Credo Reference helps you start your research in education with overviews of contemporary and historical thought and practice, as well as reference resources on special education, early childhood education, and adult learning.
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General Article Resources
These resources provide access to magazine, newspaper and scholarly articles on a variety of topics.
Academic Search PremierThis link opens in a new windowGeneral purpose databases of general/popular publications and scholarly journals. Includes information in many areas of academic study including the social sciences, humanities, general sciences, and education.
ProQuestThis link opens in a new windowSearch a comprehensive file of periodicals for a broad range of subject areas including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.
These resources provide access to scholarly, peer-reviewed, and academic articles in the field of education.
ERIC (from EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowProvides extensive access to educational-related literature from journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, and books.
Teacher Reference CenterThis link opens in a new windowThis database provides indexing and abstracts for mostly peer-reviewed periodicals. Topics include: assessment, best practices, continuing education, current pedagogical research, curriculum development, elementary education, higher education, instructional media, language arts, literacy standards, school administration, science, mathematics, and teacher education.
Common Core of DataDepartment of Education's primary database on public elementary and secondary education in the United States. CCD is a comprehensive, annual, national database of all public elementary and secondary schools and school districts.
Digest of Education StatisticsProvides a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).