SOC 102 - Thomas
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Education-Related Databases
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowAcademic journals, magazines, reports, books, and select newspapers on virtually any subject.
- Alexander Street Press Video Collection This link opens in a new windowThousands of video titles, incorporating American History in Video, Dance in Video, Education in Video, Ethnographic Video Online, World History in Video, Nursing Education in Video, Nursing Assistant in Video, Veterinary Education in Video, and more.
- Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new windowLinks to The Chronicle website. Provides news and information related to all aspects of higher education. Current issue and previous issues dating back to 1989.
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowEncyclopedias and specialized reference sources, with links to additional CSN Library databases and resources.
- EBSCO Complete This link opens in a new windowSearch across more than 20 subject collections for a variety of sources including journal articles and books.
- Education Films (Films on Demand) This link opens in a new windowVideos related to study of education.
- ERIC This link opens in a new windowAccess to educational research reports along with information from nearly 1,000 education related journals.
- Issues and Controversies on File This link opens in a new windowObjective, in-depth information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day with clear explanations of opposing points of view.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowAn archive of scholarly articles from a variety of disciplines: business, health, literature, math, the sciences, and more. Current issues of journals are not available in JSTOR.
- Las Vegas/Nevada News (Newsbank) This link opens in a new windowSearch articles from the Las Vegas Review Journal, Las Vegas Sun, Boulder City View and Henderson View.
- Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new windowLiterary criticism covering most time periods and literary disciplines, from classical to contemporary, from short stories and poetry to drama.
- Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new windowBiographies, bibliographies and critical analyses from every age and literary discipline. View Basic Search Tutorial.
- MasterFILE Complete This link opens in a new windowSearch magazines, reference books and primary source documents on any subject. Also provides an Image Collection containing photos, maps and flags.
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new windowPro and con information on a variety of contemporary social issues along with articles from magazines, journals, newspapers and other sources.
- Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new windowCreated for professional educators, this database provides articles from education journals, magazines and education reports.
- Proquest: News & Newspapers This link opens in a new windowMajor US newspapers including historical archives going back to 1851.
- ProQuest Central This link opens in a new windowInterdisciplinary collection of magazine, journal and newspaper articles.
- PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new windowPeer-reviewed scientific articles in psychology from the American Psychological Association (APA).
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new windowPeer-reviewed journals related to psychology, psychiatry and related behavioral sciences.
- A to Z: The World This link opens in a new window
Country guides covering a wide range of topics such as business culture, human rights, food, climate and religion.
- US Newsstream This link opens in a new windowSeveral decades of articles from over 1300 newspapers, including the Christian Science Monitor, the LA Times, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
Education is the "process of teaching, training and learning, especially in schools, colleges or universities, to improve knowledge and develop skills."
(Definition from: "Education." Oxford Learner's Dictionaries, 06 April 2021, https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/education.)
Data & Statistics
- National Center for Education StatisticsThe NCES is under the U.S. Department of Education and compiles data on the condition of American Education.
- US CensusThe Census Bureau provides information on a variety of educational topics, from educational attainment and school enrollment to school costs and financing