Education Full Text

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Developed to meet the needs of education students, professionals, and policy makers, while still containing much of interest to the regular reader, Education Full Text is a complete source of education scholarship.

The database encompasses an international array of English-language periodicals, monographs, and yearbooks, updated daily on WilsonWeb. Its full-text articles with page images combine with clear abstracts and precise indexing to ensure greater coverage than any competing resource.

Education Full Text is maintained by an in-house staff of librarians and subject specialists who bring their expertise to bear on the database’s content, including

The full text of articles from over 350 journals as far back as 1996
12 years of full text from Wilson Library Bulletin
Precise, high-quality indexing of over 770 periodicals dating back to 1983—over 440 of them peer-reviewed, and including over 40 peer-reviewed open-access journals
Clear, informative abstracts that let patrons know immediately if an article is relevant to their research
Our “cover to cover” approach to citing articles, which ensures strong coverage where the “selective indexing” of other databases falls short
In-depth coverage of special education, with over 50 journals dedicated to this important topic
Over 100,000 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests, information that is difficult to find in another single source

As well as offering your patrons the most complete education coverage available, Education Full Text also offers the full functionality of WilsonWeb, including

Translations of full-text articles
ReadSpeaker text-to-speech functionality, which converts articles to audio for streaming in the library, or to be downloaded for later listening
Seamless linking to your library’s other databases, including ERIC and JSTOR, at no extra cost
Thousands of controlled and cross-referenced names of individuals, schools, institutions, and educational
Up-to-date subject headings, which keep pace with today’s changing issues and terminology
A library holdings indicator linked to your OPAC, which lets patrons know if they’ll find cited issues on your shelves
Uniform name authority control for easy and reliable searching

Education Full Text covers a wide range of topics:

Adult Education • Arts • Athletics • Comparative Education • Competency-Based Education • Computers in Education • Continuing Education • Distance Education • Educational Technology • Elementary Education • Government Funding • Higher Education • Instructional Media • Language Arts • Library Science • Literacy Standards • Multicultural/Ethnic Education • Parent-Teacher Relations • Prayer in Public Schools • Preschool Education • Religious Education • School Administration • Science & Mathematics • Secondary Education • Social Studies • Special Education • Student Counseling • Teacher Education • Teacher Evaluation • Teaching Methods • Vocational Education

Although the database is designed with education specialists in mind, it would also provide the perfect complement to your library’s existing research resources for those studying history, sociology, economics, politics, public policy, law, psychology, and many other subjects, as well as for general readers with an interest in education.

Use Education Full Text to discover the answers to question such as

Where can I find out more about the school system that was sued for teaching the theory of intelligent design?
How can I keep up to date on the latest articles and websites concerning autistic children in schools?
Can you help me find contact information for parents’ groups that have challenged library materials?
My child has been diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome. Where can I get information on this condition?

Also Available

Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983
Offers more than half a century of coverage with citations to some 850,000 articles, including book reviews. Use this unique database to track trends in education and changes in society and cultural attitudes; also valuable for sociological, legal, and historical studies.

Education Index
This database delivers the same indexing offered in Education Full Text, but without the abstracts or the links to full text articles. Education Index is updated daily on WilsonWeb. Also available in print.

Education Abstracts
This database delivers the same indexing and abstracts offered in Education Full Text, but without links to full text articles. The same journals are covered. Education Abstracts is updated daily on WilsonWeb.

Education Full Text Expands Full-Text Coverage with The Chronicle of Higher Education and Other Important Journals

The Chronicle of Higher Education, a top news and career-information source for college and university faculty members, is now available in full text back to January 2001 in Education Full Text. Beginning with the first 2005 issues, full text and indexing coverage for 49 notable journals has been added to Education Full Text. Of these, 38 are peer-reviewed open-access e-journals, and the remaining 11 are print-based journals. The subject coverage of the newly added journals is wide-ranging in scope, with substantial attention to such topics as international education, educational technology, special education, and distance learning. The new additions are also covered by Education Abstracts and Education Index (including the print edition).

Open Access Journals

Academic Leadership (Hernando)
Advances in Physiology Education
Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology
Australian Journal of Educational Technology
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration & Policy
Current Issues in Comparative Education
Current Issues in Education
Early Childhood Research & Practice
Education Policy Analysis Archives
Educational Technology & Society
Electronic Journal of Multicultural Education
Essays in Education
Information Technology & Disabilities
International Education Journal
International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning
International Electronic Journal of Health Education
International Journal of Education & the Arts
International Journal of Educational Technology
International Journal of Special Education (Online)
International Review of Research in Open & Distance Learning
Issues in Educational Research
Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks
Journal of Extension (ASCII Edition)
Journal of Information Technology Education
Journal of Interactive Media in Education
Journal of Interactive Online Learning
Mathematics Educator
Meridian (Raleigh): A Middle School Computer Technologies Journal
New Horizons in Adult Education
Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration
Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation
Radical Pedagogy
Reading in a Foreign Language
Source (Los Angeles): A Journal of Education
TESL-EJ

New and Recently Added Full Text Journals
Coverage is constantly expanding, as we negotiate rights to bring you the full text of more outstanding journals.