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ERIC (EBSCO)
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Educational index of research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials. Consists of the print indexes Resources in Education (RIE) and the Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)

Format: Majority full-text; some additional full-text via link resolver, Coverage: 1966 - present, Truncation and Wildcard: * and ?, Search Tips: Use quotation marks to phrase search. Allows Boolean AND, OR and NOT searching. May limit to full-text, scholarly journals, date, length, publication name and type. HELP link on each screen, which includes Citation information. Can print, save, or email results. Some full-text publications may have the most current 3-12 months in abstract only, due to publisher restrictions.

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Academic Search Complete
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Multi-disciplinary academic resource. Covers social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language, arts, literature, and medicine. Includes scholarly full-text articles from over 7,300 sources, with an additional 1,000 full-text sources. Indexes more than 10,000 periodicals

Coverage: Varies by title. Mostly mid90s - present., Truncation and Wildcard: * and ?, Search Tips: Use quotation marks to phrase search. Allows Boolean AND, OR and NOT searching. May limit to full-text, scholarly journals, date, page length, publication name and type.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global
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Provides full text for over 1.7 million dissertations and masters theses from U.S. and international academic institutions and abstracting and indexing for 3.8 million.

Format: Frequently full-text, Coverage: Citations since 1637. Some full-text from 1743. Truncation and Wildcard: ? and *, Search Tips: May combine searches in a single research session.
ERIC (FirstSearch)
Educational index of research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials. Consists of the print indexes Resources in Education (RIE) and the Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)

Format: Majority full-text; some additional full-text via link resolver, Coverage: 1966 - present, Truncation and Wildcard: * and # or ?, Search Tips: Omit punctuation (apostrophes, commas, etc.), but may use ampersands and hyphens. Search names as Lastname Firstname Middlename without commas. For list of journals, click on the 'I' icon, then 'All titles for ERIC'. '?Help' link on each screen.
ERIC (U.S. Dept. of Ed.)
Educational index of research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials. Consists of the print indexes Resources in Education (RIE) and the Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)

Format: Citations, Coverage: 1966 - present, Truncation and Wildcard: * and *, Search Tips: Default search is keyword, and assumes AND between search terms. * will match multiple characters anywhere after the first three characters in the word. Phrases should be enclosed in quotation marks. Supports Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT, . Advanced Search also allows searching by title, author, journal title, source intitution, and/or sponsoring agency

MAS Complete
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Designed for high school libraries, covering a wide range of subjects. Full text for more than 550 popular magazines, more than 430 full-text reference books, more than 120,000 biographies, more than 73,000 primary source documents, & more than 1.6 million photos, maps, flags and color PDFs. Articles indicate reading level.

Format: Majority full-text; some additional full-text via link resolver, Coverage: Varies by title, begins 1/84 - present, Truncation and Wildcard: * and ?, Search Tips: Use quotation marks to phrase search. Allows Boolean AND, OR and NOT searching. May limit to full-text, scholarly journals, date, length, publication name and type. HELP link on each screen, which includes Citation information. Can print, save, or email results. Some full-text publications may have the most current 3-12 months in abstract only, due to publisher restrictions.
Middle Search Plus
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Targeted to middle and junior high school students. General reference, health and science topics from 150 full-text popular sources, with another 200 abstracted. Reading level indicated with lexile score. Special limits include lexile reading score range.

Format: Majority full-text; some additional full-text via link resolver, Coverage: 1990 - present. Varies by title, Truncation and Wildcard: * and ?, Search Tips: Use quotation marks to phrase search. Allows Boolean AND, OR and NOT searching. May limit to full-text scholarly journals, date, length, publication name and type. HELP link on each screen, which includes Citation information. Can print, save, or email results. Some full-text publications may have the most current 3-12 months in abstract only, due to publisher restrictions.
Primary Search
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Designed for elementary school-age children. Full-text of 60 popular elementary magazines, with reading level indicated. Abstracts from 100 more sources. Extensive image collection. Encyclopedia of Animals and a general encyclopedia included.

Format: Full-text, Coverage: 1990-present. Varies by title, Truncation and Wildcard: * and ?, Search Tips: Can browse 12 general categories and their sub-categories (Dinosaurs) or create search strings. Specify 'and biography' when necessary to limit results. Some full-text publications may have the most current 3-12 months in abstract only, due to publisher requirements.
Professional Development Collection
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For professional educators and focused on children's health and development, and current topics in education. Full-text for over 500 journals, with indexing/abstracting for almost 800 journals. Subset of Academic Search Complete.

Format: Majority full-text; some additional full-text via link resolver, Coverage: Varies. As early as 1993 - present, Truncation and Wildcard: * and ?, Search Tips: Use quotation marks to phrase search. Allows Boolean AND, OR and NOT searching. May limit to full-text, scholarly journals, date, length, publication name and type. HELP link on each screen, which includes Citation information. Can print, save, or email results. Some full-text publications may have the most current 3-12 months in abstract only, due to publisher restrictions.
Project MUSE
Full-text of more than 680 journals, focusing primarily on humanities and language. Some coverage for the performing arts, social sciences, and education. Almost all publications are scholarly, peer-reviewed journals. 25 journals continue the JSTOR coverage of the publication.

Format: Full-text, Coverage: Varies, begins as early as 1995, Truncation and Wildcard: * and None, Search Tips: Use quotations for phrase searching. Supports Boolean AND, OR and NOT. Group complex search strings with parentheses. Browsable help section and journals list. Use advanced search to specify field types for search string. E-mailed articles are sent as a URL link to the individual article.

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