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Academic Search Premier
Scholarly journal articles and popular magazines covering all topics. A great database for beginning searches. 1980s-present (dates may vary).
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Topics include news and current events, politics, literature, communication science, business, medicine, psychology, the arts, and many more.
- Summaries of articles in over 8,000 journals, magazines, and newspapers
- Full-text of articles in over 4,000 journals
- Summaries of scholarly articles in over 6,000 journals
- Full-text of scholarly articles in over 3,000 journals
While subject-specific databases may offer more depth, this one may be more up-to-date.
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Cabell's Educational Directory

Information on the style and format of journals such as manuscript and publication guidelines, review process used by the editors of a journal, number of reviewers, acceptance rate, time required for review, etc.
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This resource is intended for researchers looking to publish in academic journals. It includes information on the style and format of journals such as manuscript and publication guidelines, review process used by the editors of a journal, number of reviewers, acceptance rate, time required for review, availability of reviewers’ comments, fees charged to review or publish the manuscript, copies required and manuscript topics. The Directory has three parts: Curriculum & Methods, Psychology & Administration and Educational Technology and Library Science.
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Education: A SAGE Full Text Collection

Full-text of 19 education journals covering Curriculum, Adult & Continuing Education, Ed. Administration & Policy, Ed. Psychology, Teaching Methods, and all levels of formal education from elementary school to college. 1982-current.
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Covers Adult and Continuing Education, Assessment, Multilingual Education, Curriculum, Early Childhood Education, Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Educational Psychology, Elementary & Primary Education, Family & Community, High School & Secondary Education, Higher Education, International Education, Leadership, Measurement & Testing, Middle School Education, Multicultural Education & Diversity, Philosophy of Education, Professional Development, Research Methods and Evaluation, School Counseling, School Finance & Budgeting, School Funding, School Health, School Law, School Reform, Special Education and Gifted Education, Standards, Teaching and Instruction, Teaching Methods, Technology, Theory of Education, and Vocational Education. A browseable, searchable list of journals in this collection is available here. A quick reference guide is available at http://www.csa.com/csa/support/sage_quickref.pdf
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ERIC (free)

Indexes scholarly journals and magazines in all areas of education, from early intervention (birth to age three), preschool, K-12 (public and private), and higher education. Includes bilingual, special, gifted, and computer education. 1966-current.
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Access via the free US Government interface. Also includes child development, classroom techniques, computer education, counseling and testing, administration, arts and music education, and library science. Summarizes unpublished documents such as curriculum guides, dissertations, opinion papers, conference proceedings, program descriptions, standards, and tests.
ERIC (via CSA)

Indexes scholarly journals and magazines in all areas of education, from early intervention (birth to age three), preschool, K-12 (public and private), and higher education. Includes bilingual, special, gifted, and computer education. 1966 to present.
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Some full-text available via UConn Links. Access via CSA interface. Search with Sociological Abstracts. Also includes child development, classroom techniques, computer education, counseling and testing, administration, arts and music education, and library science. Indexes unpublished documents such as curriculum guides, dissertations, opinion papers, conference proceedings, program descriptions, standards, and tests.
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ERIC (via EBSCOhost)

Indexes scholarly journals and magazines in all areas of education, from early intervention (birth to age three), preschool, K-12 (public and private), and higher education. Includes bilingual, special, gifted, and computer education. 1966-present.
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Some full-text available via UConn Links. Access via EBSCO interface. Search together with PsycINFO or Academic Search Premier. Also includes child development, classroom techniques, computer education, counseling and testing, administration, arts and music education, and library science. Summarizes unpublished documents such as curriculum guides, dissertations, opinion papers, conference proceedings, program descriptions, standards, and tests.
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Professional Development Collection

Full-text articles about education, covering children's health and development, pedagogical theory, and current topics in education. 1965-present.
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Designed for professional educators. Includes full text for Chronicle of Higher Education, Educational Leadership, Journal of Education, Journal of Higher Education, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Theory Into Practice, and more than 550 education and library science journals. This database also provides full text for 167 education pamphlets and scholarly monographs.
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PsycArticles

Academic, research and practice literature in psychology and related disciplines. 1985-present.
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Covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research. Full-text journals include American Psychologist, Developmental Psychology, Journal of Educational Psychology, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and more.
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Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
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This database provides 575 full text publications, including 550 peer-reviewed titles. Updated daily via EBSCOhost.
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Psychology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection

Full-text of 30 psychology journals covering Applied Psychology, Child Development, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Counseling Psychology, and Cross-Cultural Psychology. 1982-.
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Includes the full text of 30 journals published by SAGE. Covers Applied Psychology, Assessment, Child Development, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology, Environmental Psychology, Family Studies, Group Work, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Language Acquisition, Latin American Studies, Learning Disabilities, Measurement, Neuropsychology, Personality, Philosophical Psychology, Psychiatry, Psychology of Diversity, School Psychology, Social Psychology, and Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. A browseable, searchable list of journals in this collection is available here. A quick reference guide is available at http://www.csa.com/csa/support/sage_quickref.pdf
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PsycINFO
Scholarly articles in psychology, plus medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, criminology, social science, business, & organizational behavior. Search Tips! 1872-present.
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Covers the academic, research and practice literature -- including journal articles, dissertations, book chapters, books, technical reports -- from over 45 countries in more than 30 languages. From the American Psychological Association.
Subjects include:
- Business (advertising & marketing)
- Communication Sciences
- Education
- Medicine
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Sociology
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Scopus

Scholarly journal articles with a heavy emphasis on science topics. A great database for high quality scholarly articles on any topic. International scope. Excellent for citation searching. 1996-present for citation searching; 1966 to present for general searching.
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Because UConn holds a license to Beilstein CrossFire, users can see summaries of compounds and reaction information in Scopus for any article that is also indexed in Beilstein Crossfire.
Using the Papers application from Mekentosj to search Scopus? Papers should prompt you for the Scopus ID (36298) when you do a Scopus search. If it doesn't, or if you need to change it, it go to Preferences, Plugins, Search Engines. Also, Papers can also be configured to use our off campus authentication system (EZproxy), so you might want to add http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=%@ in the "library proxy" box under "Preferences, Sources".
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Web of Science
Scholarly journal articles in the sciences, social sciences, arts & humanities. A great database for high quality scholarly articles on any topic. Excellent for citation searching. 1994- present.
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Science Citation Index

Subjects include:
- Agriculture
- Astronomy
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Biotechnology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Materials Science
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Oncology
- Patents, when a patent is part of the record
- Pediatrics
- Pharmacology
- Physics
- Plant Sciences
- Psychiatry
- Veterinary Science & Zoology
Social Sciences Citation Index
Subjects include:
- Anthropology
- History
- Information Science & Library Science
- Law
- Linguistics
- Philosophy
- Political Science & Industrial Relations
- Psychiatry & Psychology
- Public Health
- Social Work & Sociology
- Substance Abuse
- Urban Studies
- Women's Studies
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Subjects include:
- Art & Architecture
- Archaeology
- Asian Studies
- Classics
- Dance
- Folklore
- History
- Language & Linguistics
- Literature & Literary Reviews
- Music
- Philosophy
- Poetry
- Radio, Television, & Film
- Religion
- Theater
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