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Research Databases
- Education Source This link opens in a new window The collection provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,850 academic periodicals and includes full text for more than 1,800 journals, 550 books and monographs, conference papers, and citations for over 4 million articles.
- ERIC This link opens in a new window The Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and research. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index, dating back to 1966.
- Teacher Reference Center This link opens in a new window Provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators.
Other Databases
- OneSearch This link opens in a new window OneSearch combines most of the library's resources into a single database. Rather than search databases separately, you can do just "one search." OneSearch includes articles, ebooks and books, and more.
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowAlternate Link: Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO Classic Interface)
- Primary Search This link opens in a new window Provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.
- Middle Search Plus This link opens in a new window Provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines, with all full text articles assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays.
- MAS Ultra-School Edition This link opens in a new window Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines, and provides access to more than 360 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 items.
Reference Resources
- Credo Reference Education Titles Browse 16 titles related to Education from Credo Reference.
Web Resources
- Pennsylvania Department of Education Information about all levels of education in the state of Pennsylvania, teacher certification, school districts, etc.
- PA Core Standards Search the PA Core Standards by content area or grade level.
- ISTE Standards ISTE Standards are used for the effective use of technology in the classroom.
Media Resources
- TeacherTube TeacherTube provides an online community for sharing instructional and educational videos.
- TED-Ed Find original animated videos and create your own interactive lessons with TED-Ed.
- CrashCourse (YouTube) CrashCourse features funny, fast-paced, and charming animations in a variety of subject areas.
Search the Library Catalog
- Library CatalogSearch the PennWest Libraries' online catalog to find physical items and eBooks.