• Academic Search Complete
• ERIC
• SocINDEX with Full Text
• America: History & Life
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• American Educational Research Journal - JSTOR for 1964-2004 articles |Sage Journals Online for 1964-2008 articles
• Education Week 1995-present
• Educational Leadership 1974-present
• Phi Delta Kappan - 1916-present
• Review of Educational Research - 1931-2003
• Teachers College Record - 1999-present (online) | 1970-71, 2001-2006 (print: Clapp Library L11 .T4) | 1971-2000 (microfilm)

• Radical Teacher 1987-present
• Feminist Teacher 1993-1999; 2003-2007
• Radical Pedagogy 1999-present
• Rethinking Schools 1995-present
• InterActions (UCLA) 2004-present

• Education Development Center, Inc.
• Education World: The Educator's Best Friend
• Teacher Reference Center (TRC)
• Educational Research Online
• Education Week
• Teachers (Library of Congress)
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• tip: use an encyclopedia for a quick overview, to develop vocabulary for searching, & for further sources
• Condition of Education (1975 +) - Clapp Ref L112 .N377a
• Encyclopedia of American Education - Clapp Ref LB17 .U54 1996 - 3 vols.
• Encyclopedia of Education - Clapp Ref LB15 .E47 - 10 vols
• International Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd ed. - Clapp Ref LB15 .I569 1994 - 12 vols.
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Librarians for Education

Alana Kumbier
Research & Instruction, x3372

Pamela Bristah
Collections, x2076

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