Educational Resources
Education resources include relevant Pioneer databases, Utah Internet resources, and national Internet resources.
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Pioneer Databases
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Academic Search Premier
This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
ERIC
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, contains more than 1,194,000 records and links to more than 100,000 full-text documents from ERIC.
Fuente Académica
Fuente Académica provides full text (including PDF) for a rapidly growing collection of scholarly Spanish language journals. This multi-disciplinary database offers full text content to many academic areas including business & economics, medical sciences, political science, law, computer science, library & information sciences, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy and theology.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Legal Collection
This database contains full text for more than 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals. The Legal Collection is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.
LitFinder
LitFinder is an online resource replete with full-text and primary content vital to literature and language study. Students and researchers can access poems, plays, speeches, short stories and more at any time from anywhere they have access to the Internet.
MasterFile Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, full text from 86,017 biographies, 105,786 full text primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 341,655 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
Professional Development Collection
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of 520 high quality education journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
This database provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
Religion & Philosophy Collection
Religion & Philosophy Collection provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. Religion & Philosophy Collection offers nearly 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles, making it an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.
TOPICsearch
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 139,800 articles from more than 4,800 diverse sources.
Vocational & Career Collection
Vocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for more than 350 trade and industry-related periodicals.
Utah Resources
Adult Education - Utah State Office of Education
Utah Adult Education is a program of instruction below the collegiate level for adults. Utah Adult Education is comprised of Adult High School Completion (AHSC/ASE), Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).
GED on TV
Free program allowing residents of Utah without a high school diploma to prepare for the GED tests by studying at home. Lessons are broadcast on KUEN and KUED television.
School Web Sites
Listing of all Utah district offices, regional service centers, elementary schools, middle/junior high schools, high schools, charter schools, applied technology colleges, higher educational institutions, private schools, public libraries, and other/special programs.
State Education Data Profiles - Utah
Statewide information in elementary/secondary education characteristics and finance, postsecondary education, public libraries, assessments, and selected demographics. From the National Center for Education Statistics.
Utah Education Network (UEN)
Resources for K-12 educators, K-12 students, higher education and adult education.
Utah Educational Savings Plan (USEP)
Utah's 529 college savings plan administered and managed by the Utah State Board of Regents
and the Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority Administration.
Utah GED - General Educational Development
Find GED resources for test takers, examiners, and educators. Offers information on how to prepare, where to take the test, research links, and how to obtain test scores.
Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority (UHEAA)
UHEAA is an agency of the State of Utah which administers Utah's student financial aid programs, including the student loan guarantee program and secondary market, state need-based financial aid, the Utah Educational Savings Plan Trust, and the Utah Engineering and Computer Sciences Loan Forgiveness Program.
Utah Office of Education
Find information on assessment and accountability reports, career and technical education, charter schools, curriculum and instruction, educator services, human resources and jobs, general information on schools and districts, No Child Left Behind, special programs, schools for the deaf and blind, special education, the Utah State Board of Education, and Title I.
Utah Mentor & Choices
Launched by the Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority and Xap Corporation, the site is a resource that provides students and their families' essential tools for the college planning, selection, application and financial aid processes, as well as career exploration within Utah's public and private higher education institutions. The site includes in-depth campus profiles of all degree and certificate-granting colleges and universities in Utah.
Utah Public Schools and Districts - SchoolDataDirect
Information about public schools in Utah. Includes education facts, student performance, college prep, No Child Left Behind, spending and taxes, school environment, community demographics, and analytics.
Utah State Profile: The Nation's Report Card
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas. Assessments are conducted periodically in mathematics, reading, science, writing, the arts, civics, economics, geography, and U.S. history. From the National Center for Education Statistics.
National Resources
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
Teaching and learning resources from federal agencies in the subject areas: arts & music, health & physical education, language arts, math, science, U.S. history topics, U.S. time periods, and world studies.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
The NCES, located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education. Find publications, surveys, data tools, tables and figures, fun facts, annual reports, and search for schools, colleges and libraries.
