Here are just a few of several library resources that may help in your research or teaching. To access them or find additional resources, try http://www.library.unlv.edu/cml/research/databases.php or the Libraries’ Database Finder at http://www.library.unlv.edu/search/databases/index.html
Title List of UNLV Journal Holdings: If you are looking for your favorite title and can’t seem to find it, search the list of periodicals owned by the UNLV Libraries in print and/or electronic format available from the Libraries Website at http://qm3ut3ze6e.search.serialssolutions.com. If the journal is available electronically, you can link to it right from your desktop.
Education Full Text: Based on Education Index, this database provides indexing and abstracting of articles from Education-related periodicals and yearbooks. Full text coverage begins from 1996.
Education: A Sage Collection: A collection including the full text of 23 peer-reviewed journals published by Sage and participating societies distinguished by up to 36 years of backfiles and encompassing over 7,000 articles.
Mental Measurements Yearbook: Produced by the Buros Institute, this database contains information from the 9th edition of Mental Measurements Yearbook forward. Records contain descriptive information and critical reviews of over 2,200 standardized English-language personality, aptitude, neuropsychological, educational, achievement, and intelligence tests. Subject coverage includes behavioral science, education, psychiatry, psychology, speech, language, and hearing.
Kraus Curriculum Development Library (KCDL): The complete 26th edition of the Kraus Curriculum Development Library is now available online. With hundreads of new documents, the KCDL database now contains over 7,000 curricula, frameworks, and standards from 1983 through 2006.
Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD): A research and reference service including over 200,000 reviews of children’s books from 33 review sources (all full text searchable), over 33,000 book jacket images, over 60,000 links to web pages featuring individual authors or illustrators.
NEW! Chronicle of Higher Education & Education Week Site Licenses: Get the latest education news and access to archives from anywhere on campus at http://www.chronicle.com or http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html
NEW! Brain Pop: BrainPOP is an educational program that provides K-12 curriculum-based content spanning seven main subjects including: Science, Math, English, Social Studies, Health, Arts & Music, and Technology. BrainPOP currently features more than 600 animated movies. Each movie is supported by activities such as a quiz, comic strip, experiments and other printable worksheets, all tied to national subject curriculum standards.
NEW! Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature: This online encyclopedia documents and interprets the books read by children throughout the world. With a global perspective that pays attention to significant international trends and the multicultural expansion of the field, it includes brief biographies of every major author and illustrator. Also included are feature essays on all genres of children's literature, individual works, and prominent trends and themes, as well as general essays on the traditions of children's literature in many countries throughout the world.
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