Education

Note: To use the databases from home, click on the link or "Home Access" wherever noted. Patrons working inside the library need not do this.

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  • Career Transitions - An online career guidance center that walks users through the job-search process from beginning to end.  Career Transitions employs a step-by-step approach to help people: 1) explore new career possibilities; 2) assess their interests and experience; 3) identify ways to improve their prospects, including networking and education; 4) prepare for a job search; and 5) search and apply for jobs.
  • Educator's Reference Complete - A selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Included content focuses on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in education.
  • ERIC - Journal articles and reports in education from FirstSearch. 
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library - Search the College Blue Book and scholarship & fellowship listings.
  • Testing & Education Reference Center - Taking a college entrance or licensing exam? Looking for a college or graduate school? Need help finding scholarships? Use this database to search thousands of college and graduate school entries. Identify scholarships that meet their financial needs. Take on-line practice tests and use test prep eBooks to obtain your education goals.
  • Universal Class - Access to over 540 online courses with real instructors guiding the learning. You’ll receive graded lesson tests with certificates of achievement and Continuing Education Units available for selected courses. 
  • Wilson Select Plus - Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business.

 

Last updated: 1/20/2012