Librarian - Tina Oswald
Email: toswald@sfasu.edu
Phone: 936.468.1861
Office: 202f
Appointments Available
Subject Indexes | E-Text | Websites
Academic Search Complete (Ebsco) is a multidisciplinary index giving access to articles in over 8000 journals with many available in full text.
Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale Cengage Learning) is a general database with indexing for journal, magazine and newspaper articles, with many of the articles available full text.
Wilson Select Plus (FirstSearch) is a general database that contains full text articles from popular and scholarly journals and magazines.
Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) includes bibliographic citations for dissertations and theses world wide from 1861 to the present with full text access available for the newer titles and abstracts available for the older titles.
ERIC (IES) is a digital library of education-related resources, including journal and non-journal literature with some available in full text format.
Professional Development Collection (Ebsco) is designed for professional educators and provides full text articles from education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. It is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.
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NetLibrary is a collection of electronic books (eBooks) especially selected to meet the needs of the university curriculum.
Principal's Research Review Launched in January 2006, Principal's Research Review is designed to save busy school leaders some of the "leg work" associated with researching important topics.
Online Books: Education
ACT Research
Reports from the American College Testing program which changed the name to ACT (pronounced "A - C - T) in the late 1990s. This research includes such topics as test reliability and validity, the meaning of test-score differences, racial/ethnic achievement differences, gender bias, etc. The results are published as ACT Research Reports or Information Briefs. They are available via PDF in full-text formal
State Board for Educator Certification gives teacher certification information for the state of Texas.
U. S. Department of Education offers information on federal education programs for teachers, students, and parents.
National Center for Education Information
includes teacher education and alternative certification information.
Directory of K-12 Information Literacy Projects & Sites
The Big 6 Information Literacy Site
Gateway to Educational Materials seeks to organize and make accessible collections of educational materials that are already available on various federal, state, university, nonprofit, and commercial Internet sites.
CEC Lesson Plans include, K-12 Plans created by teachers for use in their classrooms.
Global SchoolNet Foundation partners with schools, communities and businesses to provide collaborative learning activities online.
ETS TestLink is a searchable test collection of over 20,000 tests from the early 1900s to the present.
Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
Study Skills created by the University Counseling Center of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Teacher Certification by State maintained by the University of Kentucky.
MiddleWeb: Exploring Middle School Reform
Organizations
National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) dedicated to the support of elementary and middle-level principals.
National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
National Education Association (NEA) is America's oldest and largest organization committed to advancing the cause of public education.
Texas Association of Secondary School Principals (TASSP)
TIDES
An online effort to provide access to primary resources in East Texas libraries, archives, museums and other cultural institutions which began by concentrating on Texas history and social studies for students in grades 4 and 7. It has since been broadened to include a wider age range for students and teachers that will utilize the site and has many science resources as well.
