Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators

Academic Search Premier
One of the world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary databases, Academic Search Premier provides indexing to over 8,000 periodicals and includes the full text of nearly 4,700 of these (approximately 3,600 are peer-reviewed journals). Available to the Converse community both on and off campus. Contact a librarian for more information

Educator’s Reference Complete - More than 1,100 full-text periodicals covering education and related disciplines. 200 reports from the U.S. Department of Education. For off-campus access, contact a librarian.

ERIC
The most comprehensive index to education-related documents. Includes citations and abstracts for journal articles going back to 1966. Also provides citations and abstracts of non-journal documents; and, for the years 1993 through 2004, the complete text of these documents.

InfoTrac
Covers academic journals, magazines, newspapers. Includes citations, some abstracts, some complete articles. Available to the Converse community both on and off campus. Contact a reference librarian for information on off-campus access.
Provided by DISCUS--South Carolina's Virtual Library

ProQuest Education Journals
Covers over 500 magazines and journals in education. Provides citations and abstracts for all articles, as well as the complete text of articles from around 300 of the titles. Available to the Converse community both on and off the campus network. For access outside the campus network, first contact a reference librarian for information, and then click here to connect.

Teacher Reference Center (TRC)
A free resource that indexes 250+ popular teaching-related trade journals. Provides citations and abstracts, but not complete articles.

Kids InfoBits
Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content comes from elementary reference sources and magazines. Available to the Converse community both on and off campus. Contact a librarian for more information.

Primary Search
Primary Search provides the full text for nearly 70 popular magazines for elementary school research. Dating back to 1990, All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexile). Available to the Converse community both on and off campus. Contact a librarian for more information.

Junior Edition
Designed for students in junior high and middle school, this database includes full-text articles from magazines, newspapers, and reference books. Available to the Converse community both on and off campus. Contact a librarian for more information.

MAS Ultra
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this resource provides the complete text from nearly 600 popular general interest publications (plus indexing for over 650 additional titles). Every full text article is assigned a reading level indicator (Lexile). Available to the Converse community both on and off campus. Contact a librarian for more information.

SIRS Discoverer - For students from grades 1 through 9. Full-text articles selected from 1,600+ American and international magazines, newspapers, government publications, and reference sources. Reading levels assigned to all articles. Maps, pictures, photo essays, activities, biographies, country facts, and current events. Links to age-appropriate Web sites with reading level indicators. Available only on campus.

Dictionary.Com

Encyclopedia Britannica Online (Available only on Converse campus.)

Grolier Online Encyclopedia
(Available to the Converse community both on and off campus; contact a reference librarian for off-campus access.)
Provided by DISCUS--South Carolina's Virtual Library

InfoPlease.com - Information Please Almanac

Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

Oxford Reference Online Premium
Over 100 subject-specific encyclopedias from Oxford University Press

Busy Teachers’ WebSite K-12

Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plans

Evalutech

FREE - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

Gateway to Educational Materials

Lesson Plans Library

Library in the Sky Lesson Plans

PBS Teacher Source

Teachers Helping Teachers

Children's Literature Web Guide

Caldecott Award Winners

Newbery Award Winners

Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners

Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature

PRAXIS I (PPST) Practice Tests and Tutorials
Available to Converse students by signing up for a User ID and password from a networked computer on campus. Once signed up, users may access this system from any Internet connection.

South Carolina Teacher Certification Overview

National Board Certified Teachers - from National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Buros Institute of Mental Measurements

U.S. Department of Education

S.C. Department of Education

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

National Education Association

South Carolina Curriculum Standards - from SC Dept. of Education

Developing Educational Standards

National Center for Education Statistics

Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe - full text of federal, state and international legal materials.

Overview of ADA, IDEA and Section 504 - from ERIC Digests

Public Policy and Legislative Information Updates - from the Council for Exceptional Children

South Carolina Education Accountability Act

South Carolina Code of Laws