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	Research Databases (Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases) Education Abstracts Education Abstracts covers every age and sector, from preschool through college and subjects ranging from athletics to vocational education. It indexes over 650 periodicals and yearbooks in English. Abstracts are included with full records beginning in Jan. 1994. View: Online Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) The Education Resources Information Center database is an index of resources for researchers in the field of education. Indexing extends from the year 1966 to the present. Topical coverage includes: urban education, assessment and evaluation, technological applications, career and vocational education, education of the gifted, and reading and communication. View: Online Educator's Reference Complete Educator's Reference Complete indexes more than 1,100 periodicals (450 are full-text academic journals) as well as hundreds of full-text ERIC reports. The database is intended for the K12 educator or administrator as well as education students, faculty, and researchers. It covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college; topics include educational specialties such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing, and also issues in administration, funding, and policy. View: Online


	Reference Materials Encyclopedia of Education - LB15 .E47 2003 8-volume work which covers historical, theoretical, and philosophical issues in education. Biographical sketches included. View: In Print Literacy in America - LC151 .L487 2002 A resource on how literacy is understood, taught, and measured in the United States today. Offers 260 A-Z entries on assessment, instruction, and general topics in literacy. View: In Print Annotation


	Web Sources Educator's Reference Desk Produced by the Information Institute of Syracuse, the same people who created AskERIC. Available here are lesson plans, links to education information on all subjects, and responses to popular questions on the practice, theory, and research of education. View: Online International Reading Association Provides information and resources on literacy and reading. View: Online Annotation Literacy Web This Web site is designed to promote the use of the Internet as a tool to assist classroom teachers in their search for best practices in literacy instruction. View: Online Annotation National Library of Education The nation's collector and creator of education research information. View: Online Annotation


	Periodicals Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy This journal is peer-reviewed. View: Online Annotation Reading and Writing Publishes high-quality scientific articles pertaining to the processes, acquisition, and the loss of reading and writing skills. View: Online Annotation Reading Research and Instruction View: Online Reading Research Quarterly This is a peer-reviewed publication. View: Online Annotation Reading Teacher, The This is a peer-reviewed publication. View: Online Annotation

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Kolk, Sarah McClure

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