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Research Resources for Education

  • Education Full Text  brought to you by Piedmont College  Full text articles on the full range of contemporary education issues and research.
  • Education Journals in JSTOR  brought to you by Piedmont College  This link opens the JSTOR service with all journals related to Education preselected for searching. All issues of each journal are available, from the journal's beginning issue. In the case of journals still being published, the most recent 3-5 years are not included. You can use the Journal Locator to determine whether you have access to the recent issues.
  • ERIC  (from EBSCOHost)  brought to you by GALILEO  Educational Resources Information Center. Index and abstracts of articles, books, and documents covering education research and practice; includes links to some full text ERIC documents and ERIC journals.
  • ERIC  (from FirstSearch)  brought to you by GALILEO  Educational Resources Information Center. Index and abstracts of articles, books, and documents covering education research and practice; includes links to some full text ERIC documents and ERIC journals.
  • Mental Measurements Yearbook  brought to you by Piedmont College  Full text online version of the standard, authoritative guide to psychological and educational testing materials.
  • Professional Development Collection   (for Educators)  brought to you by GALILEO  Full text journal articles for professional educators.
  • PsycArticles  brought to you by GALILEO  Full text journal articles on general psychology and specialized applied, clinical, and theoretical research, all from the journals published by the American Psychological Association.
  • Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection  brought to you by GALILEO  Full text journal articles on psychiatry, psychology, and behavioral sciences, from journals other than the APA journals.
  • Psychology Journals in JSTOR  brought to you by Piedmont College  This link opens the JSTOR service with all journals related to psychology preselected for searching. All issues of each journal are available, from the journal's first issue. In the case of journals still being published, the most recent 3-5 years are not included. You can use the Journal Locator to determine whether you have access to the recent issues.
  • PsycInfo  brought to you by GALILEO  Authoritative international index/abstract service for the scholarly literature of psychology.

Sources for Journals on all Subjects

  • Academic Search Complete  brought to you by GALILEO  A multi-disciplinary scholarly, full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. Also provides indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
  • ArticleFirst  brought to you by GALILEO  ArticleFirst contains indexing, citations, and tables of contents for over 12,000 journals in all disciplines. There's no full text, but almost any article cited can be obtained through interlibrary loan.
  • ClasePeriòdica   brought to you by GALILEO  CLASEPERIÒDICA is an index of Latin American journals in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities compiled by the Universidad Nacional Autònoma de Mèxico. Combines two services: CLASE (Citas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades) and PERIÒDICA (Ìndice de Revistas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias).
  • Fuente Academica  brought to you by GALILEO  Provides full-text articles from over 330 Spanish-languague scholarly publications covering many areas of academic study, including business & economics, medical sciences, political science, law, computer science, library & information sciences, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy and theology.
  • GALILEO  brought to you by GALILEO  Gateway to the online research resources of Georgia's virtual library.
  • JSTOR  brought to you by Piedmont College  JSTOR is a full-text archive of over 600 major journals in all academic disciplines. All issues of each journal are available from the journal's beginning issue. In the case of journals still being published, the most recent 3-5 years are not included. You can use the Journal Locator to determine whether you have access to the recent issues.
  • LexisNexis Academic  brought to you by GALILEO  Full text news, business, legal, medical, and reference information. Includes real-time addition of articles from major international English-language news services and newspapers.
  • Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)  brought to you by GALILEO  Index and abstracts for articles from over 600 periodicals from the 1960's to the present, plus books, research reports, and proceedings. Topics include librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
  • MasterFile Premier  brought to you by GALILEO   Full text articles from general interest publications, covering virtually every subject area of general interest; also includes full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and a huge image collection of photos, maps and flags.
  • ProQuest Research Library  brought to you by GALILEO  Full text journal and magazine articles on a very broad range of popular and academic topics.
  • Readers Guide Full Text  brought to you by Piedmont College  Full-text journal and magazine articles of general interest.
  • TOPICsearch from EBSCO  brought to you by GALILEO  TOPICsearch is a current events database covering social, political, and economic issues, scientific discoveries, and other popular topics. The database contains full text for over 66,000 articles from more than 2,700 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. From the Advanced Search screen, users can select preselected current events and popular topics from drop-down menus.
  • WilsonWeb Omnifile Mega Edition  brought to you by Piedmont College  Full text journal and magazine articles in all academic disciplines and for popular interests.

