University Library

Education

Librarians: Lyn Currie; MaryLynn Gagne
Locations: ED 2003.5.1; ED 2004
Phones: 966-5975; 966-7639
Emails: Lyn.Currie@usask.ca; MaryLynn.Gagne@usask.ca

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ERIC (OvidSP) Education Resources Information Center 1965 - present
A bibliographic database sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education that collects, creates, and distributes citations and full text materials whenever possible covering the literature of education, including: research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials.
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CBCA Education Canadian Business & Current Affairs Index: 1986 - present; full text: 1993 - present
Covers Canadian information in the field of education from more than 265 academic, administrative, professional, and topical journals , magazines, newsletters.
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ProQuest Education Journals Coverage varies
A full text database indexing over 745 top educational publications, and including nearly 600 of the titles in full text. [details]
PsycINFO 1806 - present
Covers the literature of psychology from professional journals, books, book chapters, dissertations and reports; international in scope; useful for educational psychology & special education [details]
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) 1966-
This site provides free public access to the new ERIC database.

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CBCA Complete Canadian Business & Current Affairs Index: 1971 - present; full text: 1985 - present.
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