Research Databases

Teacher Education

Database available through OCLC FirstSearch. Request password at Library Circulation Desk

1. AccuNet/AP Photo Archive
   Search here for downloadable political, cultural and historical images dating from the 1840s by the Associated Press. Copyright clearance obtained for use of images. Suitable for use in PowerPoint presentations and bulletin boards.
   
   Availability: 
   JBU Library computer. Request for CD-ROM at the Reserve Desk.
   
   
2. ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
   Search here for citations and abstracts of periodical articles, books, reports, documents and digests on all sorts of education topics.
   1966-present. 
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
3. EBSCO's Professional Development Collection
   Over 500 full-text education journals, including more than 300 peer-reviewed titles. Designed for professional educators.
   
   Availability:
   - All networked computers at main campus.
   -Advance Program Centers
   -Any computer with an Internet connection (get username/password from library circulation desk)
   
4. EBSCO's Middle Search Plus
   Full-text articles from more than 150 popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research. Reading level indicators assigned to articles.
   
   Availability:
   - All networked computers at main campus.
   -Advance Program Centers
   -Any computer with an Internet connection (get username/password from library circulation desk)
   
5. EBSCO's Primary Search
   Full-text articles from more than 60 popular magazines for elementary school research. Reading level indicators assigned to articles.
   
   Availability:
   - All networked computers at main campus.
   -Advance Program Centers
   -Any computer with an Internet connection (get username/password from library circulation desk)
   
6. EBSCO's MAS Ultra-School Edition
   Full text articles from over 500 popular general interest and current events publications dating from 1975. Designed for high school libraries.
   
   Availability:
   - All networked computers at main campus.
   -Advance Program Centers
   -Any computer with an Internet connection (get username/password from library circulation desk)
   
7. EBSCO's Academic Search Elite
   Index and full-text articles on research-quality information in the social sciences, humanities, engineering and computer sciences, natural sciences and medical sciences, and education.
   
   Availability:
   - All networked computers at main campus.
   -Advance Program Centers
   -Any computer with an Internet connection (get username/password from library circulation desk)
   
8. Education Index  
   Search here for citations of articles in education topics. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles.
   1983-present. Updated monthly.
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   
9. Electronic Collections Online
   Search here to find citations of articles in scholarly journals in all disciplines including 197 education titles. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles. 
   1995-present. Updated daily.
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   
10. National Geographic on CD-ROM
    This is the archive of National Geographic Magazine, 1888 to present. Search or browse through full-paged spreads of text and graphics, material for bulletin boards. Color printer attached.  
    
    Availability: 
    JBU Library computer. Request for CD-ROM at the Reserve Desk.
    
    
11. Periodical Abstracts
    Search here for citations of articles from popular and academic periodicals. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles and transcripts of news-oriented television and radio shows.
    1987-present. Updated weekly.
    
    Availability: 
    Any computer with an Internet Connection
    
    
12. ProQuest Direct
    Search here to find citations of articles on all topics including current events, social and cultural trends. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles from education periodicals such as Arts & Activities, Electronic Learning in Your Classroom, The Reading Teacher, School Science and Mathematics.
    1986-present. Updated daily.
    
    Availability: 
    All networked computers on main campus and Advance Program Centers
    Graduate and Advance Program students should request for password for off-campus access
    A standalone version is available in JBU Library
    
    
13. PsycINFO
    Search here for citations and summaries of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations and technical reports on psychology including human development and growth issues.
    1887-present. Updated weekly.
    
    Availability: 
    All networked computers on main campus
    
14. Wilson Select Plus
    Search here to find citations of articles on all topics. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles. Complements ProQuest Direct as a research database. 
    1994-present. Updated weekly.
    
    Availability:
    Any computer with an Internet Connection
    
    
15. WorldCAT
    Search this catalog to find records of books, videos and computer files in major libraries in the United States. 
    Updated daily.
    
    Availability:
    Any computer with an Internet Connection