Reference Resources on all Subjects

  • AccessScience  brought to you by Piedmont College  McGraw-Hill's online encyclopedia of science and technology.
  • American National Biography  brought to you by Piedmont College  Online biographical articles about more than 17,400 men and women from all eras and walks of life whose lives have shaped the nation; subjects are no longer living.
  • Ancestry Library Edition  brought to you by GALILEO  Contains a large number of resources for genealogical research, including U.S. federal census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center, with more than 1,000 historical maps; the American Genealogical Biographical Index; Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage; The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630; Social Security Death Index; WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection.
  • Bilingual Dictionaries Terms & Topics  brought to you by Piedmont College  Search the reference resources in Oxford Reference Online
  • Book Collection: Nonfiction  brought to you by GALILEO  Book Collection: Nonfiction is a cross-curricular service that contains abstracts and searchable full text for more than 3,800 popular nonfiction books for youth in core subject areas, as well as information on careers, health, sports, adventure, technology, life skills, and more.
  • Book Index with Reviews  brought to you by GALILEO  Publication information for in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books from North American publishers; some full-text reviews.
  • CollegeSource Online  brought to you by GALILEO  Full text catalogs for over 20,000 U.S. and international colleges and universities.
  • CQ Researcher  brought to you by Piedmont College  Lengthy full text articles about all aspects of political and social issues, such as health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy. Coverage is 1991 to the present.
  • CQ Weekly  brought to you by Piedmont College  CQ Press's premier source of reportage on the activities of the Congress, especially regarding the workings of government, politics, and public policy. Coverage is from 1983 to the present.
  • CQ Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government  brought to you by Piedmont College  Online encyclopedia of how the American government functions, from both current and historical perspectives.
  • Digital Library of Georgia  brought to you by GALILEO  Gateway to Georgia's history and culture found in digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, and other materials.
  • Dissertation Abstracts  brought to you by GALILEO  Comprehensive index of doctoral dissertations and master's theses from North America and European universities.
  • EBSCO Images  brought to you by GALILEO  Contains over 100,000 images: a wide array of photos and maps, with an emphasis on world news and events; contemporary and historical photos of people, places, and the natural world.
  • Enciclopedia Juvenil (from Encyclopaedia Britannica)  brought to you by GALILEO  A comprehensive reference resource for ages 6-12. The encyclopedia has with more than 1,500 articles and 1,000 images and includes a Spanish Encyclopedia, images, Spanish-language videos, and Spanish Learning Materials specifically designed for younger students.
  • Enciclopedia Universal en Español  brought to you by GALILEO  This comprehensive Spanish-language general encyclopedia includes more than 47,000 articles and 8,300 photographs and images and also a Spanish-language dictionary with more than 65,000 entries. Special features include an atlas that focuses on world countries, maps, and statistics; major world cities; and distribution of languages & religions and also a timelines that outline general history plus art and cultural history.
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica  brought to you by GALILEO  Highly respected full text reference source plus Book of the Year.
  • Encyclopedia of the Life Sciences  brought to you by Piedmont College  Authoritative online encylopedia of the life sciences from the publishers of Science magazine.
  • English Dictionaries & Thesauruses Terms & Topics  brought to you by Piedmont College  Search the reference resources in Oxford Reference Online
  • Gale Literary Index  brought to you by Piedmont College  Online index of Gale Publishing's reference sets of literary criticism.
  • Georgia Libraries Journal List  brought to you by GALILEO  Title listing and holdings of periodicals owned by Georgia libraries.
  • Grove Dictionary of Art  brought to you by GALILEO  Online version of the highly respected encyclopedia of world art.
  • Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians  brought to you by Piedmont College  Online version of the highly respected encyclopedia of music and musicians.
  • Hoover's Company Records  brought to you by GALILEO  Factual and financial information on public and privately-held domestic and international corporations.
  • LexisNexis Academic  brought to you by GALILEO  Full text news, business, legal, medical, and reference information. Includes real-time addition of articles from major international English-language news services and newspapers.
  • Library catalogs in Georgia and elsewhere.  brought to you by Piedmont College  
  • Literature Resource Center  brought to you by Piedmont College  Literature Resource Center is rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content, with information on writers from all times and places writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, philosophy, many academic disciplines, and more. Also contains full text articles from numerous literary journals.
  • Medicine Terms & Topics  brought to you by Piedmont College  Search the reference resources in Oxford Reference Online
  • Maps & Illustrations  brought to you by Piedmont College  Search the reference resources in Oxford Reference Online
  • Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary  brought to you by GALILEO  Online version of the standard college dictionary.
  • Morningstar Education Library  brought to you by Piedmont College  Online information service for stocks and funds performance and portfolio development.
  • New Georgia Encyclopedia  brought to you by GALILEO  Authoritative resource for information about the history, society, and culture of Georgia.
  • Oxford English Dictionary  brought to you by Piedmont College  Online version of the highly respected historical dictionary of the English language.
  • Oxford Reference Online  brought to you by Piedmont College  Includes a broad selection of 100 full text dictionary and reference titles published by Oxford University Press. Contains over 1.5 million dictionary definitions, facts, figures, people, places, dates, and quotations over the widest subject spectrum.
  • Play Index  brought to you by Piedmont College  An index source, with some full text available, to locate plays in English published since 1949. Over 30,000 plays are indexed, with full details of the source where they were originally published. Almost any play cited can be obtained through Interlibrary Loan. Special searching aids are available to limit by cast size, age-appropriateness, theme, and other significant attributes.
  • Quotations  brought to you by Piedmont College  Search the reference resources in Oxford Reference Online
  • Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy  brought to you by Piedmont College  Online version of the highly respected encyclopedia of philosophy.
  • The Serials Directory  brought to you by GALILEO  Provides current bibliographic, publisher, and pricing information for popular, trade, and scholarly magazines and journals.
  • Short Story Index  brought to you by Piedmont College  An index source, with some full text available, to locate short stories published in books and magazines since 1984. Over 84,000 stories are indexed, with full details of the source where they were originally published. Full text of over 3,000 stories is available. Almost any story cited can be obtained through Interlibrary Loan.
  • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy  brought to you by Piedmont College  Highly respected online encyclopedia of philosophy.
  • Value Line Investment Survey  brought to you by Piedmont College  Comprehensive source of information and advice on 1,700 major stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy.
  • WorldCat  brought to you by GALILEO  Catalog of books and other materials held by libraries worldwide.
  • WorldCat Dissertations and Theses  brought to you by GALILEO  An index of all dissertations, theses and published material based on theses cataloged by WorldCat participants. Links to openly available electronic copies are provided when available. Use the "Libraries Worldwide" link to determine which libraries include the dissertation or thesis in their holdings.
  • World Data Analyst (from Encyclopaedia Britannica)  brought to you by GALILEO  Current and historical statistics on 217 countries. Includes: Country Snapshots, with maps and statistics; Country Comparisons, with user-created tables and graphs comparing countries using recent and historical statistics; Ranked Statistics, with user-created comparisons of economic or population measures or significant geographic features.