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ERIC on Ebsco via NCLive -- Full-text

Abstracts for more than 850,000 references in 750 education journals (EJ) as well as published and unpublished educational documents (ED): school system reports, conference papers, research reports, unit and lesson plans. Many current ERIC documents are full-text, and some linked full-text for journal articles. 1966 to present.

ERIC on CSA

Citations and some linked full text for journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs from 1966 to present. A new search appearance and features, with the same content as ERIC on Ebsco.

Educator's Reference Desk  

Curriculum resources organized by subject and age level, including lesson plans, resource guides, and web links. Search point for The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM), which provides access to over 40,000 educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit and commercial Internet sites

Primary Search on Ebsco via NCLive -- Full-text.
Article searches from children's publications.

Additional Education Resources

Standard Course of Study - NC Department of Public Instruction
Grade level standards and objectives by subject area.

Digest of Education Statistics -- Full-text.
Compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education; includes a selection of data from both government and private sources, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Includes information such as number of schools and colleges, teachers, educational attainment, finances, federal funds for education, libraries, and international education.

 

Education Law in North Carolina -- Full-text.
Thirty-one chapters on various school law topics written by school law experts in North Carolina. Provided by the Principals' Executive Program of The University of North Carolina.

 

Education Statistics (NCES) -- National Data -- Full-text

Information from the National Center for Education Statistics.  Over 2,000 publications, information on NCES programs and surveys, and construction of data tables from raw data.

 

NC Public School Statistical Profile -- Full-text.
A collection of statistical information about North Carolina's elementary and secondary schools. Provides general statistical data on public school pupils, personnel, and finances.1999 to current available.

Learning Express from NCLive
Test preparation for Praxis, GRE, and other educational and occupational tests. Scoring is automatic and offers answer explanations and results analysis.

General and Related Databases

MasterFile Premier from Ebsco on NCLive -- Full-text.
Covers articles from more than 1,800 scholarly and popular periodicals, two-thirds full text. Provides unique or extended full text coverage of 20+ education titles. Citations and abstracts 1984 to present.

Research Library from Proquest  -- Full-text.
Citations and abstracts from over 2,500 scholarly and popular journals from a variety of disciplines including education and educational psychology. 20+ full text education journals are unique to this database.

 

Academic Search Premier from Ebsco on NCLive

Multi-subject database with mostly scholarly journals indexed. Several unique education titles in full-text.

 

PsychInfo from Ebsco on NCLive

Database for psychology journals; includes articles on educational psychology and childhood and adolescent issues.

 

NetLibrary via NCLive -- Full-text.
Search and read electronic books -- 50,000 books, with many on education topics.
You may view these books online using your ID number and PIN. To check out books create an account on the netlibrary page.

 

 

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