Research by Subject: Education Studies
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Academic OneFile 1980 - current. Interdisciplinary index covering over 10,000 scholarly and popular journals and magazines. Most references include full-text or links to full-text. Contains all of Expanded Academic Index ASAP. Coverage of scientific journals is limited. Shortcuts: go/onefile (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/onefile (off-campus).
Directory of Open Access Journals: Education The aim of the Directory of Open Access Journals is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact.
Education Index Education Index is a database that indexes articles of at least one column in length from English-language periodicals and yearbooks (1983-present). English-language booksrelating to education published 1995+ are also indexed.
ERIC Database ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is the world's largest source of education information, containing more than 1 million abstracts of education-related documents and journal articles.
JSTOR Full-text archive of over 700 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences covering all issues published, except for the last 2 to 5 years. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted. Shortcuts: go/jstor (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/jstor (off-campus). 
Periodicals Index Online (PIO) A database of millions of article citations published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years, from their first issues to 1995 with some to 2000. Includes journals in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and other Western languages--with links to full text, when available. Formerly PCI.
Professional Collection, Gale A custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals for educators.
Project Muse Offers full-text of over 100 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics from the 1990s to present. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted. Shortcuts: go/muse (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/muse (off-campus).
Proquest Education Journals ProQuest® Education Journals gives users access to over 760 top educational publications, including more than 600 of the titles in full text. Covers not only the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.
PsycINFO Index and abstracts for psychology journals from 1806-current, and books, 1967-current. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Academic Universe provides access to the full text of national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, and more. It also includes business, financial, and legal information, including laws, regulations, cases, and EU law. The non-English language news link includes news in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Go shortcut = go/lexis (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/lexis (off-campus)
Newspaper Direct 45 day archive of full-color, full-page scanned images of over 700 newspapers from 76 countries in 38 languages.
Annenberg Media Teacher resources and teacher professional development programming across the curriculum. Sign up is required for first-time users. 
Education World A resource that includes a search engine for educational Web sites only, a place where educators can find information without searching the entire Internet; original content, including lesson plans, practical information for educators, information on how to integrate technology in the classroom, and articles written by education experts; site reviews; daily features and columns; teacher and principal profiles; Wire Side Chats with the important names in education; employment listings.
Educator's Reference Desk The Educator's Reference Desk builds on over a quarter century of experience providing high-quality resources and services to the education community. From the Information Institute of Syracuse, the people who created AskERIC, the Gateway to Educational Materials, and the Virtual Reference Desk, the Educator's Reference Desk includes: 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.
Eduhound A directory of resource links for K-12 education. The site is organized into 60 categories of educational resources. Users can choose a category or an alphabetical list of keywords.
Lesson Plans Library (Discovery Education) Links to hundreds of original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers. Use the pull-down menus below to browse by subject, grade, or both.
PBS Teachers Website with links to preK-12 educational resources including lesson plans, teaching activities, on-demand video assets, and interactive games and simulations.
Thinkfinity Free educational resources, hosted by Verizon.
U.S. Dept. of Education ED was created in 1980 by combining offices from several federal agencies. ED's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.
Vermont Dept. of Education The site provides information about the VTDOE’s programs, services, and initiatives to all who are interested in Vermont’s education community.
Junior Authors & Illustrators Online Junior Authors and Illustrators contains profiles and photographs of prominent authors, illustrators, and translators of children's books. Many artists and authors have provided autobiographical statements in which they describe ways they have been encouraged in their unique talents. Each profile includes a bibliography of selected works, as well as lists of additional biographical sources. Many of the biographies are enhanced with full text, abstracts, citations, and book reviews from H. W. Wilson databases. The biographies are searchable by name, profession, title, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, titles of works, date of birth, date of death, keyword, and presence of images.
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Middlebury Citation & Style Guide This library subject guide links to additional resources pertaining to how to format your paper's footnotes, bibliographies and more.
MLA Format (from Purdue's OWL) Purdue University's MLA format guide.
RefWorks RefWorks will automatically generate bibliographies and format your research papers in any of hundreds of styles including MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian. Middlebury College students and faculty may use RefWorks by creating a RefWorks account. For more info, follow the RefWorks link or email refworks@middlebury.edu. Middlebury-specific RefWorks Guide located at http://go.middlebury.edu/refworks?midd.
Encyclopedia of American Education LB17.U54 2007 Note: Print resource
Encyclopedia of Education (2nd ed.) LB15.E47 2003
Encyclopedia of educational technology A collection of short multimedia articles on a variety of topics related to the fields of instructional design and education and training. The primary audiences for the EET are students and novice to intermediate practitioners in these fields, who need a brief overview as a starting point to further research on specific topics. Authors are graduate students, professors, and others who contribute voluntarily. Articles are short and use multimedia to enrich learning rather than merely decorate the pages.
American Federation of Teachers The American Federation of Teachers was founded in 1916 to represent the economic, social and professional interests of classroom teachers. It is an affiliated international union of the AFL-CIO.
National Education Association The National Education Association is an organization dedicated to advancing the cause of public education in America. While the membership of the NEA is comprised of anyone who works for a public school district, a college or university, or any other public institution devoted primarily to education, this site has much information for parents and communities interested in improving America's public schools.
NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) NCTM supports the professional development of mathematics educators through publications and research, such as the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.
National Center for Education Statistics The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics Global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication.
Oxford Reference Online Premium General reference resources, including encyclopedias, bilingual dictionaries, chronologies, and maps and illustrations.
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