EDG 6253 Resources
Curriculum Inquiry
How to
Access UCF Library Databases and Resources from off campus
General Internet Information
Database or Index
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| JSTOR (1665- ) |
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| PsycINFO (1887- ) |
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| Education Index/Education Abstracts (1929- ) |
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| Sociological Abstracts (1953- ) |
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UCF Library Homepage provides links to the UCF
library catalog and gateway to other resources, such as:
http://library.ucf.edu/
- Academic Index (WebLUIS database)
indexes articles in approximately 1000 scholarly journals and popular magazines in the
arts, humanities, social sciences, science and technology. Abstracts are included for some
articles. Provides access to ASCII full text
of some articles. Dates of coverage: 1982+
Another version of this database, Expanded Academic ASAP (1980+ ) available through InfoTrac,
allows you to limit your search to refereed journals and this version is updated daily and
may have entries and full text that is somewhat more current; some articles have charts
and illustrations not included in the WebLUIS version.
- Biography & Genealogy Master Index
(GaleNet database) is a comprehensive index to nearly 12 million biographical sketches in
more than 2700 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering
both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.
- Dissertation Abstracts
(FirstSearch database) covers every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at
accredited institutions for the last 150 years. Includes some master's theses and foreign
language dissertations. Dates of coverage: 1861+
- Early American Periodicals covers
all known periodical publications that had their inception and ending from 1741 to 1935.
The full text of the actual periodicals are
in the UCF Library in three microfilm collections (often referred to as APS I, APS II and
APS III). The electronic index is incomplete but growing. You may find the CD-ROM
version available in the Library's Electronic Reference Area easier to use. The print
index provides limited subject access to the complete series and is shelved in the UCF
Library's Reference Collection at REF AP2.A388. Nearly one hundred of the periodicals in
the APS II & APS III collections are at least partially indexed in Poole's Index
to Periodical Literature [Index AI3.P7] (1802-1906).
- EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite
provides abstracts and indexing for approximately 3,000 scholarly journals covering the
social sciences, humanities, education and more. Also offers full
text for over 1,000 journals including 380 journals dating back to 1990.
Includes coverage of over 1,700 peer-reviewed journals. The Professional
Development Collection provides a highly specialized collection of electronic
information especially for professional educators, from children's health and development
to cutting-edge pedagogical theory and practice.
- Education Abstracts (FirstSearch
database) indexes English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the U.S. and
elsewhere. Subjects include administration, teaching methods and curriculum, literacy,
government funding, and more. Dates of electronic coverage: 1983+ The UCF Library
has the print version, Education Index, at Index L11.E39 from 1929+
- ERIC (WebLUIS database) is a
guide to published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics, with
information from RIE (Resources in Education) and CIJE (Current Index to
Journals in Education). The ERIC database is also available at http://ericir.syr.edu/Eric/. The ERIC/AE
Test Locator is available at http://www.ericae.net/testcol.htm.
The ERIC Thesaurus is available through SearchERIC.org
as well as through Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts. Selected full text
(1996+) is available through the UCF Library's subscription to EDRS http://www.edrs.com/Webstore/Search.cfm
- JSTOR provides full text, page image
from over 100 scholarly journals, including 4 education journals: Journal of
Educational Sociology / Sociology of Education (1927-1995), Journal of
Higher Education (1930-1995), Journal of Negro Education (1932-1995), and Journal
of Blacks in Higher Education (1993-1998).
- Kluwer Online provides full text articles from approximately 600 Kluwer
journals, including Learning Environments Research (1998+), Journal of
Mathematics Teacher Education (1998+), Journal of Personnel Evaluation in
Education (1995+), and Reading & Writing (1995+). Partial list of journals
- PsycINFO (WebLUIS database) -
from the American Psychological Association - indexed materials are selected from more
than 1,300 journals published in 50 countries and 28 languages. Most records have
abstracts. Dates of coverage: 1887+
- Sociological Abstracts (Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts database) is a primary resource from an international selection of
over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and
dissertations. Dates of electronic coverage: 1963+ The UCF Library has the print
indexes at Index HM1.S67 for 1953+
- UnCover is a database of current
article information taken from more than 17,000 multidisciplinary journals. It contains
brief descriptive information about over 7,000,000 articles published since Fall 1988. The
UCF Library is subsidizing document delivery service in the UnCover database for Faculty
and Graduate students.
- Universe databases: Congressional
Universe (CIS) gives researchers access to vast and varied information published
by and about Congress, including full text
of almost all Committee Reports from 1990 forward and Congressional testimony from 1988
forward, and indexing & abstracting from the CIS/Index to Publications of the U.S.
Congress from 1970 forward. Statistical Universe (CIS) - provides the
full text of Statistical Abstract of the U. S., plus indexing and abstracts (with
some full text available) from American Statistics Index (ASI), Statistical
Reference Index (SRI), and Index to International Statistics (IIS). Academic
Universe (CIS/Lexis-Nexis) - provides more than 9.5 million documents from over
18,300 sources, including access to company profiles and financial reports, government
transcripts, trade journals and academic and legal databases. Their files are updated with
full-text documents from general interest
wire services, newspapers, and magazines from around the world.
- Web of Science - ISI Citation
Databases collectively index more than 8,000 high quality, peer-reviewed journals
cover-to-cover, providing users with complete bibliographic data, searchable author
abstracts when available in the science and social sciences source material, and cited
references from the world's most influential journals. Dates of coverage: 1977+
- WilsonSelect (FirstSearch
database) contains indexed and abstracted articles from periodicals, all with ASCII full text online. The database includes records
from the following H.W. Wilson databases: Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences
Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts and Wilson Business Abstracts.
Dates of coverage: 1994+
Research Sources for Education
Courses
http://library.ucf.edu/Instruct/education.htm
Electronic Serials (UCF Curriculum Materials Center) provides
a list of some education journals available electronically.
William S. Gray Research
Collection in Reading provides a retrospective compilation of reading research
documents from key journals, books, research reports, and monographs published between
1884 and 1980. The full text documents are available in the UCF Library on microfiche - LB
1050.W469. An author/subject guide is available in the Reference Collection under the same
call number. Author/subject index cards in the drawers preceding the microfiche documents
also provide abstracts.
UCF Interlibrary Loan
http://library.ucf.edu/ill/ |
UCF Ask A Librarian provides links to
useful Internet sites, telephone reference (407-823-2562),
and electronic reference service via a Web form or by e-mail.
http://library.ucf.edu/quickref/ |
Other Useful Web Sites:
rgause@mail.ucf.edu
(407) 823-2563
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