Educational Leadership
Research tools with a focus on school administration, educational leadership, and technology in education.
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- Education SourceIndexes articles in education journals and magazines.
- APA PsycINFOIndexes and abstracts 1300 leading international journals in psychology and related behavioral disciplines. The online version available on the Web, updated monthly, includes a periodical article index from 1887 to the present and a book chapters index from 1987 to the present, as well as all the records from the print version Psychological Abstracts.
- Education DatabaseOffering complete information on hundreds of educational topics.
- Web of Science / Social Sciences Citation IndexSocial Sciences Citation Index®, a part of Web of Science®, provides access to the bibliographic and citation information to find research data, analyze trends, journals and researchers.
- Google ScholarGoogle Scholar searches academic publishers, professional societies and pre-print archives.
- Chronicle of Higher EducationA source for in-depth articles and news on teaching and administrative issues facing colleges and universities. A key newspaper for postings of faculty jobs in higher education.
- ScopusIncludes citation information for scientific, medical, technical and social sciences literature.
- Education WeekNews, blogs, reports, data, events and multimedia on current topics in education.
Management and Leadership Databases
- ABI/INFORMScholarly and trade publications including accounting, business, finance, international business, marketing, and management journals,1971-present. Covers the management and administration element of education. Includes many education related journals including The International Journal of Educational Management and Journal of Educational Administration.
- Business Source UltimateSearch worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more.
- Education Administration AbstractsThis database includes bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains 60,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline.
- Emerald OnlineProvides access to Emerald’s extensive output of journals, books, case studies, and bibliographic databases on a wide range of management disciplines including: strategy, leadership, library and information management, marketing and human resource management--plus a substantial number of engineering, applied science and technology titles.