Research & Subject Guides: McNair Scholars: Family Backgrounds

Subject Guide

E.F. Moore

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336 285 4184

Subjects: Criminal Justice, Family and Consumer Sciences, Political Science, Social Work, Sociology

Books

Methodological Advances in Cross-national Surveys of Educational Achievement by Porter, Andrew C.; Gamoran, Adam,
Call Number: NetLibrary e-book
ISBN: 0309083338
The academic achievement of minority students : perspectives, practices, and prescriptions / by Sheila T. Gregory
Call Number: A&T STACKS LC3731 .A57 2000
ISBN: 0761815791

Internet Resources

TIMSS & PIRLS
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study
National Center for Educational Statistics

Databases

To find Articles check the Databases
Articles are indexed by the electronic databases, which are accessible through the library’s homepage http://www.library.ncat.edu

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Bluford Library has upgraded from Academic Search Complete to Academic Search Ultimate. This database offers an enormous collection of the most relevant full-text journals, providing users access to critical information from many sources unique to this database. In addition, it is the leading source of peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities. This scholarly collection offers unmatched coverage of information spanning a broad range of important areas of academic study, including anthropology, engineering, law, sciences and more.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
ERIC is an index for all education topics. ERIC indexes Journal Articles in 1,000 education-related journals. Abstracts are provided. Some full text journal articles are available. ERIC indexes ERIC Documents. These are education materials not published elsewhere, such as curriculum guides, various research reports, and conference papers.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
The JSTOR project seeks to develop online access to the full back files of selected journals. The database contains a digitized image of every page and is searchable by every word.
MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new window
General reference magazines and publications covering a wide-range of subject areas including business, health, education, general science and multicultural issues. Includes peer reviewed publications.
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
This resource was replaced by Sociology Source Ultimate, which is an upgraded version with additional content. The link redirects to the updated resource.

Education 'Cocktail'

This box makes a quick search of Academic Search, MasterFile, ERIC, and Teacher Reference Center. Your search will be limitted to "Full Text" and "Scholarly Journals" at first; if you want more results you can change those limits on the right-hand side of the Results.

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