• Article Index Databases for Articles, Book Chapters/Essays (Core ones): (Choose a database to search)

  • ERIC (Education) (Info)
    • Primary database for education, including journal articles and non-journal materials.
  • Education Full Text (Info)
    • Full-text from education journals.
  • Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) (Info)
    • Includes articles on many subjects including Education
  • Physical Education Index (Info)
    • On physical education
  • College Source College Catalogs (Info)
    • College catalogs including 2-Year, 4-Year, and Graduate Schools
  • CSUDH Digital Master's Theses (Info)
    • Master theses written by students of CSU Dominguez Hills
  • PsycINFO (Info)
    • Education research with a psychological focus
  • Social Sciences Full Text (Info)
    • Journal articles on many subject areas including Education
  • JSTOR (Full-text Journal Articles) (Info)
    • Journal articles on many subject areas including Education
  • Project Muse (Info)
    • Journal articles on many subject areas including Education
  • MAS Ultra--School Edition (general index for high school students) (Info)
    • Full text nearly 600 popular general interest and current events publications for high school students
  • Primary Search ( general database for elementary school research) (Info)
    • For elementary school libraries and public library children's rooms, contains full text for more than 50 popular, elementary school magazines.
  • Wiley InterScience Journals (Info)
    • Journal articles on science education and many other subject areas
  • Newsbank: California Newspapers (Info)
    • Full-text articles for local school news
  • Ethnic NewsWatch (Info)
    • Good sources on inner city schools and cultures, in addition to ethnic issues
  • Sociological Abstracts (Info)
    • Good sources on urban education, in addition to other sociological research and issues
• Print Index:
  • Exceptional Child Education Resources (Call number: Index LC 3950 E9   Location: second floor)
    • A quarterly article index concerning the education of children who are gifted or talented

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• Statistics on Education: (Click on the links below)
  • RAND California education statistics and publications
  • Statistical Abstracts of the United States
  • Common Core of Data
    • A comprehensive, annual, national statistical database of information on public schools and school districts
      in the United States. It gives data for more than 17,000 school districts and in excess of 95,000 public elementary
      and secondary schools.
  • National Center for Education Statistics
    • Primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U. S. and other nations.
      Includes links to The Condition of Education and Projections of Education Statistics to 2013.
  • California Department of Education
    • Primary information and statistics on California State, county, district, and school level reports covering topics such as students, staffing, finances, and performance rankings, as well as information including reports for accountability (e.g. API, AYP), test data, enrollment, graduates, dropouts, course enrollments, staffing, and data regarding English learners, etc.

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Web Resources:

• Teacher Preparation, Standards, Curriculum Frameworks & other Web Resources: (Click on the links below)

• Teacher Preparation Tests:

  • California Commission on Teacher Credentialing

  • California Basic Educational Skills Test™ (CBEST®)

  • California Subject Examinations for Teachers (CSET ® ) and Single Subject Assessments for Teaching®

  • Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA®)

  • The U.S. Constitution Examination

• Curriculum Frameworks:

• California Department of Education

• Curriculum Frameworks

• Curriculum & Instruction

• Other Education Related Web Sites:

  • Educator's Reference Desk

  • U. S. Department of Education

  • Contemporary Educational Thought

  • Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD)

  • EdSource Online

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• General Background (topic selection) Resources:

The following encyclopedias (in print format) can help you identify a topic for your research. They provide an overview of various issues, and often include useful bibliographies.