SchoolMatters.com
A massive, nationwide database, a service of Standard & Poor's funded largely by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, contains millions of tidbits on demographics, performance, spending data and analysis tools for every public school in the country. Find out how much your Utah school district spends on kids vs. administration, compare your school to other out-of-state schools, how high a priority other states give to school funding and much more.
State Education Data Profiles
Search for statewide information in elementary/secondary education characteristics and finance, postsecondary education, public libraries, assessments, and selected demographics for all states. Use the dropdown box or the map of the United States to select up to 4 states to compare. You will also get data on U.S. averages and the ability to graph the results. From the National Center for Education Statistics.
U.S. Department of Education
Information, assistance and data for students, parents, teachers, and administrators.
Internet Resources for Adult Education
Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL), U.S. Department of Education
DAEL promotes programs that help American adults get the basic skills they need to be productive workers, family members, and citizens. The major areas of support are Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English Language Acquisition. These programs emphasize basic skills such as reading, writing, math, English language competency, and problem-solving.
Adult Education - Utah State Office of Education
Utah Adult Education is a program of instruction below the collegiate level for adults. Utah Adult Education is comprised of Adult High School Completion (AHSC/ASE), Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).
GED on TV
Free program allowing residents of Utah without a high school diploma to prepare for the GED tests by studying at home. Lessons are broadcast on KUEN and KUED television.
General Educational Development
Testing Service (GED)
Offers information for test takers. Find a GED Testing Center by zip code.
Utah Education Network (UEN)
Resources for K-12 educators, K-12 students, higher education and adult education.
Utah GED - General Educational Development
Find GED resources for test takers, examiners, and educators. Offers information on how to prepare, where to take the test, research links, and how to obtain test scores.
Internet Resources for Teachers
Classroom Connect
Learning resources for K-12 educators and their students. They offer workshops, a newsletter, K-12 professional development, share ideas with educators nationwide in their community. Become a member, it's free.
Disability Studies for Teachers
This website contains lesson plans and materials designed to help teachers integrate disability studies into social studies, history, literature, and related subjects in grades 6-12. The plans and materials also can be adapted for use in post secondary education.
Distance Education at a Glance
Helps teachers, administrators, facilitators, and students understand distance education.
Educator's Reference Desk
The AskERIC service was discontinued December 19, 2003, you can access AskERIC's 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses. The Educator's Reference Desk provides a search interface to the ERIC Database, providing access to over one million bibliographic records on educational research, theory, and practice.
EduHound
EduHound is a directory of educational resources. The links provide both web-based resources and resources that can be ordered for classroom and library use. EduPuppy is for the K-2 set and they also have a Spanish version.
Education World
A portal developed to help educators to more easily incorporate the Web into their classrooms and to share information among professionals. Includes lesson plans, articles on current issues, web site reviews and a search engine oriented to educational sites on the Internet.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
Teaching and learning resources from federal agencies in the subject areas: arts & music, health & physical education, language arts, math, science, U.S. history topics, U.S. time periods, and world studies.
Gateway to Educational Materials
The key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet.
PBS Teachers
Multimedia resources and professional development for America's pre K-12 educators. Includes Arts, Health & Fitness, Math, Reading & Languages, Science & Tech, Social Studies, Early Childhood, and Library Media.
SearchEDU.com
Over 15 million university and education pages indexed and ranked in order of popularity.
U.S. Department of Education
Sections for students, parents, teachers and administrators as well as grants and contracts, financial aid, research and statistics, policy and programs. Also includes headline news.
Utah Agriculture in the Classroom
Agriculture in the Classroom is a nationwide program designed to help students develop an awareness and understanding of our food and fiber system, and how agriculture impacts our daily lives. Utah Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) provides training and resources for teachers to use as a vehicle to teach across existing curriculum. Teachers across the state can help to increase agricultural literacy.