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The U.S. Department of Education sponsors this comprehensive database of education literature.

Covers special education, educational tests, adult education, multicultural education, teaching methods, and more. Includes the following collections: Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson), Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983 (H.W. Wilson)

Useful for human computer interaction. Covers psychology and psychological aspects of medicine, psychiatry, anthropology, business, law, and similar disciplines.

Linds finds this database super helpful for looking up quick methodological information. It contains ebook copies of major social sciences education research methods handbooks, encyclopedias, and dictionaries. You can look up terms like "triangulation" and get a quick definition or short entry. Some ebooks in the collection help with specific data analysis programs, too, like STATA and R.

This used to be called Gale Virtual Reference Library-- contains thousands of ebooks for major handbooks, encyclopedias and dictionaries for major aspects of education. Great for a quick, short, scholarly explanation of a term, person, or pedagogical technique.

If you find one of these bibliographies on a topic you're interested they are a fantastic launch into your research, with a short explanation of the topic and list of great books and articles to begin exploring. Perfect for a research project in a new area you aren't yet familiar with.

PrepSTEP offers PRAXIS study materials and practice tests for certain PRAXIS subjects.