Education Full Text

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Full text articles with page images, plus abstracts, indexing—and more coverage than any competing database!
Education Full Text — the WilsonWeb journals database crafted to meet the unique information needs of education students, professionals, and policy makers — now delivers the full text of 29 additional sources from Springer, plus 12 years of full text from the classic library trade magazine Wilson Library Bulletin. The recent additions expand on the database's coverage of an international range of English-language periodicals, monographs, and yearbooks.

High quality indexing of more than 600 periodicals as far back as 1983, over 400 of which are peer-reviewed.
In-depth abstracts of 50 to 150 words let users know instantly if a cited article is useful to their research.
Full text of articles from over 350 journals as far back as 1996.
Visit our Journal Directory for a searchable list of the journals covered.
Up-to-date subject headings keep pace with today’s changing issues and terminology.
Presents over 100,000 controlled and cross-referenced names of individuals, schools, and institutions.
Provides over 1,500 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests, information that is difficult to find in one lace from any other source.
Especially thorough coverage of special education with over 50 journals devoted specifically to this important topic.
Library holdings indicator links to your OPAC, letting users know if they’ll find cited issues on your shelves.
Uniform name authority control (Details) makes searching easy and reliable.
Daily updates bring users current information (monthly on WilsonDisc).
Wilson quality indexing and abstracting—by an in-house staff of librarians—guarantees user satisfaction with results.
WilsonLink SFX-powered technology links to full text in your OpenURL compatible databases—including ERIC and JSTOR—at no additional charge.

Comparing Education Full Text to other databases?

Consider that Education Full Text:

Is produced by an in-house staff of librarians and subject specialists, with consistent bibliographic standards and no gaps in coverage.
Maintains a "cover-to-cover" approach to citing articles from each of its more than 725 periodicals. Our total coverage takes up where the "selective indexing" of other databases falls short.

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

Education Full Text Helps Busy Librarians Answer Questions Like These

I need to write a class paper on teaching controversial topics in school. I know that a school system that was sued for teaching the theory of intelligent design, and I'd like to focus on that. Can you help me?

My son is autistic and his unruly behavior concerns his teachers. I'd like to see how other parents and teachers have coped with this problem. Please help me find articles or websites where I can learn more!

My principal wants me to research content standards for teaching high-school mathematics, for a presentation before our school board. I know that several mathematics journals have covered this, but I don't know which ones—can you help?

Where can I find reviews of new software for teaching geography?

I read a newspaper article saying that the Secretary of Education has proposed several reforms in college administration. Where can I learn more?

I'm a reporter for the local paper and I would like to cover the feud between the school superintendent and the local school board, but I would like some background information. Do you know of any newspapers or magazines that have covered similar disputes in other communities?

As a parent, I'm concerned about some of the materials in our school library. Can you help me find contact information for parent groups that have challenged library materials?

I'm writing a report about African American sports coaches for either college or professional teams, and the discrimination they face. Where can I learn more?

What challenges do women college teachers face achieving tenure?
My child has been diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome. Can you help me find information on this condition?

I'm writing a short biography of the quarterback Jim Kelly, and I heard that his son died of a neurological disease. I'd like to include that in my paper, but I want to know more.

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 and monthly on WilsonDisc. 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, monthly on WilsonDisc.

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.