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Online Databases - Education

Database

Description
Academic Search Complete

Subject Areas: All subjects, e.g. humanities, social science, engineering, medical science, technology, etc.
Type: Bibliographic citations, abstracts, full text
Source: More than 3600 scholarly journals

EBSCO Animals

Subject Areas: Variety of topics relating to animals, including nature and habitat
Type: Bibliographic citations, abstracts, full text, full image
Source: EBSCO Publishing

eLibrary Curriculum

Subject Areas: More than 18,000 topics relevant to K-12 curricula and interests
Type: Full text, multimedia
Source: Over 2,000 magazines, newspapers, books, and transcripts--plus thousands of maps, pictures, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, and audio/video files.

ERIC

Subject Areas: Education, Libraries and Publishing, Psychology, Social Work
Type: Bibliographic citations, abstracts, full text
Source: Journal articles and other reports, and papers in education and related disciplines

LiteratureResource Center

Subject Areas: Information on more than 90,000 novelists, poets, journalists and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of the most-studied authors
Type: Full text
Source: Journal articles on literature, literary criticisms, reference work

MAS Ultra: School Edition

Subject Areas: General current events, health and science, book reviews and biographies and more
Type: Bibliographic citations, abstracts, full text
Source: Periodicals; reference books (including the Columbia Encyclopedia, the CIA World Fact Book and World Almanac & Book of Facts); and an image collection of photos, maps & flags.

MasterFILE Premier

Subject Areas: Nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more
Type: Bibliographic citations, abstracts, full text
Source: More than 1,900 general periodicals, reference and travel books; biographies; primary source documents; and an image college of photos, maps, and flags

Middle Search Plus

Subject Areas: General reference, health and science topics targeted to students
Type: Bibliographic citations, abstracts, full text
Source: Primary source documents, dictionaries, encyclopedias and an image collection

NetLibrary eContent

Subject Areas: Digital versions of books, journals, and database content owned by the Irving Public Library
Type: Full text

Primary Search

Subject Areas: Designed for elementary school-age children
Type: Bibliographic citations, abstracts, full text
Source: Elementary magazines, encyclopedias and an image collection


Professional Development Collection

Subject Areas: For professional educators; focused on children's health and development, and current topics in education
Type: Bibliographic citations, abstracts, full text
Source: Professional journals in education

StudentResearch CenterInterfaceSubject Areas: Designed specifically for students in grades 6-12
Type: Bibliographic citations, abstracts, full text
Source: Magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
Use to search Middle Search Plus, MAS Ultra School Edition, Columbia Encyclopedia, Health Sources — Consumer Edition, and American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.

TOPICsearch

Subject Areas: Current events, business, economics, political science, science, social sciences, technology, and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms
Type: Bibliographic citations, abstracts, full text
Source: Magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, biographies, book reviews and public opinion polls.

Vocational & Career Collection

Subject Areas: Designed to meet a wide variety of vocational and technical research needs
Type: Bibliographic citations, abstracts, full text
Source: Nearly 350 trade and industry related publications