general reference.
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NoveList Readers' advisory tool that helps fiction readers choose their next book. Includes full text reviews from sources such as Library Journal and Booklist.
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NoveList K-8 Readers' advisory tool that helps readers choose children's fiction books. Includes full text reviews. Can be searched using NoveList.
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Research Databases for Education-Related Topics

While Research@UWW is a good starting point for finding articles, you may find you have better results with specific subject databases.

Below are some suggested databases to search for locating journal articles to get you started on your assignment. Visit A-Z Databases for a complete list.

Academic Search Complete Multi-disciplinary database which provides more than 7,000 full-text periodicals, including nearly 6,000 peer-reviewed journals. Even though this is a general database, some educational topics are covered.
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Education Research Complete This EBSCO database includes the Cited References feature.
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Educational Administration Abstracts covers areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, management, research and other key areas.
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ERIC Provides access to of government documents, reports, conference proceedings, standards, curriculum, and journal articles on education research and practice.

Professional Development Collection Designed for professional educators, this database includes more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 800 journals. Also available via Badgerlink to all Wisconsin residents.
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APA PsycArticles Provides full text articles on current issues in psychology from respected sources, spanning from 1988 to the present. PsycARTICLES includes full-text articles from 42 journals published by American Psychological Association and allied organizations.
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APA PsycInfo Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, and books in psychology, as well as psychological aspects of related disciplines. Use especially for topics in special education and counseling.
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SocINDEX with Full Text Covers sub-disciplines of sociology, including criminology, criminal justice, cultural sociology, demography, economic development, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, politics, religion, social psychology, social structure, social work, sociology of education, substance abuse, urban studies, violence, welfare, and many others.
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SPORTDiscus with Full Text Restricted to 4 users at a time Provides full text for more than 490 journals indexed in SPORTDiscus with coverage back to 1985. This database is useful for topics related to coaching, physical and health education.
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