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ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
On the Web through FirstSearch.
        On the Web through the official ERIC site, free to the public.
ERIC is a comprehensive database containing abstracts of journal articles, reports, curriculum guides, conference proceedings, etc. It covers all areas of education at all age and grade levels.   ERIC Documents 1993+ are now freely available online.  Documents before 1993 are in the library on microfiche.  The library's microfiche subscription ended with ED455358.
The ERIC database, as well as lesson plans, web sites and other useful information, is available on the Web through the Educator's Reference Desk, also free to the public.  (ERIC documents are not available at this site.)  Coverage:  Click here to show journal list.

PsycINFO
Citations and abstracts of articles from journals in Psychology and other social science disciplines including Anthropology, Education, Medicine, Nursing, and Psychiatry, from mid-19th century to present.  Also includes citations to books and book chapters from 1987 to present.

Academic OneFile

A source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources, with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.  Millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text.  Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.

Academic Search Elite
Contains full text for more than 2,000 journals, including more than 1,550 peer-reviewed titles. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study.

JSTOR
An archive of more than 1200 core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Fulltext back to their date of first publication to within the current 2-5 years.

Teacher Reference Center (TRC)
A free EBSCO database, indexing/abstracting database to approximately 280 popular periodicals and 1,300 book chapters related to K-12 education.  Users may save, e-mail, or download citations and abstracts.  Some full-text articles will be available because of our subscriptions to other EBSCO databases.

Exceptional Child Education ResourcesCall Number: General Collection LC 3950 E942
1969-2003. Indexes books, periodical articles, government reports, dissertations on children who are gifted or are physically, mentally or learning disabled.

Kraus Curriculum Development Library (KCDL)
Call Number: Microfiche Cabinet 3, Drawer 8-10
 KCDL is a collection of curriculum guides from all over North America, reproduced on microfiche.  Click here for a detailed description of this set.

Data/Statistics

National Center for Education Statistics
NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations.

Condition of Education.Call Number: Reference L 112 C65

Digest of Education Statistics.Call Number: Reference L 11 D48a

Education Indicators: An international perspective.Call Number: Reference L 112 E34 1996

Education Statistics of the United States. Call Number: Reference LB 201 E38

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Credo Reference
Over 360 online reference titles in all subject areas.  Allows cross-referencing between titles and expanding searches into the Truman catalog and other library resources.

Encyclopedia of education.Call Number: Reference LB 15 E43 2003

Encyclopedia of special education.Call Number: Reference LC4007 E53 2007

World education encyclopediaCall Number: Reference LB 15 W67 2002

Government Information

Education Commission of the States
nonpartisan, nonprofit interstate compact created by the states and the U.S.Congress that helps governors, legislators, state education officials, business leaders and others identify, develop and implement public policies to improve student learning at all levels. The ECS website is the nation's most extensive website devoted to education policy.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
Provides access to a collection of electronic educational resources produced by 49 different federal agencies. 

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Missouri Department of Higher Education

Missouri School Directory.

National Center for Education Statistics
NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations.

U.S. Department of Education

Style & Citation Guides

Citation and Writing Guides
Guides for how to use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation style; the Modern Language Association (MLA) citation style; and the Chicago/Turabian citation style.  This page also has information on how to use tools that automatically format bibliographic information for you like: EndNote, Zotero, and EasyBib.com.

Web Sites

American Association for Higher Education (AAHE)

American Association of University Professors (AAUP)

Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)

Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC)

Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD)

Educause

Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA)

National Association for Gifted Children

National Association for the Education of Young Children

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)

National Education Association (NEA)

National Middle School Association

North Central Association: The Higher Learning Commission